Federic Gregory
Frederick Drew Gregory (born January 7, 1941), (Col, USAF, Ret.), is a former United States Air Force pilot, military engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut as well as former NASA Deputy Administrator. He also served briefly as NASA Acting Administrator in early 2005, covering the period between the departure of Sean O\'Keefe and the swearing in of Michael Griffin. In 1978, Gregory applied for and was chosen as a member of the first class of Space Shuttle astronauts. Gregory became the first American with an African lineage to pilot a space craft, the orbiter Challenger on mission STS-51B. After he left the Astronaut Office, he assumed the roles of Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission Assurance and as the Associate Administrator for Space Flight before becoming the NASA Deputy Administrator. As the leader of the agency?s human space flight program and as the Deputy Administrator, one of his biggest goals was to have humans leave low Earth orbit on a journey in which Mars was the first step.
Spaceflights:
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 STS-51B PLT 29.04. - 06.05.1985 7d 00h 08m
2 STS-33 CDR 23.11. - 28.11.1989 5d 00h 06m
3 STS-44 CDR 24.11. - 01.12.1991 6d 22h 50m
Total 18d 23h 04m
