Tom Stafford
space

Real/Birth Name:

Thomas Patten Stafford

Also Known As:

Thomas Stafford

Nickname(s):

Tom

Gender:

Male

Birth Date:

17 September 1930

Age today:

Traditional Zodiac Sign:

Virgo ♍ - the Virgin - people born August 22 through September 23

Birth Place:

Weatherford, Oklahoma, USA

Brief Facts:

Apollo 10 (orbited the moon).

Space Missions:

Apollo 10 (1969)
Dress rehearsal for first lunar landing; flew LM down to 50,000 feet (15 km) from lunar surface.

Apollo-Soyuz

Gemini 6 (1965)
First space rendezvous accomplished with Gemini 7, station-keeping for over five hours at distances from 1 to 300 ft.

Gemini 9A (1966)
Rescheduled from May to rendezvous and dock with an Augmented Target Docking Adapter (ATDA) after the original Agena Target Vehicle failed to orbit. The ATDA shroud did not completely separate, making docking impossible. Three different types of rendezvous, two hours of EVA, and 44 orbits were completed.

Halls of Fame, Awards, etc.

Aerospace Walk of Honor 1997.

Congressional Space Medal of Honor 1993.

International Space Hall of Fame.

National Aviation Hall of Fame 1997.

U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame 1993.

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Tom Stafford space

Brief Facts:

Space Missions:

Halls of Fame, Awards, etc.

Tom Stafford
space