Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie
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Dominic Lee Pudwill Gorie (born 2 May 1957) is an American astronaut and veteran of three space shuttle missions.
Gorie, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, 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.
In 1994, Gorie was selected as an astronaut candidate. He first flew as the pilot of mission STS-91 in 1998 and then on mission STS-99 in 2000. In 2001, he was crew commander of mission STS-108, a visit to the International Space Station.
External link
- NASA Biography (http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/gorie.html)