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Jeffrey Ashby

Retired· NASA · American

Jeffrey Ashby

Jeffrey Shears "Bones" Ashby is an American mechanical engineer, and former naval officer and aviator, test pilot and NASA astronaut, a veteran of three Space...

Spaceflights

3

Time in space

27days

Spacewalks

0

Flights

Success· Flight 3

STS-112

Launched: Oct 7, 2002 · 19:45 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: International Space Station
Landed: Oct 18, 2002

Crewmates

Pamela MelroyNASA
Piers SellersNASA
Sandra MagnusNASA
David WolfNASA
Fyodor YurchikhinRoscosmos

Success· Flight 2

STS-100

Launched: Apr 19, 2001 · 18:40 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: International Space Station
Landed: May 1, 2001

Crewmates

Kent RomingerNASA
Umberto GuidoniESA
Chris HadfieldCSA
John L. PhillipsNASA
Yury LonchakovRoscosmos
Scott E. ParazynskiNASA

Success· Flight 1

STS-93

Launched: Jul 23, 1999 · 04:31 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: Jul 28, 1999

Crewmates

Eileen CollinsNASA
Michel TogniniESA
Catherine ColemanNASA
Steven HawleyNASA

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Biography

Jeffrey Shears "Bones" Ashby is an American mechanical engineer, and former naval officer and aviator, test pilot and NASA astronaut, a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. He is a retired Captain in the U.S. Navy. He currently works for Blue Origin as chief of mission assurance.

Facts

Agency: NASA
Status: Retired
Nationality: American
Born: June 16, 1954
First flight: Jul 23, 1999

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