Name: Fullerton, Gordon Country: USA M/F: M Number of Flights: 2* / 7

ALT Flights Date of Flight - Shuttle ALT Flight Notes
*1. ALT Flight 1 June 18, 1977 - Enterprise Captive Carry Flight 1 - Tail cone on
*2. ALT Flight 3 July 26, 1977 - Enterprise Captive Carry Flight 3 - Tail cone on
*3. ALT Flight 4 August 12, 1977 - Enterprise Free Flight 1 - Tail cone on
*4. ALT Flight 6 September 23, 1977 - Enterprise Free Flight 3 - Tail cone on
*5. ALT Flight 8 October 26, 1977 - Enterprise Free Flight 5 - Tail cone off
Space Flights Launch Date - Shuttle Landing Date - Shuttle
6. STS-3 March 22, 1982 - Columbia March 30, 1982 - Columbia
7. STS-51F July 29, 1985 - Challenger August 6, 1985 - Challenger

Space Flights Descriptions
Apollo 14
(Support Crew)
Manned lunar landing at the Fra Mauro area - February 5, 1971
Lunar Lift Off - February 6, 1971
Apollo 17
(Support Crew)
Manned lunar landing at Taurus-Littrow - December 11, 1972
Lunar Lift Off - December 14, 1972
ALT Flights Pilot of first crew of the Approach and Landing Tests (ALT)
*1. Flight 1
- June 18, 1977 - Enterprise (Captive Carry Flight 1 - Tail cone on)
*2. Flight 3 - July 26, 1977 - Enterprise (Captive Carry Flight 3 - Tail cone on)
*3. Flight 4 - August 12, 1977 - Enterprise (Free Flight 1 - Tail cone on)
*4. Flight 6 - September 23, 1977 - Enterprise (Free Flight 3 - Tail cone on)
*5. Flight 8 - October 26, 1977 - Enterprise (Free Flight 5 - Tail cone off)
* Doesn't count as a flight for Fullerton
6. STS-3 Office of Space Science Payload 1 (OSS-1)
7. STS-51F Spacelab-2 Mission (SL-2)
Space Shuttle Main Engine Number One shut down prematurely causing Challenger to perform an Abort to Orbit. All mission objectives were successfully meet.

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Space Shuttle Program - ALT / 1982 (R&D) / 1985

Updated - June 5, 2006