Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 1985.
1Flight
4d 1hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
William Arthur Pailes (Colonel, USAF) (born June 26, 1952) was a USAF astronaut in the Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program during the mid-1980s. He served as a Payload Specialist on STS-51-J Atlantis (October 3–7, 1985).
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Flights
- Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-51-JOctober 3, 1985
Born 1952-06-26