Gary E. Payton | |
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Born | Rock Island, Illinois, U.S. | June 20, 1948
Status | Retired |
Other names | Gary Eugene Payton |
Alma mater | Bradley University USAFA, B.S. 1971 Purdue University, M.S. 1972 |
Occupation | Pilot |
Space career | |
USAF astronaut | |
Rank | Colonel, USAF |
Time in space | 3d 01h 33m |
Selection | 1979 USAF Group |
Missions | STS-51-C |
Mission insignia | ![]() |
Colonel Gary Eugene Payton, USAF, (born June 20, 1948) is an American astronaut and USAF Manned Spaceflight Engineer. Payton flew on the STS-51-C mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in January 1985. He later served as Deputy Undersecretary of the Air Force under the Bush and Obama Administrations.