status birth_place mission nationality article_title birth_date selection rank insignia image time name type occupation
retired crown point , indiana sts-61-b , sts-88 , sts-110 , sts-27 , sts-37 , sts-55 , sts-74 american jerry l. ross
 20 january 1948 1980 nasa group colonel , united states air force 30px30px30px30px 30px30px30px jerrylross-nasa . jpg 58d 00h 52m jerry lynn ross nasa astronaut flight engineer
jerry l. ross

jerry lynn ross -lrb- january 20 , 1948 , crown point , indiana -rrb- is a retired united states air force officer and a former nasa astronaut .
he is a veteran of seven space shuttle missions , making him the joint record holder for most spaceflights -lrb- a record he shares with franklin chang-diaz -rrb- .
his papers , photographs and many personal items are in the barron hilton flight and space exploration archives at purdue university .
he was inducted into the astronaut hall of fame during ceremonies in may of 2014 .
ross is the author of `` spacewalker : my journey in space and faith as nasa 's record-setting frequent flyer '' -lrb- purdue university press , 2013 -rrb- with john norberg .
in march of 2014 it was announced `` spacewalker '' will be available in a french translation through the specialist aerospace publisher altipresse .
fellow astronaut chris hadfield describes ross in his autobiography , `` an astronaut 's guide to life on earth '' , as `` the embodiment of the trustworthy , loyal , courteous and brave astronaut archetype . ''
