William Pogue





Full Name: William Reid "Bill" Pogue
Birthdate: January 23, 1940 - Okemah, Oklahoma
Death: March 3, 2014 - Cocoa Beach, Florida
Education: Bachelor of Science in education - Oklahoma Baptist University
Master of Science in mathematics - Oklahoma State University
Military Service: Colonel, United States Air Force
Selection: NASA Group 5 (1966)




Skylab 4
November 16, 1973-February 8, 1974








From 1955 to 1957, William Pogue was a member of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds as an aerobatics pilot.




Astronaut William R. Pogue William Pogue tests the pressure integrity of his spacesuit
prior to the launch of the Skylab 4 mission
Gerald Carr "balances" William Pogue on one finger to demonstrate micro-gravity
on the Skylab space station



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