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March 18, 2024 (93 years old)
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Libra
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Thomas P. Stafford
Thomas Patten Stafford is a former US Air Force officer, test pilot and NASA astronaut, and one of 24 people who flew to the moon. He was also chief of the Bureau of Astronauts from 1969 to 1971. After graduating from the United States Naval Academy, Stafford joined the United States Air Force, piloting the F-86 Saber before becoming pilot. He was selected as an astronaut in 1962 and flew aboard the Gemini 6A and Gemini 9. In 1969, Stafford was the commander of Apollo 10, the second manned mission to orbit the moon and the first to fly a lunar module into lunar orbit, descending to an altitude of nine miles. In 1975, Stafford commanded the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project flight, the first joint space mission between the United States and the Soviet Union. Stafford was a brigadier general at the time of his mission, becoming the first general-level officer to fly in space, and the first member of his Naval Academy class to strike the first stars, second and third to an officer level.
NationalityAmerican
StatusRetired
BornThomas Patten Stafford, September 17, 1930, Weatherford, Oklahoma, U.S.
Other namesTom Stafford
Other occupationTest pilot, consultant
Alma materUnited States Naval Academy, B.S. 1952
RankLieutenant General, United States Air Force
Time in space21d 03h 42m
Selection1962 NASA Group 2
MissionsGemini 6A, Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo–Soyuz Test Project
RetirementNovember 1, 1979

About Thomas P. Stafford

Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford was born in Weatherford, Oklahoma, United States on October 17, 1930. He dies at the age of 93, on March 18, 2024.

Many of the initial space trips were piloted by Gemini and Apollo astronauts.

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Thomas P. Stafford before becoming famous

Thomas P. Stafford was born in the Zodiac sign Libra (The Scales), and 1930 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Horse (馬).

Before being chosen for NASA's second batch of astronauts, he was an excellent Navy pilot.

Achievement of Thomas P. Stafford

In 1975, he took part in the first American-Russian space mission.

Thomas P. Stafford's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He has four children and was married twice.

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He was supposed to go on the first manned Gemini mission alongside Astronaut Alan Shepard, but he fell unwell.

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Thomas P. Stafford Income & Net worth

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