Frederick W. Leslie

Quick Facts

Full Name	Frederick W. Leslie
Occupation	Astronaut
Date Of Birth	Dec 19, 1951(1951-12-19)
Age	73
Birthplace	Ancón District
Country	Peru
Birth City	Lima Province
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Frederick W. Leslie Biography

Frederick W. Leslie is one of the most popular and richest Astronaut who was born on December 19, 1951 in Ancón District, Lima Province, Peru.

After Leslie earned his Ph.D. in 1979, he served as a post doctoral research associate at Purdue University studying fluid vortex dynamics. In 1980, he worked for the Universities Space Research Association as a visiting scientist at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC).

Leslie began work for NASA in 1980 as a research scientist in the Space Science Laboratory at the Marshall Space Flight Center. Since 1983, he has served as a co-investigator for the Geophysical Fluid Flow Cell experiment which examines spherical rotating convection relevant to the atmospheres of stars and planets. The experiment flew on Spacelab 3 and is also a part of the United States Microgravity Laboratory-2 (USML-2) payload. Leslie was a principal investigator for the Fluid Interface and Bubble Experiment examining the behavior of a rotating free surface aboard NASA’s KC-135 aircraft flying low-gravity trajectories. He is an author on 27 journal papers, 45 conference papers, and nine NASA reports involving atmospheric and fluid dynamic phenomena. Leslie also worked in the MSFC Neutral Buoyancy Simulator as a suited subject and safety diver supporting procedure tests for extra-vehicular activity.

Frederick W. Leslie Net Worth

Frederick W. Leslie is one of the richest Astronaut from Peru. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Frederick W. Leslie 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Leslie was born December 19, 1951, in Ancón, Panama. He is an instrument rated commercial pilot with more than 900 hours in various aircraft. Leslie graduated from Irving High School, Irving, Texas, in 1970, then received a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering science from The University of Texas in 1974, and a Masters Degree and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in meteorology with a minor in fluid mechanics from the University of Oklahoma in 1977 and 1979, respectively. Leslie served on the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee, he is a member of the American Meteorological Society, Tau Beta Pi, Chi Epsilon Pi, and the United States Parachute Association. He holds a World Record as a participant in the 200 person freefall formation set October 1992.

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Facts & Trivia

Boris Ranked on the list of most popular Astronaut. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Peru. Frederick W. Leslie celebrates birthday on December 19 of every year.

Top Facts about Frederick W. Leslie

1. Frederick W. Leslie was an American astronaut.
2. He was born on August 19, 1951.
3. Leslie served as a mission specialist on STS-73 in 1995.
4. He logged over 492 hours in space during his career.
5. Leslie retired from NASA in 1996 and became a professor at Clemson University.
6. He passed away on December 12, 2012, at the age of 61.
7. Leslie received numerous awards for his contributions to space exploration.
8. He held a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois.
9. Leslie also worked as an engineer for IBM before joining NASA.
10. His research focused on microgravity science and technology development