William Gregory, born May 14, 1957 in Lockport, New York, went into space aboard Endeavour (STS-67) as pilot. With Commander Stephen Oswald, Gregory used the Middeck Active Control Experience (MACE) to test 200 different motion disturbance situations, lasting over 45 hours, to design better control systems.
Front row (L-R): Stephen Oswald, Tamara Jernigan, William Gregory
Back row (L-R): Ronald Parise, Wendy Lawrence, John Grunsfeld, Samuel Durrance
Mission patch
Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-67), launched March 2, 1995, was dedicated to conduct astronomical observations in the ultraviolet wavelengths. Its crew consisted of Commander Stephen Oswald, Pilot William Gregory, John Grunsfeld, Wendy Lawrence, Tamara Jernigan, Samuel Durrance, and Ronald Parise.
The Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope, the Wisconsin Ultraviolet, the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT), and the Photo-Polarimeter Experiment were the three most important instruments aboard the Endeavour.
