{"id":329,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/329/?format=json","name":"C. Gordon Fullerton","status":{"id":11,"name":"Deceased"},"type":{"id":2,"name":"Government"},"in_space":false,"time_in_space":"P7DT22H45M","eva_time":"P0D","agency":{"id":44,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/44/?format=json","name":"National Aeronautics and Space Administration","type":"Government"},"age":76,"date_of_birth":"1936-10-11","date_of_death":"2013-08-21","nationality":"American","twitter":null,"instagram":null,"bio":"Charles Gordon Fullerton 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, who logged more than 380 hours in space flight, 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 and his wife and their two children lived in Lancaster, California.","profile_image":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/c.2520gordon2520fullerton_image_20181202093753.jpg","profile_image_thumbnail":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190938.jpeg","wiki":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Gordon_Fullerton","flights":[],"landings":[],"flights_count":2,"landings_count":2,"spacewalks_count":0,"last_flight":"1985-07-29T21:00:00Z","first_flight":"1982-03-22T16:00:00Z","spacewalks":[]}