Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Status | Retired |
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May 2, 1957 Lake Charles, Louisiana |
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Other occupation
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Engineer |
| Rank | Captain, USN |
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Time in space
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49d 00h 06m |
| Selection | 1994 NASA Group |
| Missions | STS-91, STS-99, STS-108, STS-123 |
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Dominic Lee Pudwill Gorie (born May 2, 1957) is a retired United States Navy officer and NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of four space shuttle missions.
Gorie was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana. His father, Capt. Paul Pudwill, was killed when the B-47 Stratojet he was flying developed ice on its wings and crashed; Dominic was only six years old. He enrolled in the United States Naval Academy where he studied ocean engineering. Following graduation in 1979, he trained as a pilot and served tours of duty aboard the aircraft carriers USS America and USS Coral Sea. In 1987, he trained as a test pilot and worked at the Naval Air Test Center until the Gulf War, where, stationed aboard the carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, he flew combat missions in Operation Desert Storm.
Gorie graduated from Miami Palmetto High School in Pinecrest, Florida, in 1975. He then obtained his bachelor of science degree in ocean engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1979, and his master of science degree in aviation systems from the University of Tennessee Space Institute in 1990.
Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross (2) one with Combat “V”, Air Medal (2), Defense Superior Service Medal, NASA Space Flight Medal (3), Navy Commendation Medal with Combat “V” (2).
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