C. Gordon Fullerton

Gordon Fullerton
Fullerton in 1979
Born	Charles Gordon Fullerton (1936-10-11)October 11, 1936 Rochester, New York, U.S.
Died	August 21, 2013(2013-08-21) (aged 76) Lancaster, California, U.S.
Education	California Institute of Technology (BS, MS)
Awards	Distinguished Flying Cross NASA Distinguished Service Medal
Space career
NASA astronaut
Rank	Colonel, USAF
Time in space	15d 22h 50m
Selection	USAF MOL Group 2 (1966) NASA Group 7 (1969)
Missions	ALT STS-3 STS-51-F
Mission insignia
Retirement	December 31, 2007

Charles Gordon Fullerton (October 11, 1936 – August 21, 2013) was a United States Air Force colonel, a USAF and NASA astronaut, and a research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, California.^[1] His assignments included a variety of flight research and support activities piloting NASA's B-52 launch aircraft, the Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), and other multi-engine and high performance aircraft.

Fullerton logged more than 380 hours in space flight, and was a NASA astronaut from September 1969 until November 1986 when he joined the research pilot office at Dryden. In July 1988, he completed a 30-year career with the U.S. Air Force and retired as a colonel. He continued in his position of NASA research pilot as a civilian. Fullerton, his wife, and their two children lived in Lancaster, California.