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Charles Gordon Fullerton (October 11, 1936 – August 21, 2013) was a United States Air Force colonel, a USAF and NASA astronaut, and a research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, California.
Aug 22, 2013 · C. Gordon Fullerton, an Apollo-era astronaut who was among the first test pilots to fly the space shuttle, died Aug. 21, three years after suffering a stroke that left him partially paralyzed.
Aug 23, 2013 · Col. C. Gordon Fullerton, an astronaut who performed the first flight test of a space shuttle in 1977, then piloted two shuttle missions — including one in which an engine failed shortly after...
Aug 21, 2013 · C. Gordon Fullerton, who compiled a distinguished career as a NASA astronaut, research pilot and Air Force test pilot spanning almost 50 years, died Aug. 21. He was 76. Fullerton had sustained a severe stroke in late 2009, and had been confined to a long-term care facility in Lancaster, Calif., for most of the past 3½ years.
Aug 29, 2013 · Learn about the life and achievements of C. Gordon Fullerton, who flew in the Apollo, Skylab, and Space Shuttle programs and was a flight research pilot at NASA. He received many honors and awards for his contributions to aeronautics and spaceflight.
On August 21, 2013, C. Gordon Fullerton passed away due to complications from a stroke. In December 2007, Fullerton retired from NASA and his post of Associate Director of Flight Operations at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California.
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Aug 23, 2013 · C. Gordon Fullerton waited years for his chance to go into space but less than six minutes after the space shuttle Challenger took off in 1985, he was starting to rethink it.
