Winston Scott, born August 6, 1950, is the veteran of two space shuttle missions. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in music from Florida State University but then went into Aeronautical Engineering and got a Masters from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.
He first went into space aboard Endeavour (STS-72) in January 1996 as mission specialist. He performed his first EVA during the flight.
His second mission was on Columbia (STS-87) in November-December 1997, when he performed two more EVAs.
Scott wrote a book Reflections From Earth Orbit, which is about his experiences in space.
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