ASTRONAUT

Jerry L. Ross

1948 - Today

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Jerry Lynn Ross (born January 20, 1948, Crown Point, Indiana) is a retired United States Air Force officer, engineer, and a former NASA astronaut. Ross is a veteran of seven Space Shuttle missions, making him the joint record holder for most spaceflights (a record he shares with Franklin Chang-Díaz). His papers, photographs, and many personal items are in the Barron Hilton Flight and Space Exploration Archives at Purdue University. He was inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame during ceremonies in May 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jerry L. Ross is the 266th most popular astronaut (down from 221st in 2019), the 9,527th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,578th in 2019) and the 123rd most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Jerry L. Ross ranks 266 out of 556. Before him are William E. Thornton, Jeanette J. Epps, Ernst Messerschmid, Rodolfo Neri Vela, Joe F. Edwards Jr., and Vladimir Vasyutin. After him are Pedro Duque, Eileen Collins, John Herrington, Nikolai Budarin, Gregory R. Wiseman, and Yury Onufriyenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Jerry L. Ross ranks 597. Before him are Birthe Kjær, Mayanga Maku, Viktor Krovopuskov, Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Danny Denzongpa, and Abdul Quader Molla. After him are Tipper Gore, Richard Tandy, Maouhoub Ghazouani, John Martyn, Georgi Yartsev, and Marius Müller-Westernhagen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerry L. Ross ranks 9,529 out of 20,380. Before him are Carleton S. Coon (1904), Jo Stafford (1917), Lee Arenberg (1962), William C. Gorgas (1854), James Dashner (1972), and Laura Ramsey (1982). After him are Tipper Gore (1948), Bruce Buck (1946), Steve Forbes (1947), Marjorie Gestring (1922), Dana Ashbrook (1967), and Rex Linn (1956).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Jerry L. Ross ranks 123. Before him are Robert A. Parker (1936), Charles Bassett (1931), John L. Phillips (1951), William E. Thornton (1929), Jeanette J. Epps (1970), and Joe F. Edwards Jr. (1958). After him are Eileen Collins (1956), John Herrington (1958), Gregory R. Wiseman (1975), Robert F. Overmyer (1936), Bonnie J. Dunbar (1949), and Daniel Brandenstein (1943).

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