Cruise With An Astronaut on His 43-Foot Boat!
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CRUISE AROUND ANNAPOLIS AND CHESAPEAKE BAY WITH ASTRONAUT FRED GREGORY
Take an afternoon cruise on the waterways around Annapolis with six to eight friends and Frederick Gregory, former astronaut and former acting administrator and deputy administrator of NASA, on his 43-foot boat, "Sea Toy." The cruise will launch along the South River, and cruise the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Annapolis harbor areas. The trip, expected to last two to three hours, will include on-board refreshments.
Special Instructions
A veteran of three Shuttle missions, Fred Gregory logged over 455 hours in space. He served as pilot on Challenger mission STS-51B (April 29 to May 6, 1985), and was the spacecraft commander on Discovery mission STS-33 (November 22-27, 1989), and Atlantis flight STS-44 (November 24 to December 1, 1991). Gregory served at NASA Headquarters as Associate Administrator for the Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (1992-2001), Associate Administrator for the Office of Space Flight (2001-2002), and NASA Deputy Administrator (2002-2005).