Jeffrey Ashby | |
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Born | Jeffrey Shears Ashby June 16, 1954 |
Education | University of Idaho (BS) University of Tennessee, Knoxville (MS) |
Awards | Distinguished Flying Cross Air Medal |
Space career | |
NASA astronaut | |
Rank | Captain, USN |
Time in space | 27d 16h 19m |
Selection | NASA Group 15 (1994) |
Missions | STS-93 STS-100 STS-112 |
Mission insignia | |
Retirement | June 2008 |
Jeffrey Shears Ashby (born June 16, 1954) 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.