Topic: Dominic Gorie
Quotes
God's truly blessed us with a beautiful night to launch so let's light 'em up and give them a show
Space shuttle Endeavour is launched Mar 11, 2008
This flight is a cornerstone flight that marks the transition from the initial building of the space station to its fully functioning role as an orbital laboratory
Shuttle ready for Thursday launch Nov 25, 2001
Anything that we can take that might commemorate the memory of those people who lost their lives is significant
NASA gears for launch with eye on security Nov 09, 2001
I'm not able to talk about any specifics, but we are very, very pleased with everything that's been done for security here
NASA gears for launch with eye on security Nov 09, 2001
Dominic Lee Pudwill Gorie (born May 2, 1957) is an American Naval officer and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of four space shuttle missions.
Gorie was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana. His father, Capt. Paul Pudwill, was killed when he was six years old when the B-47 Stratojet he was flying developed ice on its wings and crashed. He enrolled in the United States Naval Academy where he studied ocean engineering. Following graduation in 1979, he trained as a pilot and served tours of duty aboard the carriers USS America and Coral Sea. In 1987, he trained as a test pilot and worked at the Naval Air Test Center until the Gulf War, where, stationed aboard the Theodore Roosevelt, he flew combat missions in Operation Desert Storm.
Gorie graduated from Miami Palmetto High School in Pinecrest, Florida, in 1975. He then obtained his bachelor of Science degree in ocean engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1979, and his master of science degree in aviation systems from the University of Tennessee Space Institute in 1990.
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