# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-c-aldridge-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-15T17:00:11.606Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-c-aldridge-jr"
name: "Edward C. Aldridge, Jr."
slug: "edward-c-aldridge-jr"
description: "Edward Cleveland \"Pete\" Aldridge Jr. is an aerospace engineer and former government official in the U.S. Defense Department. He was also selected as a payload specialist for the Space Shuttle mission STS-62-A, scheduled to launch in July 1986. The mission was canceled after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in January 1986, and Aldridge never flew."
tagline: "Former U.S. Department of Defense official and defense industry executive"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_C._Aldridge%2C_Jr..jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1938-08-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.44
  momentum:             6.724137931034484
  historical:           7.676566666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Edward C. Aldridge Jr."
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Edward C. Aldridge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_C._Aldridge_Jr."
    title: "Edward C. Aldridge Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ادوارد سی. آلدریج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_C._Aldridge_Jr."
    title: "Edward C. Aldridge Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%93%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%93%D7%92'"
    title: "אדוארד אולדרידג'"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "エドワード・C・オルドリッジ・ジュニア"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump