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  Thomas Patten Stafford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stafford was selected among the second group of NASA astronauts in September 1962 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to participate in Projects Gemini and Apollo.
Stafford was commander of Apollo 10 in May 1969, which included the first flight of the lunar module during a Moon orbit, the first rendezvous while in the Moon environment, and the entire lunar landing mission except for the actual landing.
Stafford and his crewmates were cited in the Guinness Book of World Records for the highest speed ever attained by man—during Apollo 10's return from the moon, the spacecraft reached 24,791 statute miles per hour.
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 Thomas Stafford and Edith Newlin
Thomas Stafford 1804-1873 and Edith Newlin 1812-c1885 Thomas Stafford was born in 1804 ÿin Caswell County North Carolina.
Thomas and Elizabeth were married by a civil ceremony and for that reason in a Monthly Meeting, held by the Bloomfield Quaker Meeting House on November 6 1830, Elizabeth was condemned.
Thomas and Edith were married in a civil ceremony and for that reason she was condemned by the Quaker Monthly Meeting held on April 6 1836.
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 Stafford
General Stafford was commander of Apollo X in May 1969, the first flight of the lunar module to the moon, performed the first rendezvous around the moon, and performed the entire lunar-landing mission except the actual landing.
General Stafford was cited in the "Guinness Book of World Records" for highest reentry speed of any Manned Space flight during Apollo X. In June 1969 he was assigned as head of the astronaut group and, as such, was responsible for the selection of flight crews for projects Apollo and Skylab.
General Stafford piloted the Apollo craft that was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., and Colonel Leonov piloted the Soviet Soyuz craft that was launched from the Baikonur launch complex, Kazakhstan, U.S.S.R. In addition General Stafford is the recipient of several honorary degrees.
www.astronautix.com /astros/stafford.htm   (4920 words)

  
 Staffordfamily tree - pafg08.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Agnes Stafford was born on 24 Aug 1829.
Martha Stafford was born on 4 Oct 1832.
Cyrus Pence Stafford was born on 9 Dec 1839 and died on 6 Nov 1921.
www.angelfire.com /va/spartopia/JohnStafford/pafg08.htm   (357 words)

  
 Thomas P. Stafford
General Stafford was selected among the second group of astronauts in September 1962 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to participate in Projects Gemini and Apollo.
General Stafford was commander of Apollo 10 in May 1969, first flight of the lunar module to the moon, performed the first rendezvous around the Moon, and performed the entire lunar landing mission except the actual landing.
General Stafford was the first member of his Naval Academy Class of 1952 to pin on the first, second and third stars of a General Officer.
www.usna.edu /Admissions/Notables/Astronauts/stafford/stafford.htm   (1335 words)

  
 GENERATION #6: Thomas Owsley and Ann
Thomas Owsley was a member of the Overwharton Parish in Stafford County, Virginia and later a member of the Hamilton Parish in Prince William County, Virginia.
Thomas Owsley is first mentioned in the will of his maternal grandfather, William Harris, written on March 24, 1697/8, The will itself has not survived, but its contents, at least in part, are disclosed in a deed resulting from the partition of land among two great-grandchildren of William Harris.
Thomas Owsley III was the father of the Kentucky branch of Owsleys.
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 Biographies | Thomas P. Stafford
Mary Ellen Stafford, is a resident of Weatherford.
Stafford graduated with honors in 1952 from the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force.
In May 1969, General Stafford was commander of Apollo 10, the first flight of the lunar module to the moon, He performed the first rendezvous around the Moon and the entire lunar landing mission except the actual landing.
history.nasa.gov /astp/stafford.html   (1083 words)

  
 Thomas Stafford (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas Cardinal Williams (1930 -) a New Zealand Cardinal and the former Archbishop of Wellington
Sir Thomas Stafford, reputed to be the illegitimate son of George Carew, Baron Carew of Clopton and Earl of Totnes (1555 - 1629)
Thomas Stafford (1531 - 1557) a grandson of Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford, who was executed for high treason
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Stafford_(disambiguation)   (169 words)

  
 John Thomas Stafford and Lena Ella Trotter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
John Thomas Stafford 1887-1953 Lena Ella Trotter 1888-1968 John Thomas Stafford was born in 1887 in Parke County Indiana.
This is the period that John Thomas Stafford and Lena Ella (Trotter) Stafford lived in Lake Charles, La. J L White announced in 1910 that he had acquired a lease from the Mathilde Miller for the purpose of erecting a new theater to be called the Arcade in the 800 block of Ryan Street.
John Thomas Stafford died in 1953 and was buried in the Graceland Cemetery on Broad Street.
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 Astronaut Bio: Thomas P. Stafford
General Stafford was inducted into the Oklahoma Commerce and Industry Hall of Honor in October 1994, and to the National Aviation Hall of Fame and the Aerospace Walk of Honor in 1997.
General Stafford was cited in the Guinness Book of World Records for highest speed ever attained by man, that occurred during Apollo 10 reentry when the spacecraft attained 24,791 statute miles per hour.
In June 1971, General Stafford was assigned as Deputy Director of Flight Crew Operations at the NASA Manned Space flight Center.
www.jsc.nasa.gov /Bios/htmlbios/stafford-tp.html   (1418 words)

  
 GENUKI: Stafford of Botham (Derbyshire), DAJ, vol. 39, 1917
Among the witnesses is one Humfrey Stafford of the Shae,[8] or Shaw, as it is usually written.
Thomas Stafford the rightful owner of Botham was already in legal possession of the estate at the time of his marriage.
Among the Wolley[21] charters is acquittance by Thomas Bradshaw of Bakewell, gent., and Thomas Stafford of Bothams Hall in Glossop, Esqr., to Thomas Brown of Wirksworth, Archdeacon of Derby, for £600, Dated 25 April, 1 James II (1685).
www.wishful-thinking.org.uk /genuki/DBY/Eyam/Stafford/Botham.html   (3353 words)

  
 STAFFORD
Stafford was regarded as a cautious administrator and must have been a steadying influence in such troubled times.
Archbishop Chicheley recommended Stafford to Pope Eugenius IV as his successor on the grounds of "his high intellectual and moral qualifications, the nobility of his birth, the influence of his relations and his own almost boundless hospitality".
John Stafford died on 25May 1452 at the Archiepiscopal Palace at Maidstone, and is buried in the south choir siale of Canterbury Cathedral.
www.tudorplace.com.ar /STAFFORD1.htm   (2354 words)

  
 John Stafford
John Stafford was born in London in 1766.
Stafford recruited John Castle, a convicted convict to join the Spenceans and to report on their activities.
Stafford volunteered his services to head the Bow Street officers who distinguished themselves on that occasion, although his duties as Chief Clerk by no means required that he should hazzard his person in such a desperate enterprise.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /PRstafford.htm   (941 words)

  
 Thomas Stafford, a collector of Native American art; at 63 - The Boston Globe
Thomas J. Stafford's fascination with other cultures prompted him to travel the world, develop a vast collection of Native American art, and reach out to people, often bringing international visitors to family gatherings, said his sister Eileen Lessard.
Stafford was generous with his family, too, she said.
Stafford leaves a brother, Alan, of Barre, and another sister, Patricia Lebel, of Lynn.
www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2005/08/30/thomas_stafford_a_collector_of_native_american_art_at_63   (455 words)

  
 Staffordfamily tree - pafg20.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Otto Deroy Mitchell (Thomas Jefferson Mitchell, Belinda Jane Stafford, Thomas, James, John) was born on 15 Jun 1879.
Anna Elizabeth Stafford was born on 19 Jul 1916.
Carl A. Stafford (Joseph M. Thomas, Thomas, James, John) was born in Jul 1882.
www.angelfire.com /va/spartopia/JohnStafford/pafg20.htm   (367 words)

  
 Thomas Stafford
Thomas Stafford was an American astronaut who was born on September 17, 1930, in Oklahoma.
Stafford and fellow astronaut Cernan flew to within 50,000 feet of the lunar surface.
Stafford made his last flight aboard the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975.
www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/people/astronauts/stafford.html   (162 words)

  
 2002 NASS Event -- Thomas P. Stafford Lecture
Thomas P. Stafford is a 1952 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and the first from his class to pin on the first, second, and third stars of a General Officer.
Upon being commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, Stafford received his pilot's wings and went on to fly fighter aircraft in the U.S. and in Germany where he performed the duties of pilot, flight leader, and flight test maintenance officer, flying the North American F-86D Sabre jet.
Stafford is a graduate and flight test pilot and instructor of the Air Force Experimental Flight Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
www.nasm.si.edu /membership/pevents/stafford.htm   (359 words)

  
 Amazon.com: WE HAVE CAPTURE C: Books: STAFFORD TP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Because of Stafford's close association with Soviet leaders and cosmonauts beginning in 1971, as well as during the ASTP program, in the early 1990s he was privy to many of the negotiations and served as a means of back channel communication between Russian and U.S. leaders that led to bringing Russia into the ISS program.
Stafford's influence and pure guts to facedown the Russians beginning with the ASTP flight and continuing on through the ISS is quite reveling.
Stafford vividly recalls both the joys of test pilot and astronaut life as well as the tragedies such as the T-38 flight into St. Louis where astronauts See and Bassett lost their lives.
www.amazon.com /WE-HAVE-CAPTURE-STAFFORD-TP/dp/1588340708   (2423 words)

  
 Prairie Settlement: Biographical Notes for the Oblinger Family P-T
Mary was born in 1832, and was the daughter of Jacob and Sarah Stafford, Mattie's maternal uncle and aunt.
Giles Green Thomas was the youngest brother of William Porter Thomas, and uncle of Mattie (Thomas) Oblinger.
The twin brother of George Thomas, and eldest child of William Porter Thomas and Margaret (Stafford) Thomas, Giles was born December 16, 1840, in Cass County, Indiana.
memory.loc.gov /ammem/award98/nbhihtml/psob4.html   (1427 words)

  
 Astronaut Scholarship Foundation: Thomas P. Stafford
Thomas P. Stafford flew on Gemini 6, the first space rendezvous mission, and Gemini 9; orbited the moon on Apollo 10, and commanded the American ship that linked in orbit with a Soviet craft during the Apollo-Soyuz flight.
Stafford was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1962.
Thomas Stafford was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on March 19, 1993.
www.astronautscholarship.org /stafford.html   (596 words)

  
 Stafford T. Thomas
Thomas, Stafford T. "CIA Functional Diversity and the National Security Process." In The Vulnerable Labyrinth, ed.
Thomas, Stafford T. "A Political Theory of the CIA." International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence 11, no. 1 (Spring 1998): 57-72.
Thomas, Stafford T. "On the Selection of Directors of Central Intelligence." Southeastern Political Review 9 (Spring 1981): 1-59.
intellit.muskingum.edu /alpha_folder/T_folder/thomas_stafford.html   (314 words)

  
 Stafford Room
The spirit of William Stafford (1914-1993) is alive and well and living at Lewis and Clark College.
Noting that Stafford wrote a poem every day for the last 30 to 40 years of his life, Bly said Stafford inspired him to do the same.
Thomas Hacker Architects designed the study space as an intimate place for students to encounter Stafford's legacy as "poet, teacher and witness for literature and peace."
www.lclark.edu /~public/CHRONICLE/Spring1999/stafford.html   (646 words)

  
 Stafford, Thomas P. (1930-)
Stafford, Thomas P. A resource of The Worlds of David Darling
Stafford, Thomas P. Veteran American astronaut and career Air Force officer, selected by NASA in 1962.
Stafford served as backup pilot for Gemini 3 and pilot for Gemini 6, became command pilot for Gemini 9 upon the death of a prime crew member, and was backup commander for Apollo 7, commander of Apollo 10, and commander of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.
www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/S/Stafford.html   (191 words)

  
 GPN-2002-000156 - Thomas Stafford Trains in Soviet Simulator for ASTP
Thomas P. Stafford (left), veteran of 3 US space flights, "flew" the Soviet Soyuz spacecraft simulator with Maj. Gen.
During a visit to Star City, the Soviet cosmonaut center, General Stafford performed several terminal phase rendezvous in the Soyuz simulator and docked with the Salyut space station.
General Stafford, Deputy Director of Flight Crew Operations at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), flew on Gemini 6 and 9 and on Apollo 10 missions.
grin.hq.nasa.gov /ABSTRACTS/GPN-2002-000156.html   (164 words)

  
 NASA - NASA Awards Moon Rock to Former Astronaut Stafford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Thomas P. Stafford, USAF (Ret.) will receive a commemorative moon rock as part of NASA's Ambassador of Exploration program.
Stafford was part of the Apollo 10 crew that launched May 18, 1969.
Stafford also piloted NASA's Gemini VI mission in 1965 and commanded the Gemini IX mission in 1966.
www.nasa.gov /home/hqnews/2005/jul/HQ_05_179_Stafford_Award.html   (250 words)

  
 Dr. James Thomas Stafford
He was married to Caroline Stafford on 5 Dec 1867 in Prob.Bellefontaine, Ohio.
She was married to Thomas Jefferson Stafford on 25 Apr 1873 in Audubon, Iowa.
Children were: Cora Stafford, Clyde Stafford, Carrie Stafford, Edith L Stafford, Beatrice Pearl Stafford, Harlie Lewis Stafford, Elijah Charles Stafford.
www.johnstafford.org /tmstaf/d2.htm   (619 words)

  
 Descendants of John Stafford I
Thomas Batters was appointed to oversee the estates of the four youngest children which raises an interesting question.
The land was bounded on the southeast by Lambeth Lane and on the northeast by the Ogeechee River.
The Staffords later moved to Bryan County, GA, for at a "Court held at White Oak Plantation June 7, 1797," Thomas P. Stafford was one of the jurors drawn for the next court term.
www.lamartin.com /genealogy/stafford.htm   (2879 words)

  
 SPACE.com -- Moon Rock to be Awarded to Apollo-Soyuz Astronaut Thomas Stafford
Thomas P. Stafford with the Ambassador of Exploration Award at a ceremony attended by the astronaut's surviving Apollo- Soyuz Test Project Russian and American crewmates.
It will be placed on public display at the Stafford museum, alongside the astronaut's Annapolis class ring and his Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
Thomas Stafford flew on Gemini 6, the first rendezvous mission between two manned spacecraft, and Gemini 9; orbited the moon on Apollo 10, and commanded the U.S. command module that docked in orbit with a Soviet craft during the Apollo-Soyuz mission.
www.space.com /news/cs_050628_moonrock_stafford.html   (432 words)

  
 Stafford
Thomas was not only an early pioneer in Clark Co OH but also in Delaware County IN (1)+ Nancy b 5 May 1808 VA d 2 Feb 1870 m 27 Sept 1833 Samuel SPRINKLE b 8 Jan 1809 Rockingham Co VA d 14 Jan 1882 s/o George Sprinkle and Catherine_____.
Stafford was a stockholder and a director of the Granville turnpike, and was also interested in the Delaware Natural Gas Co. He enlisted on 12 May 1864 in Company G, 134th Indiana Volunteer Infantry in Muncie.
Stafford and Margaret ____ are undoubtedly the parents of Samuel M. Stafford.
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 SOURCES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Typescript of the Descendants of John Stafford prepared in 1998.
Stafford History: Genealogical notes and documents, compiled from e-mails from Neil Stafford to R.
E-Mails from Malcolm Stafford to R. Woodward, 13 and 18 Nov. 2002.
www.datasync.com /~woodward/stafford/fowsrc.htm   (4029 words)

  
 Apollo 10 Mission Overview
It would also be used to return the crew to orbit and the command service module after surface operations were completed.
Thomas Stafford was born on September 17, 1930, in Weatherford, Oklahoma.
He received a bachelor of science degree from the U.S. Naval Academy (1952) and was chosen with the second group of astronauts in 1962.
www.lpi.usra.edu /expmoon/Apollo10/A10_Overview.html   (651 words)

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