William Lenoir, born March 14, 1939 in Miami, Florida, went into space aboard Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-5), considered to be the first operational shuttle mission, as mission specialist in November 1982. He was scheduled to perform an EVA with fellow astronaut Joseph Allen, but he succumbed to motion sickness. Then a malfunctioning oxygen regulator caused the spacewalk to be cancelled.
He spent 5 days in space.
Lenoir passed away in August 2010 from head injuries from a bicycle accident.
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