 james craig adamson (born march 3, 1946) is a former nasa astronaut and retired colonel of the united states army. he is married with 3 children. james adamson flew on two missions, sts-28 and sts-43, and completed 263 orbits and 334 hours in space. after retiring from nasa, he was recruited by allied signal (later merged with honeywell) where he retired in 2001. adamson has logged over 3,000 hours in over 30 different types of helicopters and airplanes. ==personal data== adamson was born in warsaw, new york. he currently resides in fishersville, virginia with his wife ellen and two of his three children.astronaut bio: james c. adamson ==education== adamson completed his bachelor of science in engineering and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the u.s. army at united states military academy at west point, new york in 1969. in 1977, he completed a master of science degree in aerospace engineering at princeton university. in 2010, he completed his chartered director certification, graduating from the directors college, (a joint venture between mcmaster university and the conference board of canada.the directors college additionally he has completed undergraduate and graduate pilot training, paratrooper training, arctic water and mountain survival training, nuclear weapons training, basic and advanced officer training, u.s. army command and general staff college, and the u.s. naval test pilot school. ==military experience== as a military test pilot, adamson has flown research aircraft at edwards air force base, princeton university, west point, naval air station patuxent river, and nasa houston. during the vietnam war, he flew in the iv corps area and in cambodia with the
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