Edward Cleveland (Pete) Aldridge Status: Inactive. Trained as: Astronaut. Profession: Payload Specialist. Sex: Male. Birth Date: 18 August 1938. Birth City: Houston. Birth State: Texas. Birth Country: USA. Nationality: American. Group: Payload Specialist. Date Selected: 01 August 1985. Date Departed: 30 November 1985. Number of Flights: 0. Flight Log
STS-62-A - - 1986 July - Assignment: Proposed Prime Crew.
Planned Department of Defense shuttle mission. Cancelled after Challenger disaster. Would have been first launch from the ill-fated SLC-6 launch site at Vandenberg, California.