Full Name: | Thomas Patten Stafford |
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Birthdate: | September 17, 1930 - Wetherford, Oklahoma |
Death: | March 18, 2024 - Satellite Beach, Florida |
Education: | Bachelor of Science in engineering - United States Naval Academy |
Military Service: | Lieutenant General, United States Air Force |
Selection: | NASA Group 2 (1962) |
Gemini VI-A | Gemini IX-A | Apollo 10 | Apollo-Soyuz Test Project |
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December 15-16, 1965 | June 3-6, 1966 | May 18-26, 1969 | July 15-24, 1975 |
Following the Apollo-Soyuz mission, Thomas Stafford and Alexi Leonov became life-long friends. Leonov became the godfather of Stafford's younger children. |
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