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   Jerry Lynn Ross (born January 20, 1948, Crown Point, Indiana) is a retired United States Air Force officer, engineer, and a former NASA astronaut. Ross is a veteran of 7 Space Shuttle missions, making him the joint record holder for most spaceflights (a record he shares with Franklin Chang-Díaz ).

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   Apr 30, 2024 · Jerry Ross (born January 20, 1948, Crown Point, Indiana, U.S.) is an American astronaut, the first person to be launched into space seven times. Ross earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering in 1970 at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. After receiving a master’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1972, he started active duty with ...

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   He is married to the former Karen S. Pearson of Sheridan, Indiana. They have two children. He enjoys genealogy, traveling, photography, stained glass, woodworking and model rocketry. His parents, Donald J. Ross and Phyllis E. (Dillabaugh) Ross, are deceased. Karen’s mother, Wilma Pearson, resides in Sheridan, Indiana.

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   Who is Jerry Ross?

   • STS-61-B mission specialist Jerry L. Ross working on the Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structure (ACCESS) outside the space shuttle Atlantis, November 30, 1985. In February 1979 he was assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ’s (NASA’s) Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston.

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   How did Jerry Ross die?

   • Successful films were made of both musicals, although Ross did not get to see them realized. He died from complications related to the lung disease bronchiectisis on November 11th, 1955. He was 29. At the time he died, Jerry Ross had written the number one and number two shows running on Broadway.

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   Is Jerry Ross a Hall of Famer?

   • Jerry Ross was admitted posthumously to the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in 1982. His wife, Judy, and daughter, Janie, accepted the award in his honor. Recordings of his songs have sold many millions of copies, and his shows are continually performed and enjoyed, in both first class and first grade productions!

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   How many times did Jerry Ross fly into space?

   • There are few people more qualified than Jerry Ross to describe what it is like to launch into space. Retired after three decades as a NASA astronaut, Ross flew into space a record seven times.

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5. www.space.com › 19652-nasa-astronaut-jerry-rossFrequent-Flyer Astronaut Jerry Ross: NASA's Most-Launched ...

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   Feb 6, 2013 · With seven spaceflights to his name, former NASA astronaut Jerry Ross is the ultimate frequent flyer. Now Ross has a new book out to chronicle his cosmic travels.

6. www.purdue.edu › space › astronautJerry Ross - Purdue In Space

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   A veteran of seven spaceflights, Jerry Ross spent more than 1,393 hours in space, including 58 hours, 18 minutes on nine spacewalks. When he retired from NASA in 2012, Ross was the only person to have been launched into space seven times.

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   Jul 26, 2023 · Jerry L. Ross – NESC Academy Biography. PERSONAL DATA: Born January 20, 1948, in Crown Point, Indiana. He is married to the former Karen S. Pearson of Sheridan, Indiana. They have two children. He enjoys genealogy, traveling, photography, stained glass, woodworking and model rocketry.

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   Jerry Ross was born Jerold Rosenberg on March 9, 1926, to Russian immigrant parents, Lena and Jacob Rosenberg, in the East Bronx, New York City. As a child and young teen, he was the “hottest young property on the Jewish stage,” singing and acting professionally and billed as the “Boy Star” in Yiddish stage and movie productions.