William Shepherd, born July 26, 1949 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is a veteran of three shuttle missions and was a member of the first crew aboard the International Space Station. He was selected as an astronaut for NASA in 1984.
His first mission into space was aboard Atlantis (STS-27) as mission specialist in December 1988. Atlantis carried payloads for the Department of Defense so many of the details of the trip are classified.
Shepherd's second flight was aboard Discovery (STS-41) in October 1990. This mission deployed the Ulysses probe to investigate polar regions of the Sun.
His third flight was aboard Columbia (STS-52) October-November 1992, which deployed the Laser Geodynamic Satellite.
In 1993, he was assigned to become the commander of Expedition 1 to the ISS aboard Soyuz TM-31 in October 2000. With cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev, he stayed on board until March 2001. They returned to Earth aboard Discovery (STS-102).
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