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John Casper was born on 9 July, 1943 in Greenville, South Carolina, U.S., is an American astronaut. Discover John Casper's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?

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Occupation Fighter pilot, test pilot
Age 80 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 9 July, 1943
Birthday 9 July
Birthplace Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1943

John Howard Casper (born July 9, 1943) is a former American astronaut and retired United States Air Force pilot.

Although born on July 9, 1943, in Greenville, South Carolina, Casper considers Gainesville, Georgia to be his hometown.

He was active in the Boy Scouts of America and achieved its second-highest rank, Life Scout.

1966

He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Science from the United States Air Force Academy in 1966, and a Master of Science degree in Astronautics from Purdue University in 1967.

Before he was an astronaut, Casper was a United States Air Force (USAF) fighter pilot, earning his pilot wings at Reese Air Force Base, Texas.

1984

Selected by NASA in May 1984, Casper became an astronaut in June 1985.

A veteran of four space flights, he has logged over 825 hours in space.

He was the pilot on mission STS-36, and spacecraft commander on missions STS-54, STS-62 and STS-77.

His technical assignments while assigned to the Astronaut Office included Chief of the Operations Development Branch; lead for improvements to the nosewheel steering, brakes, tires, and development of a landing drag chute; astronaut team leader for the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL); and ascent/entry spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) in the Mission Control Center.

1990

STS-36 launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on February 28, 1990, aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis.

This mission carried classified Department of Defense payloads and was unique in that it flew at 62 degrees inclination, the highest inclination flown to date by the U.S. human space flight program.

After 72 orbits of the Earth, the STS-36 mission concluded with a lakebed landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on March 4, 1990, after traveling 1.87 million miles.

Mission duration was 106 hours, 19 minutes, 43 seconds.

1993

STS-54 launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on January 13, 1993, aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour.

A crew of five successfully accomplished the primary objectives of this six-day mission, including deploying a $200 million NASA Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-F), which joined four other satellites to complete a national communications network supporting Space Shuttle and other low-Earth orbit scientific satellites.

A Diffuse X-Ray Spectrometer (DXS) carried in the payload bay collected X-ray data to enable investigators to answer questions about the origin of X-rays in the Milky Way galaxy.

A highly successful extravehicular activity (EVA) resulted in many lessons learned that benefited the International Space Station assembly.

The flight was also the first to shut down and restart a fuel cell in flight, successfully demonstrating another Space Station application.

Casper landed Endeavour at the Kennedy Space Center on January 19, 1993, after 96 Earth orbits covering over 2.5 million miles.

Mission duration was 143 hours and 38 minutes.

1994

STS-62 (March 4–18, 1994) was a two-week microgravity research mission aboard Space Shuttle Columbia.

Its primary payloads were the United States Microgravity Payload (USMP-2) and the Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology (OAST-2) payloads.

These payloads included experiments to understand the process of semiconductor crystal growth, investigating the process of metal alloys as they solidify, studying materials at their critical point (where they exist as both a liquid and gas), and testing new technology for use on future spacecraft, such as advanced solar arrays, radiators, heat sinks, and radiation shielding.

The flight also tested new technology for aligning the Remote Manipulator System arm and for grasping payloads with a new magnetic end effector.

Columbia flew at a record low altitude of 195 km (105 nautical miles) to gather data on spacecraft glow and erosion caused by atomic oxygen and nitrogen molecules.

Casper landed Columbia at the Kennedy Space Center after 224 Earth orbits and 5.82 million miles.

1996

STS-77 (May 19–29, 1996) was a ten-day mission aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour.

The crew performed a record number of rendezvous sequences (one with a SPARTAN satellite and three with a deployed Satellite Test Unit) and approximately 21 hours of formation flying in close proximity of the satellites.

During the flight the crew also conducted 12 experiments in materials processing, fluid physics and biotechnology in a Spacehab Module.

STS-77 deployed and retrieved a SPARTAN satellite, which carried the Inflatable Antenna Experiment designed to test the concept of large, inflatable space structures.

A small Satellite Test Unit was also deployed to test the concept of self-stabilization by using aerodynamic forces and magnetic damping.

Casper brought Endeavour back to Earth at the Kennedy Space Center after 160 Earth orbits and 4.1 million miles.

Mission duration was 240 hours and 39 minutes.

2010

After F-100 Super Sabre training at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, he flew 229 combat missions with the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing in the Vietnam War.

Following his tour in Vietnam, Casper flew F-100 and F-4 Phantom aircraft while assigned to the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom.

Casper was selected to attend the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California, and graduated with class 74A.

After graduating he became Chief of the F-4 Test Team; he flew initial performance and weapons separation tests for the F-4G Wild Weasel aircraft and avionics tests for F-4E and A-7 Corsair II aircraft.

Casper then became operations officer and later commander of the 6513th Test Squadron, where he conducted flight test programs to evaluate and develop tactical aircraft weapons systems.

He was then assigned to Headquarters, USAF at the Pentagon and was Deputy Chief of the Special Projects Office, where he developed USAF positions on requirements, operational concepts, policy and force structure for tactical and strategic programs.

Colonel Casper has logged over 10,000 flying hours in 52 different aircraft.