Thomas Stafford

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NASA astronaut United States Air Force general human

Thomas Stafford is a retired United States Air Force general and NASA astronaut best known for commanding the Apollo 10 mission and the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.

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United States Air Force general →
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awarded Air Force Distinguished Service Medal →
Distinguished Flying Cross →
NASA Distinguished Service Medal →
NASA Exceptional Service Medal →
Presidential Medal of Freedom →
cooperatedWith Alexei Leonov →
Soviet space program →
countryOfCitizenship United States of America →
dateOfBirth 1930-09-17 →
educatedAt United States Air Force Test Pilot School →
United States Naval Academy →
familyName Stafford →
fieldOfWork aeronautics →
space exploration →
fullName Thomas Patten Stafford →
givenName Thomas →
hasHonoraryDegreeFrom Oklahoma State University →
laterWork adviser on space policy →
chair of NASA advisory panels →
militaryBranch United States Air Force →
militaryRank Lieutenant General →
missionRoleApollo10 Commander →
missionRoleApolloSoyuz Apollo commander →
namedAfter Stafford Air & Space Museum (Weatherford, Oklahoma) →
NASAGroup NASA Astronaut Group 2 →
notableFor commanding Apollo 10 →
commanding the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project →
occupation astronaut →
military officer →
test pilot →
participatedIn first crewed test of the Apollo Lunar Module in lunar orbit →
performedFirst rendezvous attempt with Gemini 6A and Gemini 7 →
placeOfBirth Weatherford, Oklahoma, United States →
selectedAsAstronaut 1962 →
sexOrGender male →
spaceFlightsCount 4 →
spaceMission Apollo 10 →
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project →
Gemini 6A →
Gemini 9A →
totalTimeInSpace 21 days 04 hours 50 minutes →
wasCommanderOf Apollo 10 →
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project →
Gemini 9A →
wasPilotOf Gemini 6A →
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Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ("Thomas P. Stafford") →
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United States Air Force Test Pilot School →
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