Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton, born October 11, 1936 in Rochester, New York, went into space twice.
He served on support crews for Apollo 14, 15, 16 and 17. Later he was part of two-man crews which piloted the Space Shuttle Enterprise during the Approach and Landing tests.
His first trip into space was aboard Columbia (STS-3) as pilot in March 1982. The main objective of the mission was to continue testing the Canadarm manipulator system.
His second and final flight was aboard Challenger (STS-51-F) as commander in July-August 1985. The primary payload was Spacelab 2.
Fullerton passed away in August 2013 from complications from a stroke he suffered in 2009.
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