United States Air Force
William A. Pailes
United States of America

Retired
Biography
/01William Arthur Pailes (Colonel, USAF) (born June 26, 1952) was a USAF astronaut in the Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program during the mid-1980s. He served as a Payload Specialist on STS-51-J Atlantis (October 3–7, 1985).
Type
Payload Specialist
Age
73
Date of Birth
June 26, 1952
First Flight
October 3, 1985
Last Flight
October 3, 1985
Career Stats
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Flights
1
Landings
0
Spacewalks
P4DT1H44M30S
Time in Space