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Biography
Guy began his career as an Air Force fighter pilot and test
pilot. As a NASA Astronaut, he worked
in many areas of space shuttle and space station development and support. His
two flights in space were as pilot of Space Shuttle missions STS-27,
launching a DoD payload, and STS-35, carrying the ASTRO-1 astronomy
laboratory. Guy’s government
leadership positions have included Head of the USAF Test Pilot School, NASA
Associate Administrator for Space Flight (Russian Programs) with the primary
role of Program Director of the joint U.S./Russian space flight program
Shuttle-Mir, Director of the FAA Technical Center, and FAA Associate
Administrator for Aviation Safety (leading the government organization
responsible for regulation and oversight of civil aviation safety). Since leaving government
service, Guy has served as a high school mathematics
and physics teacher, a consultant in risk management and space flight
development, a research manager and teacher at In
2014, Guy backpacked 2185 miles from Georgia to Maine along the Appalachian
Trail. The
past couple of years Guy has been teaching physics,
government and economics to home school students. The
awesome Linda Gardner is Guy’s wife of over 50 years, and has served as an
elementary school teacher and art teacher.
They have three adult children and five grandchildren. Guy’s
volunteer activities have included: member of various advisory boards,
speaker to school and civic groups, youth group leader, adult and youth
Sunday school teacher, and Explorer Post leader. For a more
detailed biography with links to various organizations he has served, go to http://www.guygardner.com/biodetails.html.
(Updated June 2020)
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