Šestidenního letu se zúčastnila tato pětičlenná posádka: velitel Richard Truly, dále pak Daniel Brandenstein, Guion Bluford, Dale Gardner a William Thornton.
Thornton became aide-de-camp to Lieutenant-General Earl Ludlow, commander of the Kent military district in Spring 1806. Promoted to major on 13 November 1806, he transferred to the Royal York Rangers.
William Thornton was a British-born American architect, inventor, and public official, best known as the creator of the original design for the Capitol at Washington, D.C. Thornton studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh (1781–84…
William Thornton (1826–1848) was a Canadian firefighter. He was the first firefighter in Toronto to die in the line of duty. [1 ] [2 ] [3 ] He was mortally wounded by a falling wall on November 22, 1848, suffering a severely fractured skull…
William Thornton led the office from 1802-1828 during John Adams's, Thomas Jefferson's, James Madison's, James Monroe's, and John Quincy Adams's administrations.
William Thornton (1712/13–1769) of Cattal was an English politician, Member of Parliament for York, described also as a "celebrated though eccentric sportsman".