Brewster H. Shaw, Jr.
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Status | Retired |
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May 16, 1945 Cass City, Michigan, U.S. |
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Other names
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Brewster Hopkinson Shaw, Jr. |
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Other occupation
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Test pilot, aerospace executive |
| UW-Madison, B.S. 1968, M.S. 1969 | |
| Rank | Colonel, USAF |
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Time in space
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22d 05h 51 m |
| Selection | 1978 NASA Group 8 |
| Missions | STS-9, STS-61-B, STS-28 |
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Mission insignia
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Brewster Hopkinson Shaw, Jr. (born May 16, 1945) is a former NASA astronaut, a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and former executive at Boeing. Shaw was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on May 6, 2006.
Shaw is a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and has logged 533 hours of space flight. He was Pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia in November 1983, Commander of Space Shuttle Atlantis in November 1985 and Commander of Columbia in August 1989.
Following the Space Shuttle Challenger accident in 1986, he supported the Roger’s Presidential Commission investigating the accident. Shaw subsequently led the Space Shuttle Orbiter return-to-flight team chartered to enhance the safety of the vehicles’ operations.
Shaw worked as a manager at NASA until 1996 when he left the agency, retired from the Air Force and went to work in the private sector as an aerospace executive.
Shaw is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Brewster H. Shaw, Sr. He was born May 16, 1945, and grew up in Michigan. He graduated from Cass City High School in Cass City, Michigan, in 1963. Shaw received a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Mechanics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1968. He completed a Master of Science degree in Engineering Mechanics in 1969, also at UW-Madison. Shaw joined the Delta Upsilon Fraternity while attending UW-Madison.
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