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

Electron

Success

18 hours, 41 minutes ago

Follow My Speed (BlackSky Gen-3 3?)

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Note: Payload and customer identities unconfirmed, identification based on mission patch and rocket drop zones analysis. 3rd of the BlackSky Gen-3…

Long March 2

Success

2 days, 3 hours ago

Shijian 30 A-C

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

3 Chinese satellites described as for “Space Environment Measurements” purposes. Actual usage not known.

Falcon 9

Success

2 days, 7 hours ago

Starlink Group 6-94

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

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Electron

Success

2 days, 18 hours ago

Prometheus Run (VAN)

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C) - Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Sub-orbital launch under Rocket Lab’s Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program. This mission was lead by MDA and deployed a…

Falcon 9

Success

4 days, 2 hours ago

Sentinel-6B

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich (launched November 2020) and Sentinel-6B make up the Sentinel-6 mission, also known as Jason Continuity of Service (…