NASA Astronaut
Nationality American
Status Retired
Born May 14, 1957
Lockport, New York
Other occupation Test Pilot
Rank Lieutenant Colonel, USAF
Time in space 16d 15h 08m
Selection 1990 NASA Group
Missions STS-67
Mission insignia Sts-67-patch.png
William George "Borneo" Gregory born May 14, 1957, is a retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force lieutenant colonel.
Gregory was born in Lockport, New York and graduated from Lockport High School in 1975. He is of Albanian origin from the city of Korçë .
Gregory is an Eagle Scout. He then attended the United States Air Force Academy, where he graduated with a degree in engineering sciences in 1979. After this, he went to Columbia University to get a master's degree in engineering mechanics (1980), and Troy University to get another master's in management (1984). He is also a member of the USAF Academy Association of Graduates.
NASA career
Selected by NASA in January 1990, Gregory became an astronaut in July 1991. Gregory's technical assignments included: Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL); astronaut office representative for Landing/Rollout, T-38 Flying Safety; Kennedy Space Center Astronaut Support Personnel (ASP); spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) in mission control; astronaut office representative for rendezvous and proximity operations; and Spacecraft Operations Branch Chief. He flew on STS-67 (1995) and has logged 400 hours in space. Gregory retired from the Air Force and left NASA in the Summer of 1999. He currently serves as Vice President of Business Development for Qwaltec, Inc. in Tempe, Arizona.
Gregory served as the STS-67 pilot on the seven-person astronomical research mission aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Launching from the Kennedy Space Center on March 2, 1995, and landing at Edwards AFB on March 18, 1995, the crew established a new mission duration record of 16 days, 15 hours, 8 minutes and 46 seconds, while completing 262 orbits and traveling nearly seven million miles. This second flight of the ASTRO telescope primary payload also included numerous secondary payloads.
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