Brewster H. Shaw
Brewster Shaw | |
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| Born | Brewster Hopkinson Shaw Jr. May 16, 1945 Cass City, Michigan, U.S. |
| Education | University of Wisconsin, Madison (BS, MS) |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
| Rank | Colonel, USAF |
Time in space | 22d 5h 51m |
| Selection | NASA Group 8 (1978) |
| Missions | STS-9 STS-61-B STS-28 |
Mission insignia | |
Brewster Hopkinson Shaw Jr. (born May 16, 1945) is a retired NASA astronaut, colonel of the U.S. Air Force, and former Boeing executive. Shaw was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on May 6, 2006.
Shaw is a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and has logged 533 hours of space flight. He was Pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia in November 1983, Commander of Atlantis in November 1985 and Commander of Columbia in August 1989.
Following the Challenger disaster in 1986, he supported the Rogers Presidential Commission which investigated the accident. Shaw subsequently led the Space Shuttle Orbiter Return-to-Flight team chartered to enhance the safety of the vehicles' operations.
Shaw worked as a manager at NASA until 1996 when he left the agency, retired from the Air Force, and went to work in the private sector as an aerospace executive.