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Rij, Jerry Jerome
American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut, 1979-1985. Served at Onizuka AFB, California. Retired from the Air Force in 1995. Thereafter worked in private industry in Virginia.
Status: Inactive; Active 1979-1985. Born: 1950-02-23. Birth Place: Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Newark College of Engineering, 1972.
Family: DoD Group 1 - 1979,
Military Spaceflight Engineer Astronaut.
Country: USA.
Agency: USAF.
Bibliography: 4452.
1950 February 23 - .
- Birth of Jerry Jerome Rij - .
Nation: USA.
Related Persons: Rij.
American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut, 1979-1985. Served at Onizuka AFB, California. Retired from the Air Force in 1995. Thereafter worked in private industry in Virginia..
1979 August 1 - .
- DoD Astronaut Training Group 1 selected. - .
Nation: USA.
Related Persons: Casserino,
Detroye,
Hamel,
Higbee,
Joseph,
Lydon,
Payton,
Rij,
Sefchek,
Sundberg,
Vidrine,
Watterson,
Wright, Keith.
The group was selected to provide shuttle manned spaceflight engineers to operate military payloads.. Qualifications: USAF, Navy, or Army officers with bachelor's degree in science or engineering; four years experience in flying or space-related activities. Vision minimum 20/150 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20. Maximum sitting blood pressure of 140/90. Height between 150 and 193 cm.. 13 were selected from 222 candidates. The existence of the group was secret until 1985.
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