William McArtur
William Surles McArthur, Jr. Born July 26, 1951, and raised in Red Springs, North Carolina, McArthur was active in the Boy Scouts of America where he achieved its second highest rank, Life Scout.[2] He attended the United States Military Academy, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Science and Engineering in 1973, and earned his commission in the U.S. Army. After serving with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, McArthur attended the U.S. Army Aviation School and served tours of duty in Korea and Georgia (where he earned a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1983). In 1987, McArthur attended the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School and was trained as an experimental test pilot. He was assigned to a post as a flight test engineer at NASA and was selected as an astronaut candidate in 1990. McArthur was on board the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 12, having been launched on Soyuz TMA-7. He lived aboard the station from October 3, 2005 until April 8, 2006. McArthur currently serves as the Director of Safety and Mission Assurance for the Johnson Space Center.
Spaceflights:
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 STS-58 MSP 18.10.1993 - 01.11.1993 14d 00h 12m
2 STS-74 MSP 12.11.1995 - 20.11.1995 8d 04h 30m
3 STS-92 MSP 11.10.2000 - 24.10.2000 12d 21h 42m
4 Soyuz TMA-7 / ISS-12 ISS-CDR 01.10.2005 - 08.04.2006 189d 19h 52m
Total 224d 22h 16m
