William F. Readdy

Quick Facts

Full Name	William F. Readdy
Occupation	Military Officer
Date Of Birth	Jan 24, 1952(1952-01-24)
Age	72
Country	United States
Birth City	Quonset Point
Horoscope	Capricorn

William F. Readdy Biography

William F. Readdy is one of the most popular and richest Military Officer who was born on January 24, 1952 in Quonset Point, United States. He was born on 24 January 1952 from Quonset Point in Rhode Island, and is married to Colleen Nevius. The couple has two children as well as one daughter.

Readdy began his NASA career at the Johnson Space Center in October 1986, as a research pilot located at Ellington Field, Houston, Texas in which he worked as the program manager for the heavily customized Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. He was chosen as an astronaut for the year 1987 Group. He was in a variety of positions of support, like Training Officer, Safety Officer Operations Development Branch Chief; NASA Director of Operations, Star City, Russia; Stafford Task Force; and was the first director for Space Shuttle Program Development charged with enhancing space shuttles. Space Shuttle. Readdy was Assistant Administrator for the NASA HQ Office of Space Flight which is responsible for all of the Marshall, Kennedy, Stennis and Johnson Space Centers as in addition to programmatic oversight for International Space Station, Space Shuttle, Space Communications and Space Launch Vehicles.

Recognized as the Legion of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, two Outstanding Leadership Medals of NASA and two NASA Outstanding Service Medals and the three Space Flight Awards from NASA as well as the Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Navy Expeditionary Medal and two National Defense Service Medals as well as the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, and a variety of awarding units and awards for service. U.S. Naval Test Pilot School Instructor of the Year (1984). NASA Space Flight Safety Award. Federation Aeronautique Internationale awards include The Kamarov Diploma (STS-51), the De la Vaulx Medal (STS-79) and an World Record Certificate (STS-79).

William F. Readdy Net Worth

William F. Readdy is one of the richest Military Officer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, William F. Readdy 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His graduation in McLean High School, McLean, Virginia, in 1970 and earned an Associate of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering (with honors) from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1974. He is a highly regarded graduate of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School 1980. Readdy is a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, the Explorers Club, and the Royal Astronautical Society and is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA. He is also a member of the Association of Space Explorers.

Readdy earned his degree from Annapolis in 1974 and obtained his wings as an Annapolis-based Naval Aviator. Following his fleet training at the A-6 Intruder at NAS Oceana, Virginia, he joined Attack Squadron Eighty Five aboard the airship carrier USS Forrestal deployed to the North Atlantic and Mediterranean from 1976 to 1980. Following the completion of the Naval Test Pilot School, the pilot was assigned as a test pilot for a range of projects at Strike Aircraft Test Directorate. Following a stint as an instructor of test pilots when he returned in 1984 to the USS Coral Sea, on Caribbean and Mediterranean deployments. In 1986, Readdy moved into the Naval Reserve to join NASA and was instructor pilot and commanding officer until his retirement from the Navy at the end of August, 2000. He’s logged over 7,000 flying hours on more than 60 different types of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft and more than 550 landings on carriers.

Readdy is a veteran pilot astronaut with three space flights, STS-42 (January 22–30, 1992), STS-51 (September 12–22, 1993) and, most recently, STS-79 (September 16–26, 1996). Readdy has logged over 672 hours in space.

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William Ranked on the list of most popular Military Officer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. William F. Readdy celebrates birthday on January 24 of every year.