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William Pogue

Photo courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration, nasa.gov (accessed January 16, 2013).

Date of Birth: January 23, 1930

Oklahoma Connection: Born in Okemah, Oklahoma

Missions:
Skylab 4

Born in Okemah, William Pogue grew up in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. He attended Oklahoma Baptist University. He got his Masters of Science degree from Oklahoma A & M (now Oklahoma State University). He joined the US Air Force and fought in the Korean War. From 1955-57 Pogue was a member of the US Air Force Thunderbirds. He became a pilot for Skylab 4 and went to space on the Saturn I-B rocket. This was the last and longest of the Skylab missions. Pogue spent 2,017 hours in space.

William Pogue is balanced on one finger by another astronaut. Photo courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration, nasa.gov (accessed January 16, 2013).

Presentation flag carried on Skylab 2 by William Pogue to commemorate all the Indian tribes in Oklahoma (1974.007, Col. William R. Pogue Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society Collections).