Thomas Patten Stafford

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NASA astronaut United States Air Force general human test pilot

Thomas Patten Stafford was an American NASA astronaut, Air Force general, and test pilot who commanded the Apollo 10 mission that orbited the Moon as a dress rehearsal for the first lunar landing.

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instanceOf NASA astronaut ⓘ
United States Air Force general ⓘ
human ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
awardReceived Air Force Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ
Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ
NASA Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
NASA Exceptional Service Medal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1930-09-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2024-03-18 ⓘ
educatedAt United States Air Force Test Pilot School ⓘ
surface form: United States Air Force Experimental Test Pilot School

United States Naval Academy ⓘ
employer NASA ⓘ
surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

United States Air Force ⓘ
familyName Stafford ⓘ
fieldOfWork aeronautics ⓘ
space exploration ⓘ
givenName Thomas ⓘ
hasHonor inductee of U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame ⓘ
memberOf NASA Astronaut Group 2 ⓘ
middleName Patten ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Air Force ⓘ
militaryRank Lieutenant General ⓘ
notableEvent dress rehearsal for first lunar landing on Apollo 10 ⓘ
first rendezvous attempt of Gemini 6A with an Agena target (later with Gemini 7) ⓘ
notableWork command of Apollo 10 lunar orbit mission ⓘ
occupation astronaut ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
participantIn Apollo program ⓘ
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Gemini program ⓘ
placeOfBirth Weatherford, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Satellite Beach, Florida ⓘ
surface form: Satellite Beach, Florida, United States
positionHeld chief of the Astronaut Office ⓘ
commander of Apollo 10 ⓘ
commander of Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
commander of Gemini 9A ⓘ
deputy chief of the Astronaut Office ⓘ
residence Florida, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spaceMission Apollo 10 ⓘ
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Gemini 6A ⓘ
Gemini 9A ⓘ

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