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Jeffrey Shears Ashby (born June 1954) is an United
States|American astronaut and a veteran of three
space shuttle missions.

Ashby earned degrees in engineering and aviation
from the University of Idaho and the University of
Tennessee. As a test pilot in the United States
Navy, Ashby helped develop the FA-18 aircraft and
flew the FA-18 in combat missions as part of
Operation Desert Storm and Operation Southern
Watch during and after the Gulf War and as part of
Operation Continue Hope in Somalia. He commanded a
fighter squadron stationed aboard the USS Abraham
Lincoln (CVN-72)|USS Abraham Lincoln; in 1994, his
squadron was designated the top FA-18 squadron in
the Navy.

Ashby was selected as an astronaut candidate in
1994; he piloted space shuttle mission STS-93 in
1999 and commanded missions STS-100 in 2001 and
STS-112, both assembly missions for the
International Space Station.

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==External link==

* http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ashby.html
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