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William E. Thornton
William Edgar Thornton (M.D.) (born April 14, 1929) is a former NASA astronaut. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from University of North Carolina and a doctorate in medicine, also from UNC. He flew on Challenger twice, the STS-8 and STS-51B missions.
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