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James C. Adamson

1946 - Today

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James Craig Adamson (born March 3, 1946) is a former NASA astronaut and retired Colonel of the United States Army. He is married with 3 children. James Adamson flew on two missions, STS-28 and STS-43, and completed 263 orbits and 334 hours in space. After retiring from NASA, he was recruited by Allied Signal (later merged with Honeywell) where he retired in 2001. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James C. Adamson is the 204th most popular astronaut (down from 181st in 2019), the 7,465th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,954th in 2019) and the 91st most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, James C. Adamson ranks 204 out of 556. Before him are Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov, Patrick Baudry, Oleg Kononenko, Yury Malyshev, Elliot See, and Laurel Clark. After him are Karol J. Bobko, Ronald J. Garan Jr., Koichi Wakata, Michael J. Adams, Gennady Sarafanov, and Jon McBride.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, James C. Adamson ranks 524. Before him are Edgar Winter, Dennis Dugan, Aynsley Dunbar, Jeff Sessions, Mary Beth Hurt, and Eddy Treijtel. After him are Hamengkubuwono X, Roar Grønvold, Harry Vos, Andreas Kunz, Oldřich Machač, and Andy Bown.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James C. Adamson ranks 7,467 out of 20,380. Before him are Margaret Qualley (1994), Jim Keltner (1942), Sherrill Milnes (1935), Christopher Scarver (1969), Tom Byron (1961), and Amos Bronson Alcott (1799). After him are Jon Lovitz (1957), Debbie Rowe (1958), Paul R. Ehrlich (1932), Medgar Evers (1925), Don Knotts (1924), and Neal Stephenson (1959).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, James C. Adamson ranks 91. Before him are William Shepherd (1949), Rick Husband (1957), C. Gordon Fullerton (1936), Paul Lockhart (1956), Elliot See (1927), and Laurel Clark (1961). After him are Karol J. Bobko (1937), Ronald J. Garan Jr. (1961), Michael J. Adams (1930), Jon McBride (1943), Loren Acton (1936), and Clifton Williams (1932).

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