William S. McArthur
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For other people with this name, see William McArthur (disambiguation).
William Surles McArthur Jr. (born July 26, 1951) is a retired United States Army colonel and NASA astronaut and a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and one expedition to the International Space Station via the Russian Soyuz capsule.[1]
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Born | William Surles McArthur Jr. (1951-07-26) July 26, 1951 (age 72) Laurinburg, North Carolina, U.S. |
Status | Retired |
Education | United States Military Academy (BS) Georgia Institute of Technology (MS) |
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NASA astronaut | |
Rank | Colonel, USA |
Time in space | 224d 22h 19m |
Selection | NASA Group 13 (1990) |
Missions | STS-58 STS-74 STS-92 Soyuz TMA-7 (Expedition 12) |
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