Background
Gregory was born in Lockport, New York and graduated from Lockport High School in 1975.
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He then attended the United States Air Force Academy, where he graduated with a degree in engineering sciences in 1979.
Career
After this, he went to Columbia University to get a master"s degree in engineering mechanics (1980), and Troy University to get another master"s in management (1984). Between 1981 and 1986, Gregory served as an operational fighter pilot flying the Doctorate and F models of the F-111. In this capacity, he served as an instructor pilot at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, and Cannon Air Force Base (Air Force Base), New Mexico.
He attended the United States Air Force Test Pilot School in 1987.
Between 1988 and 1990 Gregory served as a test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base flying the F-4, A-7D, and all five models of the F-15. Having flown in excess of 40 types of aircraft, Gregory has accumulated over 5,000 hours of flight time.
Selected by National Aeronautics and Space Administration in January 1990, Gregory became an astronaut in July 1991. Gregory"s technical assignments included: Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL).
Astronaut office representative for Landing/Rollout, T-38 Flying Safety.
Kennedy Space Center Astronaut Support Personnel (Association of Software Professionals). Spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) in mission control. Astronaut office representative for rendezvous and proximity operations.
And Spacecraft Operations Branch Chief.
He flew on STS-67 (1995) and has logged 400 hours in space. Gregory retired from the Air Force and left National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the Summer of 1999.
He currently serves as Vice President of Business Development for Qwaltec, Incorporated. in Tempe, Arizona. Gregory served as the STS-67 pilot on the seven-person astronomical research mission aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Launching from the Kennedy Space Center on March 2, 1995, and landing at Edwards Air Force Base on March 18, 1995, the crew established a new mission duration record of 16 days, 15 hours, 8 minutes and 46 seconds, while completing 262 orbits and traveling nearly seven million miles.
This second flight of the ASTRO telescope primary payload also included numerous secondary payloads.
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Membership
He is also a member of the United States Air Force Academy Association of Graduates.
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