ASTRONAUT

C. Gordon Fullerton

1936 - 2013

C. Gordon Fullerton

Charles Gordon Fullerton (October 11, 1936 – August 21, 2013) was a United States Air Force colonel, a USAF and NASA astronaut, and a research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, California. His assignments included a variety of flight research and support activities piloting NASA's B-52 launch aircraft, the Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), and other multi-engine and high performance aircraft. Fullerton logged more than 380 hours in space flight, and was a NASA astronaut from September 1969 until November 1986 when he joined the research pilot office at Dryden. In July 1988, he completed a 30-year career with the U.S. Air Force and retired as a colonel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. C. Gordon Fullerton is the 193rd most popular astronaut (down from 192nd in 2019), the 7,098th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,247th in 2019) and the 87th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, C. Gordon Fullerton ranks 193 out of 556. Before him are Anatoly Levchenko, Léopold Eyharts, Anatoly Artsebarsky, William Shepherd, Aleksandr Kaleri, and Rick Husband. After him are Paul Lockhart, Michael López-Alegría, Oleg Atkov, Yuri Malenchenko, Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov, and Patrick Baudry.

Most Popular Astronauts in Wikipedia

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Anatoly Levchenko
1941 - 1988
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 187
Léopold Eyharts
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 188
Anatoly Artsebarsky
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 189
William Shepherd
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 190
Aleksandr Kaleri
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 191
Rick Husband
1957 - 2003
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 192
C. Gordon Fullerton
1936 - 2013
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 193
Paul Lockhart
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 194
Michael López-Alegría
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 195
Oleg Atkov
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 196
Yuri Malenchenko
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 197
Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 198
Patrick Baudry
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 199

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, C. Gordon Fullerton ranks 370. Before him are Art Metrano, Alejandro Maldonado, Dave Charlton, Alfredo Zitarrosa, Aurelio Galfetti, and Teatao Teannaki. After him are Erich Hof, Med Hondo, Abraham Lempel, Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, Ben Pon, and Nh. Dini. Among people deceased in 2013, C. Gordon Fullerton ranks 308. Before him are Jan Zwartkruis, Virginia E. Johnson, Paolo Soleri, Dave Charlton, Vivi Bach, and David Frost. After him are Princess Margarita of Baden, Henri Alleg, George Jones, Nino Bibbia, Ba Mamadou Mbaré, and Trevor Bolder.

Others Born in 1936

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Art Metrano
ACTOR
1936 - 2021
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 364
Alejandro Maldonado
POLITICIAN
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 365
Dave Charlton
RACING DRIVER
1936 - 2013
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 366
Alfredo Zitarrosa
WRITER
1936 - 1989
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 367
Aurelio Galfetti
ARCHITECT
1936 - 2021
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 368
Teatao Teannaki
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2016
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 369
C. Gordon Fullerton
ASTRONAUT
1936 - 2013
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 370
Erich Hof
SOCCER PLAYER
1936 - 1995
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 371
Med Hondo
FILM DIRECTOR
1936 - 2019
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 372
Abraham Lempel
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1936 - 2023
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 373
Anthony Olubunmi Okogie
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 374
Ben Pon
RACING DRIVER
1936 - 2019
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 375
Nh. Dini
WRITER
1936 - 2018
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 376