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{{Short description|American astronaut (born 1944)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox astronaut |name = Sherwood Spring |image = Sherwood Spring.jpg |birth_name = Sherwood Clark Spring |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|9|3}} |birth_place = [[Hartford, Connecticut]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |education = [[United States Military Academy]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[University of Arizona]] ([[Master of Science|MS]]) |type = [[NASA astronaut]] |rank = [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], [[United States Army|USA]] |time = 6d 21h 4m |selection = [[NASA Astronaut Group 9|NASA Group 9 (1980)]] |eva1 = 2 |eva2 = 12h 14m<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spacefacts.de/eva/astronauts/english/spring_sherwood.htm |title=Sherwood C. Spring - EVA experience}}</ref> |mission = [[STS-61-B]] |insignia = [[File:Sts-61-b-patch.png|40px]] }} '''Sherwood Clark Spring''' (born September 3, 1944) is a retired [[United States Army]] [[Colonel (United States)|colonel]] and former [[NASA]] [[astronaut]]. Spring is married with two children. He is the father of United States [[Olympic Games|Olympian]] [[Justin Spring]]. Sherwood Spring has logged 165 hours in space, 12 of which were spent conducting [[spacewalk]]s. Spring has also accumulated 3,500 hours in 25 different military and civilian aircraft; over 1,500 of those hours were spent in [[jet aircraft]].<ref name=nasabio>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/spring_sherwood.pdf |title=Sherwood C. (Woody) Spring (Colonel, USA, Ret.), NASA Astronaut (Former) |publisher=NASA |date=December 1994 |access-date=June 18, 2021}}{{NASA}}</ref>
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