William A. Pailes

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William A. Pailes

b. Jun 26, 1952

LIFE FORM

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Gender

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Rank

United States Air Force Colonel

MISSIONS

TIME IN SPACE

04D:01H:44M

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SPACEWALK TIME

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William A. Pailes

b. Jun 26, 1952

LIFE FORM

Human

Gender

Male

Rank

United States Air Force Colonel

MISSIONS

TIME IN SPACE

04D:01H:44M

SPACEWALKS

SPACEWALK TIME

Missions

Badges

Crossed Kármán Line

This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.

Crewmates

WIKIPEDIA EXCERPT

William Arthur Pailes is a former USAF astronaut in the Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program during the mid-1980s. He served as a Payload Specialist on STS-51-J Atlantis.

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