William A. Pailes

William 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).

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William A. Pailes is the astronaut record for catalog id 595.

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Status: Retired
Nationality: American
In space: No
Agency: United States Air Force

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Catalog id595

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