Colonel Gary Eugene Payton, USAF, is an American astronaut and USAF Manned Spaceflight Engineer. Payton flew on the STS-51-C mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in January 1985. He later served as Deputy Undersecretary of the Air Force under the Bush and Obama Administrations.
- Occupation
- military officer, astronaut, aircraft pilot
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- June 20, 1948
