Loren James Shriver (born 23 September 1944), is a retired NASA astronaut, aviator, and a retired US Air Force Colonel.
Shriver currently holds the position of Deputy Director for Launch and Payload Processing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Before taking this position in 1997, Shriver served as the Space Shuttle program Manager for Launch Integration.
Shriver was commissioned in 1967, and served from 1969 to 1973 as a T-38 academic instructor pi...
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Loren James Shriver (born 23 September 1944), is a retired NASA astronaut, aviator, and a retired US Air Force Colonel.
Shriver currently holds the position of Deputy Director for Launch and Payload Processing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Before taking this position in 1997, Shriver served as the Space Shuttle program Manager for Launch Integration.
Shriver was commissioned in 1967, and served from 1969 to 1973 as a T-38 academic instructor pilot at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. In 1973 he was then assigned to an overseas tour in Thailand. Beginning in 1975, he attended the United States Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California. He was later assigned to the 6512th Test Squadron, and in 1976, Shriver began serving as a test pilot for the F-15 Joint Test Force.
Shriver was selected as an astronaut by NASA in January 1978, participated in three space flights, and logged over 386 hours in space. Shriver was pilot of STS-51-C, launched from Kennedy Space...
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