William S. McArthur
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Status | Active |
| Born | William Surles McArthur, Jr. July 26, 1951 Laurinburg, North Carolina, U.S. |
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Other occupation
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Army aviator, test pilot |
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USMA, B.S. 1973 Georgia Institute of Technology, M.S. 1983 |
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| Rank | Colonel, U.S. Army |
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Time in space
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224d 22h 19min |
| Selection | 1990 NASA Group 13 |
| Missions | STS-58, STS-74, STS-92, Soyuz TMA-7 (Expedition 12) |
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William Surles McArthur, Jr. (born July 26, 1951) is a retired United States Army colonel, a NASA astronaut, and a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and one expedition to the International Space Station via the Russian Soyuz capsule.
Born July 26, 1951, and raised in Red Springs, North Carolina, McArthur was active in the Boy Scouts of America where he achieved its second highest rank, Life Scout. He attended the United States Military Academy, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Science and Engineering in 1973, and earned his commission in the U.S. Army. After serving with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, McArthur attended the U.S. Army Aviation School and served tours of duty in Korea and Georgia (where he earned a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1983).
In 1987, McArthur attended the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School and was trained as an experimental test pilot. He was assigned to a post as a flight test engineer at NASA and was selected as an astronaut candidate in 1990. McArthur's first spaceflight was in 1993 aboard STS-58. Subsequent missions included STS-74 in 1995 and STS-92 in 2000.
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