Ronald J. Grabe
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| Nationality | American |
| Status | Executive VP and General Manager at Orbital LSG |
| Born | Ronald John Grabe June 13, 1945 New York, New York, U.S. |
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Other occupation
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Test pilot |
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United States Air Force Academy, B.S. 1966 TU Darmstadt |
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| Rank | Colonel, USAF |
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Time in space
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26d 03h 38m |
| Selection | 1980 NASA Group 9 |
| Missions | STS-51-J, STS-30, STS-42, STS-57 |
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Mission insignia
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Ronald John Grabe (born June 13, 1945 in New York, New York), (Col, USAF, Ret.), is a former NASA astronaut.
He has earned the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with 7 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, the Liethen-Tittle Award (for Outstanding Student at the USAF Test Pilot School), the Royal Air Force Cross, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and NASA Space Flight Medals.
Grabe graduated from Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York, in 1962, received a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Science from the United States Air Force Academy in 1966, and studied Aeronautics as a Fulbright Scholar at the Technische Hochschule, Darmstadt, West Germany, in 1967.
Upon graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1966, Grabe went to Darmstadt, West Germany, as a Fulbright Scholar. He returned to the United States in 1967 to complete pilot training at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. He subsequently flew F-100 aircraft with the 27th Tactical Fighter Wing at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, and in 1969 was assigned as an F-100 pilot with the 3d Tactical Fighter Wing at Bien Hoa Air Base in the Republic of Vietnam, where he flew 200 combat missions.
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