William Readdy, born January 24, 1952 in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, is a veteran of three space shuttle missions. He graduated high school down the road here in McLean, Virginia and then got his Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy over here in Annapolis, Maryland.
His first flight was as mission specialist aboard Discovery (STS-42) in January 1992.
He served as pilot for his second mission on Discovery (STS-51) in September 1993, which was a servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
He was commander of his third and final spaceflight on Atlantis (STS-79) in September 1996, the first shuttle mission to arrive at a fully completed Mir space station. His crew transferred almost two tons of supplies to Mir, including water generated by Atlantis' fuel cells. The flight home brought Shannon Lucid back to Earth, after setting a record for an American in space at that time.
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