Frederick D. Gregory

American - (NASA)

Retired

Date of Birth: Jan. 7, 1941
Age: 84

Frederick Drew Gregory 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.

Spaceflight Record

Frederick D. Gregory flew on three previous launch(es).

Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-B

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
April 29, 1985, 4:02 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-51-B was the seventeenth flight of the shuttle program and the seventh for Space Shuttle Challenger. It was the second flight for SpaceLab.

Low Earth Orbit

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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-33

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Nov. 23, 1989, 12:23 a.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-33 was the thirty-second shuttle mission and the ninth of Space Shuttle Discovery. It was the fifth shuttle mission in support of the Department of Defence.

Low Earth Orbit

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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-44

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Nov. 24, 1991, 11:44 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-44 was a Space Shuttle mission using Atlantis that launched on 24 November 1991. It was a U.S. Department of Defense space mission.

Low Earth Orbit

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Acting Administrator: James Free

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Recent Launches

Falcon 9

Success

1 day, 11 hours ago

Starlink Group 12-20

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M

Success

1 day, 15 hours ago

Glonass-K2 No. 14 (Kosmos 2584)

43/3 (43L) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Glonass-K2 are the fourth generation of satellite design for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Russian space-based navigation system …

Kuaizhou

3 days, 4 hours ago

Unknown Payload

Launch Area 95A - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Details TBD.

Soyuz 2.1a

Success

4 days, 16 hours ago

Progress MS-30 (91P)

31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Progress resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Long March 2

Success

5 days, 7 hours ago

SuperView Neo 1-03 & 04

Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Commercial Earth observation satellites (~540 kg each) built by CAST for China Siwei Survey and Mapping Technology Co. Ltd., with resolution down to …