Biography
Born: February 29, 1936 in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Joined NASA: April 4, 1966
Left NASA: October 1, 1983
Space Flights: 2
Time in Space: 67 days, 11 hours, 13 minutes
Number of EVAs: 2
Total EVA Time: 11 hours, 2 minutes
MISSION ASSIGNMENTS
Apollo 9
Assignment: Support Crew
Apollo 10
Assignment: Capcom
Apollo 13
Assignment: Support Crew & Capcom
Skylab 3
July 28 – September 25, 1973
Assignment: Command Module Pilot
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Assignment: Back-up Command Module Pilot
STS-3
March 22-30, 1982
Assignment: Commander
HIGHLIGHTS
B.Sc., Aeronautical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1959
M.Sc., Aeronautical Engineering, US Naval Postgraduate School, 1965
Joined the US Marine Corps in 1959 and earned his wings in 1960 at the US Naval Air Training Command.
Prior to selection by NASA, assigned to the 1st Marine Air Wing as an attack pilot in Japan.
July-September, 1973, CMP aboard Skylab 3, a two month space station mission with crewmates Alan Bean and Owen Garriott.
March 1982, CDR of the STS 3 mission, the third orbital test flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
Retired from NASA and the USMC in October 1983 to enter private industry later making one unsuccessful bid for the United States Senate.
