Anthony W. England, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Anthony W. England

astronaut

Date of Birth: 15-May-1942

Place of Birth: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Profession: astronaut, engineer, chemist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Anthony Wayne England (born May 15, 1942), better known as Tony England, is an American, former NASA astronaut.
Selected in 1967, England was among a group of astronauts who served as backups during the Apollo and Skylab programs.
Like most others in his class, he flew during the Space Shuttle program, serving as a mission specialist on STS-51F in 1985.
He has logged more than 3,000 hours of flying time and 188 hours in space. England helped develop and use radars to probe the Moon on Apollo 17 and glaciers in Washington and Alaska.
He participated in and led field parties during two seasons in Antarctica. England is currently dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan's Dearborn campus.