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| 525.1 | Group 10 Astronauts (any more recent?) | DOCO2::KLAES | N = R*fgfpneflfifaL | Tue May 02 1989 13:13 | 14 |
| One information source I have (1985) lists the Group 10 astronauts
as the latest group (selected in May of 1984). They are:
Mark Brown, Manley Carter, Frank Culbertson, Sidney Gutierrez,
Lloyd Hamilton, Mark Lee, James Wetherbee, James Adamson, Kenneth
Cameron, John Casper, Marsha Ivins, George Low, Michael McCulley,
William Shepherd, Ellen Shulman, Kathryn Thornton, and Charles Veach.
If someone has a list of any Groups selected after this, please
post it here, thanks. I know I don't have a current list of retired
astronauts, so a posting on that would be appreciated, too.
Larry
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| 525.2 | More info | KAOA04::KLEIN | Susan H. Klein @TRO | Tue May 02 1989 15:36 | 221 |
| The following is a list of all astronaut groups up to group 12 with the
disposition of each astronaut. I know that there is a group 12 but I don't
have any names. If anyone can fill in the blanks for this group, please reply
here. Also if any of the astronauts listed as active has resigned etc, I
would appreciate it. I enjoy keeping track of all astronauts and keep a
personal log of their flights.
ASTRONAUT GROUPS
================
GROUP 1 - APRIL 1959 DISPOSITION
==================== ===========
Lt Malcolm Scott Carpenter, USN Resigned 1967
Capt Leroy Gordon Cooper, USAF Resigned 1970
LCol John Hershel Glenn Jr, USMC Resigned 1964
Capt Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom, USAF Killed Jan 27 1967
LCdr Walter Marty Schirra Jr, USN Resigned 1969
LCdr Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr, USN Resigned 1974
Capt Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton, USAF Resigned 1982
GROUP 2 - SEPTEMBER 1962 DISPOSITION
======================== ===========
Neil Alden Armstrong, NACA Resigned 1971
Maj Frank Borman, USAF Resigned 1970
Lt Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr, USN Resigned 1974
LCdr James Arthur Lovell Jr, USN Resigned 1973
Capt James Alton McDivitt, USAF Resigned 1972
Elliot M. See Jr, US Maritime Academy Killed 1966
Capt Thomas Patten Stafford, USAF Resigned 1975
Capt Edward Higgins White II, USAF Killed Jan 27 1967
LCdr John Watts Young, USN Active
GROUP 3 - OCTOBER 1963 DISPOSITION
====================== ===========
Maj Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin Jr, USAF Resigned 1971
Capt William Alison Anders, USAF Resigned 1969
Capt Charles A. Bassett II, USAF Killed 1966
Lt Alan Lavern Bean, USN Resigned 1981
Lt Eugene Andrew Cernan, USN Resigned 1976
Lt Roger B. Chaffee, USN Killed Jan 27 1967
Capt Micheal Collins, USAF Resigned 1970
R. Walter Cunningham, PhD Rand Corporation Resigned 1971
Capt Donn Fulton Eisele, USAF Resigned 1972
Capt Theodore C. Freeman, USAF Killed 1964
LCdr Richard Francis Gordon Jr, USN Resigned 1972
Russell Louis "Rusty" Schweickart, MIT Resigned 1979
Capt David Randolph Scott, USAF Resigned 1977
Capt Clifton C. Williams, Jr, USMC Killed 1967
GROUP 4 - JUNE 1965 DISPOSITION
=================== ===========
Owen Kay Garriot, PhD Stanford University Resigned 1988
Edward George Gibson, PhD Philco Corporation Resigned 1974
Duane E. Graveline, MD NASA Resigned 1965
LCdr Joseph Peter Kerwin, MD USN Active
Frank Curtis Michel, PhD Rice University Resigned 1969
Harrison Hagen "Jack" Schmitt, PhD US Geological Survey Resigned 1975
GROUP 5 - APRIL 1966 DISPOSITION
==================== ===========
Vance DeVoe Brand, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation Active
Lt John S. Bull, USN Resigned 1968
Maj Gerald Paul Carr, USMC Resigned 1977
Capt Charles Moss Duke Jr, USAF Resigned 1976
Capt Joseph Henry Engle, USAF Active
LCdr Ronald Ellwin Evans, USN Resigned 1977
Maj Edward G. Givens Jr, USAF Killed 1967
Fred Wallace Haise, NASA Resigned 1979
Maj James Benson Irwin, USAF Resigned 1972
Don Leslie Lind, PhD Active
Capt Jack Robert Lousma, USMC Resigned 1983
Lt Thomas Kenneth Mattingly, USN Resigned 1985
Lt Bruce McCandless II, USN Active
LCdr Edgar Dean Mitchell, USN Resigned 1972
Maj William Reid Pogue, USAF Resigned 1975
Capt Stuart Allen Roosa, USAF Resigned 1976
John Leonard "Jack" Swigert, Pratt and Whitney Resigned 1978
LCdr Paul Joseph Weitz, USN Active
Capt Alfred Merrill Worden, USAF Resigned 1975
GROUP 6 - AUGUST 1967 DISPOSITION
===================== ===========
Joseph Percival Allen, PhD Resigned 1985
Philip K. Chapman, DSc Resigned 1972
Anthony Wayne England, PhD Active
Karl Gordon Henize, PhD Active
Donald L. Holmquest, MD PhD Resigned 1973
Brian T. O'Leary, PhD Resigned 1968
William Benjamin Lenoir, PhD Resigned 1983
John A. Llewellyn, PhD Resigned 1967
Franklin Story Musgrave, MD Active
Robert Allan Ridley Parker, PhD Active
William Edgar Thorton, MD Active
GROUP 7 - AUGUST 1969 DISPOSITION
===================== ===========
LCol Karol Joseph Bobko, USAF Active
Cdr Robert Laurel Crippen, USN Active
LCol Charles Gordon Fullerton, USAF Active
Col Henry Warren "Hank" Hartsfield, USAF Active
LCol Robert Franklin Overmeyer, USMC Resigned 1986
Col Donald Herod Peterson, USAF Resigned 1984
Cdr Richard Harrison Truly, USN Resigned 1984
GROUP 8 - AUGUST 1978 DISPOSITION
===================== ===========
Maj Guion Stewart Bluford Jr, PhD USAF Active
LCdr Daniel Charles Brandenstein, USN Active
Capt James Frederick Buchli, USMC Active
LCdr Micheal Loyd Coats, USN Active
Maj Richard Ostwalt Covey, USAF Active
LCdr John Oliver Creighton, USN Active
Maj John McCreary Fabian, PhD USAF Active
Anna Lee Fisher, MD Active
Lt Dale Allen Gardner, USN Active
Lt Robert Lee "Hoot" Gibson, USN Active
Maj Frederick Drew Gregory, USAF Active
Stanley David Griggs Active
Terry Jonathan Hart Resigned 1984
Cdr Frederick Hamilton "Rick" Hauck, USN Active
Steven Alan Hawley, PhD Active
Jeffery Alan Hoffman, PhD Active
Shannon Wells Lucid, PhD Active
LCdr Jon Andrew McBride, USN Active
Ronald Erwin McNair, PhD Killed Jan 28 1986
Capt Richard Michael Mullane, USAF Active
Capt Steven Ray Nagel, USAF Active
George Driver "Pinky" Nelson, PhD Active
Capt Ellison Shoji Onizuka, USAF Killed Jan 28 1986
Judith Arlene Resnik, PhD Killed Jan 28 1986
Sally Kristen Ride Resigned 1987
Maj Francis Richard "Dick" Scobee, USAF Killed Jan 28 1986
Margaret Rhea Seddon, MD Active
Capt Brewster Hopkinson Shaw Jr, USAF Active
Capt Loren James Shriver, USAF Active
Maj Robert Lee Stewart, US Army Active
Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan Active
Norman Earl Thagard, MD Active
James Dougal Adrianus "Ox" Van Hoften, PhD Active
LCdr David Mathieson Walker, USN Active
LCdr Donald Edward Williams, USN Active
GROUP 9 - MAY 1980 DISPOSITION
================== ===========
James Philip Bagian, MD Active
LCol John Elmer Blaha, USAF Active
Maj Charles Frank Bolden Jr, USMC Active
LCol Roy Dunbard Bridges Jr, USAF Active
Franklin Ramon Chang-Diaz, PhD Active
Mary Louise Cleave, PhD Active
Bonnie Jean Dunbar, PhD Active
William Frederick Fisher, MD Active
Maj Guy Spence Gardner, USAF Active
Maj Ronald John Grabe, USAF Active
Capt David Carl Hilmers, USMC Active
LCdr David Cornell Leetsma, USN Active
John Michael Lounge Active
Maj Bryan Daniel O'Conner, USMC Active
LCdr Richard Noel Richards, USN Active
Capt Jerry Lynn Ross, USAF Active
LCdr Michael John Smith, USN Killed Jan 28 1986
Maj Sherwood Clark Spring, US Army Active
Maj Robert Clyde Springer, USMC Active
GROUP 10 - MAY 1984 DISPOSITION
=================== ===========
Maj James C. Adamson, US Army Active
Capt Mark H. Brown, USAF Active
Maj Kenneth D. Cameron, USMC Active
Cdr Manley L. Carter, USN Active
LCol John H. Casper, USAF Active
LCdr Frank L. Culbertson, USN Active
Capt Sidney M. Gutierrez, USN Active
Capt Lloyd B. Hammond, USAF Active
Marsha S. Ivins Active
Capt Mark C. Lee, USAF Active
George David Low Active
LCdr Michael J. McCulley, USN Active
LCdr William M. Shepherd, USN Active
Ellen L. Shulman, MD Active
Kathryn C. Thornton Active
Charles L. Veach Active
Lt James D. Wetherbee, USN Active
GROUP 11 - JULY 1985 DISPOSITION
==================== ===========
Jerome Apt, NASA Active
LCdr Michael Baker, USN Active
Maj Robert D Cabana, USMC Active
Capt Brian Duffy, USAF Active
Capt Charles D Gemar, US Army Active
Linda Godwin, NASA Active
Maj Terrance T Hendricks, USAF Active
Richard Hieb, NASA Active
Tamara Jerningan, NASA Active
Capt Carl J Meade, USAF Active
Stephan Oswald, NASA Active
LCdr Stephan Thorne, USN Killed 1985
Lt Pierre J Thuot, USN Active
GROUP 12 - JULY 1987 DISPOSITION
==================== ===========
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| 525.3 | 'Pinky' Nelson to leave NASA for U of W | RENOIR::KLAES | N = R*fgfpneflfifaL | Fri Jun 09 1989 18:16 | 62 |
| Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Astronaut "Pinky" Nelson to leave NASA (Forwarded)
Date: 9 Jun 89 14:42:28 GMT
Reply-To: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Barbara Selby
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. June 9, 1989
Jeffrey Carr
Johnson Space Center, Houston
RELEASE: 89-89
ASTRONAUT "PINKY" NELSON TO LEAVE NASA
Three-time space flight veteran George D. "Pinky" Nelson, Ph.D.,
will leave NASA on June 30 to accept academic and administrative
positions at the University of Washington, Seattle. Nelson has been
named assistant provost at the university as well as an associate
professor of astronomy.
"I am excited with the prospects of a new challenge at the
University of Washington in Seattle," Nelson said. "At the same time,
I know that I will miss NASA and the Johnson Space Center, especially
the people. I don't think there is a more dedicated, motivated and
skilled group around. Thanks to everyone for making the past 11 years
so enjoyable."
He added, "I hope to continue to promote the space program in my
new career, because I believe that the exploration of space and the
development of new technology is key to the future success of our
civilization."
Nelson joined NASA with the first Shuttle-era astronaut selection
in January 1978. While awaiting a flight crew assignment, he flew as
scientific equipment operator aboard the WB-57F high-altitude research
airplane, flew as chase plane photographer for Shuttle mission STS-1
and served as support crewman and Capcom for missions STS-3 and STS-4.
He made his first flight as a mission specialist aboard the Space
Shuttle Challenger on mission STS 41-C in April 1984. The 41-C crew
successfully deployed the Long Duration Exposure Facility and
retrieved, repaired and replaced into orbit the ailing Solar Maximum
Satellite. Nelson flew the Manned Maneuvering Unit and, with fellow
crewman James "Ox" van Hoften, repaired and deployed the Solar Max
during two spacewalks in the first space salvage operation in history.
Nelson flew again in January 1986 aboard Columbia on mission STS
61-C which featured the deployment of the SATCOM KU satellite,
experiments in astrophysics and materials processing, and a night
landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
In September 1988, Nelson made his third flight as a mission
specialist aboard Discovery on the first post-Challenger mission,
STS-26. Discovery's crew successfully deployed a Tracking and Data
Relay Satellite (TDRS-C) and operated 11 mid-deck scientific experiments
in returning the nation's Space Transportation System to flight.
Nelson has a total of 411 hours in space aboard three different
Shuttle orbiters, including 10 hours of spacewalk.
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| 525.4 | After Space Shuttle First Flight comeback | EMASS::APOSTO | For All Those Who Dare | Wed Jun 21 1989 18:55 | 3 |
|
I believe Major Rick Hauck of Group 8, recently resigned...
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| 525.5 | Anchors Away | KAOA04::KLEIN | Susan H. Klein @TRO | Fri Jun 30 1989 13:01 | 22 |
| Re -1
Rick Hauck, who served as Commander of STS-26 Discovery mission which got
the renewed Shuttle flight program under way last Sept, left NASA in late
May. Hauck, a veteran of three Shuttle missions, joined NASA in January 1978
as a member of the 35-strong Group 8 astronaut intake. He is a Captain in the
USN. In late May, he will report to his new position on the Pentagon staff
of the Chief of Naval Operations. He will serve as Director of the U.S. Navy's
Space Systems Division. Commenting of the move, Rick said: "My eleven years
with NASA have been extremely rewarding. I'll miss the challenging environment
and the people. I am looking forward to continuing my career in the Navy
and to the new challenges it provides".
NASA astronaut Jon McBride has resigned effective 12 May 89, despite the fact
that he was only recently named to fly as Commander of the STS-35 Columbia
ASTRO-1 mission, scheduled for launch on the first day of next March. McBride,
who is also to retire his rank of Captain in the U.S. Navy, flew as Pilot on
the 41-G Challenger mission of October 1984. In announcing his departure from
NASA, he cited the need for a "career change". He's known to have ambitions
in the political sphere and may have designs on becoming Governor of his
native West Virginia.
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| 525.6 | Lastest Update | KAOA04::KLEIN | Susan H. Klein @TRO | Wed Jul 19 1989 02:19 | 71 |
| The following is an update to .2 and includes group 12 astronauts. Group 13
will be announced Jan 1 1990, as they are undergoing selection at present.
Most of this information is from Spaceflight News magazine.
GROUP 2 - SEPTEMBER 1962 DISPOSITION
======================== ===========
LCdr John Watts Young, USN Not Active
GROUP 4 - JUNE 1965 DISPOSITION
=================== ===========
LCdr Joseph Peter Kerwin, MD USN Resigned 1987
GROUP 5 - APRIL 1966 DISPOSITION
==================== ===========
Capt Joseph Henry Engle, USAF Resigned 1987
Don Leslie Lind, PhD Resigned 1986
LCdr Paul Joseph Weitz, USN Not Active
GROUP 6 - AUGUST 1967 DISPOSITION
===================== ===========
Anthony Wayne England, PhD Not Active
Karl Gordon Henize, PhD Resigned 1986
GROUP 7 - AUGUST 1969 DISPOSITION
===================== ===========
LCol Karol Joseph Bobko, USAF Resigned 1989
Cdr Robert Laurel Crippen, USN Not Active
LCol Charles Gordon Fullerton, USAF Resigned 1986
GROUP 8 - AUGUST 1978 DISPOSITION
===================== ===========
Maj John McCreary Fabian, PhD USAF Resigned 1986
Lt Dale Allen Gardner, USN Resigned 1986
Stanley David Griggs Killed 1989
Cdr Frederick Hamilton "Rick" Hauck, USN Resigned 1989
LCdr Jon Andrew McBride, USN Resigned 1989
George Driver "Pinky" Nelson, PhD Resigned 1989
Maj Robert Lee Stewart, US Army Resigned 1986
James Dougal Adrianus "Ox" Van Hoften, PhD Resigned 1986
GROUP 9 - MAY 1980 DISPOSITION
================== ===========
LCol Roy Dunbard Bridges Jr, USAF Resigned 1986
Maj Sherwood Clark Spring, US Army Resigned 1988
GROUP 12 - AUGUST 1987 DISPOSITION
====================== ===========
Thomas D. Akers Active
Andrew M. Allen Active
Kenneth D. Bowersox Active
Curtis L. Brown Active
Kevin P. Chilton Active
Jan D. Davis Active
C. Michael Foale Active
Gregory J. Harbaugh Active
Mae C. Jamison Active
Bruce E. Melnick Active
Donald R. McNonagle Active
William F. Readdy Active
Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr Active
Mario Runco, Jr Active
James S. Voss Active
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| 525.7 | The latest astronaut candidates | RENOIR::KLAES | N = R*fgfpneflfifaL | Fri Sep 15 1989 14:27 | 45 |
| Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: First group of prospective astronauts to arrive at JSC (Forwarded)
Date: 15 Sep 89 00:40:02 GMT
Reply-To: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Sarah Keegan
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. September 14, 1989
Jeffrey Carr
Johnson Space Center, Houston
RELEASE: 89-143
FIRST GROUP OF PROSPECTIVE ASTRONAUTS TO ARRIVE AT JSC
The first of several groups of prospective astronauts will arrive
at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, on Monday, September 18, to
begin a week of orientation, interviews and medical evaluations.
Approximately 100 of the nearly 2,500 total applicants are
expected to be interviewed here over the next several weeks for an
opportunity to be among the final 15 to 20 who will be named as
astronaut candidates in January 1990.
The first group of 20 will consist of Paul J. Bertsch, Johnson
Space Center, Houston; Jay C. Buckey, M.D., Dallas, Texas; Leroy
Chiao, Ph.D., Danville, Calif.; Michael R. Clifford (Maj., USA),
Seabrook, Texas; David B. Cripps (Maj., USA), Edwards, Calif.; Steven
R. Hamel (Lcdr, USN), Ft. Washington, Md; Bernard A. Harris, Jr.,
M.D., Johnson Space Center; David E. Hollowell, Ph.D., Los Alamos,
N.Mexico; James A. Jones (Lcdr, USN) Virginia Beach, Va.; Michael E.
Lopez-Alegria (Lt.,USN), Waldorf, Md.; Ellen Ochoa, Ph.D., Ames
Research Center, Mountain View, Calif.; Thomas P. Phelan (Lt., USN),
Hollywood, Md.; Kent V. Rominger (Lt., USN), California, Md.; James C.
Seat (Maj., USAF), Edwards, Calif.; Mark D. Shackelford (Maj., USAF),
Edwards, Calif.; Richard A. Stevens (Maj. USAF), Edwards, Calif.;
Keith A. Taylor, Sc.D., Copley, Pa.; Donald A. Thomas, Ph.D., Johnson
Space Center; Carl E. Walz (Capt., USAF), Henderson, Nev.; and Dorothy
J. Zukor, Ph.D., NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Astronaut selections are conducted on a bi-annual basis. The
number of candidates selected every two years will vary based on
flight rate, program requirements and attrition.
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| 525.8 | This Bothers Me | VOSTOK::LEPAGE | Truth travels slowly | Fri Sep 15 1989 15:21 | 10 |
| Re:.7
Once again I am disturbed by how much NASA employees and especially
the military has dominated the list of astronaut candidates. Aren't
there any good people in industry or academia? If you are looking
for pilots, what about commercial airline pilots (I know a few Eastern
pilots looking for work)? And where did NASA advertise these openings?
"Stars & Stripes" and "NASA News"?
Drew
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| 525.9 | | KAOA04::KLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Fri Sep 15 1989 15:52 | 18 |
|
Re .8
This issue was raised in SPACEFLIGHT NEWS about 2 years ago, that most
candidates were military or NASA employees. Some congressman was calling
NASA astronaut selection policy discriminatory. The reply from George Abbey
if I can remember, was that the military submits names of possible
candidates on a continual basis, since the do not stay as astronauts
forever, but get rotated back to their parent service. They also require
only military astronauts for the DOD mission, probably because they
already have all the security clearance required. With respect to civilian
astronauts, he said that when they got applications from person who
could be candidates but needed more experience in space related areas,
then NASA commonly will hire these people to work for them. Of course,
they can reapply for astronaut selection at a later date. Thus it appears
that NASA selects only it's own people.
Susan
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| 525.10 | "COST SAVINGS DON'T YOU KNOW" | SALEM::SHELDON | ONLY A FLATLANDER SPITS INTO A NOR'EASTER | Mon Sep 18 1989 17:42 | 11 |
| ref 8 and 9
Think of the cost savings this affords us who must pay the wages.
Does anyone know what the going milage rate for space flight is
verses what it cost in flight pay that the military gets for it.
Also some else to think about - no union walk-outs or labor disbutes
while in orbit. So something has to be said in favor of the current
practice - as he said this with a wink in his eye and a grin on
his face.
Sarge
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| 525.11 | Second group of potential astronauts | RENOIR::KLAES | N = R*fgfpneflfifaL | Fri Sep 29 1989 17:56 | 91 |
| Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Second group of astronaut hopefuls to arrive at JSC (Forwarded)
Date: 29 Sep 89 16:38:21 GMT
Reply-To: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Sarah Keegan
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. September 29, 1989
Jeffrey Carr
Johnson Space Center, Houston
RELEASE: 89-153
SECOND GROUP OF ASTRONAUT HOPEFULS TO ARRIVE AT JSC
The second of an expected five groups of astronaut applicants
will arrive at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, for orientation,
medical evaluations and interviews on Monday, October 2. Each group
consists of about 20 individuals who have a chance to be one of 15 to
20 selected as astronaut candidates in January.
The group consists of USAF Capt. Mark E. Almquist, Lancaster,
Calif; Kenneth Cockrell, NASA Johnson Space Center; USAF Maj. Eileen
M. Collins, Edwards AFB, Calif; Javier de Luis, Ph.D., Cambridge,
Mass.; Dean B. Eppler, Ph.D., Las Vegas; USAF Maj. Lance C. Grace,
Holloman AFB, NM; USAF Capt. William G. Gregory, Edwards AFB, Calif.;
John M. Grunsfeld, Ph.D., Pasadena, Calif.; Butler P. Hine III, Ph.D.,
Cupertino, Calif.; Benjamin D. Levine, M.D., Dallas; Thomas P. Moore,
M.D., Ph.D., Minneapolis, Minn.; David A. Noever, Ph.D., Huntsville,
Ala.; USAF Capt. Mark L. Polansky, Niceville, Fla.; USAF Capt. Mark W.
Stephenson, Newburgh, NY; William C. Stone, Ph.D., Derwood, Md.; USN
LCdr. Sharon K. Wallace, Bonita, Calif.; USMC Maj. Terrence W. Wilcutt
Patuxent River, Md.; USAF Maj. Robert J. Wood, Niceville, Fla.; Albert
Yen, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.; and USMC Capt.
Peter E. Yount, Lexington Park, Md.
Applicants receiving interviews were chosen from nearly 2500
total applications received prior to the June 30 deadline. Those
received after the deadline are eligible for consideration for the
next selection in 1992. The number of candidates selected every 2
years will vary based on flight rate, program requirements and attrition.
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: NASA Headline News for 09/29/89 (Forwarded)
Date: 29 Sep 89 16:42:45 GMT
Reply-To: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
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NASA Headline News
Friday, Sept. 29, 1989 Audio: 202/755-1788
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This is NASA Headline News for Friday, September 29:
General Dynamics corporation has selected former Apollo 8
astronaut William Anders to be its chief executive officer. Anders
will assume the position of vice-chairman of the giant space and
military supplier January 1 and assume the top positon in January 1991.
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Monday, October 2.....
12:00 noon NASA Administrator Truly speaks to NASA
employees on quality month.
1:00 P.M. A Voyager/Neptune video summary from JPL.
30-minutes duration.
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| 525.12 | Astronauts for 1990 | WRKSYS::KLAES | N = R*fgfpneflfifaL | Fri Jan 19 1990 15:48 | 425 |
| Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: 1990 Astronauts Selected (Forwarded)
Date: 19 Jan 90 02:21:28 GMT
Reply-To: baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA.
RELEASE: 90-7
1990 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES SELECTED
In the first of what will become standard biennial selections, 23
new astronaut candidates have been named for the Space Shuttle program.
The candidates were chosen from among 1,945 qualified applicants,
106 of whom received interviews and medical examinations between
September and November 1989. They will report to the Johnson Space
Center, Houston, in July to begin a year of training and evaluation,
after which they will receive technical assignments leading to
selection for Shuttle flight crews.
The 1990 group consists of 7 pilot candidates and 16 mission
specialist candidates, including 11 civilians and 12 military
officers. Among the 5 women selected are 3 military officers,
including the first woman to be named as a pilot candidate, and the
first Hispanic woman to be chosen. A listing of the candidates and
biographical data follows.
A listing of the candidates and their birthplaces follow. A
listing of the candidates and short biographical sketches are
available from all NASA newsrooms.
1990 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES
Lcdr. Daniel W. Bursch U.S. Navy Mission Specialist
Bristol, Pa.
Dr. Leroy Chiao Civilian Mission Specialist
Milwaukee, Wisc.
Maj. Michael R.U. Clifford U.S. Army Mission Specialist
Norton AFB, Calif.
Kenneth D. Cockrell Civilian Pilot
Austin, Texas
Maj. Eileen M. Collins U.S. Air Force Pilot
Elmira, N.Y.
Capt. William G. Gregory U.S. Air Force Pilot
Lockport, N.Y.
Maj. James D. Halsell, Jr. U.S. Air Force Pilot
Monroe, La.
Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Jr. Civilian Mission Specialist
Temple, Texas
Capt. Susan J. Helms U.S. Air Force Mission Specialist
Charlotte, N.C.
Dr. Thomas D. Jones Civilian Mission Specialist
Baltimore, Md.
Maj. Wm. S. McArthur, Jr. U.S. Army Mission Specialist
Laurinburg, N.C.
Dr. James H. Newman Civilian Mission Specialist
Trust Territory of the
Pacific Islands
Dr. Ellen Ochoa Civilian Mission Specialist
Los Angeles, Calif.
Maj. Charles J. Precourt U.S. Air Force Pilot
Waltham, Mass.
Capt. Richard A. Searfoss U.S. Air Force Pilot
Mount Clemens, Mich.
Dr. Ronald M. Sega Civilian Mission Specialist
Cleveland, Ohio
Capt. Nancy J. Sherlock U.S. Army Mission Specialist
Wilmington, Del.
Dr. Donald A. Thomas Civilian Mission Specialist
Cleveland, Ohio
Dr. Janice E. Voss Civilian Mission Specialist
South Bend, Ind.
Capt. Carl E. Walz U.S. Air Force Mission Specialist
Cleveland, Ohio
Maj. Terrence W. Wilcutt U.S. Marine Corps Pilot
Russellville, Ky.
Dr. Peter J. K. Wisoff Civilian Mission Specialist
Norfolk, Va.
Dr. David A. Wolf Civilian Mission Specialist
Indianapolis, Ind.
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
1990 ASTRONAUT CENDIDATE CLASS
NAME: Daniel W. Bursch, Lt. Cmdr., USN, Mission Specialist
BIRTHPLACE/DATE: July 25, 1957 - Bristol, Penn.
RESIDENCE: Pacific Grove, Calif.
EDUCATION: Vestal Senior High School, Vestal, N.Y.
BS, Physics, US Naval Academy, 1979
CURRENT POSITION: Student, US Naval Postgraduate School
PARENTS: Mr. & Mrs. Donald D. Bursch, Charlotte, N.C.
MARITAL STATUS: Single. One child.
NAME: Leroy Chiao, Ph.D., Mission Specialist
BIRTHPLACE/DATE: August 28, 1960 - Milwaukee, Wis.
RESIDENCE: Danville, Calif.
EDUCATION: Monte Vista High School, Danville, Calif.
BS, Chemical Engineering, Univ. of California,
Berkeley, 1983
MS, Chemical Engineering, Univ. of California,
Santa Barbara, 1985
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Univ. of California,
Santa Barbara, 1987
CURRENT POSITION: Research Engineer, Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory, Livermore, Calif.
PARENTS: Mr. and Mrs. Tsu Tao Chiao, Fairfield, Calif.
MARITAL STATUS: Single
NAME: Michael R. U. Clifford, Major, USA, Mission Specialist
BIRTHPLACE/DATE: October 13, 1952 - Norton AFB, Calif.
RESIDENCE: Seabrook, Texas
EDUCATION: Ben Lomond High School, Ogden, Utah
BS, Basic Science, US Military Academy, 1974
MS, Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Tech., 1982
CURRENT POSITION: Vehicle Integration Test Engineer
Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas
PARENTS: John M. Uram, Deceased
Lenore C. Clifford, Ogden, Utah
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Nancy Elizabeth Brunson.
NAME: Kenneth D. Cockrell, Pilot
BIRTHPLACE/DATE: April, 9, 1950 - Austin, Texas
RESIDENCE: Houston, Texas
EDUCATION: Rockdale High School, Rockdale, Texas
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Texas, 1972
MS, Aero Systems, Univ. of Florida, 1974
U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, Patuxent River, Md.
CURRENT POSITION: Aerospace Engineer & Research Pilot
NASA/Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas
PARENTS: Mr. & Mrs. Buford D. Cockrell, Westminister, S.C.
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Joan Denise Raines.
NAME: Eileen M. Collins, Major, USAF, Pilot
BIRTHPLACE/DATE: November 19, 1956 - Elmira, N.Y.
RESIDENCE: Edwards, Calif.
EDUCATION: Elmira Free Academy, Elmira, N.Y.
BA, Math, Syracuse Univ., 1978
MS, Operations Research, Stanford Univ., 1986
MA, Space Systems Management, Webster Univ., 1989
CURRENT POSITION: Student
USAF Test Pilot School
Edwards AFB, Calif.
PARENTS: James E. Collins, Elmira, N.Y.
Rose Marie Collins, Elmira, N.Y.
MARITAL STATUS: Married to James P. Youngs
NAME: William G. Gregory, Captain, USAF, Pilot
BIRTHPLACE/DATE: May 14, 1957 - Lockport, N.Y.
RESIDENCE: Edwards, Calif.
EDUCATION: Lockport Senior High School, Lockport, N.Y.
BS, Engineering Science, USAF Academy, 1979
MS, Engineering Mechanics, Columbia Univ., 1980
MS, Management, Troy State, 1984
CURRENT POSITION: Test Pilot
Edwards AFB, Calif.
PARENTS: Mr. & Mrs. William Gregory, Gilbert, Ariz.
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Mary Elizabeth Harney.
NAME: James D. Halsell, Jr., Major, USAF, Pilot
BIRTHPLACE/DATE: September 29, 1956 - Monroe, La.
RESIDENCE: Edwards AFB, Calif.
EDUCATION: West Monroe High School, West Monroe, La.
BS, Engineering, USAF Academy, 1978
MS, Management, Troy State, 1983
MS, Space Operations, AF Institute of Technology, 1985
CURRENT POSITION: F-16 & SR-71 Test Pilot
Edwards AFB, Calif.
PARENTS: Mr. & Mrs. James D. Halsell, West Monroe, La.
MARITAL STATUS: Single
NAME: Bernard A. Harris, Jr., M.D., Mission Specialist
BIRTHPLACE/DATE: June 26, 1956 - Temple, Texas
RESIDENCE: Houston, Texas
EDUCATION: San Antonio High School, San Antonio, Texas
BS, Biology, Univ. of Houston, 1978
MD, Texas Tech Univ., 1982
CURRENT POSITION: Medical Officer
NASA/Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas
PARENTS: Bernard A. Harris, Sr., Philadelphia, Penn.
Gussie H. Burgess, San Antonio, Texas
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Sandra Faye Lewis.
NAME: Susan J. Helms, Captain, USAF, Mission Specialist
BIRTHPLACE/DATE: February 26, 1958, Charlotte, N.C.
RESIDENCE: Alberta, Canada
EDUCATION: Parkrose Senior High School, Portland, Ore.
BS, Aerospace Engineering, USAF Academy, 1980
MS, Aeronautics/Astronautics, Stanford Univ., 1985
CURRENT POSITION: Flight Test Engineer
Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment
Alberta, Canada
PARENTS: Mr. & Mrs. Patrick G. Helms, Albuquerque, N.M.
MARITAL STATUS: Single
NAME: Thomas D. Jones, Ph.D., Mission Specialist
BIRTHPLACE/DATE: January 22, 1955 - Baltimore, Md.
RESIDENCE: Fairfax, Va.
EDUCATION: Kenwood Senior High School, Baltimore, Md.
BS, Basic Sciences, USAF Academy, 1977
Ph.D.., Planetary Science, Univ. of Arizona, 1988
CURRENT POSITION: Scientist
CIA, Office of Research & Development
Washington, DC
PARENTS: Mr. & Mrs. David Jones, Essex, Maryland
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Elizabeth Lynn Fulton.
NAME: William S. McArthur, Jr., Major, USA, Mission Specialist
BIRTHPLACE/DATE: July 26, 1951 - Laurinburg, N.C.
RESIDENCE: Houston, Texas
EDUCATION: Red Springs High School, Red Springs, N. Car.
BS, Applied Sci. & Engr., US Military Academy, 1973
MS, Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Tech, 1983
CURRENT POSITION: Vehicle Integration Test Engineer
Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas
PARENTS: William S. McArthur, Deceased
Edith P. Avant, Wakulla, N. Car.
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Cynthia Kathryn Lovin.
NAME: James H. Newman, Ph.D., Mission Specialist
BIRTHPLACE/DATE: October 16, 1956 - Trust Territory of the
Pacific Islands
RESIDENCE: Houston, Texas
EDUCATION: La Jolla High School, La Jolla, Calif.
BA, Physics, Dartmouth College, 1978
MA, Physics, Rice Univ., 1982
MS, Physics, Rice Univ., 1984
CURRENT POSITION: Simulation Supervisor
NASA/Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas
PARENTS: William A. Newman, La Jolla, Calif.
Ruth A. Newman, La Jolla, California
MARITAL STATUS: Single
NAME: Ellen Ochoa, Ph.D., Mission Specialist
BIRTHPLACE/DATE: May 10, 1958 - Los Angeles, Calif.
RESIDENCE: Los Altos, Calif.
EDUCATION: Grossmont High School, La Mesa, Calif.
BS, Physics, San Diego State, 1980
MS, Electrical Engineering, Stanford Univ., 1981
Ph.D.., Electrical Engineering, Stanford Univ., 1985
CURRENT POSITION: Optical Physicist
NASA/Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, Calif.
PARENTS: Joseph L. Ochoa and
Rosanne Ochoa, La Mesa, Calif.
MARITAL STATUS: Single
NAME: Charles J. Precourt, Major, USAF, Pilot
BIRTHPLACE/DATE: June 29, 1955 - Waltham, Mass.
RESIDENCE: Middletown, R.I.
EDUCATION: Hudson High School, Hudson, Mass.
BS, Aeronautical Engineering, USAF Academy, 1977
MS, Management, Golden Gate U., 1988
CURRENT POSITION: Student
Naval War College of Command and Staff
Newport, R.I.
PARENTS: Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Precourt, Hudson, Mass.
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Lynne Denise Mungle
NAME: Richard A. Searfoss, Major, USAF, Pilot
BIRTHPLACE/DATE: June 6, 1956 - Mount Clemens, Mich.
RESIDENCE: Lancaster, Calif.
EDUCATION: Portsmouth Senior High School, Portsmouth, N.H.
BS, Aerospace Engineering, USAF Academy, 1978
MS, Aerospace Engineering, Caltech, 1979
CURRENT POSITION: Instructor/Deputy Chief-Flying Qualities
USAF Test Pilot School
Edwards AFB, Calif.
PARENTS: Stanley G. Searfoss, Lakeland, Fla.
Mary K. Searfoss, Deceased
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Julie McGuire
NAME: Ronald M. Sega, Ph.D., Mission Specialist
BIRTHPLACE/DATE: December 4, 1952 - Cleveland, Ohio
RESIDENCE: Seabrook, Texas
EDUCATION: Nordonia High School, Macedonia, Ohio
BS, Physics/Math, USAF Academy, 1974
MS, Physics, Ohio State, 1975
Ph.D.., Electrical Engineering, Univ. of Colorado, 1982
CURRENT POSITION: Asst. Director for Flight Programs/Professor
Univ. of Houston-Space Vacuum Epitaxy Center
Houston, Texas
PARENTS: Mr. & Mrs. John R. Sega, Arvada, Colo.
MARITAL STATUS: Married to Bonnie J. Dunbar
NAME: Nancy J. Sherlock, Captain, USA, Mission Specialist
BIRTHPLACE/DATE: December 29, 1958 - Wilmington, Del.
RESIDENCE: Houston, Texas
EDUCATION: Troy High School, Troy, Ohio
BA, Biological Science, Ohio State, 1980
MS, Safety Engineering, Univ of Southern CA., 1985
CURRENT POSITION: Flight Simulation Engineer
Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas
PARENTS: Mr. & Mrs. Warren F. Decker, Troy, Ohio
MARITAL STATUS: Married to Richard J. Sherlock
NAME: Donald A. Thomas, Ph.D., Mission Specialist
BIRTHPLACE/DATE: May 6, 1955 - Cleveland, Ohio
RESIDENCE: Seabrook, Texas
EDUCATION: Cleveland Heights High School, Cleveland, Ohio
BS, Physics, Case Western Univ., 1977
MS, Materials Science, Cornell Univ., 1980
Ph.D., Materials Science, Cornell Univ., 1982
CURRENT POSITION: Materials Engineer
NASA/Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas
PARENTS: William G. Thomas, Sr., Englewood, Fla.
Irene M. Thomas, American Embassy, Burma
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Kristine R. Castagnola
NAME: Janice E. Voss, Ph.D., Mission Specialist
BIRTHPLACE/DATE: October 8, 1956 - South Bend, Ind.
RESIDENCE: Houston, Texas
EDUCATION: Minnechang Regional High School, Wilbraham, Mass.
BS, Engineering Science, Purdue Univ., 1975
MS, Electrical Engineering, MIT, 1977
Ph.D., Aero/Astronautics, MIT, 1987
CURRENT POSITION: Manager, Integrations & Operations
Orbital Sciences Corp.
Houston, Texas
PARENTS: Mr. & Mrs. James R. Voss, Wilbraham, Mass.
MARITAL STATUS: Single
NAME: Carl E. Walz, Captain, USAF, Mission Specialist
BIRTHPLACE/DATE: September 6, 1955 - Cleveland, Ohio
RESIDENCE: Henderson, Nev.
EDUCATION: Charles T. Brush High School, Lyndhurst, Ohio
BS, Physics, Kent State, 1977
MS, Physics, John Carroll Univ., 1979
CURRENT POSITION: Flight Test Program Manager
Air Force Flight Test Center
Pittman Station, Nevada
PARENTS: Mr. & Mrs. Carl J. Walz, South Euclid, Ohio
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Pamela J. Glady
NAME: Terrence W. Wilcutt, Major, USMC, Pilot
BIRTHPLACE/DATE: October 31, 1949 - Russellville, Ky.
RESIDENCE: NAS Patuxent River, Md.
EDUCATION: Southern High School, Louisville, Ky.
BA, Math, Western Kentucky Univ., 1974
CURRENT POSITION: Test Pilot/Project Officer
NAS Patuxent River, Maryland
PARENTS: Mr. & Mrs. George B. Wilcutt, Russellville, Ky.
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Robin Jo Moyers
NAME: Peter J. K. Wisoff, Ph.D., Mission Specialist
BIRTHPLACE/DATE: August 16, 1958 - Norfolk, Va.
RESIDENCE: Houston, Texas
EDUCATION: Norfolk Academy, Norfolk, Va.
BS, Physics, Univ. of Virginia, 1980
MS, Physics, Stanford Univ., 1982
Ph.D., Applied Physics, Stanford Univ., 1986
CURRENT POSITION: Asst. Professor
Rice University
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Houston, Texas
PARENTS: Mr. & Mrs. Carl P. Wisoff, Norfolk, Va.
MARITAL STATUS: Single
NAME: David A. Wolf, M.D., Mission Specialist
BIRTHPLACE/DATE: August 23, 1956 - Indianapolis, Ind.
RESIDENCE: Houston, Texas
EDUCATION: BS, Electrical Engineer, Purdue Univ., 1978
M.D., Indiana Univ., 1982
CURRENT POSITION: Aerospace Medical Officer
NASA/Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas
PARENTS: Harry Wolf, Indianapolis, Ind.
Dorothy Wolf, Indianapolis, Ind.
MARITAL STATUS: Single
Ron Baalke | baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov
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| 525.13 | Payload Commanders | KAOA04::KLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Fri Jan 26 1990 13:02 | 61 |
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From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Science payload commanders named; Carter replaces Cleave on IML-1
Date: 25 Jan 90 22:05:15 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Mark Hess
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. January 25, 1990
Jeffrey Carr
Johnson Space Center, Houston
RELEASE: 90-13
SCIENCE PAYLOAD COMMANDERS NAMED; CARTER REPLACES CLEAVE ON IML-1
In a move to provide long range leadership in the
development and planning of payload crew science activities, four
Space Shuttle mission specialists currently assigned to STS
missions have been designated as payload commanders.
The payload commanders will have overall crew responsibility
for the planning, integration and on-orbit coordination
ofpayload/Space Shuttle activities on their mission. The crew
commander will retain overall responsibility for mission success
and safety of flight.
Named as payload commander for STS-42, the first flight of
the International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-01) set for late
1990, is mission specialist Norman E. Thagard, M.D. In addition,
Navy Capt. Manley L. "Sonny" Carter, M.D., has been named as a
mission specialist on the IML crew, replacing Mary L. Cleave,
Ph.D., who has resigned her flight assignment for personal
reasons.
Kathryn D. Sullivan, Ph.D., will serve as payload commander
for STS-45, the first flight of the Atmospheric Laboratory for
Applications and Science (ATLAS-01), slated for launch in 1991.
Payload commander for STS-46 is Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Ph.D.
The STS-46 mission, set for 1991, will feature the first flights
of the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA), developed by the
European Space Agency, and the Tethered Satellite System, a joint
project between NASA and the Italian space agency, Agenzia
Spaziale Italiana.
Air Force Lt. Col. Mark Lee will be the payload commander on
mission STS-47 for Spacelab-J, a joint science venture between
NASA and the Japanese National Space Development Agency, NASDA,
also in 1991.
Future assignments of payload commanders normally will be
made in advance of the remainder of the flight crew in order to
help identify and resolve training issues and operational
constraints prior to crew training.
The role of the payload commander also is expected to serve
as a foundation for the development of a space station mission
commander concept.
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| 525.14 | | KAOA04::KLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Thu Feb 22 1990 21:09 | 31 |
| From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Astronaut Mullane to retire from NASA, Air Force (Forwarded)
Date: 21 Feb 90 17:19:49 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C, February 21, 1990
Jeff Carr
Johnson Space Center, Houston
RELEASE: 90-28
ASTRONAUT MULLANE TO RETIRE FROM NASA, AIR FORCE
Effective July 1, 1990, Colonel Richard M. Mullane will
retire from NASA and the Air Force.
Mullane was selected as a mission specialist astronaut in
1978 and has flown two Space Shuttle missions. His third flight
is scheduled for launch Thursday aboard Atlantis.
He flew on Discovery's maiden flight, STS 41-D, in August
1984 and on the third flight of Atlantis, STS-27, in December
1988.
After leaving NASA and the Air Force, Mullane will return to
his hometown of Albuquerque, N.M.
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| 525.15 | | KAOA04::KLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Thu Mar 01 1990 13:24 | 13 |
| From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: NASA Headline News for 02/28/90 (Forwarded)
Date: 28 Feb 90 22:56:02 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Donald E. Williams, who has flown on two Space Shuttle missions,
will retire on March 1 to become a senior systems engineer for a
Houston engineering firm. Williams served as pilot of Discovery
on STS-51D in April, 1985, which included the first unscheduled
satellite rendezvous and space walk as well as STS-34D to deploy
the Jupiter probe, Galileo.
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| 525.16 | | DECWIN::FISHER | Burns Fisher 381-1466, ZKO3-4/W23 | Mon Mar 05 1990 15:55 | 4 |
| Unscheduled rendezvous? What was this? The syncom satellite that they
eventually had to hot-wire to get it to fire its transfer motor?
Burns
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| 525.17 | You bet | KAOA04::KLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Mar 06 1990 12:52 | 9 |
|
>Unscheduled rendezvous? What was this? The syncom satellite that they
>eventually had to hot-wire to get it to fire its transfer motor?
The 51-D mission launch the LEASAT 3/SYNCOM satellite, however, the satellite
did not work properly, it just did nothing, thus, the 51-D crew rendezvoused
with the satellite and attached the "fly swatter" to the end of the RMS. They
attempted to trip a switch with the attachment. This worked, however, the
satellite did not do anything. It was repaired on mission 51-I.
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| 525.18 | Astronaut Hawley moves on | 58457::SKLEIN | | Fri Jun 08 1990 13:44 | 52 |
| VETERAN ASTRONAUT HAWLEY TO ACCEPT EXECUTIVE POSITION AT AMES
Dr. Dale Compton, Director of NASA's Ames Research Center,
Mountain View, Calif., today named Astronaut Steven A. Hawley as
the Center's Associate Director (acting). Hawley will assume his
duties on July 29 as the center's third-ranking executive
"We are extremely pleased," Compton said, "to have someone
with Dr. Hawley's administrative and scientific skills joining us
at Ames."
Hawley, 38, has served as Deputy Chief of the Astronaut
Office since 1987 and most recently as mission specialist aboard
the Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-31 in April of this
year. During that flight, he successfully delivered the Hubble
Space Telescope to orbit using Discovery's robot arm and extended
his total time in space to over 412 hours.
The three-time Shuttle flight veteran was selected as an
astronaut in 1978. Hawley worked as a simulator pilot in the
Shuttle software laboratory and on astronaut support crews for
Shuttle missions STS-2, STS-3 and STS-4 before making his first
space flight.
He first flew as a mission specialist on the maiden voyage
of Discovery, STS-41D, in August 1984. Discovery's crew deployed
three communcations satellites and activated the OAST-1 solar
cell wing experiment. He made his second trip to orbit aboard
Columbia on STS-61C in January 1986, during which Hawley
participated in the deployment of the SATCOM KU satellite and
conducted experiments in astrophysics and materials processing.
Hawley's hometown is Salina, Kansas. An honors graduate of
the University of Kansas, he will be returning to the San
Francisco bay area, where he earned his Ph.D. in Astronomy and
Astrophysics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in
1977.
In 1988, Hawley was awarded the NASA Exceptional Service
Medal. He is a member of the American Astronomical Society, the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Sigma Pi Sigma and Phi Beta
Kappa.
Hawley is married to the former Eileen M. Keegan of Redondo
Beach, Calif. His parents, Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Hawley, live in
Rancho Mirage, Calif.
From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Veteran astronaut Hawley to accept executive position at Ames (Forwarded)
Date: 7 Jun 90 20:12:27 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
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| 525.19 | Two shuttle skippers grounded | 4347::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Thu Jul 12 1990 21:45 | 79 |
| From: clarinews@clarinet.com (WILLIAM HARWOOD, UPI Science Writer)
Newsgroups: clari.tw.space,clari.news.aviation,clari.news.military,clari.news.urgent
Date: 10 Jul 90 17:18:24 GMT
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPI) -- Shuttle skipper Frederick Gregory,
replacing a fellow astronaut who was bumped from a 1991 mission for
violating NASA flight rules, said Tuesday the punishment was a necessary
``wrist slapping'' to ensure safety rules are followed.
In an unprecedented move, NASA officials announced Monday that
David Walker, 46, and Robert ``Hoot'' Gibson, 43, a veteran of three
shuttle flights, had been removed as commanders of two 1991 missions for
violating NASA flight safety rules.
Gibson, involved in a fatal collision during an air show race
Saturday, was banned from flying T-38 jets for one year while Walker was
grounded for 60 days, presumably because of repeated T-38 flights in
violent weather.
Both pilots will be eligible for reassignment to shuttle missions
after they regain T-38 flight status.
Walker, in training for a March 1991 military flight aboard the
shuttle Atlantis, was replaced by Gregory, veteran of two previous space
missions. A replacement was not immediately named for Gibson, who had
been in training for a December 1991 flight aboard the shuttle
Discovery.
Gregory learned of his new flight assignment Monday morning and was
practicing flight procedures in a shuttle simulator by the end of the
day. At the economic summit in Houston Tuesday, he predicted Gibson and
Walker would be assigned to new shuttle missions as soon as they regain
T-38 flight status.
``All of us are pilots and all of us are very agressive pilots,''
Gregory said. ``It's sometimes difficult to separate our outside
activities and our piloting skills and just the thrill of flying. It's
unfortunate in this particular case because both Dave Walker and Hoot
Gibson are terrific pilots.
``Basically, it's a wrist slapping. We're saying look, there're
certain rules you have to follow to ensure that when it's time for you
to go fly, you are there and available to do it. Sometimes we have to do
this to get somebody's attention.''
The disciplinary action came after Gibson was involved in a
collision during a weekend air race in Texas that left a second pilot
dead and raised questions about the enforcement of rules banning such
high-risk activity by expensively trained astronauts.
NASA refused to discuss what Walker, a veteran of two previous
shuttle missions, did to warrant such punishment, but sources said
Tuesday he has a history of flying his T-38 jet trainer in violent
weather, despite astronaut office concerns about flight safety.
On at least two occasions, the sources said, Walker returned his
jet with hail and lightning damage. Walker also was involved in a close
encounter with a commercial airliner in 1989 while flying a T-38 near
Washington, but officials said privately that had nothing to do with his
grounding.
One astronaut who asked not to be named said Walker was a
``frequent flyer in inclement weather.'' As for Gibson, the astronaut
said his colleagues were surprised by the severity of the punishment.
Sources said chief astronaut Daniel Brandenstein had expressed
serious concern about how NASA's aging fleet of T-38 jets performs in
violent weather and that Walker apparently ignored those concerns. But
it was not immediately possible to confirm whether that is what led to
his grounding.
In a telephone interview Monday with United Press International,
Brandenstein said Walker's grounding was in the works before the
incident involving Gibson and that the timing of the dual announcement
Monday was a coincidence.
``I guess there are two messages here,'' Brandenstein said. ``One
is we have policies and they're there for a purpose and we expect them
to be followed. The other message that we hope to come out of this is
people can make a mistake and recover from it and continue their
career.''
The astronauts violated a rule established June 21, 1988, in a memo
written by Puddy that clearly banned shuttle pilots named to upcoming
missions from participating in high-risk activities.
Astronauts named to shuttle crews were ordered not to participate
in high-risk recreational activities that could ``expose crew members to
major or fatal injuries.'' Such activities include ``automobile, boat,
airplane and motorcycle racing, parachute jumping and snow skiing,'' the
memo said.
Gibson's air race was a ``clear violation of the policy,'' NASA's
statement said Monday. As for Walker, officials said he was grounded for
``infractions of the Johnson Space Center aircraft operating
guidelines.''
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| 525.20 | What is the issue here? | 20297::FISHER | Locutus: Fact or Fraud? | Fri Jul 13 1990 19:00 | 6 |
| I can't help but thinking it is kind of funny that everyone is talking about
Gibson's expensive training, and not the fact that his "high risk activity"
apparently caused the death of another (albeit perhaps not-so-expensively-trained)
person!
Burns
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| 525.21 | Astronaut McCandless retires from NASA, Navy | 4347::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Fri Sep 14 1990 13:55 | 44 |
| From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Mark Hess
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. September 10, 1990
(Phone: 202/453-4164)
RELEASE: 90-121
ASTRONAUT MCCANDLESS RETIRES FROM NASA, NAVY
Captain Bruce McCandless, II, a NASA astronaut since April
1966 and mission specialist on two Space Shuttle flights, retired
from NASA and the Navy on August 31.
During his first space flight, STS 41-B in February 1984,
McCandless made the first, untethered, free flight in the Manned
Maneuvering Unit (MMU) which he developed with Charles E. "Ed"
Whitsett of the Automation and Robotics Division, Johnson Space
Center, Houston. Paraphrasing Neil Armstrong's historical
comment on Apollo 11, McCandless said, "That may have been one
small step for Neil, but it's a heck of a big leap for me," just
before leaving the orbiter's payload bay for his MMU flight.
His second flight, STS-31 in April 1990, deployed the Hubble
Space Telescope.
McCandless was Capcom on Apollo 10 and 11 and a member of
the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 14 mission. He was
backup pilot for the first manned Skylab mission and was co-
investigator with Whitsett on the M-509 astronaut maneuvering
unit experiment which was flown in the Skylab Program. He has
been responsible for crew inputs to the development of hardware
and procedures for the Inertial Upper Stage, Hubble Space
Telescope, the Solar Maximum Repair Mission, and the Space
Station Program.
McCandless remained an active-duty Naval officer through his
NASA career. He retired with more than 32 years of Naval
service.
McCandless did not announce his plans for the future.
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| 525.22 | Short Bio on STS 38 Astros | 58519::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Thu Nov 15 1990 13:08 | 333 |
| Subject: Air Force Col. Richard O. Covey, 44: Atlantis commander
Date: 15 Nov 90 07:07:58 GMT
Astronaut Richard Covey, commander of the shuttle Atlantis and
veteran of the first post-Challenger flight, says he admires the
advances of the Soviet space program but not enough to ever trade seats
with a cosmonaut.
``The Soviets, I'm envious of their program,'' Covey, 44, said in an
interview before the resumption of shuttle flights in 1988. ``I mean,
they fly a lot, they've been doing a lot, they've been learning a lot.
``I'm envious of where they are. At the same time, I'd rather be
flying on our space shuttle than on their spacecraft.''
Covey, a thin, angular man who sports a trim mustache, was scheduled
to serve as commander of Atlantis this week for a classified flight to
launch a military spy satellite that may be used to monitor the Persian
Gulf region.
Unlike his two previous missions, Atlantis's mission is being
conducted under a cloak of secrecy and pre-launch interviews with the
astronauts were not allowed.
Covey first flew in space in August 1985 when he served as co-pilot
of the shuttle Discovery for a daring space rescue mission in which two
spacewalkers hot-wired a military satellite stranded in a useless orbit.
He served as co-pilot of Discovery again in September 1988 when he
took off on the first post-Challenger mission.
It was Covey who served as the mission control communicator for
Challenger's doomed flight and as such, he was the last man to speak to
the crew when he radioed: ``Challenger, go at throttle up,'' seconds
before the ship blew up.
While the publicity surrounding the first post-Challenger flight was
intense, Covey said his family took it in stride and that the ``most
important thing around my house'' prior to launch was the performance of
his daughter's high school soccer team.
As for the danger involved in riding a space shuttle into orbit,
Covey smiled and shrugged, saying he did not anticipate any more
problems or malfunctions on this flight than on any other.
``In my mind I think of nothing anomalous happening, although at the
same time my training has me prepared to expect all those things to
happen,'' he said. ``No, I don't think about the things that might
happen, I just think about the fact that this thing's going to work and
go.''
But Covey believes it is important that Americans realize that space
flight remains a risky business and that accidents can be expected down
the road.
``I think we can operate the space shuttle safely for the next 10, 15
years, however long we want to. That doesn't mean we won't have an
accident sometime. But I think an accident on the next flight would be
very devastating.
``I think an accident in 10 years could be accepted in the light of,
hey, we're doing something risky and even if we do everything we can
sooner or later something's going to happen, just like operating
airliners. Every once in a while, one of them crashes.''
Covey was born in Fayetteville, Ark., but he considered Fort Walton
Beach, Fla., to be his hometown.
After earning an engineering degree from the Air Force Academy, Covey
completed a master's degree in aeronautics and astronautics at Purdue
University in 1969.
Between 1970 and 1974, Covey was a fighter pilot, completing 339
combat missions during two tours in Southeast Asia.
For the next three years he served as a weapons system test pilot at
Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and was director and pilot for electronic
warfare testing of the F-15 jet. A member of the Society of Experimental
Test Pilots, Covey has logged more than 3,000 hours flying more than 20
types of aircraft.
Covey was selected as an astronaut in 1978, a goal he set for himself
years before.
``Without a doubt it was always one of the things that I put as a
very high goal for my life,'' he said. ``I was fortunate.''
Married to the former Kathleen Allbaugh of Emmettsburg, Iowa, Covey
has two children, Sarah Suzanne, 16, and Amy Kathleen, 14.
``I come from a very busy household,'' he said at a news conference
before his second mission. ``In fact, it's very dynamic from my kids'
activities and my wife's activities. I think they reflect very much the
confidence that I bring home that what we're doing is the right thing,
that we are moving very smoothly and safely toward our re-flight.
``So we don't have a great deal of discussion relative to
apprehension about that. I'm sure as we move closer to the flight that
there will be more discussions and more reflections upon what's really
going to happen as you would expect from any activity as it draws near.''
Subject: Navy Cmdr. Frank Culbertson, 41: Atlantis co-pilot
Date: 15 Nov 90 07:15:44 GMT
Naval aviator Frank Culbertson, a veteran of 350 aircraft carrier
landings, will trade the maneuverability of an F-14 jet fighter for the
co-pilot's seat of the shuttle Atlantis this week when he blasts off on
his first space flight.
Culbertson, 41, and four crewmates are scheduled to launch a top-
secret Pentagon spy satellite during the course of Atlantis's four-day
mission this week, but as usual with such Air Force shuttle flights,
details are classified and traditional pre-launch interviews with the
astronauts were forbidden.
Married to the former Rebecca Ellen Dora of Vincennes, Ind.,
Culbertson has three children: Wendy Nicole, 14; Amanda Walters, 11; and
Ashley Elizabeth, 9.
In a brief NASA biography, he listed his hobbies as flying,
bicycling, tennis, squash, running, camping, photography, music and
water sports.
Born in Charleston, S.C., Culbertson considers Holly Hill, S.C., to
be his hometown. He graduated from the Holly Hill High School in 1967
and earned a bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering from
the U.S. Naval Academy in 1971.
He then spent six months aboard the USS Fox in the Gulf of Tonkin
before reporting to Pensacola, Fla., for flight training. He was named a
naval aviator at Beeville, Texas, in May 1973 and received F-4 Phantom
jet fighter training at the Miramar Naval Air Station in California.
For two years, between March 1974 and May 1976, Culbertson was
stationed aboard the carrier USS Midway, based in Yokosuka, Japan.
He then served as an exchange pilot with the Air Force for a stint at
Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., where he was a Weapons and Tactics
Instructor with F-4C jets until September 1978.
Culbertson was assigned to the carrier USS John F. Kennedy until May
1981, when he was selected to attend the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at
Patuxent River, Md.
After graduating in 1982, he served as program manager for all F-4
testing with the Carrier Systems Branch of the Strike Aircraft Test
Directorate.
At the time of his selection as a NASA astronaut in May 1984,
Culbertson was responsible for fleet replacement training involving F-
14A Tomcat jet fighters at the Oceana Naval Air Station, Va.
After completing one year of training at NASA, Culbertson was
assigned to a variety of flight-related programs, including work on the
shuttle's nosewheel steering system and tests of the ship's tires and
brakes.
Following the 1986 Challenger disaster, he was assigned to the NASA
Headquarters Action Center in Washington, where he helped with the
accident investigation, assisting the presidential commission that
traced the causes of the worst disaster in space history.
With the completion of the six-month investigation, Culbertson
returned to the Johnson Space Center in Houston where he focused on
development of shuttle flight software and the interfaces between the
spaceplane's computer programs and various electrical and mechanical
systems.
He played a major role in the development and testing of the
shuttle's emergency escape system and was a member of the Astronaut
Office Safety Branch.
Culbertson is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics, the Association of Naval Aviators, the Aircraft Owners &
Pilots Association and the U.S. Naval Institute.
Among his many honors, Culbertson holds the Navy Commendation Medal,
the Air Force Commendation Medal, three Meritorious Unit Commendations,
the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and the Humanitarian Services
Medal.
He has logged more than 3,700 hours flying time in 35 different types
of high-performance aircraft.
Subject: Marine Col. Robert Springer, 48: Atlantis astronaut
Date: 15 Nov 90 07:15:47 GMT
For astronaut Robert Springer, the thrill of flying in space comes
from sharing the experience with friends and supporters back on Earth.
``Part of the real thrill of this for me is not only getting to
experience it myself, but getting a chance to share this with the many
people who have supported me over the past ... years,'' he said before
his first shuttle flight in March 1989.
Springer's second voyage into space this week is a classified
military mission to launch what may be a photo-reconnaissance satellite
to spy on the Persian Gulf region.
As usual with such military flights, details were classified and pre-
launch interviews with the astronauts were forbidden. But before his
first flight, Springer said he looked forward to talking about the
wonder of space travel.
``That's always a limitation to scientists and engineers and test
pilots, you tend to come back and not talk about it,'' he said. ``I
don't want to be one of those. I want to be somebody who can come back
and share the whole experience with the people who are interested in
it.''
Springer was responsible for launching a $100 million NASA tracking
and data communications satellite during his first mission, a ``bread-
and-butter'' flight that was not particularly exciting as such things
go. But for Springer, it is the context that is important.
``Some of the things that we're doing in the future may not capture
the imagination quite as much, and that's a little bit unfortunate, but
it's part of what has transpired and we're being a little more
practical.
``But if you can just push back a little bit and do a little bit of
blue-sky thinking about the direction that we're going, (the program)
offers such tremendous potential, far beyond what I think the average
person sitting at home can imagine.
``And those are the types of things we're leading up to. If we could
market that aspect of it and capture the public's imagination with that
aspect of it, I think we'd be doing ourselves a great service.''
Springer, a 6-handicap golfer and an avid windsurfer, was born in St.
Louis, but considers Ashland, Ohio, his hometown.
He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1964 with a
bachelor of science degree and followed that up in 1971 with a master's
degree in operations research and systems analysis from the U.S. Naval
Postgraduate School.
After graduating from Annapolis, Springer was commissioned in the
Marine Corps and went through basic training at Quantico, Va., before
earning his aviator wings in 1966.
An F-4 ``Phantom'' jet pilot, he subsequently completed 300 combat
missions in Vietnam before going on to serve as an adviser to the
Republic of Korea Marine Corps in Vietnam and flying another 75 combat
missions in UH1 ``Huey'' helicopters.
After returning to the United States in 1968, Springer completed his
work at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and in March 1971, he was
assigned to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing at El Toro, Calif., where he
served as wing operations analysis officer.
Springer held a variety of Marine Corps assignments through the 1970s
and graduated from the U.S. Navy Test Pilot School at Patuxent River,
Md., in 1975. He graduated from the Armed Forces Staff College in
Norfolk, Va., in 1978 and later assumed responsibility for joint
operational planning for Marine forces in NATO and the Middle East.
He was selected as an astronaut in May 1980.
Married to the former Mary McCoy of Parma, Ohio, Springer is the
father of three children: Chad, 20, Kira, 18, and Derek, 13.
He said his family had some trepidation after the Challenger
disaster, but ``that was certainly to be expected,'' especially given
his family's close relationship with the family of Michael Smith,
Challenger's co-pilot.
``We live just down the street from the Smith family and our family
has known their family since we were in test pilot school. They've
played together over the years so the whole event struck very close to
home.
``You just don't completely wipe that out of your minds,'' Springer
said before his first shuttle flight. ``As a result, I've spent more
time talking to the kids and making sure that they're aware that there
are still risks involved and what the potential is if that risk should
be realized. And I think they understand.''
The Challenger disaster, Springer said, did far more than simply deal
a setback to the shuttle program: It sapped the nation's willingness to
accept risk to the point where another shuttle loss probably would kill
the program.
``I think we delayed getting back into the spaceflight business,'' he
said. ``I think the presidential commission found out some interesting
things but at the same time, they were a real stumbling block. We've
muddled around for a long time asking some of the wrong questions.
``That is not the way that those of us in the space business would
have chosen to proceed. We had a problem, it needed to be fixed; let's
get on with fixing the problem and let somebody else worry about the
hand wrenching and all of that and not get so involved in that that it
limits us. But it did. It slowed us down.''
Subject: Air Force Lt. Col. Carl Meade, 39: Atlantis astronaut
Date: 15 Nov 90 07:48:41 GMT
Atlantis astronaut Carl Meade is an award-winning test pilot with
more than 3,200 hours flying time in 27 different types of jet aircraft.
But his role aboard Atlantis this week is to serve as a ``mission
specialist'' to help out with the launch of a Pentagon spy satellite
that may be used to help spy on the Persian Gulf region.
Atlantis's mission marks the last fully classified shuttle flight
currently on the books. While two more Air Force flights are planned,
the payloads of both have been declassified.
But Atlantis's flight is considered top secret and pre-launch
interviews with the astronauts were not allowed.
Born Nov. 16, 1950, at Chanute Air Force Base, Ill., Meade was raised
in the military, graduating from the Randolph Air Force Base High School
in 1968.
He earned an electrical engineering degree, with honors, from the
University of Texas in 1973 and a master's degree in the same field from
the California Institute of Technology in 1975.
Before joining the Air Force, Meade served as an electronics engineer
with Hughes Aircraft Co. in Culver City, Calif., and as a Hughes Fellow
at the California Institute of Technology.
He then joined the Air Force and was a distinguished graduate of
undergraduate pilot training at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. In 1977,
the future shuttle astronaut was assigned to Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.,
where he flew RF-4C Phantom jets with the 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance
Wing.
With a clear talent for flying, Meade attended the Air Force Test
Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., earning the Liethen-
Tittle Award for outstanding test pilot before being assigned to the
6510th Test Wing at Edwards.
During his stint at the fabled Mojave Desert air base, Meade worked
with a variety of high-performance jets as well as air and ground-
launched cruise missile systems. In addition, he performed extensive
tests with F-4E Phantoms.
He then was assigned to the F-16 Combined Test Force to evaluate the
performance of America's premier fighter jet before being named a test
pilot instructor at Edwards in 1985, focusing on F-4, A-7 and A-37 jets
and radar flight test techniques.
Meade was selected as a NASA astronaut in June 1985 and prior to his
assignment to Atlantis's crew, he concentrated on shuttle software
development, a post-Challenger crew escape system and emergency egress
procedures.
He currently serves as the astronaut office representative of the
shuttle booster program at the Marshall Space Flight Center in
Huntsville, Ala.
A member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, Meade is married
to the former Cheryl Ann Root of San Antonio, Texas, and the couple has
one child: David James, 4.
In a brief NASA biography, Meade listed his hobbies as woodworking,
home-built aircraft construction, racquetball, jogging and snow skiing.
In addition to his awards as a test pilot, Meade holds a variety of
honors, including two Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards and a NASA Group
Achievement Award.
Subject: Army Maj. Charles Gemar, 35: Atlantis astronaut
Date: 15 Nov 90 07:48:42 GMT
Maj. Charles Gemar enlisted in the Army at the age of 18, won an
appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and specialized
in military air support operations before becoming a NASA astronaut.
Gemar, 35, will make his first space voyage this week as one of five
astronauts assigned to the shuttle Atlantis who plan to launch a top-
secret Pentagon spy satellite that may be used to spy on activities in
the Persian Gulf.
As usual with such fully classified Department of Defense shuttle
missions, traditional pre-launch interviews with the astronauts were
forbidden and Gemar, like most rookie astronauts, has not been exposed
to the public eye.
As for his role aboard Atlantis, Gemar presumably will assist in
launching the shuttle's Air Force payload and help carry out on-board
medical, engineering and science experiments.
Gemar was born Aug. 4, 1955, in Yankton, S.D., but he considers
Scotland, S.D., to be his hometown.
He graduated from Scotland Public High School in 1973 and reported
for duty in the U.S. Army in June of that year. Six months later, he was
transferred to the 18th Airborne Corps at Ft. Bragg, N.C., where he was
assigned to the U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School at Ft. Belvoir,
Va.
Later, he won a Department of the Army appointment to the U.S.
Military Academy class of 1979.
After graduating with a bachelor's degree in engineering, Gemar
attended the Infantry Officers Basic Course at Ft. Benning, Ga.,
followed by helicopter training and multi-engine aircraft instruction at
Ft. Rucker, Ala.
In October 1980, he was assigned to the 24th Infantry Division at Ft.
Stewart, Ga., where he served as an assistant flight operations officer
for the 24th Combat Aviation Battalion. He also attended the Army
Parachutist Course, Ranger School and the Aviation Officers Advanced
Course.
Gemar was selected by NASA to begin astronaut training in June 1985.
Before being assigned to Atlantis's crew, he helped develop and test
space shuttle flight software.
He and his wife, the former Charlene Stringer of Savannah, Ga.,
expect to have their first child in December. In a brief NASA biography,
Gemar listed his hobbies as water sports, jogging, woodworking and
travel.
He is a member of the Association of the United States Army, the
United States Military Academy Association of Graduates and the Army
Aviation Association of America.
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| 525.23 | Astronaut McCulley retires | 58453::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Fri Nov 23 1990 18:05 | 10 |
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In the October issues of SPACEFLIGHT NEWS there is a short article
on astronaut Mike McCulley retiring from NASA and the US Navy. He
will be joining Lockheed at KSC to assist manage the shuttle launch
operations. The retirement was effective after the Ulyssess shuttle
mission was complete last month. McCully was a Commander in the US
Navy and joined the astronaut corps in May 1984 with Group 10. His
only space mission was last October, when he served as pilot on STS 34.
This mission launched Galileo on its Jupiter probe and inner solar
system mini-tour.
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| 525.24 | Short Bios on STS 35 astros | 58453::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Dec 04 1990 21:36 | 566 |
| Subject: Vance D. Brand, 59: Columbia commander
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 90 13:38:55 EST
When shuttle commander Vance D. Brand takes off aboard Columbia this
weekend for a Spacelab astronomy mission, he will be making his fourth
space flight in 15 years and, at age 59, become the oldest person to
work on the high frontier.
``There's just nothing that beats spaceflight. It's a great
challenge, it's just something that I've always enjoyed, so I really
welcomed a chance to get back up one more time,'' he said in an
interview.
Brand takes questions about his age in stride, smiling as he tells
reporters that he is the father of a 5-year-old boy, the youngest child
of anyone on Columbia's seven-member crew.
``In many ways, once you go through the acceleration to get into
orbit, it's a very friendly environment because it doesn't take as much
energy to float around as it does to walk and you don't have gravity
pulling on you all the time as you do on Earth,'' he said.
Working around the clock in two 12-hour shifts, Brand and six
crewmates plan to spend 10 days in orbit studying X-rays and ultraviolet
radiation from deep space that is blocked by Earth's atmosphere.
``We've had a lot of training,'' he said. ``Unless we've missed
something that I'm not aware of, everybody is very well trained at this
point.''
Co-pilot Guy Gardner said Brand brings a wealth of experience to
Columbia's crew.
``He's been in the program a long time, there's a lot of knowledge
there, a lot of insight into how to do things,'' Gardner said. ``My
biggest impression of Vance as a commander is he's very good at
delegating authority along with responsibility for tasks. He's a real
good commander.''
When Brand joined NASA more than two decades ago, he wanted to fly to
the moon. He never reached it. Instead, he became a veteran space
shuttle skipper sailing the sea of space a couple of hundred miles above
Earth.
He first flew in space in 1975 when he blasted off on the Apollo-
Soyuz mission with Thomas Stafford and Donald ``Deke'' Slayton. The
astronauts rendezvoused and docked with a Soviet Soyuz capsule in a
historic demonstration of detente on the high frontier.
He flew again in November 1982 as commander of the fifth shuttle
mission, which launched two communications satellites for NASA's first
two paying customers of the shuttle.
As Challenger's commander for the 10th shuttle flight in February
1984, Brand oversaw the launching of two communications satellites.
Later in the mission, two of his crewmates conducted the first test
flights of astronaut jet backpacks that were used on other flights to
rescue or repair satellites.
``I think we are beating a pathway into the future,'' the flier once
said.
When the February 1984 mission was completed, Brand had spent 339
hours in space. He has more than 7,300 hours in jets and 390 hours in
helicopters.
Brand followed the traditional military pilot-turned-test pilot
approach to join the astronaut corps. But he says learning to fly was a
decision based purely on emotions.
``When I was a little kid, 4 or 5 years old, my father got me a ride
in an old Ford trimotor. I really enjoyed it and you know how it is.
Things like that make a really big impression.''
The idea of making a career out of flying occurred to Brand much
later.
``When I was in the Marine Corps, I started out as a ground officer.
I used to watch the jets take off at breakfast time and I thought,
'Wouldn't that be fun; wouldn't that be nice,''' Brand recalled.
``I went into flight training and it turned out I loved it and here
we are.''
The soft-spoken Brand made the transition from the military to the
astronaut corps sound simple, but it was not that easy.
After receiving a business degree from the University of Colorado in
1953, the Longmont, Colo. native joined the Marine Corps. He spent 15
months in Japan as a jet fighter pilot.
Following his release from active duty in 1957, he returned to school
for a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering and joined Lockheed
Aircraft Corp. as a flight test engineer on the Navy's P3A Orion
aircraft.
In 1963, Brand graduated from the Naval Test Pilot School and worked
as an experimental test pilot until he was chosen for the astronaut
corps three years later.
``I saw it as an ultimate extension of my airplane flying career. I
saw myself flying higher and faster and doing interesting things,''
Brand said. ``Back then, there was a prospect of going to the moon when
I got into the program, so I hoped to go to the moon, but never got
there.''
Married to the former Beverly Ann Whitnel, Brand has six children.
Subject: Air Force Col. Guy S. Gardner, 42: Columbia co-pilot
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 90 13:47:21 EST
Guy Gardner, an ace test pilot and family man, will serve as co-pilot
of the shuttle Columbia for his second space mission, a high-priority
flight devoted to astronomy.
``I've always been interested in astronomy and astrophysics as a
sideline interest of mine and I'm excited about getting a deeper
understanding of just how our universe works and how it's put together,''
Gardner said in an interview.
``Astronomy ... puts the whole universe in perspective. It's what's
out there, it's what we can't reach, it's that thirst for knowledge that
human beings have. It challenges us to learn. We want to know where we
came from, we want to know why we're here. Perhaps some of the answers
are out there.''
Gardner, a 42-year-old Air Force colonel, and six crewmates are
scheduled to blast off Sunday, six months behind schedule because of a
series of fuel leaks technical glitches.
Gardner's role during the complex mission will be to keep the shuttle
shipshape during a 12-hour shift to make sure the four astronomers on
board can aim their telescopes at the proper targets. The timeline is
complex and packed with activity.
``It's something that we've practiced and worked out and we think
we've got it down,'' Gardner said. ``I think probably the biggest
problem on the crew's side is it's a very repetitive process for 12
hours every day for 10 days and we're just going to have to make sure we
don't slip up.''
Commander Vance Brand said his co-pilot brings a wealth of aviation
knowledge and experience to the mission, describing Gardner as ``very
bright'' with ``excellent common sense, just one of the best pilots
around.''
Gardner first flew in space in December 1988 when he took off aboard
the shuttle Atlantis on the second post-Challenger mission, serving as
co-pilot of a classified flight chartered by the Department of Defense.
While the goal of the clandestine mission was secret, sources said an
advanced reconnaissance satellite was deployed by Gardner's crew that
was capable of ``seeing'' through cloud cover and darkness using an
imaging radar system.
Gardner said he planned to enjoy himself more the second time around.
``The first flight, it takes you a few days just to get used to the
environment,'' he said. ``You're having so much fun - the
weightlessness, the awesomeness of looking down at the Earth, the
excitement of just being up in space - it's really kind of an
overpowering thing and it takes you a few days to get used to it.
``I'll be a little more ready to absorb the magnificence of being up
in space (this week), being a little more aware of what's going on below
me. Unless there are problems ... I'm kind of free to look out the
windows. I'm looking forward to that.''
Born in Alta Vista, Va., Gardner considers Alexandria, Va., to be his
hometown.
He earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering, astronautics
and mathematics from the United States Air Force Academy in 1969 and a
master's degree in astronautics from Purdue University in 1970.
After his graduation from Purdue, Gardner joined the Air Force and
completed pilot training at Craig Air Force Base, Ala., and MacDill Air
Force Base in Tampa, Fla. He flew 177 combat missions in Southeast Asia
in 1972 while stationed at Udorn, Thailand.
Gardner attended the Air Force Test Pilot School at fabled Edwards
Air Force Base, Calif., in 1976 and later was named an instructor.
At the time of his selection as a NASA astronaut in May 1980, Gardner
was serving as operations officer with the 1st Test Squadron at Clark
Air Base in the Philippines.
After joining the civilian space agency, he served in a variety of
positions and at one point was in training as co-pilot of the first
shuttle flight planned for launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Since the Challenger disaster, however, the shuttle launch pad at
Vandenberg was put in mothballs for safety reasons.
Married to the former Linda A. McCabe of Guilderland, N.Y., Gardner
has three children: Jennifer, 17, Sarah, 13, and Jason, 12.
The shuttle pilot said his first mission generated more family
excitement that his second.
``Being just the second flight after Challenger, there was a lot more
apprehension on their part,'' he said. ``It's harder for me to watch
somebody else blast off in the space shuttle than it is to blast off
myself and I think that's true of all of us.
``For this one, my kids are a little bit older -- I've got two
teenagers and a pre-teen -- and they're all very busy. It's not quite as
focused on my flight as it was the last time. The apprehension level is
lower because I've flown once successfully and we've had 10 successful
flights ahead of this one.''
In a brief NASA biography, Gardner listed his only hobby as
``enjoying his family.''
He holds three Air Force Distinguished Crosses, 14 Air Medals, Top
Graduate in Pilot Training and Top Graduate from the Air Force Test
Pilot School.
Subject: John M. Lounge, 44: NASA astronaut
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 90 13:55:04 EST
Astronaut John ``Mike'' Lounge believes Americans should support
their space program like they supported construction of the Interstate
highway system because ``we're building a road to the stars.''
Lounge and six crewmates - a post-Challenger record -- are scheduled
to blast off Sunday aboard the shuttle Columbia to study X-ray and
ultraviolet radiation from deep space with a battery of Spacelab
telescopes.
It will be Lounge's third shuttle flight and his first since
rocketing into space in September 1988 on the first post-Challenger
shuttle mission.
``I'm a pessimist by nature,'' he said in an interview. ``But this
past year, 1989, has given me hope that we will do some of the things I
know we can do as a society.
``I've always feared that this is an opportunity that humankind won't
have again to do the things we're doing just because of the tremendous
resources it takes and the tremendous social stability it takes to have
enough excess energy and excess resource to devote to something that
doesn't pay back tomorrow or next year. The payback is the next century.
''
But with ``peace breaking out'' in Europe, ``there will be a lot of
interest in keeping high tech industry supported in this country that
has been supported through the military budget. If just a fraction of
that money can get re-channeled to space programs, then we can go back
to the moon and we can go to Mars.''
For Lounge, the criticism NASA endured after the Jan. 28, 1986,
Challenger disaster was simply the price of doing business in an open
society.
``Maybe it's the openness of the society, that we share all the
trials and tribulations,'' he said before his launch on the first post-
Challenger flight. ``And our budgeting process is different. We ought to
approach the space program like we approached building the interstate
highway system.
``It's a huge program, it takes billions of dollars and many years
and we just need to do it. And we're building a road to the stars, an
interstate to the stars. But you don't do that by flying a few space
shuttles a couple of times a year. You do that by having a robust fleet
of launch vehicles and building space stations and moon bases and all
that entails.''
During Columbia's mission, Lounge will serve as flight engineer
during launch and re-entry and help keep the shuttle shipshape during
intricate science operations. And he clearly looks forward to his third
visit to the weightless environment of space.
``It takes a day or two to get your space legs, to feel comfortable,''
he said. ``Once you start feeling comfortable in space you really feel
great, better than 100 percent, and that's a fun feeling. I look forward
to that. And I look forward to just studying the Earth to the extent we
can.
Lounge first flew in space in August 1985 when he and four crewmates
blasted off aboard Discovery on a daring satellite repair mission.
During that mission, the 20th in the shuttle program, Lounge operated
Discovery's robot arm during a two-day satellite repair job carried out
by astronauts James ``Ox'' van Hoften and William Fisher, who
successfully hot-wired a crippled communications satellite and returned
it to service.
``I don't know if kids today read science fiction, but that's all I
ever read and it was a common theme about horizons and the last frontier
and the idea that when we stop looking outward and start only focusing
inward, that's when we start to decay,'' Lounge said before his first
mission.
Lounge was born in Denver but he considers Burlington, Colo., to be
his hometown. He earned a degree in physics from the Naval Academy in
1969 and a master's in astrogeophysics from the University of Colorado
in 1970.
All the while, his sights were on space.
``It was something in the early 60s, watching the first feeble
attempts at a space program, it looked like something that if you had to
choose something to do when you grow up that ought to be it,'' he said.
``It was always a goal I had, a very useful goal because it probably
motivated me to accomplish more than I would have otherwise.''
After graduating from the Naval Academy, Lounge entered active
service for the next nine years. He completed flight training at
Pensacola, Fla., and went on to advanced training in the F-4 Phantom.
He later flew 99 combat missions over Southeast Asia while assigned
to the carrier USS Enterprise.
Lounge returned to the United States in 1974 and served as an
instructor in the physics department of the Naval Academy. He resigned
his commission in 1978 but he remained active in the Air Force Reserves
while working at the Johnson Space Center as an engineer in the Payloads
Operations Division.
In 1980, Lounge was selected as an astronaut and he served as a
launch support team member for the first three shuttle flights.
He lists his hobbies as jogging, chess, squash, tennis, flying and
golf. Married to the former Kathryn Anne Havens of Port Arthur, Texas,
Lounge has three children, Shannon, 19, Kenneth, 9, and Kathy, 6.
Lounge, who holds six Navy Air Medals and three Navy Commendation
medals, worries that his countrymen do not fully appreciate the
challenge in space presented by the Soviet Union.
``The nation probably needs a shot in the arm to show that we can
compete in this business and I hope that it doesn't turn out to be a
sigh of relief: well, we showed them,'' he said.
``That's very wrong. We don't show anything with this one flight. It
has to be the first step of returning, not the coup de gras.''
Subject: Robert Parker, 53: Columbia astronaut
Date: 1 Dec 90 19:51:48 GMT
When Robert Parker was selected as an astronaut, Lyndon Johnson was
president, the war in Vietnam was escalating and the Apollo moon program
had yet to get off the ground.
An astronomer by training, Parker waited 16 years for his first
flight in 1983 and seven more for his second this week aboard the
shuttle Columbia when he finally will be able to put his education to
use during a 10-day Spacelab mission devoted to X-ray and ultraviolet
astronomy.
Parker came within six hours of launch May 30 when the mission was
put on hold because of a hydrogen fuel leak. Trouble with one of the
shuttle's on-board telescopes and yet another fuel leak delayed launch
to this week.
But for Parker, 53, the wait has been worth it.
``Astronomy is one of the biggest beneficiaries of the space program,
'' he said in an interview before the May launch attempt. ``The ozone
layer protects us very nicely from those ultraviolet rays but we
astronomers would just as soon put on our solar screen and go outside
and observe all the other energies the atmosphere screens out for us.''
The goal of Columbia's ``Astro-1'' mission is to study X-rays and UV
radiation from deep space that is blocked by Earth's atmosphere.
``Every time we've looked into one of these new regions of the
spectrum, we found things we didn't expect,'' he said. ``No one expected
galaxies to be radiating radio waves.
``We will go into one region of the spectrum that has not been
explored at all, and that is the far ultraviolet. We don't know what we
can expect to see there. We've never really flown a significant amount
of ultraviolet imaging in space before.''
Data from Columbia's mission, coupled with that from the Hubble Space
Telescope and other orbital observatories, promise to revolutionize
modern astronomy. But Parker said it is ``nonsense'' to expect too much.
``Astronomers have been thinking they were going to find the answer
to the expanding universe ever since they went out and got money for the
200-inch (Mount Palomar) telescope,'' he said. ``Well that didn't answer
it. I don't know when we're going to find that answer, if ever.
``The more interesting thing is the questions space telescope or
Astro is going to raise that we hadn't thought to ask before and that we
probably won't immediately find the answers to.''
In an interview before his first flight, also aboard Columbia, Parker
said he sought the job as a spaceman because he decided it might be a
``fun way to live.'' While he waited 16 years for his first taste of
space, he had plenty to do on Earth.
``It's been an exciting 16 years. All of us would like to have flown
more, sooner and more often. But I never was to the point of thinking
'Gee, I'm not going to get to fly.' There was always something you were
working on,'' Parker said.
``I would go so far as to say even if I never flew, the excitement,
the challenge and the fun of having been down here and gone through
these things that very few people have been able to do is reward enough.
''
Parker was a member of the astronaut support crews for the Apollo 15
and 17 moon landing missions and served as program scientist for the
Skylab program director's office during the three manned Skylab flights.
He began preparing for his 1983 shuttle flight in 1975, the same year
his current commander, Vance Brand, blasted off on his first mission, a
joint U.S.-Soviet orbital linkup called the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.
Prior to his selection to the astronaut corps in 1967, Parker, of
Shrewsbury, Mass., was an associate professor of astronomy at the
University of Wisconsin.
``I never thought of being an astronaut. We did not have such things
very much in those days and I really never was big on Buck Rogers,'' he
said.
``I was happily teaching astronomy, which is what I expected to do
all my life. My father was a physics professor and I had gotten a Ph.D.
to be a college teacher in astronomy all my life.''
He received a bachelor of science degree in astronomy and physics
from Amherst College in 1958 and a doctorate in astronomy from the
California Institute of Technology in 1962.
He married the former Judy Woodruff of San Marino, Calif. They have
five children and five grandchildren.
In his limited spare time, Parker's favorite hobby is horseback
riding at a dude ranch in Durango, Colo.
``By now I must have a part ownership. I go up there and ride horses
once or twice a year.''
Subject: Jeffrey Hoffman, 46: Columbia astronaut
Date: 1 Dec 90 19:57:14 GMT
Astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman, who flew aboard the shuttle Discovery in
April 1985, looks forward to finally putting his training as an
astronomer to use this week during a Spacelab astronomy mission aboard
the shuttle Columbia.
Hoffman, 46, and six crewmates are scheduled to blast off Sunday on a
10-day flight to study X-ray and ultraviolet ``light'' given off by
high-energy astronomical targets.
Launch originally was scheduled for May 30, but the mission has been
delayed by a series of hydrogen fuel leaks and trouble with one of the
ship's four on-board telescopes. Hoffman began working on the ``Astro-1''
mission in 1982.
``I've been with this for a long time so I've got a real emotional
tie to it and it is really satisfying, even for a little while, to be
working as an astronomer again,'' Hoffman said in an interview.
``I kind of wish in a way that after the flight is over I could take
a year off and go help the guys analyze some of the data and write a few
papers about it. But I've got another mission after this.''
Along with helping operate a battery of telescopes in Columbia's
cargo bay, Hoffman will teach an astronomy lesson from space that will
be beamed to students back on Earth. It is a teaching assignment the
astronomer clearly relishes.
``Kids of all ages get excited by space and you can often get science
messages to them using the vehicle of being an astronaut in a way that
maybe some other teachers have a harder time with,'' he said. ``We only
have a half hour. You can't really teach a whole lot of astronomy in a
half hour.
``The fundamental thing that we would like to get across to the
students is the universe is sending us information in a broad spectrum
of radiation and we only see the tiniest bit of that when we look at it
from Earth. Therefore, it opens the student's minds up to the idea of
the electromagnetic spectrum.''
Hoffman said he hoped the lessons from space would show kids they
don't have to be military test pilots to make it into space, that
physics and mathematics also provide pathways to orbit.
Hoffman joined four other NASA astronauts, a non-NASA engineer and
Sen. Jake Garn, R-Utah, for his first mission, a flight aboard Discovery
in April 1985 to launch a pair of communications satellites.
But the second satellite failed to turn on as planned and Hoffman
joined crewmate David Griggs for an unplanned spacewalk in a bold rescue
attempt.
The spacewalkers worked in the shuttle's payload bay for three hours
to attach homemade snares to the end of the ship's 50-foot-long robot
arm. Astronaut Rhea Seddon, working from inside the crew cabin the next
day, tried to use the devices to flip the ailing satellite's start
switch, but the effort was fruitless.
Hoffman holds a Ph.D. in astrophysics from Harvard with three years
of post-doctoral work at England's Leicester University. He and his
Columbia crewmates originally were scheduled for launch in March 1986,
but the flight was put on hold because of the Challenger disaster.
The accident had a major impact on how his family views space travel.
``There's Challenger ... and that's something you can't ignore with
your family,'' Hoffman said. ``That hit everybody pretty hard. I want my
family to know all the improvements we've made in the shuttle program to
enhance crew safety.
``But when all is said and done, it's still a relatively hazardous
occupation, at least for those few minutes (of launch). It is a pretty
hazardous thing we're doing, sitting on top of a bomb.''
Hoffman, raised in Scarsdale, N.Y., met his wife, the former Barbara
Catherine Attridge of London, England, during a Harvard fellowship, then
a NATO post-doctoral fellowship and finally through a research position
at the university. They have two children, Samuel, 15, and Orin, 11.
When he first applied to the space program in 1978, his wife thought
it was too dangerous, Hoffman said.
``I think I convinced her that it was probably all in all less
dangerous than my mountain climbing activities, which I basically had to
give up when we came down here.''
Although both the satellites launched from Discovery were for
communications, Hoffman said he thought ``a lot about what we can do
with satellites in terms of observing the universe.''
That attitude was fitting for a man who gave up his research in high
energy astrophysics to become an astronaut.
``Of course I did it with my eyes open,'' said Hoffman. ``I knew what
I was getting into. And I've always known that given the chance to fly
into space as an astronaut that's what I would like to do more than
anything else.
``So while I have regrets on the one hand, I wouldn't trade what I'm
doing now for anything else in the world.''
Subject: Samuel T. Durrance, 47: shuttle astronomer
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 90 13:38:56 EST
Astronomer Samuel Durrance, a race car enthusiast, scuba diver and
outdoorsman, is more than ready for launch aboard the shuttle Columbia.
Orbiting 219 miles up, Durrance, 47, and six crewmates -- three of
them astronomers -- plan to spend 1- days in space operating a suite of
``Astro'' shuttle telescopes to study X-ray and ultraviolet radiation
from deep space that is blocked by Earth's atmosphere.
``It is incredibly exciting,'' he said in an interview. ``We're
getting ready to fly in space. It's a dream that I've had for a long
time ... and I'm going to be doing astronomy, hands-on astronomy, which
I enjoy.
``That's one of the things I enjoy as an astronomer, the mechanics of
going and looking through a telescope and figuring out how to acquire
stars to get the most that we possibly can out of the data we can get.''
Durrance and crewmate Ronald Parise, 39, are the first non-
professional astronauts to be launched in the post-Challenger era. The
last such ``payload specialists'' to be launched were satellite engineer
Gregory Jarvis and New Hampshire school teacher Christa McAuliffe, who
were killed in the Challenger accident.
Durrance helped design the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope on board
Columbia and it is that experience, he says, that justifies the role of
payload specialists on the Astro mission.
``It certainly gives us the highest probability for a successful
mission because Ron and I know the payload as well as anybody, probably
better, than anyone anywhere,'' Durrance said.
``If anything goes wrong with it, we're there and we understand how
it works ... because we've been involved with it from the beginning.''
Durrance was born Sept. 17, 1943, in Tallahassee, Fla., but he
considers Tampa, Fla., to be his home town.
He earned a bachelor of science degree and a master's in physics,
with honors, from California State University in Los Angeles in 1972 and
1974 before receiving a Ph.D. in astrogeophysics from the University of
Colorado in 1980.
Durrance currently is a research scientist at Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore and the assistant project scientist for the
Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope. He also serves as an adjunct associate of
the Observatories of the Carnegie Institute of Washington.
Durrance and Parise were named to the Astro mission in 1984 and
launch originally was scheduled for March 1986. But the flight was put
on hold in the wake of the Challenger disaster, a delayed that was tough
on Durrance and Parise.
``We were to the point where our schedule was filled with something
to do in every hour of every day (and it went) to having no direction at
all,'' Durrance said. ``It was kind of hard. This is something I've been
waiting for for a long time.''
Durrance has wide experience in the field of space astronomy, having
used the International Ultraviolet Explorer satellite to study Venus,
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. He also developed special techniques
to allow the satellite to locate and track the planets.
He participated in the design of the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
and used an instrument aboard the Pioneer Venus space probe to study
airglow emissions from the second planet from the sun.
His primary astronomical interests are the origin and evolution of
planets and he has written more than 30 scientific papers on planetary
astronomy, adaptive optics and nuclear physics.
Married to the former Rebecca Tuggle, Durrance has two children,
Benjamin, and Susan. He lists his hobbies as flying, long-distance
running, scuba diving, sailing, auto racing and camping.
Subject: Ronald A. Parise, 39: Columbia astronaut
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 90 13:47:28 EST
Astronomer Ronald Parise hopes to chat with Soviet cosmonauts aboard
the Mir space station this week in the first such orbital contact since
a 1975 linkup that highlighted the era of detente.
Parise and six crewmates plan to spend 10 days in orbit aboard the
shuttle Columbia to study X-ray and ultraviolet radiation from deep
space that is blocked by Earth's atmosphere.
``I'm certainly excited about it, there's no denying that, and it
feels a lot different this time than it did last time,'' Parise said in
an interview. ``This time, everything is much more organized and
definite as we step toward the launch.''
Four high-tech telescopes are mounted in Columbia's payload bay,
including an Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope that Parise helped develop.
Parise and crewmate Samuel Durrance, 47, are the first non-
professional astronauts to be launched aboard a shuttle since satellite
engineer Gregory Jarvis and school teacher Christa McAuliffe perished in
the 1986 Challenger disaster.
For Parise, 39, studying the heavens is crucial for humanity's
intellectual development.
``Astronomy is a very fundamental science,'' he said. ``It's not
something that's going to get you a new refrigerator next year, it's not
going to make your car any safer.
``But on the other hand, man has always been interested in what his
world was all about, how it got here, where it came from, what's going
to happen to it, what the whole structure of this thing we live in is.
``We can't just stop working on it. We don't spend a whole lot of
money working on it. It may seem that way sometime, but in the overall
scheme of things it's really a very small amount of money and a small
amount of effort that we put into trying to answer some of these really
fundamental questions.''
Parise, assigned to the Columbia mission in 1984, is married to the
former Cecelia Sokol of Youngstown, Ohio, and the couple has two
children: Nicholas and Katherine. He lists his hobbies as amateur radio,
flying, scuba diving, sailing, hiking and camping.
A member of the American Astronomical Society and other professional
organizations, Parise helped develop the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope's
electronic system and flight hardware.
His professional interests have included research on double stars and
the dynamics of stellar atmospheres.
Along with operating the four Astro telescopes aboard Columbia,
Parise also plans to operate an amateur radio experiment that will give
school kids and ``hams'' around the world a chance to talk to the
shuttle fliers.
``Basically, we have two major modes of operation,'' Parise said.
``One is voice, which will just be talking to folks on the ground by
radio. The other is called packet radio, which is a modern form of
computer communications via radio.
``The fact that we're a very busy mission means I really won't have a
whole lot of time to interactively play with this equipment. However,
one of the reasons we have the packet radio on board is we were able to
implement a mode called the robot. What it allows people to do is
contact the shuttle and get a response out of it without a crewman
having to interact with it at all.
``What they'll get back is a little message that says greetings from
the space shuttle Columbia, you are contact No. 1,351. Then it'll
disconnect from them and make room for the next person to try that.
We're going to operate in that mode for 12 hours a day.''
Parise also hopes to talk to two Soviet cosmonauts aboard the Mir
space station.
``The past three crews that have been on Mir have had amateur radio
operators on board and they have ... talked to many people on the
ground,'' Parise said. ``We're working that very hard and they're very
excited about it. The ideal thing is that we get a direct line of sight
ship-to-ship contact.''
The only other such orbital contact occurred in 1975 when Columbia
commander Vance Brand and his Apollo crewmates Thomas Stafford and
Donald ``Deke'' Slayton linked up with a Soviet Soyuz capsule.
Parise was born May 24, 1951, in Warren, Ohio. He received a bachelor
of science degree with minors in mathematics, astronomy and geology from
Youngstown State University in 1973.
He then earned a master's degree and a Ph.D. in astronomy from the
University of Florida in 1977 and 1979.
Parise currently is a senior scientist with the space observatories
department of Computer Sciences Corp. in Silver Spring, Md. He also is a
member of the research team responsible for the Ultraviolet Imaging
Telescope.
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| 525.25 | Astro Springer Retires | 58453::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Wed Dec 12 1990 22:06 | 46 |
| From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Astronaut Springer retires from NASA, Marine Corps (Forwarded)
Date: 12 Dec 90 21:12:32 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Mark Hess/Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. December 12, 1990
(Phone: 202/453-8536)
Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 90-159
ASTRONAUT SPRINGER RETIRES FROM NASA, MARINE CORPS
Col. Robert C. Springer, selected as an astronaut in 1980
and a mission specialist on two Space Shuttle flights, has
retired from NASA and the U.S. Marine Corps.
During his first space flight, STS-29 in March 1989,
Springer and his crewmates deployed a NASA Tracking and Data
Relay Satellite and performed numerous secondary experiments,
including a Space Station "heat pipe" radiator experiment, two
student experiments, a protein crystal growth experiment and a
chromosome and plant cell division experiment. Additionally, the
crew took more than 4,000 photographs of the Earth using several
types of cameras, including the IMAX 70-mm movie camera.
Springer also flew on STS-38, a Department of Defense
flight, which was launched on Nov. 15, 1990.
Springer's technical assignments have included serving as a
member of the support crew for STS-3, concept development studies
for the Space Operations Center and the coordination of various
aspects of the final development of the Remote Manipulator System
for operational use. He also worked in the Mission Control
Center, Johnson Space Center, as spacecraft communicator for
seven flights in 1984 and 1985.
Springer announced he will work for Boeing Aerospace and
Electronics Division in Huntsville, Ala., as the manager of the
Space Station Freedom's element integration.
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| 525.26 | New Astro Assignments for Future Flights | 58453::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Sat Dec 29 1990 22:34 | 189 |
|
Mark Hess/Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. December 19, 1990
(Phone: 202/453-8536)
Jack Riley
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 90-163
NASA ANNOUNCES CREW MEMBERS FOR FUTURE SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHTS
NASA today announced crew members for future Space Shuttle
flights STS-48 Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), STS-46
Tethered Satellite Systems, STS-49 Intelsat and STS-50 U.S.
Microgravity Laboratory (USML-1).
STS-48 UARS, scheduled for launch Nov. 1991, is a mission to
study the Earth's upper atmosphere on a global scale. Nine UARS
sensors will provide comprehensive data on energy inputs, winds
and chemical composition of the stratosphere. Crew members are:
Commander: John O. Creighton, Capt. USN
Pilot: Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr., Cdr. USN
Mission Specialists: James F. Buchli, Col. USMC
Mark N. Brown, Col. USAF
Charles D. "Sam" Gemar, Maj. USA
Creighton, 47, was born in Orange, Texas, and received his
bachelor of science from the U.S. Naval Academy and master of
science in administration of science and technology from George
Washington University. He was pilot on STS-51G and commander on
STS-36.
Reightler, 39, was born at Patuxent River Naval Air Station,
Md., and received his bachelor of science in aerospace
engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy; master of science in
aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
and master of science in systems management from the University
of Southern California. He was selected as a pilot astronaut in
1987, and this is his first Shuttle mission.
Buchli, 45, was born in New Rockford, N.D., and received his
bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering from the U.S.
Naval Academy and master of science in aeronautical engineering
systems from the University of West Florida. He has flown on
STS-51C, STS-61A and STS-29.
Brown, 39, was born in Valparaiso, Ind., and received his
bachelor of science in aeronautical and astronautical engineering
from Purdue University and master of science in astronautical
engineering from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology. He
flew on STS-28.
Gemar, 35, was born in Yankton, S.D., and received his
bachelor of science in engineering from the U.S. Military
Academy. He flew on STS-38.
STS-46 TS, scheduled for March 1992, is a tethered satellite
which will be deployed from the orbiter payload bay on an
approximately 12-mile tether where it will collect electrodynamic
data in the upper reaches of the Earth's atmosphere. Also, the
European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA), a free-flying reusable
platform dedicated to material science and life science
experiments, will be deployed. Crew members are:
Commander: Loren J. Shriver, Col. USAF
Pilot: James D. Wetherbee, Cdr. USN
Mission Specialists: Andrew M. Allen, Maj. USMC
STS-46 Mission Specialists previously named: Franklin R. Chang-
Diaz, Ph.D.; Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Ph.D.; Claude Nicollier, ESA
Astronaut
Payload Specialist: A prime and backup payload specialist will
be selected from the two announced candidates: Umberto Guidoni,
Italy and Franco Malerba, Italy
Shriver, 46, was born in Jefferson, Iowa, and received his
bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Air
Force Academy and master of science in astronautical engineering
from Purdue University. He was pilot on STS-51C and commander on
STS-31.
Wetherbee, 38, was born in Flushing, N.Y., and received his
bachelor of science in aerospace engineering from the University
of Notre Dame. He was pilot on STS-32.
Allen, 35, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., and received his
bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from Villanova
University. He was selected as a pilot astronaut in 1987, and
this is his first Shuttle mission.
STS-49 Intelsat, scheduled for launch in May 1992, is a
flight on which crew members will attach a new booster and
redeploy the Intelsat satellite. Additionally, three spacewalks
will be performed in an extensive test of techniques to be
employed during assembly of Space Station Freedom. This will be
the first flight for the new orbiter Endeavour. Crew members
are:
Commander: Daniel C. Brandenstein, Capt. USN
Pilot: Kevin P. Chilton, Maj. USAF
Mission Specialists: Pierre J. Thuot, Cdr. USN; Kathryn C.
Thornton, Ph.D.; Richard J. Hieb; Thomas D. Akers, Maj. USAF;
Bruce E. Melnick, Cdr. USCG
Brandenstein, 47, was born in Watertown, Wis., and received
his bachelor of science in mathematics and physics from the
University of Wisconsin at River Falls. He was pilot on STS-8
and commander on STS-51G and STS-32.
Chilton, 36, was born in Los Angeles, Calif., and received
his bachelor of science in engineering sciences from the U.S. Air
Force Academy and master of science in mechanical engineering
from Columbia University. He was selected as a pilot astronaut
in 1987, and this is his first Shuttle mission.
Thuot, 35, was born in Groton , Conn., and received his
bachelor of science in physics from the U.S. Naval Academy and
master of science in systems management from the University of
Southern California. He flew on STS-36.
Thornton, 38, was born in Montgomery, Ala., and received her
bachelor of science from Auburn University, master of science and
doctorate of philosophy in physics from the University of
Virginia. She flew on STS-33.
Hieb, 35, was born in Jamestown, N.D., and received his
bachelor of arts in mathematics and physics from Northwest
Nazarene College and master of science in aerospace engineering
from the University of Colorado. He is scheduled to fly on STS-
39 in March 1991.
Akers, 39, was born in St. Louis, Mo., and received his
bachelor and master of science in applied mathematics from
University of Missouri-Rolla. He flew on STS-41.
Melnick, 41, was born in New York, N.Y., and received his
bachelor of science in engineering from the U.S. Coast Guard
Academy and master of science in aeronautical systems from the
University of West Florida. He flew on STS-41.
STS-50 USML-1, scheduled for June 1992, is a complement of
microgravity materials processing technology experiments to be
flown on the first extended duration orbiter mission aboard
Columbia. This mission is planned for a 13-day duration, the
longest Shuttle mission to date. Crew members are:
Commander: Richard N. Richards, Capt. USN
Pilot: John H. Casper, Col. USAF
Mission Specialists: Kenneth D. Bowersox, Lt. Cdr. USN
Bonnie J. Dunbar, Ph.D. Payload Commander (previously named)
Carl J. Meade, Lt. Col. USAF
Payload Specialists: Two prime and two backup will be selected
from the announced candidates: Lawrence J. DeLucas, Ph.D.;
Joseph M. Prahl, Ph.D.; Albert Sacco, Jr., Ph.D.; Eugene H.
Trinh, Ph.D.
Richards, 44, was born in Key West, Fla., and received his
bachelor of science in chemical engineering from the University
of Missouri and master of science in aeronautical systems from
the University of West Florida. He was pilot on STS-28 and
commander on STS-41.
Casper, 47, was born in Greenville, S.C., and received his
bachelor of science in engineering science from the U.S. Air
Force Academy and master of science in astronautics from Purdue
University. He was a pilot on STS-36.
Bowersox, 34, was born in Portsmouth, Va., and received his
bachelor of Science in aerospace engineering from the U.S. Naval
Academy and master of science in mechanical engineering from
Columbia University. He was selected as a pilot astronaut in
1987, and this is his first Shuttle mission.
Meade, 40, was born at Chanute AFB, Ill., and received his
bachelor of science in electrical engineering from the University
of Texas where he participated in plasma dynamics research and
master of science in electronics engineering from the California
Institute of Technology as a Hughes Fellow doing research
involving the application of information theory to
neurophysiology. He flew on STS-38.
From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: NASA announces crew members for future space shuttle flights (Forwarded)
Date: 20 Dec 90 00:37:41 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
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| 525.27 | DEC Employee too! | 47215::BELLONI | The best engine is the wind | Wed Jan 02 1991 05:29 | 8 |
| >.26
STS-46 TS - tethered satellite:
BTW, the payload specialist Franco Malerba is a DEC employee,
coming from Italy and actually working in Valbonne.
Massimo
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| 525.28 | Astro Bill Fisher retires | 58457::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Thu Jan 10 1991 14:43 | 50 |
|
Mark Hess
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. January 8, 1991
(Phone: 202/453-4164)
Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 91-4
ASTRONAUT FISHER TO LEAVE NASA
Astronaut William F. Fisher, M.D., will resign from NASA
effective Jan. 31, 1991. He will return to the full-time
practice of medicine as an emergency specialist at Humana
Hospital-Clear Lake, Houston, Texas.
Selected by NASA in 1980, Dr. Fisher was a mission
specialist on the 20th Space Shuttle mission in August 1985.
During this flight the crew deployed three communication
satellites, then performed a successful on-orbit rendezvous with
the ailing 15,400 lb SYNCOM IV-3 satellite. Fisher, along with
Astronaut James van Hoften, performed two EVA's (Extravehicular
Activity) to successfully repair the satellite. The first of
these spacewalks was the longest in the history of spaceflight.
In his 10 years with NASA, Dr. Fisher's work has included
high altitude research on the WB57 aircraft, astronaut office
representative for Extravehicular Mobility Unit or spacesuit and
EVA procedures and development, support crewman for Shuttle
mission STS-8, capsule communicator for STS-8 and STS-9, Chief of
Astronaut Public Appearances and the Manned Maneuvering Unit jet-
powered backpack development team. His most recent assignment
was to co-chair, with NASA robotics expert Charles R. Price, the
External Maintenance Task Team for Space Station Freedom.
In his letter of resignation, Dr. Fisher stated, "It has
been both an honor and a privilege to have served as a NASA
astronaut over the past 10 years. I know of no higher purpose,
and have met no finer people. I wish you every success in the
future."
Article 24466
From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Astronaut Fisher to leave NASA (Forwarded)
Date: 8 Jan 91 23:44:27 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
|
| 525.29 | First married couple to be in space together | ADVAX::KLAES | All the Universe, or nothing! | Thu Mar 07 1991 14:49 | 48 |
| From: clarinews@clarinet.com
Newsgroups: clari.tw.space,clari.news.aviation,clari.news.military
Subject: Married astronauts can fly together, NASA says
Date: 6 Mar 91 20:39:51 GMT
SPACE CENTER, Houston (UPI) -- Married astronauts Mark Lee and
Jan Davis will be allowed to fly together on a September 1992 shuttle
flight, becoming the first husband-and-wife team to fly in space at
the same time, NASA said Wednesday.
Lee and Davis are assigned to a Spacelab science mission
sponsored by Japan aboard the new shuttle Endeavour in September 1992.
It was learned in January that the two astronauts had married,
prompting NASA officials to review their assignment to the flight.
Although NASA has an unwritten policy against assigning
married couples to the same mission, space agency managers decided to
allow Lee, 38, and Davis, 37, to retain their spots on the seven-member
crew.
``They're making an exception in this case since Mark is the
payload commander and Jan has been working closely with the Japanese
on their payloads and experiments, and just for the continuity of the
flight,'' said NASA spokeswoman Barbara Schwartz, noting the
astronauts were assigned to the flight in 1989.
``In this case, the people who are in the chain of
decision-making just got together and said, 'Should we do something or
shouldn't we? And what are the pros and cons?' and just kind of reviewed
the situation and decided they would let the assignment stand.''
Lee first flew in space aboard the shuttle Atlantis in May
1989. The Endeavour mission will be the first flight for Davis, who
joined the astronaut corps in 1988.
Only eight other astronauts or cosmonauts have married each
other in the history of the space program.
Cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev, who flew in space in 1962 and
1970, married fellow cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who became the
first woman to orbit Earth in a June 1963 flight.
In the United States, Robert ``Hoot'' Gibson is married to
fellow astronaut Rhea Seddon and former astronaut William Fisher is
married to active shuttle flier Anna Fisher. Former astronauts Steven
Hawley and Sally Ride later divorced. All six are shuttle flight
veterans, although none has been assigned to the same mission.
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| 525.30 | Short Bios on STS 37 astronauts | 58453::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Wed Mar 27 1991 20:40 | 402 |
| Subject: Air Force Col. Steven R. Nagel, 44: Atlantis commander
Date: 26 Mar 91 18:20:58 GMT
Veteran shuttle flier Steven Nagel, making his third space flight
this week -- his first as commander -- is especially proud to be launching
a new space observatory that will boost humanity's knowledge of the
cosmos.
No shuttle flight is ``just another day at the office,'' he said. But
being in charge of launching the $617 million Gamma Ray Observatory
satellite from the shuttle Atlantis is a clear highpoint to an already
successful career.
``I feel lucky and fortunate to be assigned to it,'' Nagel said in an
interview. ``It's real exciting to be carrying up an observatory that's
going to be up there hopefully eight to 10 years and re-write the
astronomy books as far as gamma ray astronomy.''
Nagel, 44, and his four crewmates -- co-pilot Kenneth Cameron, 41,
Linda Godwin, 38, Jerry Ross, 43, and Jay Apt, 41 -- are scheduled to
blast off late this week to kick off a five-day mission highlighted by
the GRO deployment and the first post-Challenger spacewalk.
``There are nice activities for people to watch,'' he said. ``The GRO
deployment, like the Hubble Space Telescope, is going to be an exciting
thing to watch even though it all happens in relative slow motion. The
(spacewalk) is going to catch a lot of attention simply because we
haven't done one in a long time.''
But it won't be easy.
``It's going to be a strenuous flight. As I look at the timeline that
we have, it's very doable but it's going to be a busy one. So I think
we'll come back having had a good time but ready for a little bit of a
rest.''
It will be Nagel's third shuttle flight. He served as a mission
specialist for a June 1985 mission aboard Discovery and as co-pilot of
Challenger for a German-chartered Spacelab mission just four months
later.
Despite logging 339 hours in space, the experience is never dull.
``I guess Earth observations is the thing I like the best,'' he said.
``We'll all be struggling for those few moments to take pictures and
look out the window. It's really neat, it's great. I'm looking forward
to it.''
Nagel grew up in Canton, Ill., ``an ideal small-town community.'' He
graduated with high honors from the University of Illinois in 1969 with
a degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering and later earned
a master's degree in mechanical engineering from California State
University at Fresno, Calif.
After receiving his bachelor degree, Nagel joined the Air Force and
was assigned to Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., for training in F-100
fighter jets.
After serving in Thailand as an instructor, Nagel returned to the
United States in 1972 for assignment as an instructor at England Air
Force Base, La. He went on to attend the Air Force Test Pilot School at
Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
The seasoned pilot has logged more than 6,300 hours flying time, most
of it in high-performance jet aircraft. He got a head start toward
becoming an astronaut when his father taught him how to fly.
``My father ... had an airplane when I was growing up and he taught
me how to fly, so that's where my interest in aviation came,'' he said
in an interview before launch aboard the shuttle Discovery on June 17,
1985.
``The manned part of the space program began when I was in junior
high school so that's kind of where I formulated my goals.''
Nagel was selected as an astronaut in 1978. Because he applied with a
group of fellow Edwards test pilots, he said he didn't think he had a
chance.
``All of us had very similar backgrounds,'' he said. ``I knew some
were better qualified than me, some perhaps were not, and I really
didn't know, but I was not expecting to be selected. I was pleasantly
surprised.''
Married to the former Linda Diane Penney of Los Angeles, Nagel
eagerly anticipated his launch aboard Discovery for his first space
flight.
``One of the things that really excites me is a lot of the ground
photography they want us to do,'' he said. ``I think about the different
parts of the world we'll get to see that you just don't get to see any
other way but this. I'm excited about it.''
An avid horseman who also enjoys sport flying and sailing, Nagel is
optimistic about the space agency's future.
``Now we can go up there and retrieve satellites, we can repair them
in orbit, we can refuel them in orbit, we've proven all these concepts,''
he said.
Subject: Marine Lt. Col. Kenneth D. Cameron, 41: Atlantis co-pilot
Date: 26 Mar 91 18:21:01 GMT
Veteran Marine test pilot Kenneth Cameron brings a keen mind and a
strictly business approach to his first space flight this week aboard
the shuttle Atlantis.
Cameron, 41, and four crewmates are scheduled to blast off late this
week to ferry the Gamma Ray Observatory into space, a Hubble-class
astronomical satellite built to study extremely high-energy radiation.
The 39th shuttle flight also features the first post-Challenger
spacewalk, a six-hour excursion by astronauts Jay Apt and Jerry Ross to
evaluate space station construction techniques.
``I'm obviously looking forward to just getting it off the ground,''
Cameron said in an interview. ``You never know you're going to fly until
the solid (boosters) light. So you want to prevent yourself a little bit
from getting too oriented to a certain day or a certain time.
``As far as what I expect to see, experiencing the ascent, looking at
the Earth for the first time, the experience that yes, here I am, is
going to catch my attention. Then, the realities of the job will take
hold. We'll be working hard. We'll be busy.''
The GRO satellite is scheduled for launch on the third day of the
mission. The spacewalk, known as extra-vehicular activity, or EVA, is
planned for flight day four.
During the spacewalk, Cameron will be responsible for coordinating
activities and making sure Ross and Apt stay on schedule. If they fall
behind, he will direct them to another activity.
``We've already looked at different times in the EVA where we might
want to branch to something else,'' Cameron said. ``If we are running
behind for some reason, then we have to make decisions on what to
curtail.
``We explored those options in simulations. Houston's looking over
our shoulder all the time and we have been in training for quite a
while. So I think we're all in agreement.''
And in any case, ``our timeline is not hard and fast. If we are doing
well, if the spacesuits are performing as we expect, if the guys feel
good and we've got more data that we can get .. .we will probably
continue the EVA a little while beyond six hours.''
Asked what he looked forward to the most, the test pilot-turned-
astronaut did not hesitate.
``I think ascent, just getting it started, the feel of the ascent
ride,'' he answered. ``It's hard to pin a 'this is it' to the whole
flight. There will be a lot of new experiences and I'm just looking
forward to getting started.''
Cameron was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated from Rocky River
High School in 1967 and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1969 at Parris
Island, S.C. The following year, he was commissioned at Officer's
Candidate School in Quantico, Va.
After graduating from basic infantry and the Vietnamese Language
School, Cameron spent one year in Vietnam as platoon commander, 1st
Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. He also served with the Marine Security
Guards at the U.S. Embassy in Saigon.
Cameron then returned to the United States and served as Executive
Officer, ``I'' Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment at Camp
Lejune, N.C.
In 1972, he began flight training at Pensacola, Fla., and received
his wings in 1973, flying A-4 Skyhawk jets with Marine Attack Squadron
223 at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz.
Three years later, he was assigned to the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology where he earned a bachelor's degree in aeronautics and
astronautics in 1978 and a master's degree the following year.
He then was assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 12 in Iwakuni, Japan,
with subsequent assignments to the Pacific Missile Test Center in 1980
and the U.S. Navy Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, Md., in 1982.
After graduation, Cameron served as a test pilot for the F/A-18 jet,
the A-4 and the OV-10 aircraft with the Systems Engineering Test
Directorate at the Naval Air Test Center.
With more than 3,000 hours flying time in 46 different type of
aircraft, Cameron was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1984.
He is married to the former Michele Renee Fulford of Pensacola, Fla.,
and the couple has two children: Robert Ian, 7, and Edward Ellison, 4.
``The family support has been excellent,'' Cameron said. ``I
sometimes wonder how (Michele) can do it. We have two boys and they
require almost full-time support from two parents. The training is
demanding on all the crew members and it's demanding on all the
families. It's a big job to get ready for this.''
In a NASA biography, he listed his hobbies as flying, hunting,
fishing woodworking and amateur radio. He has received the Navy
Commendation Medal, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Navy Unit Citation,
the Vietnamese Meritorious Unit Citation, the Admiral Luis de Flores
Award and a C.S. Draper Laboratory Fellowship.
Subject: Air Force Lt. Col. Jerry L. Ross, 43: Atlantis spacewalker
Date: 26 Mar 91 18:12:40 GMT
When astronaut Jerry Ross floated into the shuttle Atlantis's airlock
in 1985 after two days of trail-blazing work in the ship's cargo bay, he
had no idea he was wrapping up the last U.S. spacewalk for more than
five years.
It is especially fitting, then, that Ross and astronaut Jay Apt will
make the first post-Challenger spacewalk during a five-day mission
aboard the shuttle Atlantis, scheduled for launch late this week.
But when asked what he looked forward to the most on his third space
voyage, Ross said it was ``the opportunity to look out on God's
beautiful Earth.''
``Hopefully I'll have a little bit of a break from time to time ...
to look at the ground as it goes by and enjoy the amazing and facinating
experience of being able to look at the ground ... and essentially see
Earth from ear to ear. It's just an awesome experience.''
The primary goal of the flight is the launch of a new astronomy
satellite three days after blastoff.
But on the fourth day of the mission, Ross and Apt plan to spend six
hours floating about in Atlantis's cargo bay to evaluate various
electrical, mechanical and manual carts that one day might be used to
move workers from one point to another during construction of space
station Freedom.
The ``extra-vehicular activity,'' or EVA, will be the first spacewalk
conducted by U.S. astronauts since Ross and crewmate Sherwood Spring
tested space station construction techniques during a November 1985
flight aboard Atlantis. Two months later, Challenger exploded.
``With the accident to Challenger, the focus on doing EVA-type tasks
was turned down,'' Ross said. ``Every flight that we flew (after that)
was full, there were important payloads that had to be flown.''
But given the upcoming construction of space station Freedom later
this decade, NASA clearly needs to build up a cadre of experienced
spacewalkers and Ross is delighted about getting another opportunity to
walk in space.
``When I first came here to the agency there was what I perceived to
be a reluctance to do many spacewalks,'' he said. ``Some people would be
quoted as saying 'you'd be one failure away from certain death.'
``But I think we demonstrated earlier in the shuttle program the
types of things a man ... can do to rescue satellites, to repair items,
to put them back into useful service.''
Now, spacewalks will be crucial for building space station Freedom.
``We have been frustrated by the number of iterations that we have
put into the design of the station. We're all ready to start building
hardware and stop creating piles of paper.''
Ross was selected as a NASA astronaut in August 1981, two years after
he was assigned to the payload operations division at the Johnson Space
Center in Houston.
He first flew in space aboard Atlantis in 1985, a mission highlighted
by the launches of three commercial communications satellites and Ross's
two spacewalks. His second flight came December 1988 when he blasted off
aboard Atlantis for a four-day military mission. His role on that flight
is classified.
Ross said the hardest part of a spacewalk is staying ``mentally sharp
and continuously concentrating on what you're doing.''
``You continuously have to stay aware of the equipment you're working
with, where you're tether is routed so it doesn't get hung up on things,
just trying to make sure all those things go smoothly.''
Ross received his commission in the Air Force after graduating from
Purdue University in 1970. He later earned a master's at Purdue in
mechanical engineering.
He entered active duty with the Air Force and was assigned to the Air
Force Aero-Propulsion Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in
Ohio.
While there, Ross conducted computer-aided design studies on ramjet
engines and served as the project engineer for tests of a supersonic
ramjet missile using a rocket sled track.
He also served as project manager for the preliminary development of
strategic air-launched missiles.
Ross graduated from the Air Force Test Pilot School's flight test
engineer course in 1976 and was assigned to Edwards Air Force Base,
Calif. He served as lead B-1 flying qualities test engineer and was
responsible for the stability and control system testing performed on
the big bomber.
Ross has flown 21 different types of aircraft and holds a private
pilot's license with more than 1,800 hours of flying time as a pilot.
Married to the former Karen S. Pearson of Sheridan, Ind., Ross had
two children, Amy J., 20, and Scott L., 18.
The astronaut is a member of the Society of Flight Test Engineers,
the National Space Institute and the Air Force Association.
Subject: Jay Apt, 41: Atlantis astronaut
Date: 26 Mar 91 18:12:35 GMT
For physicist-astronaut Jay Apt, helping launch a new space
observatory from the shuttle Atlantis is a distinct honor. But getting
to make the first spacewalk in five years is the clear highlight of his
first orbital mission.
``I'm really looking forward to laying back ... and looking back at
the Earth and down at the sky,'' Apt said in an interview. ``I think
that's going to be just tremendous.''
Commander Steven Nagel, 44, co-pilot Kenneth Cameron, 41, Linda
Godwin, 38, Jerry Ross, 43, and Apt, 41, are scheduled to blast off
aboard Atlantis late this week to kick off a five-day mission.
The goal of the 39th shuttle flight is the launch of the $617 million
Gamma Ray Observatory, the second in a series of ``great observatories''
that are expected to revolutionize humanity's knowledge about the
structure and evolution of the cosmos.
``I'm personally very excited about GRO because it's going to look at
some of the most violent processes in the universe,'' Apt said. ``This
is not a static universe with sunshine evenly falling down on the
surface of planets that harbor life like ours.
``It's a universe where things are constantly exploding. It turns out
that the formation of our own solar system was triggered by the violent
explosion of a nearby star system. It's these violent processes that
Gamma Ray Observatory is going to look at.''
The day after GRO's deployment, Ross and Apt plan to don spacesuits
and float into Atlantis's payload bay for a six-hour spacewalk, NASA's
first such ``extra-vehicular activity,'' or EVA, since 1985.
The goal of the excursion is to test various devices that ultimately
could be used to move astronauts and equipment about during construction
of NASA's planned space station Freedom later this decade.
``The work that Jerry and I are doing outside is directed to all
large space structures in the future,'' Apt said. ``But the space
station designers will be able to instantly use our data.''
Apt believes NASA should schedule regular spacewalks to build up
experience necessary to build the space station.
``We need to be doing EVAs with a sufficient frequency to rebuild the
EVA experience base, by which I mean engineering, procedures development
and flight controllers, as well as astronauts,'' he said.
Born in Springfield, Mass., Apt considers Pittsburgh to be his home
town.
He attended Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh and graduated magna cum
laude in physics from Harvard College in 1971. He went on to earn a Ph.
D. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1976.
After a stint as a post-doctoral fellow in laser spectroscopy at MIT,
Apt spent four years as a staff member at the Center for Earth and
Planetary Physics at Harvard University, supporting NASA's Pioneer Venus
project while working at the Mt. Hopkins Observatory.
From 1978 to 1980, Apt served as the assistant director of Harvard's
Division of Applied Sciences.
In 1980, the future shuttle astronaut joined the Earth and Space
Sciences Division at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena,
Calif., continuing his study of the solar system and work with the
Pioneer Venus project.
One year later, Apt was named manager of JPL's Table Mountain
Observatory and one year after that, he moved to the Johnson Space
Center in Houston, serving as a payload operations flight controller for
12 space shuttle missions through April 1985.
In June of that year, Apt was selected as a NASA astronaut. Prior to
his selection to the Atlantis crew, he served in a variety of
capacities, including development of space station construction
techniques.
Married to the former Eleanor Emmons, a psychotherapist, Apt has one
child, Sarah Bradlee, 2.
``We all look up at the stars and my daughter's not too young to ask
questions about what twinkle, twinkle little star really means,'' Apt
said. ``She asked me if there were people up there one night. I said,
yeah, there probably are.''
In a brief NASA biography, Apt listed his hobbies as flying, scuba
diving, camping sailing and amateur radio. He has logged more than 2,200
hours flying time in 25 different types of aircraft.
Apt is a member of the American Astronomical Society, the American
Geophysical Union, the American Physical Society and Sigma Xi.
``I'm one of the folks who believes firmly that people are going to
go to the stars one day,'' he said. ``We've got to do that with every
resource that we have available to us, both unmanned and manned, and I
would be very disappointed if, by the end of my career, we hadn't
started to send unmanned probes to the stars.''
Subject: Linda M. Godwin, 38: Atlantis astronaut
Date: 26 Mar 91 18:20:56 GMT
Three days into her first space mission, physicist-astronaut Linda
Godwin faces the daunting task of using the shuttle Atlantis's fragile
robot arm to launch a 35,000-pound space telescope, a shuttle record.
She has spent countless hours training for the slow-motion operation
and she is confident it will go smoothly. Nonetheless, she'll be pleased
when it is over.
``It's berthed in the orbiter so that's where our tightest tolerances
are, it's where our greatest lack of visiblity is, and we're very
dependent on camera views,'' she said of the delicate launch procedure.
``After the deploy will be my big sigh of relief.''
Godwin, 38, and her four crewmates -- commander Steven Nagel, 44, co-
pilot Kenneth Cameron, 41, Jerry Ross, 43, and Jay Apt, 41 -- are
scheduled for blastoff late this week to carry the Gamma Ray Observatory
into orbit.
The big telescope, the heaviest satellite ever launched from a
shuttle, was built to study extremely high-energy radiation from objects
such as black holes, neutron stars and energetic quasars.
``From everything I've read, I think it is going to re-write some of
the textbooks,'' she said.
With GRO out of the way, Godwin plans to use Atlantis's robot arm
during a planned six-hour spacewalk on flight day four to move Ross and
Apt about the payload bay to test space station construction techniques.
``I'm starting to get excited,'' she said. ``My parents plan to go
see the launch and they're pretty excited. I have one twin sister and
she and her family will be there. Everyone's pretty interested in it and
I just hope that all the people who travel to the cape to see this get
to see the launch.''
Like two of her crewmates -- Ross and Apt -- Godwin got her start with
NASA in mission control at the Johnson Space Center as a flight
controller.
``In 1980, I interviewed for the astronaut job and I didn't make it,''
she said. ``That's when I was offered the job to come down here and work
in flight control. So I definitely came down here with that goal. So I'm
a multiple interviewee for the program and I got in in 1985.''
Godwin was born in Cape Girardeau, Mo., and attended Jackson High
School in Jackson, Mo., graduating in 1970. She went on to earn a
bachelor's degree in physics and mathematics from Southeast Missouri
State in 1974, a master's degree and a Ph.D. in physics from the
University of Missouri in 1976 and 1980.
During her graduate studies, Godwin concentrated on low-temperature
solid-state physics with research results published in several journals.
But flying in space was her long-term goal and she went to work for
NASA in 1980, serving as a flight controller and payloads officer for
several shuttle missions before her selection as an astronaut in 1985.
As might be expected, Godwin is a strong supporter of manned space
flight, citing the usefulness of astronauts in conducting scientific
experiments.
``I really believe that is why you have people in space, because
these are the kinds of experiments you can't program into a computer, or
you can't send a black box up and hope you thought of all the
contingencies,'' she said. ``You have people up there to do experiments
like you do in a lab.
``My experience in the laboratory is it never goes the way you think
it will. You have to be able to change your procedures and adapt. I
think having science astronauts in an orbiting vehicle is just the
perfect combination for that to work.''
In a brief NASA biography, Godwin, who is single, listed her hobbies
as music, running, reading and flying. She is an instrument-rated
private pilot.
She also plays saxophone in a local band, but unlike fallen
Challenger astronaut Ronald McNair, she does not plan to take her horn
into orbit.
``Ron McNair did that on one of his flights and I think that was his
unique thing to do and I wouldn't want to copy that,'' she said. ``He
was a much better saxophone player.''
And as for Challenger and its impact on NASA, Godwin said it is time
to look ahead and not to dwell on the past.
``I'll never forget that it happened or the people who were on it,
but remembering that specific day as a commemoration, I think, is
starting to fade a bit,'' she said. ``Their memory is still here, but
five years is a long time and we've had a lot of successful flights
since then.
``So we've replaced the memory of that flight with a lot of good
memories. Hopefully, we will not lose the lessons that we learned. I
hope so much we don't ever have a tragedy like Challenger again, but all
these are the risks of the job.''
Godwin is a member of the American Physical Society and is a
recipient of NASA's Outstanding Performance Rating and Sustained
Superior Performances Award.
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| 525.31 | Astro Sonny Carter obit | 58519::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Sat Apr 06 1991 03:27 | 67 |
|
Manley Carter was scheduled to fly on STS 42. This flight is of particular
interest to myself as Roberta Bondar, a Canuck payload specialist, is on
board. The flight is scheduled for January 1992 and will have the International
Microgravity Laboratory as the main payload. I think that Carter was the payload
commander for this flight. Presumably he will be replaced as soon as possible
with an experienced mission specialist.
From Usenet
Subject: Manley Lanier ``Sonny'' Carter, shuttle astronaut
Date: 6 Apr 91 01:51:19 GMT
Astronaut Manley Lanier ``Sonny'' Carter, an avid Los Angeles Dodgers
baseball fan, a former professional soccer player, an aircraft carrier
jet pilot and Navy flight surgeon, flew aboard the shuttle Discovery in
1989 for a classified military mission.
Details about the six-day shuttle flight, which took off Nov. 22,
1985, were classified, but it is believed Carter, 43, and his four
crewmates deployed a costly military spy satellite to eavesdrop on
Soviet military communications. Pre-launch interviews with the
astronauts were not allowed and Carter's responsibilities during the
mission were not known.
Carter died when a commuter plane crashed near Brunswick, Ga.,
Friday, killing all aboard. President Bush said: ``He served the nation
well and his experience will be sorely missed.''
Carter's interest in the Los Angeles Dodgers was no secret and the
astronaut carried baseball cards into space on behalf of former Dodger
greats Roy Campanella and Ralph Branca, who he met in 1989 at Dodger
training camp in Florida.
He also carried a soccer ball for the U.S. team that qualified to
play in the 1990 World Cup finals.
Carter was born in Macon, Ga., but he considered Warner Robbins, Ga.,
to be his hometown. He graduated from Lanier High School in Macon in
1965 and earned a bachelor of science degree from Emory University in
1969. He went on to earn a doctorate of medicine from Emory in 1973.
While earning his medical degree, from 1970 to 1973, Carter was a
professional soccer player with the Atlanta Chiefs.
After graduation from medical school, he completed an internal
medicine internship at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta and joined the
Navy in 1974, completing flight surgeon school in Pensacola, Fla.
Carter served tours as a flight surgeon with the 1st and 3rd Marine
Air Wings before earning his wings as a naval aviator in 1978. He was
assigned as senior medical officer aboard the USS Forrestal and in March
1979, he completed training to fly F-4 Phantom jets.
He subsequently became a fighter pilot in Marine Fighter Attack
Squadron 333 at the Marine Corps Air Station at Beaufort, S.C.
After completing a nine-month Mediterranean cruise aboard the USS
Forrestal in 1981, Carter attended the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School
- TOPGUN - before moving on to the Marine Corps Air Station at Cherry
Point, N.C., where he served as an F-4 combat readiness evaluator.
Carter logged some 2,400 hours of flying time, including 160 carrier
landings. He was married to the former Dana Powell of Jacksonville, Fla.
, and the couple had two children: Olivia Elizabeth and Meredith
Corvette.
Carter was selected by NASA to become an astronaut in 1984. Prior to
his selection to Discovery's crew, he served as an expert on
spacewalking in the mission development branch of the astronaut office
at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
A member of the Society of U.S. Navy Flight Surgeons, Carter was a
recipient of the Air Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy
Achievement Medal and the Meritorious Service Citation, among other
honors.
He listed wrestling, golf, tennis, old movies and Los Angeles Dodgers
baseball as his hobbies.
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| 525.32 | Astro Guy Gardner resigns | 58453::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Fri Apr 12 1991 11:56 | 38 |
| From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Astronaut Gardner to head USAF Test Pilot School (Forwarded)
Date: 11 Apr 91 23:56:43 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Mark Hess
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. April 10, 1991
(Phone: 202/453-8536)
Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 91-52
ASTRONAUT GARDNER TO HEAD USAF TEST PILOT SCHOOL
Col. Guy S. Gardner has been named Commandant of the USAF Test
Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. He will leave the
astronaut corps in June 1991 to assume his new position, which is a
part of the Air Force Systems Command.
"We are happy that Guy has this outstanding opportunity.
Although we'll miss his expertise here, we will look forward to
working with him in his new assignment," said David Leestma, Deputy
Director of Flight Crew Operations.
Gardner was pilot on two Space Shuttle missions: STS-27, a
Department of Defense flight aboard Atlantis on Dec. 2-6, 1988; and
STS-35, which launched the ASTRO-1 astronomy laboratory aboard
Columbia on Dec. 2-10, 1990. He has worked at Johnson Space
Center, Houston, since his selection in May 1980.
After graduating from the Test Pilot School in 1975, Gardner
served as a test pilot with the 6512th Test Squadron and as an
instructor test pilot at the Edwards facility.
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| 525.33 | New Crew Assignments 1991 | 58519::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Mon Apr 22 1991 11:56 | 53 |
| From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Shuttle crew assignments announced (Forwarded)
Date: 22 Apr 91 01:28:40 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Mark Hess
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. April 19, 1991
(Phone: 202/453-4164)
Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 91-57
SHUTTLE CREW ASSIGNMENTS ANNOUNCED
David C. Hilmer, Lt. Col., USMC, has been named mission
specialist on STS-42, the International Microgravity
Laboratory (IML-01) flight and Jerry L. Ross, Lt. Col., USAF,
has been named Payload Commander for the Spacelab D-2
mission, STS-55.
IML-01 launch is scheduled for February 1992 and
Hilmers will perform the duties previously assigned to the
late Manley L. "Sonny" Carter. "It is with regret that I have to
make this selection under these circumstances. We all miss
Sonny Carter. He was a special person and friend who can
never be replaced," Director of Flight Crew Operations Donald
R. Puddy said.
Hilmers served as a mission specialist on three Shuttle
flights, two of which were Department of Defense missions,
STS- 51J and STS-36. He was one of five crew members on
STS-26, the first flight after the Challenger accident, on
which the crew successfully deployed NASA's Tracking and
Data Relay Satellite.
STS-55, the second German Spacelab flight, is
scheduled for February 1993. As Payload Commander, Ross
will provide long-range leadership in the development and
planning of payload crew science and training activities.
Ross has flown as a mission specialist on three Shuttle
missions. On STS-61B, the crew deployed three
communications satellites and Ross performed two 6-hour
spacewalks to test Space Station construction techniques.
Mission STS-27 was a Department of Defense flight. During
STS-37, the Gamma Ray Observatory mission, Ross performed
an unscheduled spacewalk to assist in the successful
deployment of the observatory and a planned spacewalk to test
potential maneuvering devices to help crew members move
easily about the outside structure of Space Station Freedom.
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| 525.34 | Short Bios on STS 39 Astros | 58519::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Apr 23 1991 14:52 | 544 |
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Subject: Michael L. Coats, 45; Discovery commander
Date: 22 Apr 91 17:53:33 GMT
For veteran astronaut Michael Coats of Riverside, Calif., making his
third flight aboard the shuttle Discovery this week, the reward for
years of endless training is the view of planet Earth spinning through
the black night of space.
``You never get tired looking at the Earth,'' Coats said in an
interview. ``It's a beautiful sight to see. You wish you could take
everybody up there and show them what the Earth looks like because it's
a gorgeous planet.
``You see this green, gorgeous planet moving through this big, vast
void up there and you start to feel very protective about our little
planet here. It looks very small when you're out in space.''
Coats, 45, and six crewmates planned to spend eight days in orbit
aboard Discovery to test Strategic Defense Initiative -- ``Star Wars''
sensor technology needed to detect enemy missiles in flight. It will be
Coats' third mission, his second as commander.
``I've heard estimates that by the turn of the century we'll have 15
Third World countries that'll have intercontinental ballistic missile
capability,'' he said. ``So we're not safe over here and the nightmare
of having to worry about your children being terrorized is a real one to
me.
``So what we're doing with the SDI research is very important.
There'll be some tough decisions to be made, but it's certainly
worthwhile to get the data ... to see if it's feasible to have a
defensive shield someday. When you're talking about children, money's no
object.''
While time has healed many of the wounds of the Jan. 28, 1986,
Challenger disaster, Coats, a Navy captain, said the accident was
particularly traumatic for his wife and children. While his two
children, Laura, 17, and Paul, 12, looked forward to their father's
third launch, his wife Diane did not.
``My wife really doesn't like this business a whole lot,'' Coats
said. ``She'd just as soon I did something else and I think I probably
will after this flight. It takes an awful lot of time away from the
family to train like this. I think after three flights, it's time for me
to move on to something else.''
Coats, a self-professed ``football fanatic'' and history buff, first
flew in space as co-pilot of Discovery for the orbiter's maiden launch
Aug. 30, 1984. One of his crewmates on that flight was Judith Resnik,
who was killed in the Challenger disaster.
He blasted off on his second mission, also aboard Discovery, on March
13, 1989.
A passionate space advocate, Coats goes out of his way to explain the
benefits of space flight to the uninitiated. But he worries about NASA's
future in an environment of micromanagement and conservatism.
``One of the unfortunate aspects of the accident is that now
everything we do is being looked at under a microscope,'' he said before
his second flight. ``We've got more help than we probably need. You can
pick up the paper almost any day and see a scientist somewhere,
regardless of his qualifications, giving NASA advice.''
After his first flight, Coats visited Washington and ``talked to a
lot of congressmen.''
``Many of them are very familiar with the space program and I was
reassured. But some of them knew absolutely nothing about the space
program and it was very frustrating. We had people who referred to us as
cosmonauts and had no idea what kind of space vehicle we were flying.
And these were congressmen.''
But Coats is an optimist at heart and he clearly was eager to blast
off on his third space mission. And while Challenger's crew is never far
from mind, his perspective is slowly changing.
``I've gotten to the point with the Challenger crew that when I think
about them I smile a little bit, I get a warm feeling. You tend to think
about the good times you had and the good things they did. They were
good people, very talented people.''
Coats once said his decision to join the astronaut corps was a matter
of being in the right place at the right time.
The son of an Air Force bomber pilot, Coats grew up with airplanes.
So, when it came time to choose his own career, the decision was easy --
flying.
Since his graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1968, Coats has
logged more than 5,000 hours in 22 different types of aircraft,
including 350 combat missions in Vietnam.
A native of Riverside, Calif., Coats is the oldest of four children.
A year after his graduation from the Naval Academy, he was designated
a naval aviator and assigned a two-year tour on an attack squadron
aboard the USS Kittyhawk in Southeast Asia. He received 46 awards for
his flying skills and heroism.
After Vietnam, Coats became a test pilot and later served as a flight
instructor at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, Md.
In 1977, he earned a master's degree in administration of science and
technology from George Washington University and two years later, he
received a second master's degree in aeronautical engineering from the
U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.
In between degrees, NASA asked him to join the astronaut corps in
1978.
``I came on at a time when the war was still going on (in Vietnam). I
went over to war and came back and applied for test pilot school and
just happened to be there at the right time.''
Subject: Air Force Lt. Col. L. Blaine Hammond, 39; Discovery co-pilot
Date: 22 Apr 91 17:29:53 GMT
Former test pilot Blaine Hammond, making his first space flight this
week as co-pilot of the shuttle Discovery, said data collected during
the ``Star Wars'' research flight is crucial for the eventual
development of a defensive missile shield.
Hammond, 39, and six crewmates were scheduled to spend eight days in
orbit to launch five small satellites and conduct a battery of
experiments to learn more about how to detect enemy missiles in flight.
It is the most ambitious Strategic Defense Initiative mission ever
attempted.
``This is probably one of the best overall missions the shuttle is
designed to do,'' he said in an interview. ``Without astronauts up there
doing the things we're going to do, they could not collect this data.
``They're concerned about their ability to detect and track these
enemy missiles successfully and actually engage the missile and destroy
it. To do that, they have to have data (and) they need a cooperating
target.''
A strong supporter of the Strategic Defense Initiative missile
defense program, Hammond said the data collected during Discovery's
mission ``is essential to further research and progression of this sort
of system. I'm real pleased to be a part of it.''
``SDI's taken some severe budget cuts,'' he said. ``Part of the
reason our mission is so complictated is because the budget's been cut
and they had to put two payloads on one shuttle.''
Despite an around-the-clock schedule, Hammond, a lieutenant colonel
in the Air Force, said he was especially eager to log as much ``window
time'' as possible to enjoy the view from orbit.
``I'm looking forward to being in a front row seat driving the bus,
essentially, and being in zero (gravity) for the first time,'' he said.
``I can't wait to do that. I love flying at night and looking at the
stars and I just can't wait to see the beauty of the Earth from the
vantage point of a 140-mile-high orbit.''
But the responsibilities of piloting the $2 billion shuttle are never
far from mind.
``On ascent, I'm the only person who can throttle the engines,'' he
said. ``There are a lot of things I could do that would kill the crew,
in terms of throwing the wrong switch or mis-identifying a malfunction.
``If I throw the wrong switch and the engine quits, there's nothing I
can do to recover, I can't turn it back on. So it's real critical that I
do it right.''
Hammond was born in Savannah, Ga., but he considers St. Louis to be
his hometown.
After graduating from Kirkwood High School in Kirkwood, Mo., in 1969,
he earned an engineering degree from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1973
and a master's degree in engineering science and mechanics from the
Georgia Institute of Technology in 1974.
He then attended pilot school at Reese Air Force Base, Texas, in 1975
and was assigned to the 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Hahn Air
Base, Germany, flying F-4E ``Wild Weasel'' jets like those used in
Operation Desert Storm to knock out Iraqi radar systems.
In 1979 and 1980, Hammond, flying F-5 jets, trained foreign pilots at
Williams Air Force Base, Ariz., before moving on to the Empire Test
Pilot School at Boscombe Down in the United Kingdom.
Two years later, Hammond returned to the United States and was
assigned to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., in 1982, where he managed
several projects before being named an instructor at the Air Force Test
Pilot School.
Hammond has logged more than 3,100 hours flying time in 15 American
jets and 10 flown by the British Royal Air Force.
Making the switch from high performance fighters to the space shuttle
was not as easy as one might imagine.
``Things never happen in space as fast as a fighter pilot would like
them to,'' he said. ``You have to be very patient and I wasn't born with
a big bag full of patience. It's real hard for me to sit back and let
things happen real slowly and methodically.''
He was selected by NASA as an astronaut in May 1984. Prior to his
assignment to Discovery's crew, Hammond served in a variety of
capacities at the Kennedy Space Center, helping set cockpit switches
prior to several missions and relaying instructions to orbiting crews.
Hammond is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Academy and a
member of the Air Force Academy Association of Graduates and the Order
of Daedalians.
In a short NASA biography, he listed his hobbies as golf, tennis,
cnow skiing, sailing, scuba diving, squash and racquetball.
Hammond is the father of two children, Vanessa Ann, 11, and Michael
Blaine, 3. His divorce from the former Lela Ann Walton of Houston became
final just a week and a half before his launch aboard Discovery.
Subject: Richard J. Hieb, 35; Discovery astronaut
Date: 22 Apr 91 17:14:05 GMT
Whether training for his first space flight or slogging through more
down-to-earth chores at the Johnson Space Center, astronaut Richard Hieb
clearly loves his work.
Hieb, 35, and six crewmates plan to spend eight days in orbit to
launch a battery of satellites and conduct around-the-clock experiments
to learn more about how to detect enemy missiles in flight.
For Hieb, years of training and hard work will pay off when he uses
Discovery's 50-foot robot arm to launch and later retrieve a ``Star
Wars'' research satellite that will photograph shuttle rocket firings
against the backdrop of space and planet Earth.
``It is really starting to suddenly seem real,'' he said before
launch. ``I've been working this mission for a long time. I love what
I'm doing even when I'm not training for space flight. I love working
for NASA, I've always enjoyed it, I like being an astronaut. So I've
always had a good time.''
Hieb said the success of Patriot missiles knocking down Iraqi Scuds
during the Persian Gulf conflict proved the usefulness of a defensive
missile shield. While such a system might not stop an all out Soviet
attack, it could easily handle more limited threats from smaller
nations.
``I'm not involved in the science aspect of it or the engineering
aspect of it, but it seems to me that people who have studied those
things have made convincing arguments that it can be done,'' he said.
``Suddenly, I think we all will see there's a lot more justification
for it than we ever really appreciated before Saddam Hussein opened our
eyes.''
Discovery's mission, one of the most complex shuttle flights ever
attempted, is devoted to studying the appearance and behavior of rocket
plumes against a variety of backdrops.
``If they're going to design an infrared detector that's going to
look down at the Earth or the Earth's atmosphere to try and look for
either the plume behind the missile that's being launched or the missile
itself, they have to know what the background is because they don't want
to be confused,'' he said.
But it will not be easy. The astronauts planned to work around the
clock in two shifts to complete an action-packed flight plan featuring
hundreds of shuttle rocket firings, multiple satellite launches and a
battery of on-board experiments.
``It's almost like a symphony where everybody's in their place and
has to do just the right thing at just the right time,'' Hieb said. ``We
can do the job, but there's really not any time for errors in there.''
He did not hesitate when asked what he looked forward to about his
first mission.
``I suppose what I'm looking forward to the most is completing the
grapple of the SPAS (satellite),'' he said. ``Up to that point, I'll be
sort of looking foward with a little bit of tension and anticipation to
that event. Once that's complete, it'll probably be a little harder for
me to stay as focussed as I need to be. That's the thing I've really
been training for for all these years.''
Hieb hails from Jamestown, N.D., where he was a National Merit
Scholar at Jamestown High School. He went on to earn an undergraduate
degree in math and physics at Northwest Nazarene College in 1977 and a
master's in aerospace engineering from the University of Colorado in
1979.
Hieb went from Colorado to Houston where he was hired by NASA at the
Johnson Space Center. He is an expert on orbital rendezvous techniques
and a veteran member of the mission control team, which orchestrates all
phases of shuttle flight.
In 1985, he was selected as an astronaut and held a variety of
assignments prior to joining Discovery's crew, including a stint in the
Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory and work at the Kennedy Space
Center in support of other missions.
Once Discovery's mission is out of the way, he will begin training
for a daring spacewalk during the new shuttle Endeavour's maiden flight
to repair a stranded satellite.
Married to the former Jeannie Hendricks of Norfolk, Va., Hieb has two
children: Lindsey Michelle, 4, and Jonathan Michael, 1. He lists his
hobbies as sailing, sports and computers.
Subject: Air Force Lt. Col. Donald R. McMonagle, 38; Discovery astronaut
Date: 22 Apr 91 17:14:02 GMT
Air Force Lt. Col. Donald McMonagle, who gave up a career as a test
pilot to become a NASA astronaut, says his first flight aboard the
shuttle Discovery will go a long way toward turning the ``Star Wars''
missile program into reality.
``I think that it's very important that we continue the effort to
study possible defensive systems,'' he said in an interview. ``I've
heard that as many as 15 countries around the globe may have the
capability for intercontinental ballistic missiles by the turn of the
century.
``It may become a real threat to us and I think the kind of data
we're collecting will go a long ways, hopefully, toward developing a
system that will make us immune from that threat.''
McMonagle, 38, and six crewmates plan to spend eight days in space
aboard Discovery to carry out an exhaustive battery of around-the-clock
experiments to learn more about how to detect enemy missiles in flight.
The mission is one of the most complex in shuttle history, but
McMonagle says the crew is more than up to the task.
``I think we're utilizing just about every capability the shuttle
has,'' he said. ``We are rendezvousing with a satellite, we are
deploying a satellite. The only thing I can think of that we're not
doing on this mission is (a spacewalk).
``If we don't accomplish all of our objectives, that doesn't mean
this wasn't a successful mission. We're being as ambitious as we can. If
we accomplish our major priorities, we will have accomplished a very
successful mission.''
While he eagerly anticipated his first voyage into space, McMonagle
would not single out any one aspect of the flight as the one he looked
forward to the most.
``I think I'm looking forward to the portion that goes eight days and
seven hours,'' he said, referring to the mission's planned duration. ``I
can't think of a portion of this mission that I'm not looking forward
to. There are all kinds of aspects to this mission that are going to be
very exciting.''
McMonagle was born in Flint, Mich., where he graduated from Hamady
High School in 1970. He then received a bachelor's degree in
astronautical engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1974 and a
master's in mechanical engineering in 1985 from California State
University-Fresno.
In 1975, McMondagle graduated from pilot training at Columbus Air
Force Base, Miss., and after training on F-4 Phantom jets at Homestead
Air Force Base, Fla., he was stationed at Kunsan Air Base in South
Korea.
After returning to the states, McMonagle switched from F-4s to F-15
jet fighters and in 1979, he was stationed at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz.
, as an F-15 instructor-pilot.
Two years later, in 1981, he entered Air Force Test Pilot School at
Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and was named the outstanding pilot in
his class.
Between 1982 and 1985, McMonagle served as a project test pilot for
an advanced technology version of the F-16 fighter.
After attending the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air
Force Base, Ala., he was assigned as the operations officer of the
6513th Test Squadron at Edwards, a post he held when selected by NASA to
become an astronaut in 1987.
Qualified to serve as a shuttle pilot, McMonagle was assigned to
serve as flight engineer aboard Discovery for his first flight. He has
logged more than 3,400 hours of flight time in a variety of high
performance jets.
McMonagle is married to the former Janyce Morton of Phoenix, Ariz.,
and the couple has one child: Heather Nicole, 1.
He holds a variety of honors, including the Air Medal, the
Meritorious Service Medal, three Air Force Commendation Medals and the
Liethen-Tittle Award from test pilot school.
He is a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and lists
his hobbies as all racket sports, light aircraft and snow skiing.
Subject: Gregory J. Harbaugh, 35; Discovery astronaut
Date: 22 Apr 91 17:14:08 GMT
Rookie astronaut Gregory Harbaugh views this week's ``Star Wars''
research mission aboard the shuttle Discovery as the kind of flight that
best demonstrates the orbiter's capabilities as a manned research
platform.
``The shuttle is remarkably capable system,'' he said in a pre-launch
interview. ``This is the sort of thing it was designed to do. We're
rendezvousing (with a satellite), we're deploying, we're pirouetting in
the middle of space.
``It's really a fantastic opportunity. It's the kind of thing only a
space shuttle and human beings in space could do.''
Harbaugh, 35, and six crewmates plan to spend eight days in orbit to
conduct a battery of experiments to gather data about the appearance of
rocket plumes against a variety of backdrops ranging from the brilliant
Earth to the deep black of space.
The goal is to develop heat sensitive infrared sensors that can
distinguish enemy missiles in flight so future battlestar satellites can
destroy them before impact in the United States.
By studying the appearance of Earth's atmosphere, the aurora and so
on, ``the theory is that we'll be able to build sensors that'll be able
to filter out those things that are naturally occurring and focus on
those things that are not.''
Harbaugh said the ability of Patriot missiles to destroy incoming
Iraqi Scuds during the Persian Gulf conflict proves a missile defense
shield is feasible.
``The Patriot missile capability over there has lent an awful lot of
credibility to anti-missile missiles,'' he said. ``Anything we can do to
research the capabilities that we think we might need to defend
ourselves as a country is a smart thing to do. I think the American
public is more aware of that now.''
On a more down-to-earth level, Harbaugh said he was eager to
experience the thrill of a shuttle launch first hand after years of
training as an astronaut and before that, as a flight controller at the
Johnson Space Center.
``I don't think you ever get jaded about the excitement of a launch,''
he said. ``I'm seeing it from a whole different vantage point.
``From an anticipation standpoint, I don't have much of a chance to
sit around and think about what lies ahead. But I will say, every now
and then in the simulators, it sort of hits you that you're going to be
doing all of this from space. You can't help but say 'gee whiz, I can't
wait to do that.'''
Harbaugh came to the astronaut corps by way of NASA's mission control
center at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
After graduating from Purdue University in 1978 with a degree in
aeronautical engineering, Harbaugh was hired by NASA, going to work in
Houston and holding a variety of engineering and technical management
positions.
For shuttle missions, Harbaugh ultimately served as lead data
processing system officer in mission control and helped run NASA's
Shuttle Planning and Analysis section, working with engineers to solve
problems that developed during earlier shuttle flights.
In June 1987, Harbaugh was selected as an astronaut. Prior to his
assignment to Discovery's crew for his first space mission, he worked in
the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory and became an expert
operator of the shuttle's 50-foot-long robot arm.
He was born in Cleveland, but considers Willoughby, Ohio, to be his
hometown. He graduated from Willoughby South High School in 1974 and
then attended Purdue.
Married to the former Carol Ann Saunders of St. Louis, Harbaugh has
two children: Kelly Allison, 3, and Dana Claire, born last year.
The shuttle flier enjoys gardening, basketball, running and snow
skiing and holds a commercial pilot's license with approximately 1,000
hours of flying time.
Subject: Air Force Col. Guion S. Bluford, 48; Discovery astronaut
Date: 22 Apr 91 18:32:38 GMT
Guion S. Bluford, the first black American to rocket into orbit,
regarded his third space voyage aboard the shuttle Discovery as an
important step toward proving the viability of the Strategic Defense
Initiative missile defense plan.
``I think Congress is recognizing ... the importance of defense
against missile attack, and recognizing that not only the Soviet bloc
has missiles but other countries are developing missiles as well as
nuclear capability,'' said the Philadelphia native in an interview.
Listed in ``Who's Who in America'' and the recipient of more than two
dozen major honors and awards, Air Force Col. Bluford, 48, plans to
spend eight days in orbit aboard Discovery working with six crewmates to
carry out a series of ``Star Wars'' experiments dedicated to learning
more about how to detect enemy missiles in flight.
Despite two previous shuttle flights, Bluford said his latest mission
promised to be especially fun given the crew's plans to launch and later
retrieve a research satellite.
``On this particular flight we'll be ... deploying a payload and
retrieving a payload and I've never been on a mission that's done this
so I'm looking forward to seeing that,'' he said.
Discovery's mission is one of the most complex in the 10-year history
of the shuttle program, but Bluford said he did not anticipate any
problems the heavily trained crew could not handle.
``I feel very confident about flying,'' he said. ``I don't worry
about potential problems with the payload on orbit because I've been
trained to handle that. I'm looking forward to flying. It's been a while
since I've flown and I'm looking forward to getting back and flying
again.''
Discovery's mission also is the first unclassified military shuttle
flight, ``and it is really nice because you can talk about the mission,
you can show pictures of what you've done and that kind of stuff. So
it's similar to other missions except the payload customer is Department
of Defense.''
Bluford first took off aboard the shuttle Challenger on Aug. 30,
1983, becoming the first black American to fly in space. His second
flight, also aboard Challenger, began Oct. 30, 1985.
During that mission, he served as a prime subject for exotic
experiments to determine the effects of weightlessness on human
physiology.
With three flights under his belt, Bluford said he might decide to
hang up his spacesuit after Discovery's mission. But he would not rule
out the possibility of holding out for a fourth space voyage.
``I really haven't made up my mind on that,'' he said. ``To me,
flying in space is the greatest adventure in the world. I'm very
comfortable on orbit, I don't suffer from space sickness, I enjoy doing
what I'm doing.
``There's a tendency to want to do it forever. I realize that one day
you will eventually hang that up. But I really haven't made up my mind
on which way I'm going to go yet.''
Bluford grew up in Philadelphia where his mother was a public school
teacher and his father a mechanical engineer at the Frankfurt Arsenal.
He received his bachelor's degree from Penn State in 1964 and
graduated from the university's Air Force ROTC program. He received his
pilot's wings in 1965 and flew more than 144 combat missions in Vietnam
with the 557th Tactical Fighter Squadron.
Bluford returned to Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, as an instructor
pilot in 1967. Five years later he entered the Air Force Institute of
Technology and earned his master's and doctor's degrees in aerospace
engineering. NASA chose him as an astronaut in 1978.
``I got the news on a Monday morning,'' Bluford recalled. ``I
distinctly remember because I was driving to work and listening on the
radio that NASA was going to name the 35 new astronauts. I remember sort
of assuming I was not selected because I assumed they would already have
notified the astronauts in advance. I was pleasantly surprised when I
got the word.''
Bluford said he became interested in aviation at an early age.
``I think I developed that interest because I liked to make airplane
models,'' he said. ``That expanded to reading books on airplanes.''
Bluford also was interested in mathematics and science and his
familiarity with his father's work in designing led him to pursue a
career in aeronautical engineering.
Although he received a considerable amount of fan mail after he was
selected to go into orbit aboard Challenger, he did not get the
extensive media attention that was focused on Sally Ride, the first
American woman in space.
``One of the nice things about having Sally Ride fly ahead of me is
that it reduces the amount of attention that I get,'' Bluford said.
Bluford, married to the former Linda Tull, also of Philadelphia, has
two sons: Guion Stewart III, 26, and James Trevor, 25.
Subject: Charles Lacy Veach, 46; Discovery astronaut
Date: 22 Apr 91 19:03:58 GMT
Charles Lacy Veach, a veteran jet pilot who came up through the ranks
at NASA to become an astronaut, will achieve a long-held goal when he
blasts off aboard the shuttle Discovery this week on a ``Star Wars''
research mission.
``I'm very excited, obviously,'' he said in an interview. ``This is
something that has been a goal of mine for a long time. I'm really
looking forward to this. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity that I
hope may not be just a once in a lifetime opportunity and that I'll get
to fly again soon.''
Veach and six crewmates plan to spend eight days in orbit to conduct
a variety of experiments to help scientists figure out ways of detecting
enemy missiles in flight.
To accomplish the goals of the mission, Discovery was scheduled to be
launched into an orbit carrying it 57 degrees to either side of the
equator, allowing the astronauts to see more of the Earth than usual.
``So we're planning on taking a lot of pictures,'' Veach said. ``The
geologists and oceanographers and the meteorologists are very excited
about the flight.''
But Veach's primary responsibility during Discovery's mission is the
operation of Air Force Project 675, a pallet of five instruments carried
in the shuttle's payload bay.
The centerpiece of ``AFP 675'' is a liquid helium-cooled infrared
telescope that will gather data about Earth's atmosphere and the
shimmering aurora to help scientists design missile detection sensors
capable of distinguishing enemy rockets against a variety of backdrops.
``It will look at the Earth's atmosphere in the infrared spectrum ...
and the aurora,'' Veach said. ``The amount of information that exists
today of this type is measured in minutes, it's mostly from sounding
rocket shots out of Alaska and balloon flights out of Antarctica.
``If our first data take goes according to plan, we'll more than
double that ... and over the flight, we'll increase it many, many times.
''
The military application of such research ``is to build up a data
base on the noise and the background clutter in the Earth's atmosphere
that would distract or fool a sensor looking for a ballistic missile
launch.''
His secondary responsibility during the mission is to orchestrate a
full schedule of Earth photography.
``My biggest concern is that all the cameras that we're going to be
carrying, and that I'm ultimately responsible for keeping track of, that
I won't be able to juggle them all,'' he said. ``We're going to be
taking a lot of photographs.''
Veach was hired by NASA's Johnson Space Center in January 1982 as a
research pilot specializing as an instructor for the space agency's
shuttle training aircraft, large Gulfstream II business jets modified to
mimic the handling characteristics of the shuttle during final approach
before landing.
With more than 4,500 hours of flying time to his credit, Veach was
selected as an astronaut in 1984. Prior to his assignment to Discovery's
crew, he handled a variety of technical jobs including computer software
verification in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory.
He also has served as a ``capsule communicator,'' or CAPCOM, during
several shuttle missions, relaying communications between the orbiting
astronauts and mission controllers.
Born in Chicago, Veach considers Honolulu to be his hometown. He
graduated from Punahou High School in Honolulu in 1962 and received a
bachelor's degree in engineering management from the U.S. Air Force
Academy in 1966.
After he was commission in the Air Force following graduation, Veach
earned his pilot wings at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., in 1967 and went on
to fighter gunnery school at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz.
For the next 14 years, the future shuttle astronaut served as a
fighter pilot at bases around the world, logging 275 combat missions
during the Vietnam war. In 1976 and 1977, Veach was a member of the
Thunderbirds, the Air Force's crack aerial demonstration team.
He resigned his commission in 1981, but continues flying F-4 Phantom
jets with the Texas Air National Guard.
Married to the former Alice Meigs Scott of Waycross, Ga., Veach has
two children: Marshall Scott, 19, and Katherine Maile, 16. He lists his
hobbies as surfing, biking, reading and activities with his family.
Veach holds a variety of honors, including the Distinguished Flying
Cross with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Medal with 13 Oak Leaf
Clusters, the Air Force Commendation Medal and the Purple Heart.
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| 525.35 | Astro Mary Cleave moves on. | 58457::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Fri May 03 1991 23:38 | 48 |
| From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Astronaut Mary Cleave joins NASA environmental project (Forwarded)
Date: 2 May 91 19:22:22 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. May 2, 1991
(Phone: 202/453-1134)
Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 91-68
ASTRONAUT MARY CLEAVE JOINS NASA ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT
Astronaut Mary L. Cleave, Ph.D., P.E., will become Deputy
Project Manager for SeaWiFS, Sea Viewing Wide Field Sensors, at
the NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, Greenbelt, Md., beginning May
19, 1991.
SeaWiFS is a joint NASA and commercial project to learn about
the biological mass in the ocean by studying the chlorophyll
content to determine how much plankton is produced. Information
on whether plants in the ocean can absorb enough carbon dioxide
and produce necessary oxygen to prevent global warming will be one
focal point for this research. An eight-channel data collection
camera will be launched using a Pegasus booster.
"Earth observations experience I gained as an astronaut will
be beneficial to me in this new capacity. I'm eager to have this
opportunity to make a contribution to environmental research,"
Cleave said.
"We are sorry to see Mary leave JSC (Johnson Space Center) but
are happy that she will stay in the NASA family. We wish her success
in her new job," Director of Flight Crew Operations Donald R. Puddy
said.
Cleave has flown on two Space Shuttle missions. During STS-
61B, three telecommunication satellites were deployed and two 6-
hour "spacewalks" were conducted to demonstrate Space Station
Freedom construction techniques. Cleave controlled the Shuttle's
robot arm to assist in these activities. On STS-30, crew members
successfully deployed the Magellan Venus-exploration spacecraft
and performed numerous middeck experiments.
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| 525.36 | Want to be an astronaut? Apply now. | 58457::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Fri May 03 1991 23:40 | 46 |
| From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: New astronaut candidates sought by NASA (Forwarded)
Date: 2 May 91 19:21:01 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. May 2, 1991
(Phone: 202/453-1134)
Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 91-67
NEW ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES SOUGHT BY NASA
NASA conducts astronaut candidate selections on a 2-year
cycle and has scheduled the next class of candidates for July 1992.
Interested individuals may apply until the cut-off date of July 1,
1991. Applications received after the deadline will be eligible for
consideration in the next selection cycle.
After a 6-month process including screening of applications,
interviews and medical evaluations, selections will be announced early
in 1992, and the new candidates will report to the Johnson Space
Center, Houston, in July. The limited number of selections to be made
every 2 years is based on projected requirements.
There are two types of astronaut candidate positions --
mission specialist and pilot. Successful pilot applicants typically
have extensive piloting experience in high- performance jet aircraft
and flight test experience. Successful applicants for the mission
specialist positions typically have significant backgrounds in the
sciences (materials science, Earth science, medical science and space
science) or engineering. This year, because of the requirements of
some future payloads and experiments, NASA is particularly interested
in individuals with backgrounds in medical sciences research,
microgravity research and materials processing. All applicants for the
Astronaut Candidate Program must be U.S. citizens.
An application package may be obtained by writing to :
NASA Johnson Space Center
Attn: AHX Astronaut Selection Office
Houston, TX 77058
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| 525.37 | Payload Specialists for STS 50 USML-1 assigned. | 58457::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Fri May 03 1991 23:45 | 54 |
| From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: NASA selects payload specialists for Spacelab mission (Forwarded)
Date: 2 May 91 19:17:23 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Michael Braukus
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. May 2, 1991
(Phone: 202/453-1549)
David Drachlis
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
(Phone: 205/544-0034)
RELEASE: 91-66
NASA SELECTS PAYLOAD SPECIALISTS FOR SPACELAB MISSION
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration today
announced the selection of Dr. Lawrence J. DeLucas of the University of
Alabama at Birmingham and Dr. Eugene H. Trinh of the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., to fly as payload specialists on the
first U.S. Microgravity Laboratory mission. USML-1 is a 13- day
Spacelab mission scheduled for flight aboard the Space Shuttle in June
1992.
Dr. DeLucas, 40, earned a doctorate of optometry in 1981 and
a Ph.D in biochemistry in 1982 from the University of Alabama at
Birmingham. He holds several positions at the university including
Associate Director of the Center for Macromolecular Crystallography,
Professor in the Department of Optometry and Adjunct Professor in the
Laboratory of Medical Genetics.
Dr. Trinh, of Culver City, Calif., earned a Ph.D in applied
physics from Yale in 1978. He is a scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory. The 40-year-old Trinh previously was an alternate payload
specialist for Spacelab 3, a microgravity mission which flew aboard the
Space Shuttle in 1985. As an alternate, he served as a back-up to the
flight payload specialists and played a key role in the control center
during the mission.
For the first U.S. Microgravity Laboratory mission, NASA has
designated Dr. Joseph Prahl of Case Western Reserve
University,Cleveland, and Dr. Albert Sacco, Jr., of Worchester
Polytechnic Institute, Mass., to serve as alternates to DeLucas and
Trinh.
During the mission, Trinh and DeLucas will conduct more than
30 scientific and technological investigations in materials, fluids and
biological processes in the orbiting laboratory. They will be
supported by Prahl and Sacco who will serve as key control team members
in the Spacelab Mission Operations Control facility at the Marshall
Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. The U.S. Microgravity Laboratory
series of Spacelab missions is being managed by the Marshall center.
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| 525.38 | ESA to select European Astronauts | 58453::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue May 14 1991 18:18 | 46 |
| From: freed@nss.FIDONET.ORG (Bev Freed)
Subject: ESA to select European Candidate Astroanuts
Date: 13 May 91 22:17:37 GMT
Organization: The NSS BBS, Pittsburgh PA (412) 366-5208
ESA RELEASE: 14 07 May 1991
ESA TO SELECT "EUROPEAN CANDIDATE ASTRONAUTS"
By 30 April 1991, the deadline set by the Director General of the
European Space Agency for its 13 member States to submit 3 - 5
candidate astronauts, a total of 61 applications had been received.
Up to ten "European candidate astronauts" will be selected by ESA
to take part in the following European space missions: the Hermes
and Columbus manned space flights, preparatory missions on the
NASA Shuttle (with Eureca, Spacelab), and Hermes development flights.
The requirements for selecting the applicants are the following:
- They could be male or female
- The preferred range of age was 27 to 37
- Their height must range from 153 to 190 cm
- They should speak and read English
- They must possess a university degree (or equivalent)
and have three years' professional experience in the
relevant field (natural sciences, engineering or medicine)
or be experienced pilots
- They must be physically fit and psychologically apt.
The selection procedure will last seven months, including psycho-
logical tests, professional and psychological interviews, general
and space-related medical tests. At the end of this procedure,
in December 1991, the Director General will announce the candidates
finally selected.
They will all become members of the European Astronaut Corps, as
either Laboratory or Spaceplace Specialist.
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| 525.39 | Short Bios for STS 40 Astros | 58453::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Sun Jun 02 1991 23:26 | 530 |
| From: clarinews@clarinet.com (United Press International)
Subject: Marine Corps Col. Bryan D. O'Connor, 44: Columbia commander
Date: 31 May 91 20:42:05 GMT
Veteran shuttle pilot Bryan O'Connor, one of only seven Marines in
NASA's astronaut corps, brings a quite sense of humor and a keen test
pilot's control to the commander's seat of the shuttle Columbia.
Veteran of a 1985 mission aboard the shuttle Atlantis, O'Connor and
six crewmates are scheduled to spend nine days in orbit on a Spacelab
medical research flight to learn more about how humans adapt to
weightlessness, data crucial for future long-duration flights to Mars.
``It has been quite a while, training and waiting for this mission to
go,'' said O'Connor, who was assigned to the mission in April 1989. ``We
are really excited.''
The goal of the 41st shuttle flight is to conduct experiments
expected to generate data that may show scientists how to counteract the
effects of weightlessness to keep astronauts healthy during extended
space voyages.
Working inside a roomy Spacelab module, four of Columbia's crew
members will be responsible for conducting most of the research while
O'Connor, co-pilot Sidney Gutierrez and flight engineer Tamara Jernigan
will be responsible for keeping the space shuttle operating properly.
Even so, the three shuttle fliers volunteered to serve as subjects
for a variety of experiments.
``Within certain limitations, we felt it was reasonable to sign up
for some of these things,'' O'Connor said. ``One of the things Sid and
I'll be doing is making sure it's clean there for them, their meals are
ready for them and doing whatever we can to keep it clean up front.
``Now, they're going to have to keep the laboratory clean,'' he
joked. ``Being a bunch of medical doctors and researchers, I have a
feeling it's going to be a mess back there.''
Born Sept. 6, 1946, in Orange, Calif., O'Connor considers Twentynine
Palms, Calif., to be his hometown. He graduated from Twentynine Palms
High School in 1964 and earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from
the United States Naval Academy in 1968. He later earned a master's in
aeronautical systems from the University of West Florida in 1970.
After graduation from the Naval Academy, O'Connor became an active-
duty Marine Corps officer, graduating from Marine Infantry Officer's
Basic School at Quantico, Va., in December 1968. He then reported to
Pensacola, Fla., where he earned his wings as a jet pilot in 1970.
O'Connor went on to serv as a squadron pilot flying A-4E and A-4F
Skyhawk attack jets at El Toro, Calif., before becoming an advanced
flight training instructor and being assigned to the first Harrier
squadron based at Beaufort, S.C.
As a squadron pilot, O'Connor served in Iwakuni, Japan, and Kwangju,
Korea, and completed a six-month cruise aboard the USS Guam in the
Mediterranean.
He then graduated from the U.S. Navy Test Pilot School and worked at
the Naval Air Test Center's Strike Test Directorate at Patuxent River,
Md. While there, O'Connor helped evaluate various short-takeoff-and-
landing aircraft, including the A-4, the OV-10, the AV-8 and the X-22
research aircraft.
Between June 1977 and June 1979, O'Connor served as the Naval Air
Test Center project pilot for all AV-8 Harrier jet projects.
O'Connor has logged more than 4,600 hours flying time, including more
than 4,100 hours in jet aircraft. He was stationed at Patuxent River
when he was selected by NASA for astronaut training in 1980.
O'Connor blasted off on his first space mission Nov. 26, 1985, when
he served as co-pilot of Atlantis for a mission highlighted by the
launchings of three communications satellites and two six-hour
spacewalks by two crewmates to demonstrate space station construction
techniques.
O'Connor was assigned to a second mission that ultimately was
canceled in the wake of the Jan. 28, 1986, Challenger disaster. In the
aftermath of history's worst space accident, he served as chairman of a
key NASA safety panel.
``The manned space program is not perfect and that realization kind
of hit me because when I first came to NASA, I really didn't consider
the space shuttle program to be in the same sort of catgory, safety
wise, as flying fighters,'' he said.
``I really had the impression, just from what I new about the history
of our manned space program, that there was something more perfect about
it than anything I'd been in before. And I think I've come to the
realization that really the same kinds of mistakes that can be made in
any flying operation can be made here.''
Married to the former Susan A. Reid of Vienna, Va., O'Connor has two
children: Thomas R., 20; and Kevin D., 18.
A model ship and airplane builder, O'Connor enjoys scuba diving,
rowing, racquetball, swimming and music.
He has received a wide variety of awards, including the Marine Basic
School Platoon Honor Man; the Test Pilot School Distinguished Graduate
Award; the Defense Superior Service Medal; and two NASA Exceptional
Service Medals.
Subject: Air Force Lt. Col. Sidney M. Gutierrez, 39: Columbia co-pilot
Date: 31 May 91 20:26:20 GMT
Astronaut Sidney Gutierrez, a veteran F-15 test pilot and a
championship parachutist who was instrumental in NASA's recovery from
the Challenger disaster, waited seven years for his first space flight
this week aboard the shuttle Columbia.
But Gutierrez, 39, and rookie crewmate Tamara Jernigan said they did
not plan to celebrate until well after the shuttle's solid-fuel boosters
fired to send them on their way.
``Tammy and I have kind of an agreement that we're going to celebrate
when we get to 50 miles because that's the official limit to getting
into space,'' Gutierrez said. ``So I guess the thing we're both looking
forward to is when the (boosters) light and when we reach 50 miles.''
Gutierrez, Jernigan and five crewmates are scheduled to spend nine
days in orbit aboard Columbia in a Spacelab medical research mission to
learn more about how the human body is affected by weightlessness.
Four of the astronauts will conduct most of the research while
commander Bryan O'Connor, Gutierrez and Jernigan will be responsible for
keeping Columbia shipshape and pointed in the right direction.
Columbia's planned orbit will carry the shuttle 39 degrees to either
side of the equator, allowing the astronauts to fly over cities as far
north as St. Louis and Kansas City and as far south as Melbourne,
Australia. Shuttles usually are launched into orbits tilted just 28.5
degrees to the equator.
``We're going to see a lot of the United States between 28 degrees
and 39 degrees that hasn't been photographed in the past and we're
planning to get a lot of good coverage of that,'' Gutierrez said.
Born in Albuquerque, N.M., on June 27, 1951, Gutierrez graduated from
Valley High School in 1969 and received an undergraduate degree in
aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1973. He
later earned a master's degree in management from Webster College in
1977.
During college, Gutierrez was a member of the Air Force Academy
championship parachute team, logging more than 550 jumps and earning a
master parachutist rating. After graduation, he completed pilot training
at Laughlin Air Force Base in Del Rio, Texas, where he served as an
instructor pilot from 1975 through 5977.
He then was assigned to the 7th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Hollomon
Air Force Base, Alamagordo, N.M., where he flew top-of-the-line F-15 jet
fighters.
In 1981, Gutierrez attended the Air Force Test Pilot School at
Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and ultimately helped test F-16 engine
computer equipment and conducted structural and performance testing.
He has more than 3,000 hours flying time in more than 30 different
types of aircraft, sailplanes and balloons.
Gutierrez was selected to become a NASA astronaut in 1985, serving as
director of the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory at the Johnson
Space Center in Houston where he helped test shuttle computer software.
After the Jan. 28, 1986, Challenger disaster, Gutierrez worked
directly for NASA's associate administrator for space flight in
Washington to coordinate activities involving the presidential
commission that investigated the accident.
He later participated in the recertification of the space shuttle's
main engines and external fuel tank. In 1988, he became the lead
astronaut office representative involved in shuttle software
development.
Married to the former Marianne Sue Cremer of Jefferson City, Mo.,
Gutierrez has three children: Jennifer Anne, 10; David McNeill, 7; and
Katherine Elizabeth, 3.
An outdoorsman who enjoys camping, woodworking and racquetball,
Gutierrez is a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, the
Air Force Association, the U.S. Air Force Academy Association of
Graduates and the Mexican-American Engineering Society.
He is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Academy and holds the
Air Force Meritorious Sevice Medal, the Air Force Commendation Medal
with one Oak Leaf Cluster, two Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards and the
National Defense Service Medal.
Subject: Tamara E. Jernigan, 32: Columbia astronaut
Date: 31 May 91 20:26:18 GMT
Astronaut Tamara Jernigan, a college volleyball player with a
doctorate in space physics and astronomy, will serve as the shuttle
Columbia's flight engineer during her first space voyage, a nine-day
mission devoted to medical research.
``I think seeing the Earth from orbit will be a very lovely sight,''
she said during a pre-launch news conference.
Jernigan, 32, and six crewmates plan to spend nine days in orbit
aboard Columbia to study how human physiology is affected by
weightlessness. Jernigan was trained to serve as the shuttle's flight
engineer during launch and re-entry and to serve as a subject for
various medical experiments.
She is one of three women assigned to the crew -- a shuttle record --
and while four of her crewmates had the primary responsibility for
carrying out medical studies, Jernigan said she planned to help as much
as possible.
``Obviously, the four payload crew members are the experts,'' she
said. ``I have learned a great deal with them and I like to think I can
complement some of their research and make a valuable contribution to
the science.''
Born May 7, 1959, in Chattanooga, Tenn., Jernigan graduated from
Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., in 1977, and earned a
bachelor of science degree in physics at Stanford University in 1981.
Two years later, the future astronaut completed a master's degree in
astronomy at the University of California-Berkeley and earned a
doctorate in space physics and astronomy from Rice University in 1988.
After graduating from Stanford, Jernigan worked at NASA's Ames
Research Center from 1981 to 1985, concentrating on theories about star
formation, shock waves in the interstellar medium and gamma ray
bursters.
NASA's Gamma Ray Observatory satellite, launched from the shuttle
Atlantis on April 7, may help astronomers understand what causes the
mysterious, invisible bursts of high-energy radiation that pop off at
random across the sky like cosmic flashbulbs.
The flashes might be the result of ``starquakes'' on the surfaces of
ultra-dense neutron stars, thermonuclear explosions caused when
compressed surface material suddenly detonates or the result of
cataclysmic stellar collisions. While neutron stars appear to be
involved, no one knows for sure.
In any case, Jernigan was selected as an astronaut in 1986. During
her training at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, she worked in the
Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory to help test shuttle computer
programs.
In addition, she served as a shuttle communicator, or ``CAPCOM,''
during five post-Challenger shuttle missions, relaying instructions to
orbiting crews from the mission control center.
``I learned a lot during my time in mission control,'' she said.
``You get a real feel for just how important the ground is and how much
work they do and of what assistance they are to the crews. Bringing that
perspective into the cockpit will make me a better crew member.''
In a brief NASA biography, Jernigan, who is single, listed her
hobbies as volleyball, racquetball, tennis, softball and flying. During
her years at Stanford, she played on the university's varsity volleyball
team.
She is a member of the American Astronomical Association, the
American Physical Society and the United States Volleyball Association.
Subject: Margaret ``Rhea'' Seddon, 43: M.D., Columbia astronaut
Date: 31 May 91 20:42:17 GMT
Astronaut-physician Margaret ``Rhea'' Seddon, who attempted to nurse
a sick satellite back to life during her first shuttle flight, said
medical research during her second mission will help pave the way for
future flights to Mars.
Seddon, 43, and six crewmates plan to spend nine days in orbit aboard
Columbia in the first space mission totally devoted to finding out how
the human body responds to weightlessness.
Given that flights to Mars will take more than a year, finding ways
to counteract the affects of microgravity is crucial. Throughout
Columbia's flight, Seddon and three other medical researchers will
conduct studies on themselves, 30 rats and nearly 2,500 tiny jellyfish.
``We hope to get, for the first time, measurements on a lot of
different kinds of systems,'' she said. ``A lot of these tests have
taken place individually. But never before have we had four subjects
over a long period of time testing many systems and seeing how they're
all integrated together.
``I think it's going to be pretty interesting to see how the heart
and lungs work together, how the hormones (work), many different things
that we think will provide an integrated picture to what happens to the
human body.''
Seddon, married to shuttle commander Robert ``Hoot'' Gibson, first
flew in space in 1985. She said in an interview before her first flight
that she began dreaming of spaceflight as a child.
``I got a lot of encouragement from my family to do something
interesting and do whatever you want to do -- don't feel that there are
certain things that you can do and certain things that you can't do
because you're female,'' she said.
``I had it in my mind even in my teenage years that I would really
like to get involved in the space program ... because I really feel like
that is the most interesting and exciting thing that my generation is
doing. I felt that with medicine there was a possibility that I could
get involved in it.''
Her dreams led her from Murfreesboro, Tenn., to the University of
California at Berkeley and finally, to medical school at the University
of Tennessee in Memphis.
``I heard towards the end of my surgery residency that they were once
again taking scientists for the shuttle program and I heard that they
had an affirmative action program and were interested in taking women,''
she said.
``Apparently I had the right kind of background and it was just the
right time to be a female applying to this program and I was lucky
enough to get in.''
The background preparation included getting her private pilot's
license.
``I thought, well if I ever have the opportunity to apply to the
space program I guess I better know whether I enjoy flying or not,'' the
5-foot-3 emergency room physician said. ``Plus, I felt that that
probably would be a good credential to have -- to say that I could fly an
airplane and I knew how they worked and that I enjoyed doing it.''
Seddon was selected as an astronaut candidate in January 1978.
Another member of that class was her future husband, Robert ``Hoot''
Gibson. The couple made headlines in 1982 as America's first astronaut
parents when their son, Paul, was born.
Gibson's first comment to his wife after his shuttle mission in 1984
was, ``You're going to like it.''
``I think other people who are not married to astronauts probably ...
sit down with somebody they're particularly close to and say, 'OK, I
know the formal part, but how do you comb your hair and how do you brush
your teeth and was the launch scary?'''
After numerous delays because of technical problems, Seddon took off
aboard the shuttle Discovery on April 12, 1985, on a mission to launch
two satellites.
Seddon played a key role during the mission by operating medical
equipments designed to shed light on how weightlessness affects blood
flow. But she was put to the test in a bold attempt to rescue one of the
satellites.
A Navy ``Syncom'' communications satellite failed to turn on after it
was gently eased from the shuttle's payload bay.
In an unprecedented rescue effort, Seddon operated the shuttle's 50-
foot robot arm to slap the 15,200-pound satellite's balky start switch
with homemade snares installed during a spacewalk by two crewmates the
day before.
The rescue bid was fruitless, but Seddon earned high praise for her
work.
Subject: Millie Hughes-Fulford, 45: space scientist
Date: 31 May 91 20:42:20 GMT
Buck Rogers fan Millie Hughes-Fulford, a beekeeper and an expert on
cell growth, will realize a childhood dream when she blasts off aboard
the shuttle Columbia for a once-in-a-lifetime medical research flight.
Hughes-Fulford and crewmate Andrew ``Drew'' Gaffney are non-NASA
civilian researchers assigned to Columbia's seven-member crew to conduct
biological research that one day could help pave the way for long-
duration flights to Mars.
``This flight gives us the opportunity to show the young people of
America that science can be fun and that science is more than just
drudgery in a lab trying to dissect a frog,'' she said.
``It's finding new frontiers and it's looking forward to the future
and I hope that story will come home to the young people during our
flight.''
The goal of the mission, the first shuttle flight to be totally
dedicated to medical research, is to find out how humans are affected by
weightlessness. But the astronauts and researchers on the ground also
will study how the lack of gravity affects 30 rats and nearly 2,500 tiny
jellyfish.
``Jellyfish have gravity receptors that have analogues to the human
ear and so we're going to take up jellyfish as polyps and induce
metamorphosis and watch them grow up, so to speak, and study how their
gravity receptive organs develop as opposed to their one-gravity
counterparts,'' Hughes-Fulford said.
``Many of the studies done on us will be also studied in the animals.
It's an attempt to look at modeling on two organisms. To be able to find
out what part of the model fits for both humans and, say, rodents is a
very important thing. By looking at that development we can start making
some educated estimates of what would happen ... to human beings.''
Hughes-Fulford was born Dec. 21, 1945, in Mineral Wells, Texas, where
she attended Mineral Wells High School, graduating in 1962 at the age of
16.
``I grew up in a small town,'' she said. ``At the age of seven, I'd
get up at six o'clock in the morning on Saturdays and watch Buck Rogers.
To get the oppportunity to fly into space and to do science at the same
time is just a real pleasure.''
She earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Tarleton State
University in Stephenville, Texas, in 1968 and a doctorate in chemistry
from Texas Woman's University in Denton in 1972.
After earning her Ph.D., Hughes-Fulford accepted a position at the
University of California and the Veterans Administration Medical Center
in 1973, a job she holds to the present. She also taught biochemistry
for six years at the University of California-Berkley during the same
period.
In 1984, Hughes-Fulford, a major in the Army Reserve, was selected to
serve as a ``payload specialist'' aboard Columbia.
Despite the time required for flight training, Hughes-Fulford
continued her medical research after her selection, studying the
cellular and molecular mechanisms of bone formation and the molecular
regulation of DNA replication.
She is the author of more than 60 papers and abstracts on cholesterol
metabolism, cell differentiation, DNA synthesis and cell growth.
Married to United Airlines pilot George Fulford, Hughes-Fulford has
one child, Tori, 23. In a brief NASA biography, Hughes-Fulford listed
her hobbies as flying, sailing, gardening, beekeeping and entertaining.
She is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science, the American Physiological Society, the American Society for
Cell Biology and the Western Society for Clinical Research.
Among her many honors, Hughes-Fulford holds the Presidential Award
for Federal Employee of the Year in 1985; the American Association of
University Women Fellowship; the National Science Foundation Graduate
Fellow; and the National Science Foundation Undergraduate Fellow.
Regardless of what is discovered during the course of Columbia's
mission, Hughes-Fulford cautioned against trying to justify the high
cost of space flight by practical results.
``The benefit of the space program isn't just these very specific
practical things,'' she said. ``I think part of the quality of human
life is understanding interesting things. We live in a very interesting
place, the solar system. Exploration is a very important issue to which
this mission will make great contributions.
``Part of the joy of the space program is having a better
understanding of ourselves and the world around us.''
Subject: F. Andrew ``Drew'' Gaffney, 44: space scientist
Date: 31 May 91 20:42:23 GMT
Cardiologist Andrew ``Drew'' Gaffney will thunder into orbit aboard
the shuttle Columbia with a catheter threaded through veins in his arm
to the vicinity of his heart to find out how the rigors of launch and
weightlessness affect cardiovascular performance.
While the research may help pave the way for future long-duration
flights to Mars, it also may benefit people on planet Earth.
``The cardiovascular system is a major area of interest and emphasis
on the mission,'' Gaffney said. ``It looks at how a human adapts to
weightlessness. By doing that, you get a good idea of how a normal
system handles fluid shifts, how its pressure control mechanisms adapt
when they don't see the normal stimulus (of gravity) for a period of
time.
``This is useful, not only to the agency, but also it's a
tremendously important problem for people on Earth, particularly the
elderly. As you get older, your ability to regulate blood pressure
decreases.
``We see a lot of people who get up in the morning, they get dizzy,
they faint, they break a hip,'' he said. ``It's a serious problem and
it's very similar to what happens to astronauts when they come back from
space.''
Gaffney and crewmate Millie Hughes-Fulford are non-NASA civilian
researchers assigned to Columbia's seven-member crew to conduct
pioneering medical research on how weightlessness affects human
physiology.
While Soviet cosmonauts have flown up to a full year in orbit, their
medical technology is not as capable as what NASA will bring to bear
during Columbia's mission.
``It's one thing to know you can put somebody in a vehicle and have
him survive and somewhat function for a prolonged period,'' Gaffney
said. ``It's another thing to know exactly what happened: why did the
mineral leave the bone structure, why did the muscles waste away despite
three or four hours of exercise a day, why does it take so long to get
your balance back?
``Those questions can only be answered, and the countermeasures
developed, if we understand the mechanisms. And this flight is designed
to understand mechanisms so we have a basis to build on.''
While collecting valuable data is his primary objective, Gaffney was
especially eager to experience the thrill of spaceflight.
``Anyone who says they're not looking forard to being 160 miles above
the Earth and looking down and seeing it is nuts,'' he said. ``That's
just beyond words. I'm looking forward to that.
``On the other hand, I'm a scientist ... and I spent 12 years waiting
to do an experiment and it's been a long wait. I am very anxious to do
those experiments. It's really a dual thing. You get payoff
intellectually and you get payoff emotionally.''
Gaffney, born June 9, 1946, in Carlsbad, N.M., graduated from New
Mexico High School in 1964 and earned a bachelor of arts degree from the
University of California-Berkeley in 1968. He went on to earn a doctor
of medicine degree from the University of New Mexico in 1972 with a
fellowship in cardiology at the University of Texas in 1975.
Gaffney completed his internship and residency at Cleveland
Metropolitan General Hospital in 1975 and spent the next two years
completing a cardiology fellowship at the University of Texas,
Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas.
He then put in a year as a faculty associate before serving a one-
year stint as visiting scientist at the August Krogh Institute at the
University of Copenhagen in Denmark.
Between 1979 and 1984, Gaffney was an assistant professor of medicine
and an associate professor of allied health sciences at the University
of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center. At the same time, he served as
director of echocardiography at Parkland Memorial Hospital.
From 1984 to the present, he has served as an associate professor of
medicine at Southwestern Medical Center.
Gaffney has extensive experience with NASA, spending two years as a
visiting senior scientist with the agency's life sciences division and
serving as a program scientist for a 1985 Spacelab shuttle mission.
Married to the former Sheila Baebel of Houston, Gaffney has two
children: Andrea Elaine, 15, and Lauren Michelle, 10. He lists his
hobbies as bicycling, traveling, photography, scuba diving and home
remodeling.
Gaffney, a lieutenant colonel in the Texas Air National Guard, is a
certified flight instructor and a flight surgeon for the 147th Fighter
Interceptor Group at Ellington Air National Guard Base in Houston.
With more than 50 publications to his credit, Gaffney is a member of
the American Heart Association; the American College of Cardiology; the
Aerospace Medical Association; the Dallas County Medical Society and the
Texas Medical Association; the American Federation for Clinical Research
and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
He is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force School of Aerospace
Medicine and holds a variety of honors and awards, including an award
for Oustanding Teaching and Clinical Service at the University of Texas
and several fellowships.
Subject: James P. Bagian, 39: M.D., Columbia astronaut
Date: 31 May 91 20:42:08 GMT
James Bagian, an engineer, surgeon, parachutist and pilot who somehow
found time to become a NASA astronaut, will put his medical skills to
work during a nine-day Spacelab mission devoted to finding out how
weightlessness affects human physiology.
``The human body is showing that it's able to adapt pretty well to
spaceflight,'' the veteran shuttle flier told reporters. ``In fact, many
of the things we're looking at ... are when we come back, the rapid
transition to a weighted environment like we see here on Earth.
``If we understand what the mechanisms are, there's every reason to
believe there are ways to defeat problems that we may encounter. Right
now, nobody's sure what those problems will be.''
Bagian, 39, first flew in space aboard the shuttle Discovery in March
1989 when he and four crewmates launched a NASA communications
satellite.
During his second mission this week aboard Columbia, Bagian will
conduct medical experiments in a Spacelab module mounted in the
shuttle's cargo bay.
Along with human research, 30 rats and nearly 2,500 jellyfish will be
studied during and after the flight to find out if animals can be used
to learn more about how humans will be affected by weightlessness.
The rats will be killed after the flight so cells, blood, bone and
other systems can be studied in detail. But Bagian dismissed concern by
animal rights activists, saying the animals would be treated humanely.
``People kind of act like it's a taboo subject or something,'' he
said. ``Animal research is done in many venues and personally, I think
it's totally appropriate. We wouldn't be where we are today, certainly
in medical science, if there wasn't animal research that was done. We'd
be back in the Stone Age.''
``The health care they get today is in large part due, as far as
pharmaceutical research, as a result of that. The animals are treated
humanely while it's going on, they're not tortured or anything like
that. You use the animals in an appropriate manner and I don't think any
sentient person would want it any other way.''
Bagian, an avid outdoorsman and a private pilot who is an Air Force-
qualified free-fall parachutist, was born in Philadelphia and was
graduated first in his class at the Drexel Institute of Technology in
1973 with a degree in mechanical engineering.
After graduation, he worked for 3M Co. in Bristol, Penn., and later
as a mechanical engineer at the U.S. Naval Air Test Center in Patuxent
River, Md. While at Patuxent, he pursued a medical degree, graduating
from Thomas Jefferson University in 1977.
Bagian completed one year of general surgery at the Geisinger Medical
Center in Danville, Penn., and then went to work as a flight surgeon and
medical officer at the Johnson Space Center in Houston where he met his
future wife, the former Tandi Benson of Seattle. The couple has one
child, Krista Rose, 3.
Asked how his wife, a NASA engineer, viewed his firfst flight aboard
Discovery, Bagian laughed and said, ``Nothing that's happened has been a
surprise.
``My wife has been around the program longer than I have,'' he said,
adding she has served in a variety of engineering roles at the Johnson
Space Center. ``She understands all that goes on.''
While serving as a flight surgeon, Bagian completed studies at the
Air Force Flight Surgeons School and was completing a residency in
anesthesiology at the University of Pennsylvania when he was selected as
an astronaut in August 1981.
Prior to his selection in March 1988 as a member of Discovery's crew,
Bagian helped design the shuttle's new post-Challenger bail-out escape
system and before that took part in planning emergency medical and
rescue support.
Bagian was assigned to Columbia's crew before he blasted off on his
first flight. He said the shuttle is a good platform for medical
research and that the vehicles are just now coming into their own.
``The shuttle doesn't have to have a place to go other than orbit if
you're doing science missions,'' he said. ``That's the direction we're
headed, not towards being a trucking company, which is how we started
out, but more like you would look at an oceanographic vessel.
``It goes out and what it does is gather information. That's what the
shuttle's going to do.''
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| 525.40 | Astro Lounge resigns | 58457::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Wed Jun 05 1991 18:47 | 13 |
|
I read this in NASA Spacelink area. Sorry I can't post the press release, no PC
at home for that.
John Michael Lounge, a veteran NASA astronaut, resigned effective Jun 21 1991.
He was a mission specialist on three flights. On STS 51I in 1985, the mission
to salvage the SYNCOM satellite. On STS 26 in 1988, the return to space flight
after the Challenger accident. And his last flight STS 35 on the ASTRO mission.
He is leaving to join the Spacehab Inc in Houston. This is the module that is
on the current mission STS 40. He joined NASA prior to his selection as an
astronaut, working at the Ames Research Centre. He joined the Group 9 astros
in May 1980.
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| 525.41 | Astronaut - Cosmonaut Exchange Program | TROA09::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Sun Jun 30 1991 00:16 | 50 |
| From: clarinews@clarinet.com
Subject: Astronaut-cosmonaut exchange touted
Date: 28 Jun 91 19:41:45 GMT
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The White House is preparing a superpower summit
proposal that calls for U.S. astronauts to fly aboard the Soviet Mir
space station and for Russian cosmonauts to work aboard NASA's shuttle,
a magazine reported Friday.
Such an exchange has long been touted by U.S. planners as a vehicle
for improving space cooperation and as a means of obtaining medical data
from long-duration stays aboard Mir before NASA's planned space station
Freedom goes into operation later this decade.
Gathering data about the effects of prolonged exposure to
weightlessness is crucial to future multi-year flights to Mars and
beyond and NASA is mounting an intensive program of life science
missions to do just that.
The four-man, three-woman crew of the space shuttle Columbia just
finished the first U.S. mission ever dedicated to bio-medical research,
spending nine days in orbit conducting a variety of experiments to find
out how the human body adapts to weightlessness.
``I think by any criteria, whether you're a subject or a scientist on
this mission, I think we're all extremely pleased,'' cardiologist Andrew
``Drew'' Gaffney, one of Columbia's seven crew members, said at a post-
flight news conference Friday. ``This was a very successful mission.''
But shuttle crews typically stay in orbit five to 10 days at most and
long-duration flights aboard space station Freedom will not be possible
for years to come.
With a superpower summit expected later this summer, Aviation Week &
Space Technology magazine reported Friday in its July 1 issue that the
Bush administration is preparing an astronaut exchange proposal that
could go into effect as early as 1993.
The aerospace magazine said the preliminary plan called for one or
more U.S. astronauts to spend 60 to 90 days aboard the Mir space
station, one at a time, to conduct extensive medical experiments on the
physiological effects of weightlessness.
In return, the United States would fly two or more Soviet cosmonauts
aboard upcoming shuttle missions to conduct medical research or other
science experiments.
The only other joint U.S.-Soviet spaceflight occurred in July 1975
when three astronauts in an Apollo moon capsule docked with a Russian
Soyuz spaceship carrying two cosmonauts. While the spacemen visited each
other's ships in orbit, they took off and landed in their own vehicles.
The Soviet Union's manned space program is centered on long-duration
flights aboard Mir, a modest space station launched in 1986. Cosmonaut
Musa Manarov spent a full year aboard the orbital outpost in 1987-88
while current crews are spending up to six months at a time in space.
In contrast, the longest U.S. space mission was an 84-day stay aboard
the old Skylab space station. Since then, American astronauts have been
limited to relatively brief stays aboard the space shuttle.
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| 525.42 | Astro O'Connor Resigns | TROA09::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Sun Jun 30 1991 00:20 | 42 |
| From: clarinews@clarinet.com
Subject: Shuttle commander resigns from NASA
Date: 28 Jun 91 20:37:41 GMT
SPACE CENTER, Houston (UPI) -- Veteran astronaut Bryan O'Connor,
commander of a shuttle flight earlier this month, will leave NASA July
29 to take over the Marine Air Detachment at the Navy's flight test
center in Maryland, NASA announced Friday.
O'Connor, 44, and six crewmates blasted off aboard the shuttle
Columbia on June 5, kicking off a nine-day mission to learn more about
how humans adapt to weightlessness, data crucial for future long-
duration flights to Mars.
With O'Connor and co-pilot Sidney Gutierrez at the controls, Columbia
glided to a picture-perfect landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.,
on June 14 to close out one of the most successful shuttle flights of
the post-Challenger era.
``We're really pleased to have had a relatively malfunction-free
flight, it allowed us to get (a) tremendous amount of science done,''
O'Connor said Friday during a post-flight news conference.
In a brief statement, NASA announced O'Connor will leave NASA July 29
to become commander of the Marine Air Detachment at the Naval Air Test
Center in Patuxent River, Md.
O'Connor first flew in space in 1985 when he served as co-pilot of
the shuttle Atlantis for a mission highlighted by the launchings of
three communications satellites and two six-hour spacewalks by two
crewmates to demonstrate space station construction techniques.
``Byran's outstanding contributions to the shuttle program ...
exemplify standards of excellence to which everyone should aspire,''
said Donald Puddy, chief of flight crew operations at the Johnson Space
Center. ``We will miss him and wish him continued success.''
O'Connor, a graduate of the Naval Academy, earned his wings as a jet
pilot in 1970. He went on to serve as a squadron pilot flying A-4E and
A-4F Skyhawk attack jets at El Toro, Calif., before becoming an advanced
flight training instructor.
He later graduated from the U.S. Navy Test Pilot School and worked at
the Naval Air Test Center's Strike Test Directorate at Patuxent River.
Between June 1977 and June 1979, O'Connor served as the Naval Air Test
Center project pilot for all AV-8 Harrier jet projects.
He has logged more than 4,600 hours flying time, including more than
4,100 hours in jet aircraft. He was stationed at Patuxent River when he
was selected by NASA for astronaut training in 1980.
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| 525.43 | Astro Mike Coats Retires | TROA09::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Thu Jul 04 1991 15:46 | 46 |
| From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Astronaut Coats to leave NASA (Forwarded)
Date: 4 Jul 91 00:23:44 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. July 3, 1991
(Phone: 202/453-8536)
Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 91-104
ASTRONAUT COATS TO LEAVE NASA
Astronaut Michael L. Coats will retire from the Navy and
leave NASA Aug. 1 to become Director of Advanced Programs and
Technical Planning at Loral in Houston. Coats is a captain in the
Navy.
Coats was Pilot on STS-41D launched Aug. 30, 1984, on which
three satellites were deployed and the OAST-1 solar cell wing was
tested. He was Commander of STS-29, a Tracking and Data Relay
Satellite deployment mission, launched Mar. 13, 1989. He also
commanded the crew of STS-39, the first unclassified Department of
Defense flight, launched Apr. 28, 1991, on which the crew members
worked around-the-clock in two-shift operations to deploy, operate
and retrieve the SPAS-II spacecraft to gain research information
on Shuttle engine firings. In addition to these flight
assignments, Coats served as Acting Chief of the Astronaut Office
from May 1989 to March 1990.
"My years at NASA have convinced me that the finest folks in
the world are attracted to the space program. I am extremely
pleased to be able to change career directions and still be
involved with this wonderful group of people," Coats said.
"Mike has been an outstanding asset to the space program and
his expertise will be missed. We are sorry to see him leave, but
we are happy that we will be able to continue working with him in
this new capacity," Director of Flight Crew Operations Donald R.
Puddy said.
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| 525.44 | STS 43 Astronauts Short Bios | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Wed Jul 24 1991 14:35 | 392 |
| From: clarinews@clarinet.com
Subject: Air Force Col. John E. Blaha, 48: Atlantis commander
Date: 24 Jul 91 06:33:25 GMT
For Atlantis commander John E. Blaha, making his third space voyage,
getting a seat on a glamorous mission or a routine satellite-launching
flight like his current assignment is equally thrilling.
``When I landed from my last flight and I was asked did I have a
preference ... about which mission I flew (next), my answer was I did
not care,' Blaha said in an interview. ''It didn't make any difference
to me.
``Space flight is such an enriching experience from a human viewpoint
that from that aspect, that's 99.9 percent and it's literally a tenth of
a percent the differences in the missions.''
Blaha, making his first shuttle flight as a commander, and four
crewmates plan to spend nine days in orbit aboard Atlantis to launch a
$120 million NASA satellite and to conduct a variety of minor
experiments.
Blaha, 48, clearly relishes a chance to return to orbit.
``I love the space program, I like working in it, I like the people
in it and I like flying in space,'' he said. ``If I could, I would fly
every three or four months. I just really enjoy it.''
Blaha first flew in space in March 1989 as copilot of the third post-
Challenger shuttle mission. After the flight, he said he was not able to
fully explain the wonder of space to outsiders. So during his second
mission in November 1989, he used a small tape recorder to outline his
impressions.
``After my first mission, I realized I couldn't remember the human
things I wanted to remember,'' Blaha said. ``So on (my second flight) I
took a little cassette along and every now and then I would just stop
and act like I was 15 years old and say, 'Hey, what do I think about
what's going on right now from a human viewpoint?'''
For his third space flight, ``I'm going to make myself a reporter
again. I'm going to go around and ask (my crewmates), 'What are you
doing here? Why don't you explain to all the people on the planet what
you're doing?'. I'm going to have a lot of fun.''
Blaha was born in San Antonio, Texas, and graduated from Granby High
School in Norfolk, Va., in 1960. He received a bachelor of science
degree in engineering from the Air Force Academy in 1965 and a master's
degree in astronautical engineering from Purdue University in 1966.
In 1967, Blaha recieved his pilot's wings and went on to complete 361
combat missions over Vietnam.
Four years after earning his wings, the future shuttle pilot attended
the Air Force Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base,
Calif., and ultimately flew an NF-104 research jet to an altitude of
104,400 feet. After graduation, he served as an F-104 instructor pilot.
In 1973, Blaha spent three years in Britain as a test pilot with the
Royal Air Force at the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment
in Boscombe Down, an honor he shared with Atlantis copilot Michael
Baker.
After returning to the United States in 1976, Blaha attended the Air
Force Air Command and Staff College before being assigned to work for
the Assistant Chief of Staff, Studies and Analysis, at the Pentagon. He
was selected as an astronaut in 1980.
``I've always been interested in flying machines from the time that I
was 14 or 15 years old,'' he said. ``The reason I went to the Air Force
Academy was someone told me if you want to be a pilot ... it would
guarantee you would go to pilot training. I really like flying
airplanes, I like testing airplanes and the space program to me was just
another step to testing airplanes.''
Blaha has logged more than 5,000 hours flying in 33 types aircraft.
Married to the former Brenda Walters of St. Louis, Blaha has three
children: James, 25; Steven, 21; and Carolyn, 17. He lists his hobbies
as golf and tennis.
He is a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, the Air
Force Academy Association of Graduates and the Purdue Alumni
Association.
Awarded the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, Blaha also won
three Meritorious Service Medals, 18 Air Medals, an Air Force
Commendation Medal, the British Air Force Cross and the Vietnam Cross of
Gallantry.
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (United Press International)
Subject: Navy Cmdr. Michael A. Baker, 37; Atlantis copilot
Date: 24 Jul 91 06:33:20 GMT
Atlantis copilot Michael Baker, making his first shuttle flight,
believes the U.S. space program should be further along and ``it's kind
of sad'' it will take so long to establish bases on the moon or Mars.
``We probably should have put more money and energy into our space
program and we probably could be a lot further along,'' he said in an
interview. ``The shuttle is still using extremely old technology but
it's an expensive program and we'll be seeing these same vehicles for
some time to come.''
Regardless of the scientific value of returning to the moon or
mounting a costly mission to Mars, the space program is crucial to
America's future, Baker says, to get young people ``excited about
education and science and math and that sort of thing.''
``That's intangible in terms of how much value it has, but I think
the program's well worth it just for that alone,'' he said. ``It's kind
of sad it's going to take us a long time to establish a moon base and
maybe visit Mars. But I think eventually we'll get that done.''
Baker, 37, and four crewmates plan to spend nine days in orbit
starting this week to launch a $120 million NASA satellite and to carry
out a variety of on-board experiments, including extensive Earth
photography.
``One of the important things to me is Earth observations,'' Baker
said. ``As a pilot, that's why I like to fly, to look out the window.
Now, you can look out the window and take pictures and really get a lot
of useful data for lots of people, the geologists, the weathermen,
oceanographers, the whole works.''
If all goes well, Atlantis will make the first planned Kennedy Space
Center shuttle landing since 1985 when one of Discovery's tires blew out
during touchdown in a brisk crosswind.
In the wake of the 1986 Challenger accident, Baker served as the
astronaut office representative in a program to re-evaluate landing
safety issues.
``It's kind of exciting to me to land at KSC,'' he said. ``There have
been a lot of issues. We spent a lot of time saying why we shouldn't go
back to KSC. But we have made some improvements there that make it
safer.
``We've changed our weather criteria, which is probably one of the
biggest risks, I guess, involved with going to KSC because the weather
can change very rapidly. But we've made the weather criteria such that
unless it's a beautiful clear day, we're not going to go there.''
Baker was born Oct. 27, 1953, in Memphis, Tenn., but he considers
Lemoore, Calif., to be his hometown.
After graduating from Lemoore Union High School, Baker earned a
bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering from the University
of Texas in 1975 and joined the Navy, earning his wings in 1977.
A year later, he was assigned to Attack Squadron 56 aboard the USS
Midway, based in Yokosuka, Japan, flying A-7E Corsair jets. In 1980,
Baker was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 30 before attending the Naval
Test Pilot School in 1981.
After graduation, Baker was assigned to the Carrier Suitability
Branch of the Strike Aircraft Directorate, conducting various
engineering studies, including carrier catapult and arresting gear tests
and automatic landing certification tests.
In 1983, Baker became an instructor at the Naval Test Pilot School
and later was assigned as an exchange instructor at the Empire Test
Pilots School in Boscombe Down, England, where he taught flight test
techniques.
A veteran of some 300 aircraft carrier landings, Baker has logged
more than 3,300 hours flying more than 50 types of aircraft, including
helicopters, multi-engine transport planes and short-distance takeoff
and landing aircraft.
``I always wanted to be an astronaut,'' Baker said. ``Once I
completed test pilot school I realized that this astronaut business was
attainable, or reachable, after all. So I guess at that point is when I
really started thinking about it more seriously.''
Baker was selected to become an astronaut in 1985. After the 1986
Challenger disaster, he represented the astronaut office in work to
improve the shuttle's landing systems by beefing up the ship's brakes,
tires and steering system.
He also served as a mission control ``capcom,'' relaying instructions
to orbiting shuttle crews, and helped test shuttle computer programs.
Baker is a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, the
Association of Naval Aviation, the Tailhook Association and the Veterans
of Foreign Wars. He holds various honors, including the Navy Unit
Commendation, two Sea Service Awards and the Overseas Service Award.
Married to the former Deidra Mudurian of San Francisco, Baker has two
children: Lesley Anne, 11, and Jane Ashley, 9.
In a short NASA biography, Baker listed his hobbies as tennis,
swimming, hiking and sailing.
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (United Press International)
Subject: G. David Low, 35: Atlantis astronaut
Date: 24 Jul 91 06:33:32 GMT
G. David Low, son of the man many credit with keeping the Apollo moon
program on track, began dreaming of becoming an astronaut while watching
the launch of a two-man Gemini capsule when he was 9 years old.
Years of hard work helped Low turn his dream into reality with his
second flight on tap this week aboard the shuttle Atlantis.
``When I was 9 years old is when I first thought being an astronaut
would be the neatest thing in the world,'' Low said in an interview. ``I
actually kept that very quiet and I never told my father that until I
was 26 years old.
``But when I was 9 years old watching Gemini 3 on TV ... it's been in
the back of my mind ever since then. In college and in the fields I
chose to work in out of college it was all at least making sure the
doors were open to do that.''
Low and four crewmates plan to spend nine days aboard Atlantis to
launch a NASA satellite and to conduct a variety of experiments. Low
will be responsible for carrying out medical experiments to learn more
about how the human body responds to weightlessness.
While the flight is relatively mundane as such things go, Low, who
first flew in space aboard the shuttle Columbia in January 1990, said he
was thrilled at the chance to return to orbit.
``There are four rules of spaceflight,'' he said. ``Rule number one
is there is no such thing as a bad space flight. Rule number two is that
some space flights are better than others.
``Rule number three for me is that it's better to fly sooner than
later and rule number four says if it ever becomes confusing to you,
remember rule number one. I would never ever turn down a space flight.''
Low, 35, is an intense astronaut, a man not given to frivolity. He
takes his job seriously and has trouble answering questions of a
personal nature.
Asked what he looked forward to the most on his second flight, he
repeated what he said when asked the same question prior to his first:
looking out the window.
``Those few moments you get to look out the windows and look at the
Earth is something that's very, very difficult to describe,'' he said.
``On (my first flight), I stayed up almost every night after we shut the
lights out ... and I just floated up by the overhead windows and watched
the Earth go by.
``It's a tremendous time for reflection on all kinds of things. I
felt tremendously honored and privileged to be able to look at the Earth
from this point of view.''
Low was born Feb. 19, 1956, in Cleveland. He graduated from Langley
High School in McLean, Va., and earned a bachelor of science degree in
physics and engineering from Washington and Lee University in 1978.
Two years later, he received an undergraduate degree in mechanical
engineering from Cornell University and, in 1983, he earned a master's
degree in aeronautics and astronautics from Stanford University.
An outdoorsman who enjoys tennis, scuba diving and squash, Low worked
at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., from 1980 to 1984,
involved in preliminary planning for several planetary space probes.
He also helped with the systems engineering design of the Galileo
probe, a $1.4 billion spacecraft launched from the shuttle Atlantis last
October on a six-year flight to Jupiter.
After a one-year leave for graduate studies, Low returned to JPL for
additional work on NASA's Mars Observer probe.
In 1984, Low was selected as a NASA astronaut. After a one-year
training program, he worked on the shuttle's robot arm system and on
plans for future spacewalks. He also has served as ``capcom'' for three
post-Challenger shuttle missions, relaying instructions from mission
control to orbiting astronauts.
Low's father, the late George M. Low, was a major figure in NASA's
Apollo moon program. As chief of the program, Low's father made the
decision to launch Apollo 8 to the moon in December 1968, a flight that
many consider the most daring space mission ever conducted.
Low was a youngster during the glory years of the Apollo program and
he prefers to look to the future, not the past. But he remembers his
famous father fondly and says he learned ``by the example of the way he
lived his life.''
``He's still the yardstick that I use to measure most things in life,
'' Low said, ``from how you handle yourself to how you treat other
people.''
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (United Press International)
Subject: Army Lt. Col. James C. Adamson, 45: Atlantis astronaut
Date: 24 Jul 91 06:33:18 GMT
Even in the world of super-achieving astronauts, James Adamson stands
out.
A two-time All-America sharpshooter, jet and helicopter pilot,
marathon man, Princeton University graduate and a former West Point
professor, Adamson is a jack-of-all-trades astronaut who brings various
skills to the crew of the shuttle Atlantis.
An avid outdoorsman who lists hunting, fishing, snow skiing and long-
distance running as hobbies, Adamson, 45, and four crewmates plan to
spend nine days in orbit starting this week to launch a $100 million
NASA satellite and to conduct medical and engineering experiments.
He first flew in space in August 1989 when he blasted off aboard the
shuttle Columbia on a classified military mission, a flight he began
planning for, in a sense, during the ninth grade.
``I was in algebra class, ninth grade, May 5, 1961, when Alan Shepard
flew,'' Adamson said in an interview. ``That was the single event in my
life that inspired me so much that I spent the rest of my career trying
to get here.''
Asked if he was satisfied by the progress of America's space program,
Adamson said: ``I'm never happy.''
``I would like to be further,'' he said. ``I would like to be on our
way to Mars right now. I kind of view NASA as the gardian of the human
technological resource in this country. I think we should be the people
who inspire young kids like I was inspired to get involved with
technologies and the sciences.
``I think NASA ought to be the gardian of our planet, that ought to
lead the charge in working environmental issues and so on. The programs
that we have in NASA are merely vehicles to do those things. I get
frustrated like everybody does at what seems to be a slow pace. It would
be a lot more exciting if we could move faster in these areas.''
Adamson is especially vocal about recent criticism of NASA's planned
$30 billion space station Freedom.
``I view Congress and our whole system of government as being an
extension of the expression and feeling of the people,'' he said. ``The
fact that Congress is questioning NASA about our space station and
purpose and whether it's worth the cost and what we're doing with it and
where we're going with it, I think, is a healthy process.
``We need to be very careful to communicate with Congress and to help
them understand the value of a space station to the future of the space
program. If Congress questions that value and we fail to communicate
what it is to Congress, then it deserves to fail.''
Adamson began working at the Johnson Space Center in Houston in 1980,
serving as aerodynamics officer in mission control during the first four
shuttle missions and later, as a guidance and navigation officer.
He became an astronaut in 1985 and later that year was named to the
crew of a classified military mission. That flight, however, was
canceled following the Jan. 28, 1986, Challenger disaster.
During the accident recovery program, Adamson served as assistant
manager for engineering integration for the space shuttle program office
in Houston. He was named to Columbia's crew in February 1988.
Adamson was born March 3, 1946, in Warsaw, New York, but he considers
Monarch, Mont., his hometown.
He graduated from West Point in 1969, earning an engineering degree,
and later completed a master's degree in aerospace engineering at
Princeton University in 1977.
Following graduation from West Point, Adamson was commissioned a
second lieutenant. In addition to undergraduate and graduate pilot
training, the future astronaut completed Navy Test Pilot School.
Adamson served with missile batteries in West Germany and as battery
commander of a Hawk Missile Brigade at Fort Bliss, Texas. Following
pilot training, he served as scout pilot, team lead and air mission
commander with the Air Cavalry in Vietnam.
After completing his master's degree, Adamson became assistant
professor of aerodynamics at West Point, teaching courses in fluid
mechanics, aerodynamics, aircraft performance and stability and control.
He also completed a text book on aircraft performance.
Adamson has flown research aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
, and Patuxent Naval Air Station. He has logged more than 3,000 hours of
flight time in more than 30 types of helicopters, jets and prop planes.
An Experimental Test Pilot and Master Army Aviator, Adamson is also a
Certified Professional Aerospace Engineer and a licensed commercial
pilot.
Separated from his wife, the former Susan Broman of Warsaw, N.Y.,
Adamson has one child, Erik David, 17.
During his college years, Adamson was a two-time All-America pistol
marksman and captain of the national championship team in 1969 when he
was named Outstanding College Athlete of Ameria.
He was named distinguished graduate of his class in undergraduate
pilot training and during aerial combat in Southeast Asia, he earned two
Distinguised Flying Crosses.
Other awards include the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal,
two Army Commendation Medals and the National Defense Service Medal.
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (United Press International)
Subject: Shannon W. Lucid, 48: Atlantis astronaut
Date: 24 Jul 91 06:33:39 GMT
Shannon Lucid, a mother of three with a doctorate in biochemistry,
began dreaming about exploring outer space after becoming enthralled by
school stories about the exploration of the American West.
Selected as a NASA astronaut in 1978, Lucid, 48, began turning her
dream into reality in June 1985 when she blasted off aboard the shuttle
Discovery to kick off a mission highlighted by the launchings of three
communications satellites.
She flew in space a second time in October 1989 and launched the $1.4
billion Galileo probe toward Jupiter. This week, Lucid and four
crewmates are scheduled to begin a nine-day flight to launch a $100
million NASA satellite and to carry out a variety of medical and
engineering experiments.
``When I was in grade school, I was very interested in American
history and the pioneer effort that we had in settling the West. I read
everything I could about that,'' Lucid said in an interview. ``I really
wanted to grow up and be an explorer.
``I sort of realized early on that most of the Earth had already been
explored and so I thought there wouldn't be a whole lot left by the time
I grew up. At the same time, I was reading about (rocket pioneer) Robert
Goddard and I also started reading science fiction. So that's where my
interest in becoming an astronaut started.''
But her odyssey got off to a rocky start with her missionary parents
in war-torn Shanghai, China.
``I was born there. Then we were interned in a concentration camp
when I was 6 weeks old and then exchanged when I was a year old,'' she
said. ``And then we went back as soon as the war was over and then we
were kicked out by the communists in '49.
``I remember more than my parents do. I keep telling them stuff and
they say are, 'You sure that happened?' and I say, 'Yes it did.'''
Lucid says she was ``about'' 6 years old when her family was told to
leave China. Shortly before that, however, she took a commercial plane
ride and knew even then she wanted to be a pilot.
Her family moved to Bethany, Okla., and Lucid graduated from the
University of Oklahoma in 1963. She went on to earn a doctorate in
biochemistry in 1973.
She held a variety of lab assignments, including stints as a teaching
assistant at the University of Oklahoma, senior laboratory technician at
the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, and as a chemist at Kerr-McGee
in Oklahoma City.
Lucid also earned her pilot's license and had logged more than 2,250
hours of commercial, instrument and multi-engine flying time. She was
selected as an astronaut in 1978.
``I couldn't believe it when they selected the first seven (Mercury
astronauts),'' she said. ``Way back in the dark ages, they didn't have
any females at all in the selection.
``I mean, it was incredible the feeling of anger because there were
no females included in the selection, even though they were all military
people. That didn't justify anything. There was absolutely no reason not
to have any females.
``Although you were very excited about the space program, it sort of
alienated you in a certain sense because, you know, they kept 50 percent
of the population from vicariously feeling they had a real part.''
Lucid is married to Michael Lucid of Indianapolis and the couple have
three children: Kawai Dawn, 22; Shandara Michelle, 21; and Michael
Kermit, 15. She lists her hobbies as flying, camping, hiking and
reading.
Lucid said the space program was important to the nation because it
represents America's commitment to explore the unknown.
``I think if a society says it's not important for us to find out
anything new, it's not important for us to explore any further, then
this really sends no kind of signal at all to the future generations,''
she said. ``It's very important that the children going to school feel
like we're reaching out and we have new goals.
``There are some practical reasons, too. It provides a lot of very
exciting jobs for people ... and these jobs would be in a different
country if they weren't here. The excitement just spills over into all
various areas.''
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| 525.45 | 1990 Astronauts eligible for flight assignments | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Mon Aug 12 1991 16:23 | 22 |
| From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: NASA Headline News for 07/31/91 (Forwarded)
Date: 5 Aug 91 06:02:01 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
This is NASA Headline News for Wednesday, July 31, 1991 . . .
Johnson Space Center announced that the Astronaut Candidate
Class of 1990 became full-fledged astronauts this week. The 23
new astronauts were instated following their one-year training and
evaluation period. They are now eligible for assignment to future
shuttle flights.
The new group includes seven pilots and 16 mission specialists.
Twelve are military officers and the remaining eleven are all civilians.
Among the five women in the group are three military officers,
including the first woman pilot -- Air Force Major Eileen Collins.
Four of the new astronauts are from Ohio, three are from New York
and another three from California, and two come from Texas. Of the
remainder, five are from the South, three are from the West, two from
New England and one from the Midwest.
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| 525.46 | New Crew Assignments For Future Flights | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Sat Aug 24 1991 02:22 | 291 |
| From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: NASA announces crew members for future shuttle flights (Forwarded)
Date: 23 Aug 91 20:11:43 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Mark Hess
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. August 23, 1991
(Phone: 202/453-4164)
Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 91-137
NASA ANNOUNCES CREW MEMBERS FOR FUTURE SHUTTLE FLIGHTS
NASA today announced crew members and changes to crew
assignments for eight future Space Shuttle missions.
The STS-50 U.S. Microgravity Laboratory mission, scheduled for May
1992, is a complement of microgravity materials processing technology
experiments to be flown on the first extended duration orbiter mission
aboard Columbia. The 13-day flight will be the longest Shuttle mission to
date. Crew members are:
Richard N. Richards, Capt. U.S. Navy, Commander
Kenneth D. Bowersox, Lt. Cdr. U.S. Navy, Pilot
Carl J. Meade, Lt. Col. U.S. Air Force, Mission Specialist
Ellen S. Baker, M.D., Mission Specialist
Bonnie J. Dunbar, Ph.D., Payload Commander
Lawrence J. DeLucas, Ph.D., University of Alabama, Payload Specialist
Eugene H. Trihn, Ph.D., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Payload Specialist
Baker is an addition to this crew which was named earlier.
Bowersox, a pilot astronaut previously assigned as a mission specialist, is
reassigned as pilot in place of John H. Casper who has been named
commander of STS-54.
Baker, 38, born in Fayetteville, N.C., was selected in 1984. She flew
on STS-34. She has a B.A. in geology from the State University of New York
at Buffalo and an M.D. from Cornell University.
The STS-46 Tethered Satellite Systems mission, scheduled for June
1992, features a satellite to be deployed from the orbiter payload bay on a
12-mile tether to collect electrodynamic data in the upper reaches of the
Earth's atmosphere. Also, the European Retrievable Carrier, a free-flying
reusable platform dedicated to materials science and life science
experiments, will be deployed. Crew members are:
Loren J. Shriver, Col. U.S. Air Force, Commander
Andrew M. Allen, Maj. U.S. Marine Corps, Pilot
Franklin Chang-Diaz, Ph.D., Mission Specialist
Claude Nicollier, European Space Agency Astronaut, Mission Specialist
Marsha S. Ivins, Mission Specialist
Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Ph.D., Payload Commander
(An Italian payload specialist will be named.)
Ivins is an addition to this crew announced earlier. Allen, a pilot
astronaut, previously had been assigned as a mission specialist, but is
reassigned as pilot in place of James D. Wetherbee who is named as
commander of STS-52.
Ivins, 40, born in Baltimore, Md., was selected in 1984. She flew as a
mission specialist on STS-32 and has a B.S. in aerospace engineering from
the University of Colorado.
STS-47 Spacelab J mission is scheduled for August 1992. Spacelab J
is a joint mission with the Japanese Space Agency and is dedicated to
materials processing and life science experiments. Crew members are:
Robert L. Gibson, Capt. U.S. Navy, Commander
Curtis L. Brown, Jr., Maj. U.S. Air Force, Pilot
N. Jan Davis, Ph.D., Mission Specialist
Jerome Apt, Ph.D., Mission Specialist
Mae C. Jemison, M.D., Science Mission Specialist
Mark C. Lee, Lt. Col. U.S. Air Force, Payload Commander
Mamoru Mohri, Ph.D., NASDA (Japan) Payload Specialist
Lee, Davis, Jemison, and Mohri were assigned to this mission
earlier.
Gibson, 44, born in Cooperstown, N.Y., was selected in 1978. He was
pilot on STS 41-B and commander on STS 61-C and STS-27. He has a B.S.
in aeronautical engineering from the California Polytechnic Institute.
Brown, 35, born in Elizabethtown, N.C., was selected in 1987. This is
his first Shuttle flight. He has a B.S. in electrical engineering from the
U.S. Air Force Academy.
Apt, 42, considers Pittsburgh, Penn., his hometown. Selected in
1985, he flew as a mission specialist on STS-37. He has a B.A. in physics
from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in physics from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
STS-52 Laser Geodynamics Satellite II, scheduled for launch in
September 1992, is a spherical satellite covered with retroflectors which
will be illuminated by ground-based lasers to determine precise
measurements of the Earth's crustal movements. Crew members are:
James D. Wetherbee, Cdr. U.S. Navy, Commander
Michael A. Baker, Cdr. U.S. Navy, Pilot
William M. Shepherd, Capt. U.S. Navy, Mission Specialist
Tamara E. Jernigan, Ph.D., Mission Specialist
Charles Lacy Veach, Mission Specialist
Wetherbee, 38, born in Flushing, N.Y., was selected in 1984. He was
pilot on STS-32 and has a B.S. in aerospace engineering from the
University of Notre Dame.
Baker, 37, considers Lemoore, Calif., his hometown. Selected in
1985, he was pilot on STS-43 and has a B.S. in aerospace engineering from
the University of Texas.
Shepherd, 42, considers Phoenix, Ariz., his hometown. Selected in
1984, he was a mission specialist on STS-27 and STS-41. He has a B.S. in
aerospace engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and a degree in ocean
engineering and an M.S. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Jernigan, 32, born in Chattanooga, Tenn., was selected in 1985. She
was a mission specialist on STS-40. She has a B.S. in physics and an M.S. in
engineering science from Stanford University, an M.S. in astronomy from
the University of California at Berkeley and a Ph.D. in space physics and
astronomy from Rice University.
Veach, 46, considers Honolulu his hometown. Selected in 1984, he
was a mission specialist on STS-39. He has a B.S. in engineering
management from the U.S. Air Force Academy.
STS-53 Department of Defense-1 mission launch is scheduled in Oct.
1992. Crew members are:
David M. Walker, Capt. U.S. Navy, Commander
Robert D. Cabana, Lt. Col. U.S. Marine Corps, Pilot
Guion S. Bluford, Col. U.S. Air Force, Mission Specialist
James S. Voss, Lt. Col. U.S. Army, Mission Specialist
Michael R. U. Clifford, Maj. U.S. Army, Mission Specialist
Walker, 47, considers Eustis, Fla., his hometown. Selected in 1978,
he was pilot on STS-51A and commander on STS-30. He has a B.S. degree
from the U.S. Naval Academy.
Cabana, 42, born in Minneapolis, Minn., was selected in 1985. He
piloted STS-41 and has a B.S. in mathematics from the U.S. Naval Academy.
Bluford, 49, born in Philadelphia, Penn., was selected in 1978. He
was a mission specialist on STS-8, STS-61A and STS-39. He has a B.S. in
aerospace engineering from Pennsylvania State University and an M.S. and
Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology.
Voss, 42, considers Opelika, Ala., his hometown. Selected in 1987,
he will be a mission specialist on STS-44 in November 1991. He has a B.S.
in aerospace engineering from Auburn University and an M.S. in aerospace
engineering sciences from the University of Colorado.
Clifford, 38, considers Ogden, Utah, his hometown. Selected in
1990, this is his first Shuttle flight. He has a B.S. in basic science from the
U.S. Military Academy and an M.S. in aerospace engineering from the
Georgia Institute of Technology.
STS-54 Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, scheduled for launch in
November 1992, is a NASA satellite to provide communications for
spacecraft in Earth orbit. Crew members are:
John H. Casper, Col. U.S. Air Force, Commander
Donald R. McMonagle, Lt. Col. U.S. Air Force, Pilot
Gregory J. Harbaugh, Mission Specialist
Mario Runco, Jr., Lt. Cdr. U.S. Navy, Mission Specialist
Susan J. Helms, Capt. U.S. Air Force, Mission Specialist
Casper, 48, considers Gainesville, Ga., his hometown. Selected in
1984, he flew as pilot on STS-36. He has a B.S. in engineering science
from the U.S. Air Force Academy and an M.S. in astronautics from Purdue
University.
McMonagle, 39, born in Flint, Mich., was selected as a pilot in 1987.
He was a mission specialist on STS-39. He has a B.S. in astronautical
engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy and an M.S. in mechanical
engineering from the California State University in Fresno.
Harbaugh, 35, considers Willoughby, Ohio, his hometown. Selected
in 1987, he flew as a mission specialist on STS-39. He has a B.S. in
aeronautical and astronautical engineering from Purdue University and an
M.S. in physical science from the University of Houston-Clear Lake.
Runco, 39, considers Yonkers, N.Y., his hometown. Selected in
1987, he is scheduled as a mission specialist on STS-44 in Nov. 1991. He
has a B.S. in meteorology and physical oceanography from the City College
of New York and an M.S. in meteorology from Rutgers University.
Helms, 33, considers Portland, Ore., her hometown. Selected in
1990, this is her first Shuttle flight. She has a B.S. in aerospace
engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy and an M.S. in aeronautics
and astronautics from Stanford University.
STS-55 Spacelab-D2 mission is scheduled for launch in January 1993
to perform microgravity research and technology preparation for Space
Station use. Robotics, galactic photography and Earth observations will be
part of this mission. Named is:
Bernard A. Harris, Jr., M.D., Mission Specialist
(The German Space Agency will name two payload specialists.)
Jerry L. Ross, Lt. Col. U.S. Air Force, Payload Commander was assigned
earlier.
Harris, 35, born in Temple, Texas, was selected in 1990. This is his
first Shuttle flight. He has a B.S. in biology from the University of Houston
and an M.D. from Texas Tech University.
STS-60 Space Radar Laboratory is schedule for launch in July 1993 to
acquire radar images of the Earth's surface to be used for making maps,
interpreting geological features and resources studies. Named is:
Linda M. Godwin, Ph.D., Payload Commander
Godwin, 39, born in Cape Girardeau, Mo., was selected in 1985. She
was a mission specialist on STS-37. She has a B.S. in mathematics and
physics from Southeast Missouri State University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in
physics from the University of Missouri.
Biographical information on previously named crew members follows:
STS-50
Richards, 44, considers St. Louis, Mo., his hometown. Selected in
1980, he flew as pilot on STS-28 and commander on STS-41. He has a B.S.
in chemical engineering from the University of Missouri and an M.S. in
aeronautical systems from the University of West Florida.
Dunbar, 42, born in Sunnyside, Wash., was selected in 1980. She
flew as a mission specialist on STS-61A and STS-32. She has a B.S. and an
M.S. in ceramic engineering from the University of Washington and a Ph.D.
in biomedical engineering from the University of Houston.
Bowersox, 35, considers Bedford, Ind., his hometown. Selected in
1987, this is his first Shuttle flight. He has a B.S. in aerospace engineering
from the U.S. Naval Academy and an M.S. in mechanical engineering from
Columbia University.
Meade, 41, was born at Chanute Air Force Base, Ill. Selected in 1985,
he flew on STS-38. He has a B.S. in electronics engineering from the
University of Texas and an M.S. in electronics engineering from the
California Institute of Technology.
STS-46
Shriver, 46, considers Paton, Iowa, his hometown. Selected in 1978,
he flew as pilot on STS 51-C and as commander on STS-31. He has a B.S.
in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy and an M.S. in
astronautical engineering from Purdue University.
Hoffman, 46, considers Scarsdale, N.Y., his hometown. Selected in
1978, he was a mission specialist on STS-51D and STS-35. He has a B.A. in
astronomy from Amherst College, a M.S. in materials science from Rice
University and a Ph.D. in astrophysics from Harvard University.
Allen, 36, born in Philadelphia, Penn., was selected in 1987. This is
his first Shuttle flight. He has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from
Villanova University.
Chang-Diaz, 41, born in San Jose, Costa Rica, was selected in 1980.
He flew as a mission specialist on STS-61C and STS-34. He has a B.S. in
mechanical engineering from the University of Connecticut and a Ph.D. in
applied plasma physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
STS-47
Lee, 39, born in Viroqua, Wis., was selected in 1984. He was a
mission specialist on STS-30. He has a B.S. in civil engineering from the
U.S. Air Force Academy and an M.S. in mechanical engineering from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Davis, 37, considers Huntsville, Ala., her hometown. Selected in
1987, this will be her first Shuttle flight. She has a B.S. in applied biology
from the Georgia Institute of Technology, a B.S. in mechanical engineering
from Auburn University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering
from the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Jemison, 34, considers Chicago, Ill., her hometown. Selected in
1987, this is her first Shuttle mission. She has a B.S. in chemical
engineering from Stanford University and an M.D. from Cornell University.
STS-55
Ross, 43, born in Crown Point, Ind., was selected in 1980. He flew as
a mission specialist on STS-61B, STS-27 and STS-37. He has a B.S. and an
M.S. in mechanical engineering from Purdue University.
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| 525.47 | Physiological effects on astronauts. | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Sat Aug 24 1991 02:39 | 73 |
| Someone asked the question on USENET about astronauts blacking out on
re-entry (oops shouldn't use that), and Ken Jenks from NASA responded.
This evoke a lot of comment on the net, certainly a good explaination of
the physiological effects on an astronaut.
Susan
From: kjenks@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov
Subject: Re: Blacking out upon re-entry
Date: 23 Aug 91 16:42:51 GMT
Organization: NASA/JSC/GM2, Space Shuttle Program Office
In article <14534@sybase.sybase.com> brenegan@maranatha.sybase.com () writes:
>
>Does anybody have the details of astronauts blacking out on re-entry
>in the shuttle? Apparently NASA was trying to cover up the fact that
>this was happening? I'd like to hear the details of this.
There is a physiological effect of space travel which causes a loss of
fluid volume in astronauts during exposure to microgravity. Blood and
other fluids, which normally pool in the legs and lower body on Earth,
tend to move upward in the body. The body senses this increase in
fluid volume in the upper body and voids it, through increased
persperation and urination. When the astronaut returns to Earth, that
fluid has been lost and needs to be replaced. This fluid loss can
cause medical problems. We have a fluid loading protocol, which
requires each astronaut to imbibe about 32 ounces of water and some
salt tablets prior to entry (we don't call it "re-entry" anymore).
This fluid loading replaces some of the lost fluid and deters the
affects of light-headedness and fainting, which have been observed
in some crew members during and after entry. (This has never caused
any problems for landings, which are performed manually, but this
is a concern, hence the fluid loading protocol and other counter-
measures.)
There is also an experiment called the Lower Body Negative
Pressure device (LBNP), which is a countermeasure to the
fluid shift phenomenon.
I have absolutely no idea how you got the idea that there has been
any kind of cover-up. This has been public knowledge for years.
The only way I can conceive of covering anything up is keeping
quiet about which crew members experience these medical phenomena
-- that's private medical information, and is restricted under
Federal privacy lays (and common courtesy).
Please, before you accuse anybody of a "cover-up," get your
facts straight. Even a hint of a cover-up is bad for the whole
space program, and you may be damaging NASA's already shaky
credibility.
>Thanks!
>_David Brenegan
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>David Brenegan, brenegan@sybase.com
>Sybase Inc., (415) 596 - 3500
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>Emeryville, Ca 94608
>* Opinions Expressed here are merely my own and not that of Sybase Inc. *
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Ken Jenks, NASA/JSC/GM2, Space Shuttle Program Office
kjenks@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov (713) 483-4368
"It is mankind's manifest destiny to bring our humanity into space,
to colonize this galaxy. And as a nation, we have the power to
determine whether America will lead or will follow.
I say that America must lead." -- Ronald Reagan
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| 525.48 | Short bios on STS 48 astros | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Thu Sep 19 1991 20:12 | 405 |
|
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (United Press International)
Subject: Navy Capt. John O. Creighton; Discovery commander
Date: 12 Sep 91 04:19:48 GMT
Shuttle commander John ``J.O.'' Creighton, making his third space
flight this week, is an eloquent champion of the environment, an
appropriate avocation for the skipper of a mission to deploy a $633
million atmospheric research satellite.
Creighton, 48, and four crewmates are scheduled to spend five days in
orbit aboard the shuttle Discovery. The goal of the flight is the launch
of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, a spacecraft
expected to determine how badly humanity is damaging the atmosphere.
``It is very important, not only for NASA but for the country and, in
fact, for the whole world,'' Creighton said in an interview. ``I think
we have irrefutable evidence today that man is influencing the
environment and most people would agree that it's not for the good.
``The question is, just how much are we influencing it and are we
getting to the point of no return? There are a lot of concerns, but two
of them that immediately come to mind (are) the destruction of the ozone
layer and ... global warming.''
Man-man chemicals are known to break down ozone molecules in the
upper atmosphere, allowing cancer-causing ultraviolet raditation from
the sun to reach Earth's surface. Other chemicals, such as carbon
dioxide, trap heat in the atmosphere and may lead to a ``greenhouse
effect.''
``We need to understand what we're doing to the planet and global
observation is probably the only real way of doing that,'' Creighton
said. ``I've always been environmentally aware, but I don't think you
can help but go into space and come back with a better appreciation of
how interdependent we all are on the Earth.
``You look out at the limb (edge) of the Earth and it looks like it's
about an inch thick. There's not that much (atmosphere) there to protect
us from the harshness of outer space.''
Discovery's mission is scheduled to end with the first night landing
at the Kennedy Space Center in the 10-year history of the program.
Despite the added risk, Creighton said he did not anticipate any
problems.
``I think there's a little higher degree of risk landing at night
than in the daytime ... because you don't have the depth perception at
night that you have in the daytime,'' he said. ``Although it is a little
more hazardous, we've trained for it, we're ready for it and looking
forward to putting our names in the record books.''
Creighton, married to the former Terry Stanford of Little Rock, Ark.,
is known as ``J.O.'' to friends. He was born in Orange, Texas, but he
considers Seattle to be his hometown. He has two previous space missions
to his credit: a flight in 1985 and a military mission that took off in
February 1990.
He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in in 1966 and went on to
earn a master's degree in administration of science and technology from
George Washington University in 1978, the same year he was selected as
an astronaut.
His distinguished Navy career included two combat tours aboard the
USS Ranger in Southeast Asia and a stint at the Naval Test Pilot School.
Creighton has logged more than 5,000 hours flying high performance
jet aircraft, completed 500 tricky carrier landings and 175 combat
missions over Vietnam. He also has logged 170 hours in space.
Before his first space flight in 1985, Creighton, a Navy captain,
said flying is all he ever wanted to do.
``I've been a pilot now for about 20 years, and I've always tried to
fly the newest and fastest airplanes,'' he said in an interview before
his launch aboard the shuttle Discovery on June 17, 1985.
``I started out as a Navy jet fighter pilot and moved on into the
testing of airplanes and then the logical extension of that was the
astronaut program to fly the best and go the highest and the fastest.''
Danger is seldom spoken about by astronauts, but Creighton discussed
it during an interview before his first mission.
``I read an article one time in Sports Illustrated,'' he said. ``It
was an interview with a Formula One race car driver. In this article he
said most of his friends had been killed in the racing profession. He
said to become a Formula One race car driver takes a certain lack of
imagination.
``You just never imagine yourself running into a brick wall at 200
mph, and dying in a flaming wreck. I think the same thing applies to
test pilots in general, astronauts, anybody in a hazardous line of work.
You just don't dwell on it.''
What next for a three-flight shuttle veteran?
``My timing is bad. I was too young to go to the moon and I'll be too
old to go to Mars. Short of that, if I had the opportunity and decided
to stay around NASA to help be a part of it, I would certainly like to
help put space station together.
``Being up there and rendezvousing with a half-built space station
with the theme song of ''2001: A Space Odyssey`` in the background as
you come floating up to this structure the size of a football field, I
think that would be an extremely challenging, interesting and fun task.''
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (United Press International)
Subject: Navy Cmdr. Kenneth S. Reightler Jr., 40: Discovery co-pilot
Date: 12 Sep 91 04:19:49 GMT
Astronaut Kenneth Reightler, the only rookie in the shuttle
Discovery's five-man crew, was especially eager to finally get his hands
on the controls and to look down on Earth from 335 miles up.
``As a first time flyer, what am I most looking forward to? I think
it's probably the opportunity to view the Earth from the vantage point
of 300-plus miles,'' he said in an interview. ``I'm really looking
forward to what our home planet will look like from up there.''
Reightler, 40, and four crewmates are scheduled to spend five days in
space aboard Discovery this week to launch the $633 million Upper
Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, to study Earth's protective
atmosphere and how it is being damaged by industrial pollution.
``It's a privilege for us to be able to take part in such an
important mission as delivering the UARS satellite into orbit,''
Reightler said. ``I think that this satellite is just the beginning of
many things to come.''
As a shuttle rookie, Reightler credited his crewmates with helping
him prepare for the mission.
``As the rookie, it's sort of like growing up with four older
brothers. They don't beat up on me quite as much as some do, but they've
taught me an awful lot,'' he said.
``In this business, there aren't an awful lot of books that teach you
how to be an astronaut. A lot of that is just word of mouth. Getting to
ask questions of people who have this kind of experience, knowledge and
background is a real privilege and thrill.''
If all goes well, Reightler and commander John Creighton will guide
Discovery to the first night shuttle landing at the Kennedy Space
Center. Despite the additional risk, Reightler said he looked forward to
the planned Florida touchdown.
``I personally don't think all the issues have completely come to
rest because I don't think we know all the things there are to know
about how this vehicle lands and operates and how the tires react to the
runway surface down there in Florida,'' Reightler said.
``But I do think we know enough to be able to safely and effectively
bring this vehicle back to land at the Kennedy Space Center. From my
personal point of view, I don't have any reservations right now about
coming back there and landing.''
Born March 24, 1951, in Patuxent River, Md., Reightler considers
Virginia Beach, Va., to be his hometown.
After graduating from Bayside High School in Virginia Beach,
Reightler earned a bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering
from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1973 and went on to earn a master's
degrees in aeronautical engineering and systems management.
After graduating from the Naval Academy, Reightler became a naval
aviator at Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1974, before deployments to
Keflavik, Iceland, and Sigonella, Sicily, where he piloted P-3C patrol
planes.
He then became qualified to fly jets and attended the U.S. Naval Test
Pilot School at Patuxent River. After graduating in 1978, Reightler
served as a test pilot and project officer for several aircraft programs
before becoming an instructor at the famed test pilot school.
In June 1981, Reightler made two deployments to the Mediterranean Sea
aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower before earning his
master's in systems management. He then began training to fly F/A-18 jet
fighters and returned to test pilot school in 1985 where he served as a
chief flight instructor.
He has logged more than 4,000 hours flying time in more than 60
different types of aircraft. Reightler was selected to become a NASA
astronaut in June 1987 and he was assigned to Discovery crew in December
1990.
``I'm the only rookie on this crew and so for me, it's been a real
change of pace from what I had been doing for the past four years, and
that is supporting other missions. Now it's my turn to take the controls
and start off on a journey that I think is going to be a fun one.''
Married to the former Maureen Ellen McHenry of Virginia Beach,
Reightler has two children: Katherine McHenry, 12; and Emily Harrison,
7. In a brief NASA biography, he listed sailing, wind surfing and
camping as his hobbies.
``My family is really taking this pretty much low key,'' he said.
``When I get home from long days at work, the first thing I want to do
is not talk about what I did all day. They're a very, very good
diversion to my daily routine.
``Going out and watching my daughter play soccer or taking the kids
up to swim at some of the lakes north of town, it's a good diversion for
me. They're pretty much busy in their own lives and carrying on with
what they've got to do and so far, this hasn't had a great impact on
them.
A member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, Reightler is the
recipient of the Mac Short Award in Aviation and numerous military
awards.
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (United Press International)
Subject: Army Lt. Col. Charles D. ``Sam'' Gemar, 36: Discovery astronaut
Date: 12 Sep 91 04:19:51 GMT
Astronaut Charles ``Sam'' Gemar enlisted in the Army at the age of
18, won an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and
specialized in military air support operations before becoming a NASA
astronaut.
He first flew in space in November 1990 when he and four crewmates
launched a military spy satellite from the shuttle Atlantis. He is
scheduled to blast off this week aboard the shuttle Discovery to deploy
a $633 million environmental satellite.
The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite was built to monitor ozone
levels and the concentrations of other man-made gases that may
ultimately cause a devastating ``greenhouse effect'' by trapping heat in
the atmosphere and changing global weather patterns.
``The timing is very good. One of the things that I think everybody
has come to the realization that man is definitely impacting his
environment,'' Gemar said in an interview.
``This particular satellite will give us an opportunity to try and
quantify the composition of the upper atmosphere and try to make
correlations as to what effect that is having, if any, on our own global
weather patterns. We'll look at ozone densities and other gases that
have been traced to greenhouse effects.''
Data from UARS will allow governments to make informed decisions
about what needs to be done to prevent permanent damage to the
atmosphere.
``I think that before you can ask the world community to make
changes, we have to first identify what the problem is and try to
understand the processes that are taking place between the upper and
lower atmosphere and how they are impacting our global weather patterns.
``So I think the scientific mission of this satellite is very
important and I don't think it's a day too soon.''
The satellite is scheduled for launch during the third day of the
mission. Should any problems develop, Gemar and crewmate James Buchli
will be prepared to conduct an emergency spacewalk repair job in
Discovery's payload bay.
Gemar was born Aug. 4, 1955, in Yankton, S.D., but he considers
Scotland, S.D., to be his hometown.
He graduated from Scotland Public High School in 1973 and reported
for duty in the U.S. Army in June of that year. Six months later, he was
transferred to the 18th Airborne Corps at Ft. Bragg, N.C., where he was
assigned to the U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School at Ft. Belvoir,
Va.
Later, he won a Department of the Army appointment to the U.S.
Military Academy class of 1979.
After graduating with a bachelor's degree in engineering, Gemar
attended the Infantry Officers Basic Course at Ft. Benning, Ga.,
followed by helicopter training and multi-engine aircraft instruction at
Ft. Rucker, Ala.
In October 1980, he was assigned to the 24th Infantry Division at Ft.
Stewart, Ga., where he served as an assistant flight operations officer
for the 24th Combat Aviation Battalion. He also attended the Army
Parachutist Course, Ranger School and the Aviation Officers Advanced
Course.
Gemar was selected by NASA to begin astronaut training in June 1985.
Before being assigned to Atlantis's crew, he helped develop and test
space shuttle flight software.
Married to the former Charlene Stringer of Savannah, Ga., Gemar has
one child, Grant Leighton, born Nov. 27, 1990. In a short NASA
biography, he listed his hobbies as water sports, jogging, woodworking
and travel.
Despite the haunting memories of the 1986 Challenger disaster, Gemar
said his family looked forward to his second space mission.
``This will never be like getting in the car and driving downtown for
dinner. So I think there's always some apprehension there,'' he said.
``But she knows that this is what I want to do, this is what I've chosen
to do, and she's very supportive.''
Gemar said he particularly looked forward to experiencing the ground-
shaking kick in the pants provided by the shuttle's two solid-fuel
rocket boosters, or SRBs.
``SRB ignition is probably your biggest thrill,'' he said. ``Each
phase of flight has a little bit different reward. When you get to orbit
.... to literally watch the world go by is something you will never, ever
forget. To look down on that from a different perspective is very
rewarding.''
Gemar is a member of the Association of the United States Army, the
United States Military Academy Association of Graduates and the Army
Aviation Association of America.
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (United Press International)
Subject: Air Force Col. Mark N. Brown, 39; Discovery astronaut
Date: 12 Sep 91 04:19:52 GMT
For astronaut Mark N. Brown, looking down on Earth from a space
shuttle provides a unique perspective on how humanity is affecting the
environment.
``When you fly in space and you go over Central America and South
America and you see the jungles being burned and the smoke palls
covering most of the country, you also see the smoke being blown out
over the Atlantic Ocean in route to Europe and the rest of the world,''
he said.
``It becomes quite clear the environment is not just the concern of
some guy in his backyard, but it's everybody's concern.''
Appropriately enough, Brown, 39, and four crewmates are scheduled to
take off aboard the shuttle Discovery this week to launch a $633 million
environmental research satellite built to study Earth's protective ozone
layer and other gases and processes affecting the atmosphere.
Brown, operating Discovery's 50-foot-long robot arm, is scheduled to
launch the massive satellite on the third day of the mission.
``Depending on whom you listen to and what data you want to believe,
the atmosphere may be in very big trouble right now,'' he said. ``This
payload will establish what the health of our atmosphere is today and
give good indications as to what those trends are ... and where we'll be
in 20 years.
``If there is a negative trend as everybody suspects, we're going to
have to go back and change our way of life as an international community
to start cleaning things up. With the data from the satellite, we'll
have something concrete to point to that says this is where it is now
and this is where you'll be in 20 years if you don't change your
lifestyle.''
Brown first flew in space aboard the shuttle Columbia, which took off
Aug. 8, 1989, to kick off a five-day military mission.
``There's a tremendous sense of frustration when you get back from
your first space flight that you can't easily relate the visual
experience to everybody else,'' he said. ``We took a lot of photos and a
lot of them turned out real well. (But) they just give you the initial
feeling of what it really looks like from space.''
Along with launching UARS late this week, Brown also will be
responsible for testing a Nikon camera equipped with digital sensors in
place of film. Images taken with the camera can be radioed down to
Earth.
``Any picture you can take with any lens on a 35mm camera I can take
with this camera,'' he said. ``In addition, with the laptop computer
we'll have on orbit, I can take the digital image, crop it or enhance it
and then send down selected images out of that.''
To show the potential of the new camera system, Brown described a
picture he took during training.
``One of the photographs I took was of a guy just standing there and
his arm was in the field of view,'' he said. ``I cropped out just his
wrist with his watch and was able to enhance the photograph so you could
read his watch.''
Born Nov. 18, 1951, in Valparaiso, Ind., Brown graduated from Purdue
University in 1973, earning a degree in aeronautical engineering. He
later received a master's degree in astronautical engineering from the
Air Force Institute of Technology in 1980.
Married to the former Lynne A. Anderson of River Grove, Ill., Brown
received his pilot wings at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, in 1974. He
then was assigned to the 87th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at K.I.
Sawyer Air Force Base in Michigan, where he flew T-33 and F-106 jet
aircraft.
In 1979, he transferred to the Air Force Institute of Technology at
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, where he earned his
master's degree.
Brown began working at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston in
1980, participating in development of emergency procedures and serving
as a flight activities officer for six space shuttle missions.
He was selected as a NASA astronaut in May 1984 and in December 1985,
he was named to the crew of a military shuttle mission. But one month
later, on Jan. 28, 1986, the shuttle Challenger was destroyed, grounding
the nation's manned space program, and Brown's flight was canceled.
During NASA's recovery from the Challenger accident, Brown served as
an astronaut member of the solid-fuel booster redesign team.
An avid outdoorsman who lists fishing, hiking, jogging and chess as
his hobbies, Brown is the father of two children: Kristin Elizabeth, 9,
and Karin Alison, 5.
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (United Press International)
Subject: Marine Col. James F. Buchli, 46; Discovery astronaut
Date: 12 Sep 91 04:19:45 GMT
Despite three previous space flights, astronaut James Buchli, an
infantry platoon commander during the Vietnam War and an crack jet
pilot, says his fourth voyage aboard the shuttle Discovery this week
will be anything but routine.
``It's not routine. The frequent flyer part of it really doesn't
exist,'' he said in an interview. ``I've been here since '78 and this
will be my fourth flight. Probably what you tend to find flight after
flight is that there are things that really help you from a training
standpoint. It also helps you get a good depth of knowledge about
orbiter systems.''
An infantry platoon commander during the Vietnam War, Buchli last
flew in space in March 1989 when he and four crewmates launched a NASA
communications satellite. He and four crewmates are scheduled to blast
off Thursday aboard Discovery to deploy a $633 million satellite to
study Earth's atmosphere.
``Dealing with our environment is a very timely and very important
issue,'' he said. ``For me, as a parent, I worry about those kinds of
things just as everybody else does in terms of what kind of environment
are we leaving for our children and theirs.
``It would be a very tragic thing if the Earth as we know it and
enjoy it today basically becomes a hot house and we no longer are able
to enjoy life as we know it. In that sense, this is a very, very
important mission.''
Buchli first blasted off aboard Discovery on Jan. 24, 1985. It was
the first fully-classified American manned space flight and because of
the unprecedented security surrounding the mission, Buchli's role was
never divulged.
He went on to serve as a ``mission specialist'' aboard the shuttle
Challenger when it took off Oct. 30, 1985, on a German-financed Spacelab
science mission. The weeklong flight, the first chartered by another
nation, was devoted to materials processing and life science
experiments.
He blasted off a third time on March 13, 1989, aboard the shuttle
Discovery. After this week's mission, Buchli said he might decide to
hang up his spacesuit. But then again, he might not.
``I'm not sure yet whether I'll fly again ... or whether at some
point in time it's time to say that's enough,'' he said. ``Personally, I
think what I would like to do is continue to be part of this team as a
crewman until it's time for me to move on. It's hard to pick that time,
it really is.''
Buchli was born June 20, 1945, in New Rockford, N.D., but considers
Fargo, N.D., his hometown.
After graduating from the United States Naval Academy in 1967, Buchli
received a commission in the Marine Corps and spent one year in Vietnam
where he served as platoon commander, 9th Marine Regiment, and later as
company commander of ``B'' Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion.
Buchli returned to the United States in 1969 for naval flight officer
training at Pensacola, Fla., and he spent the next two years assigned at
Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, and Iwakuni, Japan.
After completing tours of duty in Thailand and Japan, Buchli again
returned to the United States and earned a master's degree in
aeronautical engineering from the University of West Florida in 1975.
He then was assigned to the Marine Corps Air Station at Beaufort, S.
C., before attending the Navy's test pilot school at Patuxent River, Md.
, in 1977.
He was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1978 and has logged more than
3,600 hours flying jet aircraft.
Buchli is married to the former Saundra Jean Oliver of Pensacola and
the couple has two children, James, 19, and Jennifer, 14. He is an
experienced outdoorsman who enjoys scuba diving, hunting and fishing.
Buchli is one of the few astronauts to make two flights in a single
year -- 1985. He was awaiting assignment to a third mission when
Challenger exploded Jan. 28, 1986, grounding the program for nearly
three years. The memory of history's worst space disaster is present to
this day.
``I think we're pursuing a very vigorous and doable schedule and I
think regardless of how long we go awy from (Challenger), the memories
of that and its impact on the program are always going to be there,''
Buchli said before his third flight.
``It's going to heighten our resolve to be as professional as we
possibly can and to do as good a job as we can with the realization that
anytime you fly in space there's always an element of risk.''
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From: clarinews@clarinet.com
Subject: Astronaut bumped from upcoming flight
Date: 10 Sep 91 19:51:03 GMT
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPI) -- A civilian researcher assigned to a
March 1992 space shuttle research flight has been bumped from the crew
because of undisclosed medical problems, NASA officials said Tuesday.
Michael Lampton, who served as a backup ``payload specialist'' during
a 1983 Spacelab research mission, had been in training for launch aboard
the shuttle Atlantis around mid-March 1992 for an eight-day mission to
study Earth's atmosphere using a battery of instruments mounted in the
ship's cargo bay.
But in a NASA statement, Lennard Fisk, the agency's associate
administrator for space science and applications, announced Tuesday that
Lampton had been ``disqualified for medical reasons'' and replaced by
Dirk Frimout, a Belgian researcher with the European Space Agency.
The nature of Lampton's medical problem was not revealed and could
not be immediately determined. But he will continue to support
Atlantis's crew as an alternate payload specialist in the Spacelab
Mission Operations Control Team.
Joining Frimout for the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and
Science, or ATLAS-1, mission, are commander Charles Bolden, co-pilot
Brian Duffy, Kathryn Sullivan, David Leestma, Michael Foale and civilian
Byron Lichtenberg. Lampton and Lichtenberg were named to the ATLAS-1
mission in 1984.
Lampton's disqualification marked the third time in the history of
the U.S. space program that an astronaut was bumped from a mission
because of medical problems.
Astronaut Kenneth Mattingly was removed from the crew of the ill-
fated Apollo 13 moon mission in 1970 after getting exposed to measles
shortly before launch. Civilian researcher Robert Phillips was replaced
by Millie Hughes-Fulford, another civilian, on the crew of a shuttle
flight earlier this year after Phillips developed heart problems.
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| Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. October 23, 1991
(Phone: 202/453-1134)
Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 91-175
Dr. M. Rhea Seddon has been named Payload Commander for
Spacelab Life Sciences-2 (SLS-2), Space Shuttle mission STS-58,
scheduled for launch in July 1993. The mission is dedicated to continued
life sciences research on adaptation to microgravity in preparation for
Space Station Freedon and future planetary exploration.
Payload Commander Seddon will have overall crew responsibility for
long-range planning and integration of payloads, providing expertise for the
coordination of science activities.
Seddon has conducted medical research during two previous Space
Shuttle missions, STS-51D in April 1985 and STS-40 in June 1991. On
STS-40, the first Spacelab Life Sciences mission, Seddon along with fellow
crew members, performed numerous experiments in life sciences,
materials science, plant biology and cosmic radiation. They also tested
hardware proposed for the Space Station Freedom Health Maintenance
Facility.
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| Subject: Air Force Col. Frederick D. Gregory, 50: Atlantis commander
Date: 19 Nov 91 05:13:11 GMT
Air Force Col. Frederick D. Gregory, an ace test pilot making his
third space flight this week as commander of the shuttle Atlantis, gets
his kicks during takeoff and landing; the time spent in orbit is
strictly a bonus.
Gregory and his five crewmates are scheduled to spend 10 days in
orbit to launch an unclassified military satellite and to conduct a
variety of on-board experiments.
``I'm basically a go up the hill, come home kind of guy,'' Gregory
said in a recent interview. ``So the orbital stuff is just kind of a
bonus for me. My ideal mission would be maybe four days or something
like that.
``I think the excitement about this (flight) is doing a military
mission, doing it in the open, talking about it and showing it live -- at
least by tape -- down to Earth.''
Gregory is the first black to command a space shuttle and one of the
most respected skippers in the astronaut corps. His third mission this
week is only the second of nine Pentagon-chartered flights to be
declassified, part of an Air Force effort to cut costs.
``I think this is going to be very exciting,'' Gregory said. ``I
would guess that less than 1 percent of the population has ever seen
anything like this. Basically, all they hear about or read about is
another secret military activity going on. I think they're going to find
out it's pretty routine, pretty normal.''
Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Gregory, 50, graduated from
Anacostia High School and earned a bachelor of science degree from the
U.S. Air Force Academy in 1964. He went on to earn a master's degree in
information systems from George Washington University in 1977.
After graduation from the Air Force Academy, Gregory entered pilot
training and received his wings in 1965. Following three years of
helicopter flying, he learned to fly F-4 Phantom jets and attended the
Navy Test Pilot School in 1970.
He subsequently was assigned as a research-engineering test pilot for
the Air Force from 1971 to 1974 and for NASA from 1974 to 1978, the year
he was selected to be an astronaut.
Gregory has flown more than 40 types of single and multi-engine
aircraft, including gliders, and he has logged more than 6,000 hours of
flying time. He has written a variety of technical papers and reports on
aircraft handling and flight control.
Married to the former Barbara Archer of Washington, Gregory has two
children, Frederick, an Air Force lieutenant who graduated from Stanford
University, and Heather Lynn, a graduate of Sweet Briar College.
Following his selection as a NASA astronaut in 1978, Gregory worked
on a variety of projects and ultimately served as co-pilot of the
shuttle Challenger during a Spacelab science mission that blasted off
April 29, 1985, carrying an assortment of monkeys and rats. Gregory and
his crewmates completed 110 orbits during a busy mission devoted to life
science and space physics.
He took off a second time Nov. 22, 1989, aboard Discovery for a fully
classified military mission. Despite his frequent flier status, Gregory
said his wife still gets concerned about the dangers involved in
spaceflight. But it is a risk he accepts.
``I know my wife gets tense and she begins to clean up (our affairs),
'' he said. ``I have a feeling that we in the program have accepted a
level of risk significantly above what you or I as normal civilians
would accept. So I feel a sense of excitement. I don't think I have ever
had any fear.
``On my previous launches when I got into the orbiter and we were
within an hour or so of launch, I sometimes just dozed off. So I guess
I'm not really that afraid when I get in there.''
Gregory is a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, the
American Helicopter Society, the Air Force Association, the Air Force
Academy Association of Graduates, Sigma Pi Phi and the Tuskegee Airmen.
He holds the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Air Force
Distinguished Flying Cross, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Medal
with 15 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Force Commendation Medal and the NASA
Space Flight Medal.
Gregory also is a recipient of the National Society of Black
Engineers Distinguished National Scientist Award.
An outdoorsman who enjoys hunting and fishing, Gregory's hobbies
include specialty cars and high-power stereo gear.
Subject: Air Force Col. Terence T. 'Tom' Henricks, 39: Atlantis copilot
Date: 19 Nov 91 05:13:10 GMT
Astronaut Terence ``Tom'' Henricks, an Air Force colonel making his
first space flight this week as copilot of the shuttle Atlantis, looks
forward to the entire experience.
``I want to feel the sensation of the solid rocket motors igniting,''
he said in an interview. ``I want to feel that sensation when the main
engines cut off and you float in your seat. I want to remember that
mental image of the Earth view the first time we see it.''
And when it's time to come home, ``I want to see the fire going over
the top of the windows on re-entry, I want to see the Gulf Coast
whizzing by while we're on our way to the cape and I want to see that
runway rushing up at us when we're on final (approach). I want to do it
all.''
Henricks and five crewmates are scheduled to spend 10 days in orbit
to launch a missile early warning satellite and to carry out a battery
of on-board medical and military experiments. A soft-spoken test pilot,
Henricks' only concern is doing a good job.
``The apprehension or anxiety I feel when I have the time to sit back
and think about it is not fear of physical harm, it's fear of not doing
my best,'' he said.
Henricks was born July 5, 1952, in Bryan, Ohio, but he considers
Woodville, Ohio, to be his hometown. Now divorced, Henricks is the
father of three children: Katherine Ann, 8; Terence Thomas Jr., 7; and
Heather Kimberly, 3.
``The second and third grader are old enough to know what's going on
and they get questions about, can the shuttle explode and of course I
have to answer yes, it could,'' Henricks said.
``But it's as safe as we can make it and I'm prepared and that's my
job and even if something happens they're taken care of and they're
loved. So I don't try to avoid the issue with them. They're looking
forward to going down to launch. They get a little vacation from school.
''
In a brief NASA biography, he listed his hobbies as running and
windsurfing.
Henricks graduated from Woodmore High School in 1970 and earned a
bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the Air Force Academy in
1974. Eight years later he received a master's degree in public
administration from Golden Gate University.
After graduating from the Air Force Academy, Henricks won his wings
at Craig Air Force Base in Selma, Ala., and went on to fly F-4
``Phantom'' jet fighters in England and Iceland.
In 1980 he moved to Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nev., and after
attending Air Force Test Pilot School in 1983, he served as an F-16 test
pilot and chief of the 57th Fighter Weapons Wing Operating Location at
Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Henricks has flight experience in 30 different types of aircraft,
logging more than 3,300 hours flying time in jet fighter aircraft. He
also holds a commerical pilot rating.
NASA selected Henricks to become a shuttle astronaut in June 1985.
After the 1986 Challenger disaster, he helped re-evaluate space shuttle
landing sites around the world and spent two years as assistant manager
for engineering integration for the shuttle program office.
Henricks holds two Air Force Meritorious Service Medals and two Air
Force Commendation Medals. He was named Pilot Training Distinguished
Graduate and is a recipient of the F-4 Weapons School Outstanding Flying
Award.
Subject: Dr. Story Musgrave, 56: Atlantis astronaut
Date: 19 Nov 91 05:21:04 GMT
Webster's New World Dictionary defines ``polymath'' as ``a person of
great and diversified learning.'' Had the entry been illustrated, the
picture might well have been that of physician-astronaut Story Musgrave.
``I'm an incredibly eccentric person that somehow the system seems to
tolerate,'' he says.
But even in NASA's astronaut corps where super achievers are the rule
rather than the exception, Musgrave clearly stands out.
He holds six college degrees. He's a veteran of 500 parachute jumps.
He's logged some 18,000 hours flying more than 150 types of aircraft. He
has three shuttle flights and one spacewalk to his credit. And he's an
expert on literary criticism.
Where did he find the time?
``People can fool themselves. I go to schools at night now the way
other people might go to a movie,'' he said in a recent interview. ``I
go there for cultural enrichment, to keep my mind thinking. It's fun. I
do not think it comes out of a drive and I really don't work that hard.
``I'm a great planner, I'm very efficient in how I use my time. I
don't work that hard. But I don't ever go anywhere without a book,
either.''
Musgrave and five crewmates are scheduled to blast off this week
aboard the shuttle Atlantis for a 10-day flight to launch a military
satellite and to carry out a variety of on-board experiments. It will be
Musgrave's fourth space voyage, putting him in a select fraternity of
just 10 men who have four or more space flights to their credit.
Even so, Musgrave still experiences a certain amount of nervousness
when he blasts off.
``A launch is really frightening, it just frightens the heck out of
me,'' said Musgrave, 56. ``I don't like risks, I don't like any risk at
all. I like to minimize risks. I like to be out there, but I still like
to guarantee that I won't be over the edge.''
Musgrave, who first soloed as a pilot some 40 years ago, said he
decided to become a space flier during his second year of a surgical
internship at the University of Kentucky.
``It was at that time that I said, 'Boy, that's what I want to do in
life.'''
A thin, bald, 5-foot-10-inch native of Lexington, Ky., Musgrave made
his first flight into space on the sixth shuttle mission - the maiden
flight of the shuttle Challenger.
He and astronaut Donald Peterson became the first shuttle fliers to
walk in space during a 4-hour, 17-minute foray into the spaceship's open
payload bay.
For his second spaceflight, Musgrave was assigned to the crew of
Challenger, which took off July 29, 1985, on a weeklong science mission.
That flight was memorable because one of the shuttle's main engines shut
down during ascent, triggering a dramatic abort to a safe but lower-
than-planned orbit.
For his third mission, Musgrave and four crewmates are believed to
have launched a top-secret spy satellite from Discovery's payload bay
the morning after launch Nov. 22, 1989. He and crewmate Kathryn Thornton
were the first civilians ever named to a military shuttle mission.
Musgrave earned degrees in mathematics from Syracuse University in
1958, business administration from UCLA in 1959, chemistry from Marietta
College in 1960, medicine from Columbia in 1964, and physiology and
biophysics from the University of Kentucky in 1966.
Musgrave completed a tour in the Marine Corps, worked for Eastman
Kodak Co. in New York and earned his degrees before joining the
astronaut corps in 1967.
``It may look planned, but it isn't. I went to Syracuse and studied
mathematics and statistics. I then went to work for Eastman Kodak and
they sent me to UCLA to get better at that, and the computers led me
into medicine,'' Musgrave said.
Musgrave also is an accomplished pilot with experience in more than
150 different types of civilian and military aircraft, logging more than
18,000 hours flying time, including 6,400 in jet aircrart.
He also is an accomplished parachutist, with more than 450 free falls
to his credit, including more than 100 experimental jumps involved in a
study of human aerodynamics. He holds an International Jumpmaster Class
C License.
Married and divorced twice, Musgrave has five children: Lorelei Lisa,
28; Bradley Scott, 27, Holly Kay, 25; Christopher Todd, 24; and Lane
Linwood, 2.
He lists his hobbies as chess, flying, gardening, marathon running,
computers, sports and literary criticism.
The astronaut is a member of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, the Civil Aviation Medical Association, the
Flying Physicians Association and a variety of other organizations,
including the National Geographic Society and two gliding clubs.
Subject: Navy Lt. Cmdr. Mario Runco Jr., 39: Atlantis astronaut
Date: 19 Nov 91 05:13:05 GMT
Astronaut Mario Runco's path from college to NASA's astronaut corps
led him from the U.S. Geological Survey in New York to a stint as a New
Jersey Highway Patrol officer before an enlistment in the Navy that took
him around the world by sea.
This week, Runco is scheduled to blast off aboard the shuttle
Atlantis for a voyage that will carry him around the globe 154 times in
10 days at a speed of more than 17,000 mph.
But the career path from college to the Navy and then NASA was
sometimes rocky.
``When I was young, I was interested in science and wanted to pursue
that,'' Runco said in an interview. ``The realities of economics in
later life set in as to where I would go. I graduated from college in
'74. I sent out resumes (and) I didn't get many nibbles on the hook.
``I went back to get my master's (degree) ... and got a job with the
U.S. Geological Survey. The program I was working on had its budget cut
and I was no longer needed for the project I was working on.''
He then joined the New Jersey Highway Patrol.
``My interest was in police work only in that my brother had done it
for a while, he's a lieutenant right now on the (New York City) police
force,'' Runco said. ``So I pursued that ... and then an opportunity
presented itself with the Navy after I started down that road. So
reluctantly I gave up the state police.''
During his first voyage this week aboard Atlantis, Runco will be
responsible for carrying out a military space surveillance experiment
designed to quantify precisely what astronauts can see from orbit and to
determine how they might be useful during future missions.
As for the potential danger involved in space travel, Runco is matter
of fact.
``I'm sure there's a certain amount of tenseness in the air,'' he
said. ``My 3-year-old daughter, Maria, she knows what daddy does. When
she sees space shuttles or pictures of them, she says, 'Daddy I'm going
to ride on the shuttle with you.' So she's enthusiastic about it.
``I'm sure Sue, my wife, she's more aware of what I'm getting into
here. She's excited, she would love to be in my shoes.''
Runco was born Jan. 26, 1952, in Bronx, N.Y., but he considers
Yonkers, N.Y., to be his hometown.
He graduated from Cardinal Hayes High School in Bronx in 1970,
received a bachelor of science degree in meteorology and physical
oceanography from the City College of New York in 1974 and a master's
degree in meteorology from Rutgers University in 1976.
After earning his master's degree, Runco spent one year working as a
research hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Survey on Long Island, N.Y.
, before joining the New Jersey State Police as a state trooper.
In 1978, he joined the Navy and after completing Navy Officer
Candidate School he was commissioned and assigned to the Naval
Environmental Predication Research Facility in Monterey, Calif., as a
research meteorologist.
Between April 1981 to December 1983 Runco was a geophysics officer
aboard the Amphibious Assault Ship USS Nassau where he served as a Naval
Surface Warfare Officer.
He then spent a one-year stint as an instructor at the Navy
Geophysics Technical Readiness Laboratory on the campus of the Naval
Postgraduate School in Monterey.
In December 1985, Runco was named commander of Oceanographic Unit
Four. He then boarded the Naval Survey Vessel USNS Chauvenet for
oceanographic studies of the Indian Ocean and the Java Sea. He was
assigned as Fleet Environmental Services Officer at Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii, where he was stationed when NASA selected him as an astronaut in
1987.
Runco, married to the former Susan Kay Friess of Sylvania, Ohio, has
one child: Maria Margaret, 3. He lists his hobbies as ice hocky,
softball, snow skiing, camping, hiking and astronomy. He played college
ice hockey for the City College of New York and for Rutgers. He also is
an intermediate level hang glider pilot.
He holds the Navy Achievement Medal, the Navy Battle Efficiencey
Ribbon, two Sea Service Deployment Ribbons and the Navy Pistol Expert
Medal.
Subject: Army Lt. Col. James S. Voss, 42: Atlantis astronaut
Date: 19 Nov 91 05:13:08 GMT
The $300 million early warning satellite astronaut James Voss plans
to launch from the shuttle Atlantis this week was declassified as part
of an Air Force cost-cutting program. And Voss thinks ``that's a good
thing.''
``As an American citizen and taxpayer myself, I like to know the tax
dollars that go into the Department of Defense are doing great things
for us,'' he said in an interview. ``Sometimes it's not clear to me as a
taxpayer where it's all going.
``So when you see a fairly expensive satellite system like this
that's going up for a real good purpose, I do believe that's good for
the Department of Defense.''
Voss plans to launch the Defense Support Program -- DSP -- missile
early warning satellite six hours and 19 minutes after Atlantis's
launch. Does he feel any trepidation about his responsibility for such a
costly payload?
``I don't think I'm anxious about anything,'' he said. ``We are very
well trained. We've spent so many hours in the simulator I've gotten
where I think I remember the checklist pretty much by heart. As long as
things don't go wrong, it's a very easy deploy. We just follow the
checklist.''
Voss was born March 3, 1949, in Cordova, Ala., but he considers
Opelika, Ala., to be his hometown.
He graduated from Opelika High School and received a bachelor of
science degree in Aerospace Engineering from Auburn University in 1972
before earning a master's degree in aerospace engineering from the
University of Colorado in 1974.
After completing his undergraduate degree, Voss was commissioned as a
second lieutenant in the Army and earned his master's degree under the
Army Graduate Fellowship Program.
After completing basic training, Airborne and Range schools, Voss
served as a platoon leader, intelligence staff officer and company
commander with the 2nd Battalion 48th Infantry in Germany.
Back in the United States, Voss taught for three years at the U.S.
Military Academy before attending the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School and
the Armed Forces Staff College. He then was assigned to the Army
Aviation Engineering Flight Activity as a flight test engineer.
In 1984, Voss was detailed to NASA's Johnson Space Center where he
worked as a vehicle integration test engineer, supporting shuttle and
payload testing. After helping with the Challenger disaster
investigation, he was selected as an astronaut in June 1987.
``I believe we have made some very positive changes in the system,''
he said. ``There are a lot more managers at a high level who are
involved. It's no longer a rubber stamp. Safety is a prime concern of
everyone.
``We don't just say we're going to go fly ... we take a very careful
look at every flight and make sure everything is ready before we go fly.
That's why you've seen as many delays in our launches as you've seen.''
As an astronaut, Voss has been involved with various safety programs
and has served as a mission control ``CAPCOM,'' or capsule communicator,
relaying orders to orbiting shuttle crews.
Married to the former Suzan Curry of Birmingham, Ala., Voss has one
child, Kristie, 12. He said his family accepts the risks involved with
his profession.
``I think it's pretty much accepted,'' he said. ``We don't talk about
it too much. I think my family knows there are some risks involved. But
my daughter accepts space flight as kind of a common thing, she hears
about the space program all the time, she knows other children's daddies
who go to space and work so I think she doesn't think it's a very big
deal.
``My wife accepts me and the things I've done all my life and I don't
think she's particularly worried.''
In a short NASA biography, he listed his hobbies as flying,
woodworking, skiing, various outdoor sports, scuba diving and home-built
airplanes. He was a member of the Auburn University wrestling team.
Among his many honors and awards are the Outstanding Student Award at
the Navy Test Pilot School; the William P. Clements Jr. Award for
Excellence in Education as the Military Academy's outstanding teacher;
and the Meritorious Service Award.
Subject: Army Chief Warrant Officer Thomas J. Hennen, 39: Atlantis astronaut
Date: 19 Nov 91 05:13:13 GMT
Chief Warrant Officer Thomas Hennen, scheduled to blast off this week
aboard the shuttle Atlantis to conduct space surveillance research,
became one of the Army's leading military image analysts the hard way.
He was drafted.
``I got drafted into the Army in 1972,'' Hennen said in a recent
interview. ``You didn't pick what you wanted to do. They told me I was
going to be an imagery analyst. It's been a great job.''
Apparently so. He was selected to fly aboard Atlantis from a pool of
some 700 equally qualified image analysts to conduct a military space
surveillance experiment.
``I never aspired to be a crew member on the shuttle,'' he said. ``I
never thought I would have this opportunity. So coming in this way, I'm
ecstatic.
``Performing this sort of a job for the Army, it caps an amazing
career that the Army has allowed me to pursue. This is kind of the icing
on the cake. I can't think of anything that even comes close to matching
this experience. My family and friends are all ecstatic and I'm
overwhelmed. I just can't wait.''
Hennen, 39, and five NASA astronauts are scheduled to spend 10 days
in orbit to launch a military early warning satellite and to conduct on-
board experiments. Hennen was added to the crew to conduct an
experimenmt called Terra Scout.
Using special video equipment, Hennen plans to study a variety of
ground targets to help designers improve satellite sensors.
``Terra Scout is a research and development experiment,'' he said.
``What we're trying to do is document the manner in which a human
observes and more specifically, analyzes data. What we want to do is
translate that data into computer-assisted sensing systems. What we want
to do is make smart sensors.''
The ultimate goal is to ``incorporate the human imagery analysis
skill into a sensing device to make it autonomous.''
And that could lead to better spy satellites.
Hennen was born Aug. 17, 1952, in Albany, Ga., but he considers
Columbus, Ohio, to be his hometown.
After graduating from Groveport-Madison High School in Groveport,
Ohio, Hennen attended Urbana College for two years before joining the
Army. Between 1973 and 1987, he completed 24 military courses during
various assignments, including 13 directly related to image analysis and
intelligence gathering.
He is an honor graduate of the 5th U.S. Non-Commissioned Officers
Academy and a ``distinguished graduate'' of several other courses.
Hennen has more than 18 years of Army experience as an image analyst.
Between 1973 and 1975, he was assigned to the 163rd Military
Intelligence Battalion at Fort Hood, Texas, before a completing a two-
year stint as the Operations NCO for the 203rd Militay Intelligence
Detachment in support of 1st Calvary Division, 2nd Armor Division and
Headquarters III Corp.
Hennen then spent three years with the 2nd Military Intelligence
Battalion as the NCO in charge of a key analysis team. Between 1981 and
1986, he was stationed at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., where he helped develop
Army imagery interpretation courses.
In September 1988, Hennen was selected as a space shuttle payload
specialist and in March 1989 he began training for the Terra Scout
program.
``I think others can do equally well,'' he said. ``Initially there
was a pool of 700 imagery analyst in the Army who were considered for
the job. I was as surprised as anyone. I'm honored, I'm ecstatic and I
feel extremely lucky.''
Asked if he felt any trepidation about riding a rocket into space,
Hennen said he wasn't sure.
``For the four of us who've never flown before, we don't know whether
we're scared,'' he said. ``It's kind of like the beginning of a real
important ball game where your stomach's kind of knotted and the
adrenaline's flowing.''
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| 525.52 | First group of propospective astronauts to arrive at JSC | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Thu Dec 05 1991 14:49 | 36 |
| Barbara Schwartz December 3, 1991
Release No. 91-085
The first of several groups of prospective astronauts will be at
Johnson Space Center (JSC) the week of Dec. 8 for orientation,
interviews, and medical evaluations.
Approximately 90 of more than 2200 applicants are expected to be
interviewed during December and January for a chance to be among
the final 12 to 19 who will be named as astronaut candidates next
spring. Those selected will join 6 international astronaut
candidates representing Canada, Japan, and the European Space
Agency for training at JSC beginning later in 1992.
The first group of 22 will consist of Jeffrey E. Anderson, M.D.,
of Chicago, IL; Daniel T. Barry, Ph.D., M.D., of Ann Arbor, MI;
Roger D. Billica, M.D., of JSC; Charles E. Brady (Cdr., USN) of
Oak Harbor, WA; Charles M. Buntin, Ph.D., of JSC; Catherine G.
Coleman (Capt., USAF) of Dayton, OH; Robert E. Fishman, Ph.D., of
Mill Valley, CA; Michael L. Gernhardt of Webster, TX; Lincoln J.
Greenhill, Ph.D., of Kensington, CA; John M. Grunsfeld, Ph.D., of
Pasadena, CA; G. Richard Holt, M.D., of San Antonio, TX; Richard
T. Jennings, M.D., of JSC; Scott L. Klakamp, Ph.D., of Pasadena,
CA; Taylor W. Lawrence of Livermore, CA; Issac Maya, Ph.D., of
Gainesville, FL; Jan R. Rogers of Marshall Space Flight Center
(MSFC) in Huntsville, AL; Allison C. Sandlin, Ph.D., of
Fredericksburg, VA; Stephen A. Shoop, M.D., of Los Angeles, CA;
Mark L. Sobczak (Lcdr., USN) of Oakton, VA: Andrew S. W. Thomas,
Ph.D., of Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA; Richard J.
Tubb (Maj., USAF) of Lebanon, IL; and Dennis S. Tucker, Ph.D., of
MSFC in Huntsville, AL.
Astronaut candidate selections are conducted on a biennial
basis. The number of candidates selected depends upon the Space
Shuttle flight rate, overall program requirements, and astronaut
attrition.
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| 525.53 | Payload crew named for Spacelab Life Sciences-2 Mission (STS-58) | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Dec 09 1991 15:26 | 35 |
| Mark Hess
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. December 6, 1991
Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
RELEASE: 91-201
Two additional NASA astronauts and three payload specialists have
been named as payload crew for the Spacelab Life Sciences-2 mission, STS-
58, set for launch in mid 1993.
Joining Payload Commander Rhea Seddon, M.D., as mission
specialists are three-time space flight veteran Shannon Lucid, Ph.D., and
David Wolf, M.D., astronaut class of 1990.
Named as payload specialist candidates for the 7-day flight aboard
Columbia are Jay Buckey, M.D., an assistant professor at the University of
Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas; Martin J. Fettman, D.V.M., an
associate professor, Colorado State University, Fort Collins; and Laurence
Young, Sc.D., professor and Director, Man-Vehicle Laboratory,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.
After further training and evaluation, one of the payload specialist
candiates will be selected to fly as the prime payloads specialist and the
others will support the mission from the ground as backups.
The SLS-2 mission will be the second Shuttle Spacelab mission
dedicated to the investigation of the effects of microgravity on human
physiology. SLS-1, flown in June of this year, was the first such Spacelab
mission. Life sciences experiments and flight techniques developed on
missions such as SLS-2 are precursors for research that will be done on
Space Station Freedom. These investigations are crucial if humans are to
live and work in space safely and effectively.
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| 525.54 | NASA astronauts receive international aeronautics award | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Dec 16 1991 20:03 | 40 |
| Don Savage
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. December 11, 1991
RELEASE: 91-202
Members of three Space Shuttle crews were honored today
with the "Vladimir M. Komarov Diploma" by the National
Aeronautic Association for their "outstanding achievements in
the field of exploration of outer space." The award, from the
Council of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI),
was presented during a ceremony at NASA Headquarters,
Washington, D.C.
Representing the members of the Shuttle crews at the
ceremony were the January 1990 STS-32 Shuttle mission
Commander Daniel C. Brandenstein and Mission Specialist Bonnie
J. Dunbar; members of the STS-35 mission crew in December
1990, Commander Vance D. Brand, Mission Specialists Jeffrey A.
Hoffman, John M. Lounge and Robert A. Parker and Payload
Specialist Ronald A. Parise; and members of the crew of the
October 1990 STS-41 Shuttle mission Commander Richard N.
Richards and Mission Specialists Bruce E. Melnick and Thomas
D. Akers.
During the STS-32 mission, the crew retrieved the Long
Duration Exposure Facility, which was deployed in 1984 and
designed to hold many experiments testing long-duration
exposure to the environment of space. The STS-35 mission
carried the ASTRO-1 astrophysics observatory in the payload
bay, which gathered data on a variety of celestial objects
during the 9-day mission. The joint NASA/European Space
Agency's Ulysses spacecraft was deployed by the STS-41 crew on
its mission to study the sun from above and below the solar
poles.
The Komarov Diploma was established in 1970 by the FAI in
honor of Soviet Cosmonaut Vladimir M. Komarov who lost his
life while serving on the flight of Soyuz 1 in 1967. It is
given for outstanding achievements in the field of exploration
of outer space.
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| 525.55 | Second group of prospective astronauts to arrive at JSC | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Fri Dec 20 1991 00:03 | 43 |
|
Barbara Schwartz December 11, 1991
RELEASE NO. 91-089
SECOND GROUP OF PROSPECTIVE ASTRONAUTS TO ARRIVE AT JSC
The second of several groups of prospective astronauts will
be at Johnson Space Center (JSC) the week of Dec. 15 for
orientation, interviews, and medical evaluations.
Approximately 90 of more than 2200 applicants are expected to
be interviewed during December and January for a chance to be
among the final 12 to 19 who will be named as astronaut
candidates next spring. Those selected will join 6
international astronaut candidates representing Canada,
Japan, and the European Space Agency for training at JSC
beginning later in 1992.
The second group of 22 will consist of David M. Delonga
(LCdr., USN) of Stonington, CT; David R. Forrest of Natrona
Heights, PA; Clark B. Freise (Lt., USN) of Waldorf, MD; Laura
E. Kay, Ph.D., of New York, NY; Arthur Kreitenberg, M.D., of
Los Angeles, CA; Wendy B. Lawrence (LCdr., USN) of
Crownsville, MD; Barry J. Linder, M.D., of San Francisco, CA;
Jerry M. Linenger (Cdr., USN) of Coronado, CA; Samuel A.
Lowry, Ph.D., of Huntsville, AL; Mark G. McKenney, M.D., of
S. Miami, FL; William T. Norfleet, M.D., of JSC; Scott E.
Parazynski, M.D., of Evergreen, CO; Larry J. Pepper, M.D., of
JSC; Mark E. Perry, Ph.D., of Alexandria, VA; Ronald F.
Schaefer, M.D., of Pasadena, CA; Charles D. Schaper, Ph.D.,
of Palo Alto, CA; Ann Marie Schuler, Ph.D., of Marina del
Rey, CA; Piers J. Sellers, Ph.D., of Goddard Space Flight
Center in Greenbelt, MD; David M. Shemwell, Ph.D., of Seattle
WA; Steven L. Smith of JSC; J. Mark Stevenson of San Diego,
CA; and Albert S. Yen of Jet Propulsion Laboratory in
Pasadena, CA.
Astronaut candidate selections are conducted on a biennial
basis. The number of candidates selected depends upon the
Space Shuttle flight rate, overall program requirements, and
astronaut attrition.
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| 525.56 | Short bios on STS 42 astros | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Wed Jan 22 1992 20:50 | 565 |
| Subject: Air Force Col. Ronald J. Grabe, 46: Discovery commander
Date: 22 Jan 92 05:05:22 GMT
Veteran astronaut Ronald Grabe sees his flight this week aboard the
shuttle Discovery as a bridge between short-duration flights aboard
NASA's orbiter and permanently manned operations aboard the agency's
planned space station.
Grabe, 46, and six crewmates plan to spend a week in orbit aboard
Discovery, working around the clock in two shifts to carry out a
smorgasbord of experiments inside a roomy Spacelab module mounted in the
shuttle's cargo bay.
``I really think that these Spacelab ... flights, using the orbiter
as a vehicle to put a laboratory up there in space to do scientific
experimentation, is really where that cutting edge lies with regard to
being able to make new discoveries ... prior to space station,'' Grabe
said in an interview.
Despite years of learning about the shuttle in the pursuit of manned
space flight, Grabe remains fascinated by the unmanned exploration of
the solar system and the ingenious robot probes that serve as the
servants of science in deep space.
``I marvel at that,'' Grabe said. ``These machines are tremendously
complex. The design effort that goes into them and the operational
effort that goes into sustaining them over the years, these are
remarkable technological achievements and for people who are not
directly associated with the design of the satellites themselves,
they're almost beyond comprehension as to how they work.''
Grabe, veteran of a secret military mission aboard the shuttle
Atlantis in October 1985, served as co-pilot of Atlantis again in May
1989 and helped launch the highly successful Magellan probe to Venus.
Born in New York City, Grabe earned a bachelor of science degree in
engineering from the Air Force Academy in 1966 and studied aeronautics
as a Fulbright Scholar at the Technische Hochschule, Darmstadt, West
Germany, in 1967.
After finishing his stint in Europe, Grabe returned to the United
States in 1967 to complete pilot training at Randolph Air Force Base,
Texas.
In 1969, the future astronaut was assigned as an F-100 pilot
stationed at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam, where he flew 200 combat
missions.
Grabe attended the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force
Base, Calif., in 1974 and was assigned to the Flight Test Center there
as a pilot for the A-7 jet and the F-111.
He served as program manager and chief project pilot in a program to
evaluate digital flight control systems for tactical fighter jets. He
later served as an exchange test pilot with the Royal Air Force at
Boscombe Down, Great Britain, from 1976 to 1979 and was selected as an
astronaut in May 1980.
Married to the former Marijo Landon, Grabe has two children, Hilary
and Alison. He said his family has been supportive and, ``the kids think
it's great to have a father that's an astronaut.'' But he said the
memory of the Challenger disaster probably will make his family more
nervous this time around.
``Certainly, the Challenger accident brought that home very vividly
to them,'' he said before his second flight. ``Our children go to school
with some of the children of the victims of the Challenger accident. So
perhaps there's a little more apprehension on their part this time
around.''
Reflecting on his third space voyage, Grabe said he felt privileged
to have the opportunity to experience the thrill of launch and the
serene pleasure of weightlessness.
``The two times that I've flown before, the overriding impression
that I get on those rare occasions where you have the opportunity to sit
back and look at the Earth pass majestically by underneath you, I'm
uniquely aware of the sense of privilege all of us feel,'' he said.
``There have only been a couple of hundred folks who have been able
to experience that vantage point and you can't help when you're
confronted by it, to sit back and say to yourself, 'Boy, I really am
lucky.'''
As for what he looks forward to the most for his third flight, Grabe
said, ``I don't know if there's a single factor I can point to.''
``The ascent is truly exhilarating, it's the most exciting airplane
or rocketship-type experience that I've ever participated in,'' he said.
``After that, floating around the Earth has its own majestic serenity
that brings a sort of calmness to the individual as you sit down and
reflect on what you're looking at down below.
``And of course, the entry and landing phase, there's just something
tremendously satisfying and fulfilling about that as well.''
Subject: Stephen S. Oswald, 40: Discovery co-pilot
Date: 22 Jan 92 05:05:23 GMT
Shuttle Discovery co-pilot Stephen Oswald says the high cost of space
flight will make international ventures more common in the years ahead,
providing ``more bang for the buck'' when it comes to orbital science.
Oswald, 40, and six crewmates are scheduled to spend a week aboard
Discovery, working in two shifts around the clock to carry out a battery
of international experiements inside a roomy European-built Spacelab
module.
The international flavor of the 45th shuttle mission is not lost on
Oswald, who said it makes good economic sense for space-faring nations
to pool their resources.
``This is an expensive situation. We've got our economic problems on
the homefront and just about every country around has got those kinds of
problems to some degree or another,'' he said.
``So when you start combining the economies of multiple nations to
put these kinds of shows together, I think you're going to get a lot
more bang for the buck. The world is shrinking. We're all in this
together.''
Born June 30, 1951, in Seattle, Oswald considers Bellingham, Wash.,
to be his home town. Asked what he looked forward to the most in terms
of Earth views, he quickly said, ``Oh, man, if I can get a clear day
over Puget Sound, that would be great; I'm from that neck of the woods.
``But the chances of having a real clear day in January up there are
probably pretty slim,'' he said. ``But coming from the Northwest and
West Coast in general, I've seen the country from the air, and it's
still breathtaking to be looking up and down the West Coast just from an
airplane on a clear day.
``Being able to see that kind of view from 150 miles up will be
great.''
After graduating from Bellingham High School, Oswald attended the U.
S. Naval Academy, graduating in 1973 with a degree in aerospace
enginering. One year later, he earned his wings at the Kingsville,
Texas, Naval Air Station.
After training to fly A-7 jet fighters, Oswald served as a Corsair 2
pilot aboard the USS Midway in the Pacific Ocean between 1975 and 1977.
He then went to the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, Md.,
in 1978.
Following graduation, he remained at Patuxent, serving as a test
pilot flying A-7 and F/A-18 hornet jets through 1981. Oswald briefly
served as an F/A-18 instructor in Lemoore, Calif., before resigning from
active duty and joining Westinghouse Electric Corp. as a test pilot.
During his stint with Westinghouse, Oswald was involved in testing
airborne weapons systems, including F-16 and B1-B radar systems. He has
logged more than 4,700 hours flying time in 38 types of aircraft.
In 1984, Oswald was hired by NASA to serve as an aerospace engineer
and instructor pilot. He was selected to begin training as an astronaut
in 1985. Prior to his first shuttle flight assignment, Oswald served as
an astronaut representative at the Kennedy Space Center and worked on
the post-Challenger booster redesign program.
Unlike many astronauts, Oswald said he never harbored dreams of
spaceflight when he was young and that it was only after joining the
Navy and test flying jets that he began to think about space travel.
``There are some folks in the office who apparently have wanted to do
this since they were 3 feet tall. But I'm not one of those guys,'' he
said. ``I remember distinctly looking at a Mercury capsule they were
hauling around the country. I was maybe only 12. It was real small and I
had no desire to get into that thing.
But in 1978, NASA began hiring astronauts to fly the space shuttle.
For a test pilot like Oswald, the allure was irresistable. But it wasn't
easy.
``I applied in '80 and didn't get selected. I applied in '84 and
didn't get selected again, and finally they got tired of hearing me
apply and in '85 they selected me,'' he said. ``It hasn't been the dream
of a lifetime, but it's certainly something I've been thinking about for
the past decade or so.''
Married to the former Diane K. Kalklosch of Fullerton, Calif., Oswald
has three children: Monique Marie, 16; Janna May, 9; and Scott Andrew,
5. He said his family did not appear to be overly anxious about the
dangers associated with space flight.
``I think everybody's looking forward to it. They've got the right
attitude,'' he said. ``They're looking forward to going down and getting
to see a lot of friends and relatives that they haven't seen for a while
and they're excited about getting this first flight going just like I
am. They're a good troop.''
In a short NASA biography, Oswald listed his hobbies as hunting,
fishing, skiing, racquetball and running. He is a member of the Society
of Experimental Test Pilots and the Naval Reserve Association.
Subject: Norman E. Thagard M.D., 48: Discovery astronaut
Date: 22 Jan 92 05:05:25 GMT
Despite three previous space flights, astronaut Norman Thagard, a jet
pilot, electronics wizard and physician, takes special pride in his
selection to the crew of the shuttle Discovery.
Thagard and six crewmates plan to spend a week in orbit conducting
medical and engineering research on the effects of weightlessness.
``The thing that is different this time is ... I'm really involved in
science on a sophisticated level,'' Thagard, 48, said in an interview.
``On my first flight, my most important job was ... looking at space
motion sickness. I'm doing some more of that this time, but this time,
I've really go some sophisticated hardware to work with and I'm much
more heavily involved in real sophisticated science.
``My second and third flight, I was the flight engineer and that ...
obviously was not a science role. But this time, I'm right in the middle
of all of it. That is certainly a new thing to me.''
Discovery's mission has a clearly international flavor: two of
Thagard's crewmates are from other countries - Canada and Germany - and
the crew's Spacelab experiments came from six space agencies around the
world. And more international flights will be needed in the future.
``We're having our own budgetary problems in this country and to the
extent that we can make this an international and cooperative program
with money from our international partners, we're going to be better
off,'' Thagard said.
``So I hope that we continue to do it and do more of it. The fact is,
space is expensive and some of the things we'd like to do, going to
Mars, for instance, probably on a financial footing require an
international effort. So I'm glad we're doing it and I want us to do
more.''
Thagard first flew in space aboard the shuttle Challenger in June
1983. Among his crewmates for the seventh flight in the shuttle program
was Sally Ride, the first American woman in space.
He second space flight came in April 1985 when he and six crewmates
took off aboard Challenger for a successful Spacelab science mission.
His third flight was in May 1989 when he helped launch the Magellan
probe to Venus.
With his fourth flight this week, Thagard will become one of only 11
men to have flown in space four times. But the astronauts said before
launch that he plans to call it quits after this mission to pursue a
teaching career.
Thagard, the son of a Florida truck driver, was reared by his father
and grandfather after his mother left following a divorce. As a child he
showed a mechanical bent and earned bachelor and master's degrees in
engineering from Florida State University. He was pursuing a doctorate
in electrical engineering before he switched to medicine.
After receiving his master's degree, Thagard went on active duty with
the Marines in 1966 and won his pilot's wings in 1968 with the rank of
captain. He flew 163 combat missions over Vietnam in 1969 and 1970.
When he returned to civilian life, Thagard remembered his family
always had wanted him to become a doctor. So the entered the University
of Texas Southwestern Medical School and got his degree in 1977.
Thagard was a medical intern at the University of South Carolina's
Department of Internal Medicine when his wife, Rex, heard reports the
space agency was looking for mission specialists for future flights. She
sent in his application because he was working long hours as an intern
and was too tired to present the information.
``I was real busy ... doing 90 hours a week in the hospital,''
Thagard recalled. ``She knew what my attitude was, that anytime NASA
took applications for astronauts again and I felt like I had a chance I
was going to apply.''
His timing was perfect and Thagard became an astronaut in 1978. He
quickly impressed his colleagues in NASA's astronaut office with his
intellectual prowess.
``Norm Thagard came in with me in '78,'' said David Walker, commander
of Thagard's third mission. ``He has a varied background: an M.D., ex-
Marine fighter pilot, one of the few people I know who's truly brilliant
in multiple areas.
``Norm's an excellent physician and he's also a certifiable computer
wizard and audio component wizard. He builds his own amplifiers from
scratch. He really can do anything he sets his mind to and he sets his
mind to a lot of different things. His mind's just like a databank.''
Thagard is a musical devotee, with a special liking for classical and
rock music. He announced before his first flight that he planned to take
along a recording of Gustav Holtz's ``The Planets'' and a rock rendition
by the group Devo.
Subject: William F. Readdy, 39: Discovery astronaut
Date: 22 Jan 92 05:05:29 GMT
Astronaut William Readdy, a crack naval test pilot with more than 4,
500 hours flying time and 550 carrier landings to his credit, can't wait
to look out the shuttle Discovery's cockpit windows after launch on his
first space mission.
``Probably the first look out the window is going to be the real
thrill of the mission,'' Readdy, 39, said in an interview. ``When the
main engines cut off and you're in zero gravity for the first time and
you look out the window, I think the combination of all those things is
probably going to be the real thrill of a lifetime.
``And then after that, from what people tell me, you just can't tear
yourself from the window when it's time to go to sleep. The picture
always changes.''
Despite his skills as a high-performance jet pilot, Readdy's role
aboard Discovery will be that of flight engineer during ascent and re-
entry. In between, his responsibilities include keeping Discovery
shipshape for crewmates carrying out scientific research in a Spacelab
module housed in the shuttle's cargo bay.
Readdy and his six crewmates began training in January 1990 for a flight
aboard the shuttle Columbia that originally was scheduled for liftoff
the following November. But for a variety of reasons, the mission was
reassigned to Discovery, shortened from 10 days to seven and delayed to
this month.
The flight originally was scheduled to use an orbit that would never
carry the shuttle more than 28.5 degrees to either side of the equator.
But after the mission was reassigned from Columbia to Discovery, the
orbital ``inclination'' was changed to 57 degrees.
``So we're going to fly over just a tremendously interesting part of
the world,'' Readdy said.
Because of budget constraints and the high cost of NASA's planned
space station, the space agency does not plan to build any new shuttles.
But Readdy believes the current four-orbiter fleet ``will last us well
into the next century.''
``My last flying job in the Navy, I was flying A-6 Intruders off the
USS Coral Sea,'' he said. ``The USS Coral Sea was, at that time, about
45 years old and the airplane was somewhere around 25 to 30. Both of
those ... receive an awful lot of punishment. Those managed quite well.''
But even the tender loving care given to Navy jet fighters pales in
comparison to the care shown to NASA's shuttle fleet ``and there's no
reason in my mind why they shouldn't last well into the next century.''
``Those things are pristine,'' Readdy said. ``I'm real comfortable
with the care and attention the orbiters get.''
Readdy and his wife, the former Colleen Nevius, are expecting their
first child in June. Asked if his wife was nervous about his upcoming
launch aboard Discovery, Readdy said, ``I think she's pretty excited
about the whole thing.''
But he quickly added that his wife ``is kind of a ringer in that
respect. She's a helicopter test pilot.''
Readdy was born Jan. 24, 1952, in Quonset Point, R.I., but he
considers McClean, Va., to be his hometown.
After graduating from McLean High School in 1970, he earned an
undergraduate degree in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Naval
Academy in 1974 and won his wings in 1975 at Beeville, Texas.
Trained at the Oceana Naval Air Station, Va., to fly A-6 Intruders,
Readdy was assigned to Attack Squadron 85 aboard the USS Forrestal in
the North Atlantic and Mediterranean from 1976 until 1980.
He then completed test pilot training at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot
School at Patuxent River, Md., and went on to serve as manager and
project pilot for test programs conducted by the Strike Aircraft
Directorate.
After a short stint as an instructor at Patuxent River, Readdy
reported, in 1984, to the USS Coral Sea to fly A-6 and F/A-18 Hornet jet
fighters.
Two years later, he accepted a reserve commission to become a NASA
research pilot. He has logged more than 4,500 hours flying more than 50
types of aircraft and helicopters and is a veteran of some 550 aircraft
carrier landings.
In 1987, Readdy was selected for astronaut training and now is
qualified to serve as a shuttle pilot.
A member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and the American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Readdy holds the Navy
Commendation Medal, the Navy Expeditionary Medal and a variety of other
awards. He was a distinguished graduate of Naval test pilot school.
In a NASA biography, Readdy listed his hobbies as sailing, racquet
sports and soaring.
Subject: Marine Col. David C. Hilmers, 41: Discovery astronaut
Date: 22 Jan 92 05:05:30 GMT
Astronaut David Hilmers was named to the crew of the shuttle
Discovery under tragic circumstances, called in to replace fellow
astronaut Manley ``Sonny'' Carter, who was killed in a commuter airliner
crash.
And Hilmers, respected for his computer-like brain and mastery of the
shuttle's many systems, plans to live up to his fallen comrade's high
standards.
``Sonny was a one-of-a-kind individual, he was someone none of us
will ever forget, someone who had some unique and wonderful qualities
and characteristics,'' Hilmers said in an interview.
``I feel personally, totally inadequate to step into his shoes, but I
feel wonderfully blessed that I've had the opportunity. I'll be trying
my best and we'll be thinking of Sonny when we're up there.''
Hilmers and six crewmates are scheduled to spend seven days in orbit
aboard Discovery starting this week, working in two round-the-clock
shifts to carry out scientific experiments inside a European-built
Spacelab module mounted in the shuttle's cargo bay.
Despite being named to the crew well after training had begun,
Hilmers said he is finally up to speed for what promises to be an
exceedingly complex mission.
``I'm really surprised it's worked out as well as it has,'' he said.
``Normally for Spacelab missions, crews are assigned about 18 months
beforehand. I had a pretty late start. I think one of the advantages I
had was that so much of the work had already been done. The procedures
had been written.
``My job really was to just learn all the procedures that had been
already produced. I think my catch up time went pretty much through the
summer. By about September, I was up to speed. I feel like I'm there.''
Hilmers, who turns 42 Jan. 28 -- the sixth anniversary of the
Challenger disaster -- is a veteran of three previous shuttle missions:
two classified military flights and the first post-Challenger mission in
September 1988. He plans to retire from NASA after his fourth fight this
week aboard Discovery.
Fond of riding a bicycle around the Johnson Space Center, Hilmers is
viewed by his colleagues as a ``walking computer'' who is more than up
to the task of keeping track of what the various shuttle systems are
doing during flight.
In an interview before the first post-Challenger mission, he said the
importance of a shuttle mission - and the associated risks - are never
far from his mind.
``I think a lot of (my prelaunch) thoughts will be on what my
family's thinking, what kind of anxieties are going through their minds,
'' he said. ``There'll be some thoughts about lost opportunities. Mostly
I think we'll be thinking about what's going on, what's about to occur.''
As Hilmers begins discussing what it is like to blast off aboard a
shuttle, he grows animated, smiling and talking slightly faster than
usual.
``It's just the most incredible thought in the world to think that
eight minutes after you lift off you're going to be in space, in zero
gravity. To go from perfectly normal, if you can be normal strapped into
(a shuttle), up to zero gravity, to be looking down on the Earth in
eight minutes kind of boggles the mind.
``I think that sense of anticipation is going to be something that's
going through my mind again as it was the first time,'' he said.
Born in Clinton, Iowa, Hilmers considers DeWitt, Iowa, to be his home
town. He graduated with a degree in mathematics from Cornell College in
1972 and went on to earn a master's in electrical engineering in 1978
from the Naval Postgraduate School.
Hilmers graduated summa cum laude from Cornell and was named to Phi
Beta Kappa. He was named Outstanding Athlete at Cornell in 1972 and
graduated first in his class from the Marine Corps Basic School, Basic
and Advanced Naval Flight Officer Flight School, and A-6 jet crewman
classes.
He also was first in his class at the Naval Postgraduate School.
Hilmers said before his second flight that he viewed his assignment
as a chance to show young people the value of hard work and service to
country.
``We've talked a lot about negatives to our young people, 'Don't do
this. Say no to drugs.' That sort of thing. We don't say a lot positive
often to our kids. I think we ought to be saying 'yes' to goals for the
future. We ought to be saying 'yes' to service to your country.
``I think if anything, getting the space program back on track again
will enthuse them with a new excitement about that.''
Hilmers entered active duty with the United States Marine Corps in
July 1972. He then was assigned to the Marine Corps Air Station at
Cherry Point, N.C.
At the time of his selection as an astronaut in May 1980, Hilmers was
stationed with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing in El Toro, Calif.
He is married to the former Lynn Beneke of Vinton, Iowa, and the
couple has two children, Matthew, 15, and Daniel, 12. Hilmers lists his
hobbies as playing piano, gardening, electronics and sports.
Subject: Roberta Bondar, 46: Canadian astronaut
Date: 22 Jan 92 05:05:27 GMT
Roberta Bondar, a neurologist who enjoys hot air ballooning and
target shooting, first began dreaming about space travel when she was a
child growing up in Ontario. This week, her dream turns into reality
with a ride aboard the space shuttle Discovery.
Bondar, who holds a medical degree and a doctorate in neurobiology,
will become the second Canadian to fly in space during a seven-day
voyage aboard Discovery devoted to engineering research and experiments
to learn more about the effects of weightlessness on human physiology.
In an interview, Bondar said her interest in space flight began when
she was about 8 years old.
``When I looked up into the heavens and saw the early reflecting
satellites go by, it really stirred my thoughts, my passions, for
flying,'' she said. ``I couldn't wait for the night sky to look at the
stars and think about things. So it's been a lifelong dream of mine,
it's something that I can't explain.
``I can just tell you that from an early age, I was very, very moved
by the things that we were doing to access space and I really wanted to
be part of it.''
Her dream came true when she was named to serve as a payload
specialist aboard Discovery, joining five NASA astronauts and German
physicist Ulf Merbold. She still remembers her excited reaction to
learning of her assignment.
``I was in Toronto, Canada, I was home for the weekend, and I
received a phone call from the president of the Canadian Space agency,''
she said. ``Like all Canadians, we tend to be very conservative.
``A friend was there who grabbed a camera when the phone call came
through and there's a nice shot of me in mid air screaming and yelling
at this man on the phone, 'I'm in, I'm in!' It was a very emotional
moment. I don't often cry, but I think I sort of lost it then.''
Asked what she looked forward to most about flying in space, Bondar
said it was a tossup between the thrill of launch and looking at the
Earth from orbit. Discovery's planned orbit will carry it as far north
as 57 degrees north latitude, allowing Bondar to fly over much of
Canada.
``The drawback, of course, is that we'll be flying in winter,'' she
said. ``But it's going to be just a great experience on ascent. I'm just
looking forward to it so much.''
Bondar and her crewmates are scheduled to work around the clock in
two shifts to carry out a variety of experiments in a European-built
Spacelab module mounted in Discovery's cargo bay. Bondar sees her
presence on the flight, and the inclusion of several Canadian
experiments, as a major step forward for Canada's space program.
``It's a wonderful opportunity for Canada to be involved in a
Spacelab mission,'' she said. ``An international mission means that our
scientists, our science, our people and our astronaut program are being
put to a big test. I think it's a wonderful opportunity for the young
people of Canada to know there are exciting programs Canadians can be
involved in.''
Bondar was born Dec. 4, 1945, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada,
where she attended elementary and secondary school.
She then earned an undergraduate degree in zoology and agriculture
from the University of Guelph in 1968; a master's degree in experimental
pathology from the University of Western Ontario in 1971; and a
doctorate in neurobiology from the University of Toronto in 1974.
As if that wasn't enough, Bondar went on to early a doctor of
medicine degree in 1977 from McMaster University and was admitted as a
fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in
1981.
A hot air balloonist and marksman who enjoys flying, canoeing and
cross-country skiing, Bondar worked for six years with the then federal
fisheries and Forestry Department, concentrating on the genetics of the
spruce budworm.
After an internship at Toronto General Hospital, she completed her
post-graduate medical training in neurology and was appointed assistant
professor of medicine and director of the Multiple Sclerosis Clinic for
the Hamilton-Wentworth Region at McMaster University in 1982.
Two years later, Bondar joined the Canadian Space Agency and in 1985
was named chairperson of the Canadian Life Sciences Subcommittee for
Space Station.
She also is a civil aviation medical examiner and a member of the
staff at Sunnybrook Hospital, where she conducts research on the blood
flow to the brain in stroke patients.
Bondar, who is single, has won a variety of fellowships, honors and
awards during her career, including the Vanier Award for her selection
as an outstanding young Canadian in 1985; the F.W. Baldwin Award in 1985
for a paper in the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal.
She is a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of
Canada and the American Academy of Neurology. Other organizations
include the Canadian Neurological Society, the Canadian Aeronautics and
Space Institute, the Flying Ninety-Nines International Women Pilots
Association and the American Society for Gravitational and Space
Biology.
Subject: Ulf Merbold, 50: European astronaut
Date: 22 Jan 92 05:05:28 GMT
German physicist Ulf Merbold, who became the first European to fly on
the space shuttle in 1983, will become the first to fly twice when he
blasts off aboard the shuttle Discovery this week on a seven-day
Spacelab science mission.
While most U.S. astronauts tend to be matter of fact about the
experience of space flight, Merbold, 50, takes a more philosophical
view, saying the view of an Earth without any borders reveals the
fragility of life.
``I'm really looking forward to seeing the planet from a distance
again,'' he said. ``I have to admit, the experience I had on (my first
flight) changed my views dramatically. I think as long as I have lived
in Europe, there is a tendency to see your own country as the center of
the universe.
``Then you go up in orbit and it takes only a minute to pass over
Germany and another minute to pass over another European country and you
see all the wonders of this planet, the features of the landscape, the
rivers, the coastline, but you don't see the borderlines which are so
prominent in all of our human-made maps. They don't exist in reality.
``These kinds of things in a way trigger a lot of thoughts. I think
spaceflight has a very philosophical dimension in the way it changes
your view from a narrow one to a global view and at the end you see the
planet as a kind of spacecraft for all of us.''
Merbold became the first European to fly aboard the space shuttle,
blasting off in November 1983 aboard the shuttle Columbia for the first
flight of a European-built Spacelab module.
His second voyage this week aboard Discovery also features a Spacelab
module, this one packed with engineering and medical experiments to
learn more about the effects of weightlessness. His busy schedule will
leave little time to enjoy the view.
``During the duty hours, there's almost no time to watch the world,
reflect or talk to other people,'' Merbold said. ``We are committed to
do our very best to acquire significant data for every scientist. We
should not forget that they all spent years of their lives to prepare
their experiment and now they are waiting to get the data.
``But fortunately enough, we operate in two shifts and after the
handover I think there is enough time to go upstairs and see the world.''
In an interview before his first flight, Merbold said he was
attracted to the idea of spaceflight when the then-Soviet Union launched
Sputnik in 1957.
``I was really fascinated that human beings suddenly put a little
artificial moon in orbit,'' Merbold said.
He grew more excited when Americans began flying to the moon and back
safely.
``To me, it was extremely attractive,'' he said. ``At that time, I
certainly did not expect to go into space myself because it was a race
between the superpowers and as a European citizen I thought there would
be no chance to be involved in it.''
Merbold was born in Greiz, East Germany. He later moved to West
Germany, where he received undergraduate and doctorate degrees in
physics from Stuttgart University. He worked with the renowned Max
Planck Institute for a decade before considering a space career.
The unification of East and West Germany is a welcome development for
Merbold, who has roots on both sides of the former Iron Curtain. But he
said the unification process could divert funds from German space
research until conditios in the former East Germany improve.
``I think for the very near future, there is a money problem in
Germany,'' Merbold said. ``And I think the federal government is taking
the right position by investing a lot of billions into the
infrastructure of East Germany ... such that private investment is
attracted.
``That may, in a way, slow down the growth of the space budget for
limited period of time (but) I'm pretty confident that in three or four
years, the economy in East Germany will pick up.''
Merbold's interest in space began while he was a college student at
the Max Planck Institute.
``It was a very intellectual atmosphere and I liked it a lot, but
nevertheless, after 10 years of solid state physics I felt I should make
a decision to either continue at that institute ... or start something
new,'' Merbold said before his first shuttle flight.
``It happened by coincidence that in all major German newspapers
there was an ad that offered (a chance to fly on) Spacelab for young and
qualified scientists. I said 'Gee, that sounds interesting' and I
applied for that.''
Married to the former Birgit Riester, Merbold has two children:
Susanne, 17; and Hannes, 12. He holds a private pilot's license, but
prefers to spend his spare time flying gliders, which he considers the
``most exciting thing you can do in life.''
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| 525.57 | Astronauts and cosmonauts who have died | VERGA::KLAES | All the Universe, or nothing! | Sat Feb 08 1992 18:07 | 159 |
| Article: 40024
From: mcdowell@cfa.harvard.edu (Jonathan McDowell)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Astronaut Deaths
Date: 4 Feb 92 13:51:05 GMT
Organization: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, USA
From article <BJ2pFE.KDI@world.std.com>, by tombaker@world.std.com
(Tom A Baker):
> Which astronaut was the first to die of natural causes?
> And which other astronauts have so passed on?
Pavel Belyaev died of complications from surgery in Jan 1970;
peritonitis was quoted as a factor, but it is not clear what the full
story is. Jack McKay died in 1975; some reports said that problems
related to injuries received in the crash of the X-15-2 rocketship in
1962 were a contributing cause of death. John Swigert, former Apollo
13 astronaut and Congressman-elect, died of cancer in 1982. He seems
to be the first clear case of a space traveller dying of fully natural
causes.
In the past few years quite a few astronauts and cosmonauts in
their fifties and sixties have died of heart attacks. It's also worth
noting one Soviet cosmonaut-in-training, Vasiliy Shchlegov, who died
of cancer in 1972. He is the only person selected for spaceflight who
died of natural causes before flying but while still active. For the
truly macabre among you, here is the full list of astronaut and astronaut
trainee deaths. Corrections and additions would be appreciated.
Name Date Age
Cause of death
Astronauts killed in spaceflight
----------------------------------
Vladimir Komarov, cosmonaut 24 Apr 1967 40
Soyuz-1 reentry, Oreburg, Rossiya
Michael Adams, USAF X-15 pilot 15 Nov 1967 37
X-15-3 reentry, California
Georgiy Dobrovol'skiy, cosmonaut 30 Jun 1971 43
Soyuz-11 reentry, over Africa
Vladislav Volkov, cosmonaut 30 Jun 1971 36
Soyuz-11 reentry, over Africa
Viktor Patsaev, cosmonaut 30 Jun 1971 38
Soyuz-11 reentry, over Africa
Richard Scobee, NASA astronaut commander 28 Jan 1986 46
Challenger launch, Cape Canaveral,Fla.
Dr. Judith Resnik, NASA astronaut 28 Jan 1986 36
Challenger launch, Cape Canaveral,Fla.
Dr. Ronald McNair, NASA astronaut 28 Jan 1986 35
Challenger launch, Cape Canaveral,Fla.
Ellison Onizuka, NASA astronaut 28 Jan 1986 39
Challenger launch, Cape Canaveral,Fla.
Michael Smith, NASA astronaut 28 Jan 1986 40
Challenger launch, Cape Canaveral,Fla.
Gregory Jarvis, Hughes A/C payload specialist 28 Jan 1986 41
Challenger launch, Cape Canaveral,Fla.
Christa McAuliffe, NASA observer-participant 28 Jan 1986 37
Challenger launch, Cape Canaveral,Fla.
Astronauts killed on Earth
----------------------------------
Joseph Walker, former NASA X-15 pilot 8 Jun 1966 45
F-104/XB-70 collision, Edwards, California
Virgil Grissom, NASA astronaut commander 27 Jan 1967 40
Apollo 1 fire, Cape Kennedy, Fla.
Edward White, NASA astronaut 27 Jan 1967 36
Apollo 1 fire, Cape Kennedy, Fla.
Yuriy Gagarin, cosmonaut 27 Mar 1968 34
MiG-15 crash, Novosyelovo, Rossiya
Pavel Belyaev, cosmonaut 10 Jan 1970 44
Peritonitis, Moskva?
John McKay, former NASA X-15 pilot 27 Apr 1975 52
Complications from 1962 X-15-2 crash
John Swigert, former NASA astronaut 27 Dec 1982 51
Bone marrow cancer, Washington DC
Donn Eisele, former NASA astronaut 1 Dec 1987 57
Cardiac arrest, Tokyo
Anatoliy Levchenko, Min. Av. cosmonaut 6 Aug 1988 47
Brain tumour, Moskva.
David Griggs, NASA astronaut 17 Jun 1989 49
Plane crash, Earle, Arkansas
Ronald Evans, former NASA astronaut 7 Apr 1990 56
Cardiac arrest, Scottsboro, AZ -
Vasily Lazarev, former cosmonaut 8 Jan 1991 62
?
Manley Carter, NASA astronaut 5 Apr 1991 43
Plane crash, Brunswick, GA Mission Specialist, STS-42
James Irwin, former NASA astronaut 8 Aug 1991 61
Cardiac arrest, Boulder?,CO -
Trainee astronauts, died in training or after retirement
---------------------------------------------------------
Kincheloe, Iven C., USAF X-15 pilot candidate 26 Jul 1958 30
Plane crash, Edwards, California
Valentin Bondarenko, cosmonaut 23 Mar 1961 24
Simulator fire, Moskva, Rossiya
Theodore Freeman, NASA astronaut 31 Oct 1964 34
Plane crash, Houston, Texas
Grigoriy Nelyubov, former cosmonaut 18 Feb 1966 31
Suicide, Ippolitovka, Siberia
Elliott See, NASA astronaut commander 28 Feb 1966 38
Plane crash, St. Louis, Missouri
Charles Bassett, NASA astronaut 28 Feb 1966 35
Plane crash, St. Louis, Missouri
Roger Chaffee, NASA astronaut 27 Jan 1967 32
Apollo 1 fire, Cape Kennedy, Fla.
Edward Givens, NASA astronaut 6 Jun 1967 37
Automobile accident, Houston, Texas
Russell Rogers, former USAF astronaut 13 Sep 1967 39
F105 explosion, Okinawa, Japan
Clifton Williams, NASA astronaut 5 Oct 1967 35
Plane crash, Talahassee, Florida
Robert Lawrence, USAF astronaut 8 Dec 1967 32
F104 crash, Edwards, California
James Taylor, former USAF astronaut 4 Sep 1970 39
T38 crash, Palmdale, California
Vasiliy Shcheglov, cosmonaut 18 Oct 1972 32
cancer, Moskva?
Aleksey Sorokin, former cosmonaut 23 Jan 1976 44
Blood disease, SSSR
Oleg Kononenko, Min. Av. cosmonaut 1978 40
Plane crash, SSSR
Valentin Varlamov, former cosmonaut Oct 1980 46
Brain haemorrage, Moskva?
Bui Thanh Liem, former Vietnamese cosmonaut Sep 1981 32
Plane crash, Vietnam
Yuriy Letunov, former cosmonaut candidate 30 Jul 1983 56
Cardiac arrest, SSSR
Sergey Anokin, former cosmonaut 15 Apr 1986 76
'after a grave illness', Moskva?
Stephen Thorne, NASA astronaut 24 May 1986 33
Plane crash, Texas
Aleksandr Shchukin, Min. Av. cosmonaut 18 Aug 1988 42
Su-26 crash, SSSR
Oleg Yakovlev, former cosmonaut 2 May 1990 39
Cardiac arrest, SSSR -
Rimantas Stankyuvichiis, Min.Av. cosmonaut 9 Sep 1990 ?
Su-27 crash, Italy
Forrest Peterson, former USN X-15 pilot Dec?1990 68
Cancer, Georgetown, SC -
In particular, anyone who can give me Admiral Peterson's death date or
Col. Stankyuvichiis' birth date wins the Jonathan's Space Report
`Space Cadet of the Week' award.
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| 525.58 | New Crew Assignments | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Mon Feb 24 1992 20:04 | 48 |
| Edward Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. February 21, 1992
(Phone: 202/453-8536)
Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 91-25
CREW ASSIGNMENTS ANNOUNCED FOR FUTURE SHUTTLE MISSIONS
Steven R. Nagel (Col., USAF) will command the Spacelab-D2 mission,
STS-55, scheduled for an early-1993 launch. This is a cooperative mission
with the German Space Agency to conduct research in robotics, materials
processing and life sciences. Nagel is a veteran of three previous Space
Shuttle missions, as a mission specialist on STS-51G in June 1985, as Pilot
on STS-61A in October 1985 and as Commander on STS-37 in April 1991.
Pilot on the STS-55 mission will be Terrence T. "Tom" Henricks (Col.,
USAF), who was Pilot on STS-44 in November 1991. Charles J. Precourt
(Maj., USAF), astronaut class of 1990, is assigned as a mission specialist.
This is his first flight assignment.
Previously assigned crew members are Payload Commander Jerry L.
Ross (Col., USAF), mission specialist Bernard A. Harris, Jr., M.D., and
German payload specialists Hans Schlegel and Ulrich Walter.
G. David Low, who served as a mission specialist on two Shuttle
flights, STS-32 in January 1990 and STS-43 in August 1991, will be
Payload Commander on STS-57, which will carry the commercial middeck
augmentation module called SPACEHAB and retrieve the European
Retrievable Carrier. STS-57 is scheduled for launch in mid-1993.
Janice E. Voss, Ph.D., is assigned to this flight as a mission
specialist. This is the first flight assignment for Voss, who is a
member of the astronaut 1990 class.
Thomas D. Jones, Ph.D., will be a mission specialist on the Space
Radar Laboratory-01 flight, STS-60, in late 1993. This is the first flight for
Jones, also a member of the 1990 astronaut class. Linda M. Godwin, Ph.D.,
was assigned in August 1991 as mission Payload Commander. SRL-01 will
acquire radar images of the Earth's surface for making maps and
interpreting geological features and resource studies.
Additional crew members on STS-57 and STS-60 will be named at a
later date.
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| 525.59 | Astronaut Brand moves on | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Mar 17 1992 01:36 | 51 |
|
Drucella Andersen
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. March 12, 1992
(Phone: 202/453-8613)
Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 92-34
ASTRONAUT VANCE BRAND JOINS AERO-SPACE PLANE PROGRAM
Veteran astronaut Vance Brand, commander of three Space Shuttle
missions, has accepted a new position as Director of Plans for the X-30
National Aero-Space Plane (NASP) Joint Program Office at Wright-Patterson
Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, effective immediately.
Brand will develop program plans and objectives to meet the national
goals proposed for the National Aero-Space Plane effort and will assess the
program to make sure individual technologies are fully integrated into the
X-30. The X-30 is a flight research vehicle that will take off horizontally,
fly into orbit, using airbreathing engines as its primary propulsion, then
return through the atmosphere to land on a runway.
During his 25-year tenure at the Johnson Space Center, Houston,
Brand logged 746 hours in space on four flights including the Apollo-Soyuz
mission in July 1975 and three Shuttle missions -- STS-5 in November
1982, STS-41B in February 1984 and STS-35 in December 1990.
Selected as an astronaut in April 1966, Brand has applied his
engineering expertise to numerous ground and flight test projects. In the
Astronaut Office, he has held the positions of Chief of the Operations
Development Branch and Chief of the Safety Branch. He also served as
Assistant Project Manager for Integration and Assembly of the Space Station.
Brand has received many awards, including the Federation
Aeronautique Internationale Yuri Gagarin Gold Medal (1976) and De La Vaulx
Medal (1983), the AIAA Special Residential Citation (1977), the AAS Flight
Achievement Award for 1976 (1977) and two NASA Space Flight Medals
(1983 and 1984).
"I thoroughly enjoyed my 25 years at Johnson Space Center and the
great experience of working on the programs from Apollo through Space
Shuttle," Brand said. "However, I am looking forward to the challenge of
working on the Aero-Space Plane with its advanced technology and single
stage-to-orbit objective."
From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
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| 525.60 | STS 45 Astros Bios | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Mar 24 1992 15:46 | 520 |
| From: clarinews@clarinet.com (United Press International)
Subject: Marine Col. Charles F. Bolden, Jr., 45: Atlantis commander
Date: 22 Mar 92 22:37:45 GMT
Marine pilot Charles F. Bolden Jr., who blasted off aboard the
shuttle Columbia just 16 days before the Challenger disaster, is slated
to depart on his third space odyssey Monday, a high-profile mission to
study Earth's atmosphere.
Making his first flight as commander, Bolden, 45, and six crewmates
are scheduled to spend eight days in orbit, working around the clock to
study the sun and the atmosphere in unprecedented detail to learn more
about the effects of pollution and human industry.
Bolden, who helped launch the Hubble Space Telescope during his
second shuttle flight in 1990, said he looked forward to serving as a
shuttle commander, a reponsibility that occasionally keeps him up late
at night.
``This is the first time I've ever been entrusted with the care and
welfare of six other individuals,'' he said. ``That in itself is very,
very rewarding and exciting and scary. Sometimes I end up waking up in
the middle of the night thinking about something I forgot to do for
somebody or wondering if I've told the crew the right thing.
``(But) it's what I wanted, it's what every pilot who comes down here
wants, is to be a commander, to have his or her own crew and be
responsible for them and carry out a successful mission and get them
back to Earth safely.''
Bolden's first space flight came six years ago when he and six
crewmates, including Rep. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., took off aboard the
shuttle Columbia on Jan. 12, 1986 -- 25 days behind schedule -- for what
turned out to be a six-day flight to launch a communications satellite.
It was the last successful shuttle mission before Challenger's fatal
Jan. 28, 1986, launch.
Bolden took off on his second flight April 24, 1990. His primary role
during that flight was to assist commander Loran Shriver during launch
of the Hubble Space Telescope.
This time around, the goal is to study Earth. Atlantis's flight
represents the first manned voyage in NASA's vaunted ``Mission to Planet
Earth,'' a long-range series of manned and unmanned missions to
determine precisely what impact humanity is having on the environment
and what might be needed to reverse dangerous trends.
``I think we are very, very fortunate at this particular time to be
embarking on a mission that's going to study the planet Earth,'' Bolden
said.
``We're going to look at the Earth, we're going to look at the
atmosphere, we're going to look out our sun. And those three entities
are what give us life. If that doesn't seem to be important to people
then I don't know what we can do. This is a very, very vital mission at
this particular time.''
Bolden, born in Columbia, S.C., earned a bachelor of science degree
in electrical engineering from the Naval Academy in 1968 and a master's
degree in systems management from the University of Southern California
in 1978.
He accepted a commission in the Marine Corps following graduation
from Annapolis in 1968 and after flight training at Pensacola, Fla., and
other bases he was designated a naval aviator in May 1970.
In 1973, Bolden flew more than 100 missions into North and South
Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia while based at Nam Phong, Thailand.
After returning to the United States, Bolden began a two-year tour as
a Marine Corps selection officer in Los Angeles. He spent the next three
years at the Marine Corps Air Station in El Toro, Calif.
In 1979, Bolden graduated from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at
Patuxent River, Md., and was assigned to the Naval Air Test Center's
systems engineering and strike aircraft test directorates.
Bolden, who lists his hobbies as racquetball, running and first day
cover collecting, has logged more than 5,000 hours flying time in a
variety of aircraft.
Selected as a NASA astronaut in 1980, Bolden is married to the former
Alexis Walker of Columbia, S.C., and the couple has two children:
Anthony Che, 20, and Kelly M., 16.
He is a member of the Marine Corps Association, the Montford Point
Marine Association, the U.S. Naval Institute and he is a lifetime member
of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.
Bolden is a recipient of the Air Medal, the Strike-Flight Medal, the
University of Southern California Outstanding Alumni Award and the NASA
Exeptional Service Medal.
In the wake of the Challenger disaster, Bolden was active in NASA's
recovery program. While he believes the agency has done a good job
overcoming the accident, he warns that NASA cannot afford to relax its
vigilance.
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (United Press International)
Subject: Air Force Lt. Col. Brian Duffy, 38: Atlantis co-pilot
Date: 22 Mar 92 22:37:45 GMT
Atlantis co-pilot Brian Duffy, a crack test pilot making his first
shuttle flight this week, looks forward to the thrill of spaceflight
with a boyish enthusiasm that belies his 3,000 hours flying high-
performance fighter planes.
``The level of excitement, I'm not sure words can describe it,'' he
said in an interview. ``When I sit back and I think about what we're
going to go do, I feel very fortunate ... to have a chance to do this.
Sometimes I have to pinch myself. I can't believe I'm going to go do
this.
``My family's equally excited. We're trying to keep life as normal as
we can. We don't want to upset (our two children) in any way.''
Duffy, 38, and six crewmates were scheduled to blast off Monday on an
eight-day mission to study the sun and Earth's atmosphere. Duffy's
primary responsibility during the 46th shuttle flight will be to help
carry out more than 180 rocket firings to keep Atlantis pointed in the
right direction for the crew's science observations.
``It's going to be a completely new environment,'' he said. ``I've
heard people come back and say that 'great' doesn't describe it. I guess
it's probably the combination of the visual stimuli that are out there
combined with the internal feel of zero gravity and being
weightlessness. It's probably a combination of all those thinks that
makes it beyond description.''
Duffy said he particularly looked forward to Atlantis's fiery re-
entry. Unlike most shuttle missions, Atlantis's flight path back to the
Kennedy Space Center will carry the ship across central America just as
dawn races across Florida.
``We'll probably see city lights down below us as we come across
Central America,'' he said. We'll come across the (Gulf of Mexico) and
for all the people on the oil rigs and the fishing boats, we'll probably
put on a real show, they'll see this fireball coming across the sky.``
While he is no stranger to danger, the former F-15 test pilot said he
is not the stereotypical ``right stuff'' type of astronaut who lives to
fly higher and faster than anyone else.
``I do enjoy challenges. I enjoy flying, I don't necessarily feel I
have to take unnecessary risks or be the one who goes faster and
farther,'' Duffy said. ``I do like being a team member here and
contributing to the effort.''
Duffy was born in Boston and graduated from Rockland High School in
Rockland, Mass., in 1971. He then earned a bachelor of science degree in
mathematics from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1975 and a master's
degree in systems management from the University of Southern California
in 1981.
After leaving the Air Force academy, Duffy completed pilot training
at Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi in 1976 and began flying high-
performance F-15 fighter jets. Stationed at Langley Air Force Base, Va.,
until 1979, Duffy served at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, until
1982 when he was selected to attend U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School.
After graduation from test pilot school at Edwards Air Force Base,
Calif., Duffy served as director of F-15 test flights at Eglin Air Force
Base in the Florida panhandle.
A crack test pilot with more than 3,000 hours flying time in more
than two dozen aircraft, Duffy was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1986.
Before his selection as co-pilot of Atlantis, Duffy worked with NASA's
shuttle software development team and helped develop ascent crew
procedures
Married to the former Janet M. Helms of West Lafayette, Ind., Duffy
has two children: Shaun Patrick, 7, and Shannon Marie, 9.
In a brief NASA biography, Duffy listed his hobbies as golf, jogging
and racquetball.
A member of the U.S. Air Force Academy Association of Graduates and
the Air Force Association, Duffy was a distinguished graduate of
undergraduate pilot training and USAF Test Pilot School. He holds the
Air Force Meritorious Service Medal and the Air Force Commendation
Medal.
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (United Press International)
Subject: Navy Capt. David C. Leestma, 42: Atlantis astronaut
Date: 22 Mar 92 22:48:25 GMT
Astronaut David C. Leestma, a spacewalking father of six who
pioneered a technique used for refueling satellites in orbit, serves as
flight engineer of the shuttle Atlantis this week for his third space
voyage.
Leestma, a Navy captain, and six crewmates are scheduled to spend
eight days in orbit starting this week to study Earth's atmosphere. It
is the first manned flight in NASA's ``Mission to Planet Earth,'' a
long-range program to study Earth's environment.
``Just about every astronaut ... who gets to fly in space has a
broader sense of the Earth and the environment when they come back than
when they left,'' Leestma said. ``And now we're going to get a chance to
study that a little bit and maybe we'll learn about something that will
help us deal with that in the future. Hopefully, we'll do the right
thing.
``The Earth is very, very good at taking care of itself if we leave
it alone. I always worry about what we may find out and what we may do
that may make it worse. Hopefully, this flight will learn some things
that will allow us to do things better.''
To gather as much data as possible, Atlantis's crew plans to work
around the clock in two 12-hour shifts. An accomplished jet fighter
pilot, Leestma will serve as his shift's commander, responsible for
maneuvering the shuttle to aim the crew's instruments at the proper
targets.
``I've been very fortunate. My first two missions, I've gotten to do
a lot of neat things,'' he said in an interview. ``I'm never going to
get to be a shuttle commander, but I get to be the shift commander on
this ... and I'm really looking forward to that. It's going to be fun.''
``And I'm still looking forward to main engine cutoff and looking out
the window again. It brings tears to my eyes and takes my breath away.''
During his first space mission, Leestma, 42, and Atlantis crewmate
Kathryn Sullivan donned spacesuits on the fifth day of the eight-day
mission, which began Oct. 5, 1984, and left the safety of Challenger's
cabin to practice manipulating rocket fuel in the weightlessness of
space.
The experiment paved the way for routine servicing of satellites that
run out of gas and normally would be left dead in space.
Assisted by Sullivan, Leestma inserted a special hose-like assembly
between two tanks of toxic hydrazine to simulate a satellite refueling.
Leestma, who considers his hometown to be Tustin, Calif., downplayed
the element of risk but he conceded there was some concern when it came
to working with rocket fuel.
``Where hydrazine is concerned I guess you'd have to say there's
always a danger,'' he once said. ``You just have to be very careful with
it. I have confidence in the system that it's going to do what we expect
it to do.''
It did and the spacewalkers carried off their mission with stunning
success.
Leestma took off a second time on Aug. 8, 1989, when he and four
crewmates embarked on a classified military mission aboard the shuttle
Columbia.
Leestma was known as the ``whiz'' by his crewmates for his academic
expertise. He is an accomplished engineer who has logged more than 3,000
hours flying high-performance jet fighters.
Born May 6, 1949, in Muskegon, Mich., Leestma graduated first in his
class from the Naval Academy in 1971 and received a master of science
degree in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate
School in 1972.
He received his Naval flight officer wings the following year and
completed three overseas deployments aboard aircraft carriers. He has
logged more than 3,000 hours of flight time, including nearly 1,500
hours in the F-14A and nearly 300 carrier landings.
Leestma turned to aviation after an early interest in nuclear
submarines.
``I was pretty much going toward nuclear power, going on board
nuclear submarines,'' he said. ``And then I realized that what goes down
doesn't necessarily come up. So I wanted to go into aviation.''
Leestma, an avid golfer and saltwater fisherman, said he did not
think he had a chance of becoming an astronaut so he did not apply when
shuttle applications were first taken in 1978.
He did not make the same mistake twice and when the next round of
astronaut selections was announced his application was in the mail
before the ink could dry.
Married to the former Patti K. Opp of Dallas, Leestma has six
children: Benjamin David, 11; Katie JoAnn, 10; Emily Marie, 8; Petter
Opp, 5; Mary Elizabeth, 3; and Caleb William, 2.
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (United Press International)
Subject: Dr. Michael Foale, 35: Atlantis astronaut
Date: 22 Mar 92 22:42:59 GMT
Physicist Michael Foale, a naturalized American and a veteran
undersea explorer, applied to become an astronaut three times before
NASA finally said yes. This week his persistence pays off with a flight
aboard the shuttle Atlantis.
``When I was finally selected as an astronaut, that was a very big
day, I mean the adrenalin rushed through me,'' Foale said in an
interview. ``One big event was getting married. Five years later, about
two months ago, Rhonda and I had our first child.
``It is a fantastic event, it has not eclipsed the prospect of going
into space. But I feel sure it's equal to it. The feeling you feel as
you see your baby come out in its first few seconds is probably going to
be the same as the feel of the (shuttle boosters) kicking off and
carrying me into space!''
Foale, 35, is scheduled to spend eight days in orbit this week with
six crewmates to operate a battery of payload bay instruments built to
study the sun and Earth's atmosphere.
Foale was born in Louth, England, but he considers Cambridge,
England, to be his hometown.
In 1975, Foale graduated from Kings School in Canterbury, England,
and attended the University of Cambridge, Queens' College, where he
earned a bachelor's degree in physics -- with honors -- in 1978. He then
completed a doctorate in astrophysics at Cambridge University in 1982.
During his postgraduate work at Cambridge, Foale pursued an interest
in underwater exploration, diving on ancient Greek shipwrecks and other
antiquities. In 1981, Foale dove on the galleon ``The Mary Rose,'' which
sank in 1543.
He then turned his attention on outer space and traveled to Houston
to work on space shuttle navigation systems for McDonnell Douglas. Then,
in 1983, Foale was hired by NASA and went to work at the Johnson Space
Center in Houston as a mission control payload officer.
But Foale wanted more.
``I was envious. But I was also young and I knew that if I worked
hard and kept at it I would probably have my day,'' he said. ``And sure
enough, persistence did pay off. I'm really lucky to be in this
position.
``When I work with other payload officers and those people who don't
get to fly in space, I do remember how much I wanted to do it and how
much I was envious and I'm aware very much that so many other people do
want to go into space. So I try and let them know that I know how they
feel.''
After applying to join the astronaut corps three times, Foale was
finally selected in 1987. And he can't wait to experience the thrill of
spaceflight.
``Actually, I think the best feeling I'm going to get is right when
the main engines cut off and we're in orbit,'' he said. ``Then I'll know
the risky part of the flight is all over. But yes, it is exciting.''
As for the risks of spaceflight, Foale said he and his wife were as
prepared as a couple can be.
``There's anxiety about launching into space, I mean, that thing is
not like a car. The shuttle can blow up, so you have anxiety about it
and Rhonda, my wife, for sure is aware of that,'' he said.
``I have life insurance like most people do and we've taken care of
those things. Right now, we've done everything we can, we're confident
that NASA's done everything it can for a safe flight, so we just cross
our fingers like anyone else would do who's embarking on something they
don't usually do.''
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (United Press International)
Subject: Dr. Kathryn D. Sullilvan, 40: Atlantis astronaut
Date: 22 Mar 92 23:14:34 GMT
Geologist-turned-astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan, the first American
woman to walk in space, becomes only the second woman in history to fly
in space three times with this week's flight aboard the shuttle
Atlantis.
Sullivan, 40, and six crewmates were scheduled to spend eight days in
space to make pioneering studies of Earth's atmosphere. The
international set of experiments, known by the acronym Atlas-1, is
mounted in Atlantis's cargo bay and will be operated by the astronauts
from the ship's flight deck.
``I think it's very helpful to have Atlas-1 planned during this
northern hemisphere spring,'' she said.
``It gives us an opportunity, a shot, of possibly making some
measurements that will play into that general question of whether the
processes and photochemistry in the northern hemisphere really are going
in dramatically different and somewhat more worrisome directions than
had been seen in the preceding several winters.''
Science aside, Sullivan said she was looking forward to ``everything
about this flight.''
``This is a clean slate, this is a whole new set of challenges, a
whole new set of duties and responsibilities, a great group of people,
both on the ground ... and certainly our gaggle of folks in orbit,'' she
said.
``I'll learn a lot about some very detailed and precise atmospheric
science investigations from this flight that I probably wouldn't have
learned any other way. It's a great opportunity for me as an Earth
scientist.''
Sullivan's first space voyage began Oct. 5, 1984, when she and six
crewmates blasted off on an eight-day mission to test radar imaging
technology and to launch a satellite to monitor Earth's energy usage.
The flight was highlighted by a six-hour spacewalk by Sullivan and
astronaut David Leestma to demonstrate zero-gravity space refueling
techniques.
``The three dimensionality of what you see in front of you can't be
conveyed in pictures,'' she said. ``There's a depth to it you can't put
in words or on film.''
Her second launch came on April 24, 1990, when she took off aboard
the shuttle Discovery to help launch the Hubble Space Telescope. She
came within minutes of venturing into the shuttle's cargo bay for an
emergency spacewalk when one of the telescope's solar panels failed to
open as planned.
Only one other woman, NASA astronaut Shannon Lucid, has three flights
to her credit, a level of achievement accomplished by 44 men -- including
two of Sullivan's crewmates -- representing the United States, the Soviet
Union and the Commonwealth of Independent states
An avid mountain climber, she has hiked across all but one of this
country's mountain ranges and most major mountain ranges in Europe and
Canada. She also is fluent in five foreign languages: French, German,
Swedish, Norwegian and Danish.
``The underlying theme (in my life) is an interest in exploring the
earth,'' Sullivan once said.
Sullivan grew up in Woodland Hills, Calif., where her father worked
as an aerospace design engineer at the Lockheed Corp.
Sullivan credits exposure to her father's work for helping her
develop an ``appreciation for and comfort with technical type things''
and a technical approach to living.
But she said her interest in the space program evolved from her
academic interests.
As an Earth sciences major at the University of California, Santa
Cruz, Sullivan spent one school year as an exchange student at the
University of Bergen in Norway.
She received a bachelor's degree with honors in 1973 and then studied
at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she took a
doctorate in geology five years later.
During that time, she took part in a variety of oceanographic
expeditions with the U.S. Geological Survey and worked as a researcher
for the Geological Survey of Canada.
It was after she completed her dissertation on the structure and
evolution of the continental shelf and deep sea floor east of the Grand
Banks of Newfoundland that she was confronted with a major career
decision.
``My options boiled down to a post-doctoral fellowship at a branch of
Columbia (University) - which would have involved diving in a small
submersible called Alvin down to thousands of feet below the surface of
the ocean looking at the volcanic forms of the sea floor and all that -
or NASA,'' she said.
``Either one is a direct kind of hands-on exploration of the earth in
unique dimensions and I was finding I had a set of skills I could use to
get involved in them,'' Sullivan said.
The lure of the astronaut corps won out. She signed on with NASA in
1978 as one of the first six women to break the astronaut sex barrier.
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (United Press International)
Subject: Dr. Dirk D. Frimout, 51: Belgian astronaut
Date: 22 Mar 92 23:04:00 GMT
Physicist Dirk Frimout, named to the crew of the shuttle Atlantis to
replace an ill crew member, will become the first Belgian to fly in
space this week, an honor the wiry-haired scientist takes seriously
indeed.
``I'm impressed with how excited all of Belgium is about it,'' he
said. ``And it proves that space and space research has a big impact and
it's very accessible and it's accepted by the general public. They look
very favorably on it. In Belgium ... they are all enthusiasts.''
Frimout and six American crewmates are scheduled to study the sun and
Earth's atmosphere in unprecedented detail during their eight-day
mission.
Frimout's original role in the mission was to serve as a backup
``payload specialist'' to U.S. researcher Michael Lampton. But Lampton
fell ill with cancer and withdrew from the crew.
``It's just bad luck that I have been selected to replace Mike
Lampton. It's a pity, I always feel that,'' Frimout said. ``I like Mike
Lampton very much, I've known him since '77. We have worked together and
I've always held him in extremely high esteem. He's a brilliant
scientist, a very good engineer, an excellent guide for a payload
specialist. He's extremely good. So I feel sorry for him.''
The goal of Atlantis's mission is to use an international complement
of experiments to probe Earth's atmosphere and to learn more about the
impact of human industry and pollution. Frimout said his participation
in the mission has made his countrymen more aware of the problem.
``We have to be more conscious of what we are doing,'' he said.
``There is a big potential danger. We cannot compromise the next
generation with what we are doing now.
``So we have to be aware of what we are doing and if we dump gases in
the atmosphere, once there it's there for centuries, for all the next
generation will suffer from it. We create problems for them now, so we
have to be aware of that, we have to be more careful.''
Frimout was born in Poperinge, Belgium, where he attended elementary
school. He earned an electrical engineering degree from the State
University of Ghent (Belgium) in 1963 and a doctorate in applied physics
in 1970.
Two years later, he completed post-doctoral research at the
University of Colorado's Laboratory of Atmospheric and Space Physics.
``All my career I've been focused on space research,'' he said. ``In
'72 or '73 when they started speaking about shuttles and the
contribution of European Spacelabs, that they would have scientists who
would go on board to perform their experiments.
``At that moment I really was thinking that's something I think I'm
qualified for and would like to do.''
Married to Lieve De Nijs, Frimout has two children: Barbara, 26, and
Emmanuel, 23. In a short NASA biography, Frimout listed his hobbies as
running, walking, biking, traveling and chess. He has more than 30
scholarly publications to his credit
Frimout, the 17th European to fly in space, said it is important that
Europe develop its own space program in the years ahead.
``From the other side, we still have a lot to learn from the United
States,'' he said. ``I think there's a necessity to work together. It's
not necessary to restart from zero, to reinvent it. Just by working
together it can work better and surely Europe can contribute. We can
learn from each other.''
On a personal level, the danger of flying in space is clear to
Frimout and his family, but so far, he has been too focused on
Atlantis's mission to worry much about the risks.
``You surely ... have some apprehensions,'' he said. ``Really, being
afraid of it, you're so motivated, you have confidence in the system, I
just want to go for it. Perhaps when I'm sitting in the shuttle ... just
before launch that I will feel that more. But emotionally, I'm so driven
to this flight that I cannot say really that I'm thinking of being
afraid. I know there is danger in it, but I'm confident.''
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (United Press International)
Subject: Dr. Byron K. Lichtenberg: Atlantis astronaut
Date: 22 Mar 92 23:09:10 GMT
Byron Lichtenberg was turned down when he applied to become a NASA
astronaut, but he made it into space anyway in 1983 as a civilian
Spacelab researcher. This week he becomes only the third non-astronaut
to fly twice aboard a shuttle.
``I feel really lucky and fortunate to even get one shot to fly in
space,'' he said in an interview. ``To have two like this is a very
fortunate stroke of luck. I guess I've always wanted to do this so it
just seems like a natural thing to do.''
Lichtenberg and six crewmates, including a Belgian researcher, are
scheduled to spend eight days in orbit to study the sun and Earth's
atmosphere.
Lichtenberg first flew in space in 1983 aboard the shuttle Columbia
as a Spacelab ``payload specialist.'' With this week's flight, he will
become the third ``PS'' in NASA history to blast off on a shuttle after
American Charles Walker and German Ulf Merbold.
An accomplished pilot, Lichtenberg once applied to become a NASA
astronaut, but he was turned down.
He was not deterred.
``My mother says I came home one day at the age of 7 and said I
wanted to be an astronaut,'' Lichtenberg said.
The Wellesley, Mass., native built model airplanes and read science
fiction until he became old enough to turn his fantasy into reality.
``The Mercury astronauts and the Russians had their people in space.
It was possible to do it, so I started to gear my career toward
(becoming an astronaut),'' Lichtenberg said.
He earned an electrical engineering degree from Brown University in
1969. He won his pilot's wings through the U.S. Air Force, flying F-4
Phantom jets in 143 combat missions in Vietnam.
Needing more intellectual stimulation than a military career
provided, Lichtenberg returned to school at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology for degrees in mechanical and biomedical engineering.
He kept up his flying with the Massachusetts Air National Guard.
During a flight training session in Tucson, Ariz., Lichtenberg spoke
with a former astronaut candidate who encouraged him to visit the
astronaut office at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Dr. Story Musgrave advised Lichtenberg to use medical research as a
path into the space program. Lichentenberg heeded the advice and it paid
off.
``About six months later, NASA said 'We're looking for good
experiments to fly in the space shuttle and the big area we want to
concentrate on is vestibular physiology.' Bells went off,'' Lichtenberg
recalled.
``I flooded my paper work in (to NASA). I applied for both pilot and
mission specialists and then the payload specialist came up and my
adviser nominated me for that,'' he said.
In 1978 Lichtenberg was chosen as one of two American payload
specialists to train for the mission.
``What I'm really looking forward to (during Atlantis's mission) is
being able to do our work right in front of those great windows that are
in the aft flight deck,'' Lichtenberg said.
``Being in the (Spacelab) module, we were busy all the time and there
was only one small window and it was really difficult to look out and
see the Earth. So this is going to be a real treat for me, not having to
move from my desk, really, to see the world's best office view.''
Engaged to Gay King of Virginia Beach, Va., Lichtenberg has two
children by a previous marriage: Kristin Nichole, 18, and Kimberly Ann,
15. He lists his hobbies as golf, racquetball, windsurfing, snow skiing
and scuba diving.
A member of Tau Beta Pi and the National Engineering Honor Society,
Lichtenberg holds many Air Force and NASA honors, including the Air
Force Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and the NASA Space
Flight Medal.
Despite the specter of the 1986 Challenger disaster, Lichtenberg said
he has no special fears about his second launch.
``Yes, this is a risky business, it's not risk free, but so is life
and anything that you feel is worth doing, you have to make decisions
about the risks and the rewards,'' he said. ``Having been there before,
I know what the rewards are, I think I have an idea what the risks are
and for me it's definitely worth it.
``There is some risk. But ... there's absolutely no doubt in my mind
that everybody is incredibly dedicated, devoted and really sharp, and
everybody's working together to make this thing work and make it work
right.''
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| 525.61 | 1992 NASA Astronaut Candidates Selected | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Wed Apr 01 1992 17:44 | 308 |
| Mark Hess
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. March 31, 1992
Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
RELEASE: 92-42
NASA today announced selection of 19 new astronaut candidates for
the Space Shuttle program. The 1992 group consists of 4 pilot astronaut
candidates and 15 mission specialist astronaut candidates, including 9
civilians and 10 military officers.
The candidates were chosen from 2,054 qualified applicants, 87 of
whom received interviews and medical examinations in December and
January. Selected candidates will report to the Johnson Space Center,
Houston, in August 1992 to begin a year of training and evaluation, after
which they will receive technical assignments leading to selection for
Shuttle flight crews. A listing of the selected candidates and their
biographical data follow:
1992 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES
Daniel T. Barry, M.D., Ph.D., Civilian, Mission Specialist
Cdr. Charles E. Brady, Jr., U.S. Navy, Mission Specialist
Capt. Catherine G. Coleman, U.S. Air Force, Mission Specialist
Michael L. Gernhardt, Ph.D., Civilian, Mission Specialist
John M. Grunsfeld, Ph.D., Civilian, Mission Specialist
Capt. Scott J. Horowitz, U.S. Air Force, Pilot
LCdr. Brent W. Jett, Jr., U.S. Navy, Pilot
Kevin R. Kregel, Civilian, Pilot
LCdr. Wendy B. Lawrence, U.S. Navy, Mission Specialist
Cdr. Jerry M. Linenger, U.S. Navy, Mission Specialist
Capt. Richard M. Linnehan, U.S. Army, Mission Specialist
LCdr. Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, U.S. Navy, Mission Specialist
Scott E. Parazynski, M.D., Civilian, Mission Specialist
LCdr. Kent V. Rominger, U.S. Navy, Pilot
Cdr. Winston E. Scott, U.S. Navy, Mission Specialist
Steven L. Smith, Civilian, Mission Specialist
Joseph R. Tanner, Civilian, Mission Specialist
Andrew S. W. Thomas, Ph.D., Civilian, Mission Specialist
Mary E. Weber, Ph.D., Civilian, Mission Specialist
#########End of General Release--Biographical Information Follows#########
1992 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATE SELECTIONS
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
o DANIEL T. BARRY, Ph.D., M.D., Mission Specialist
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: December 30, 1953 - Norwalk, Connecticut
RESIDENCE: Ann Arbor, Michigan
EDUCATION: Bolton High School, Alexandria, Louisiana
BS, Electrical Engr., Cornell Univ., 1975
MSE, Electrical Engr./Computer Science, Princeton Univ., 1977
MA, Electrical Engr./Computer Science, Princeton Univ., 1977
PhD, Electrical Engr./Computer Science, Princeton Univ., 1980
MD, Univ. of Miami, 1982
CURRENT POSITION: Assistant Professor
University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PARENTS: Mr. & Mrs. Albeus E. Barry, Alexandria, Louisiana
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Susan R. Feinstein
o CHARLES E. BRADY, JR., Commander, USN, Mission Specialist
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: August 12, 1951 - Pinehurst, North Carolina
RESIDENCE: Oak Harbor, Washington
EDUCATION: North Moore High School, Robbins, North Carolina
MD, Duke Univ., 1975
CURRENT POSITION: Flight Surgeon, NAS Whidbey Island, Washington
PARENTS: Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Brady, Sr., Robbins, North Carolina
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Cathy Scherer
o CATHERINE G. COLEMAN, Captain, USAF, Mission Specialist
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: December 14, 1960 - Charleston, South Carolina
RESIDENCE: Dayton, Ohio
EDUCATION: W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, Virginia
BS, Chemistry, MIT, 1983
PhD, Polymer Science & Engr., Univ. of Massachusetts, 1991
CURRENT POSITION: Research Chemist, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
PARENTS: James J. Coleman, Vancouver, Washington
Anne L. Doty, Westerly, Rhode Island
MARITAL STATUS: Single
o MICHAEL L. GERNHARDT, Ph.D., Mission Specialist
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: May 4, 1956 - Mansfield, Ohio
RESIDENCE: Webster, Texas
EDUCATION: Malabar High School, Mansfield, Ohio
BS, Physics, Vanderbilt Univ., 1978
MS, Bioengineering, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1983
PhD, Bioengineering, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1991
CURRENT POSITION: Vice President/General Manager
Oceaneering Space Systems, Webster, Texas
PARENTS: George M. Gernhardt, Marco Island, Florida
Suzanne C. Winters, Whitestone, Virginia
MARITAL STATUS: Single
o JOHN M. GRUNSFELD, Ph.D., Mission Specialist
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: October 10, 1958 - Chicago, Illinois
RESIDENCE: Pasadena, California
EDUCATION: Highland Park High School, Highland Park, Illinois
BS, Physics, MIT, 1980
MS, Physics, Univ. of Chicago, 1984
PhD, Physics, Univ. of Chicago, 1988
CURRENT POSITION: Senior Research Fellow
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
PARENTS: Mr. & Mrs. Ernest A. Grunsfeld, Highland Park, Illinois
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Carol E. Schiff
o SCOTT J. HOROWITZ, Captain, USAF, Pilot
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: March 24, 1957 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
RESIDENCE: Edwards AFB, California
EDUCATION: Newbury Park High School, Newbury Park, California
BS, Engineering, California State Univ. - Northridge, 1978
MS, Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Tech, 1979
PhD, Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Tech, 1982
CURRENT POSITION: Experimental Test Pilot, Edwards AFB, California
PARENTS: Seymour B. Horowitz, Thousand Oaks, California
Iris D. Chester, Santa Monica, California
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Lisa Marie Kern
o BRENT W. JETT, JR., Lieutenant Commander, USN, Pilot
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: October 5, 1958 - Pontiac, Michigan
RESIDENCE: California, Maryland
EDUCATION: Northeast High School, Oakland Park, Florida
BS, Aerospace Engr., U.S. Naval Academy, 1981
MS, Aeronautical Engr., U.S. Naval Postgrad School, 1989
CURRENT POSITION: Fighter Pilot/Squadron Department Head
VF-74 (USS Saratoga), NAS Oceana, Virginia
PARENTS: Mr. & Mrs. Brent W. Jett, Sr., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
MARITAL STATUS: Single
o KEVIN R. KREGEL, Pilot
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: September 16, 1956 - New York, New York
RESIDENCE: Houston, Texas
EDUCATION: Amityville Memorial High School, Amityville, New York
BS, Astronautical Engineering, USAF Academy, 1978
MPA, Troy State Univ., 1988
CURRENT POSITION: Aeronautical Research Pilot
Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
PARENTS: Alfred H. Kregel, Jr., Crossville, Tennessee
Frances T. Kregel, Deceased
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Jeanne F. Kammer
o WENDY B. LAWRENCE, Lieutenant Commander, USN, Mission Specialist
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: July 2, 1959 - Jacksonville, Florida
RESIDENCE: Crownsville, Maryland
EDUCATION: Fort Hunt High School, Alexandria, Virginia
BS, Ocean Engineering, U.S. Naval Academy, 1981
MS, Ocean Engineering, MIT, 1988
CURRENT POSITION: Physics Instructor
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
PARENTS: William P. Lawrence, Crownsville, Maryland
Anne Haynes, Alvadore, Oregon
MARITAL STATUS: Single
o JERRY M. LINENGER, Commander, USN, Mission Specialist
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: January 16, 1955 - Mt. Clemens, Michigan
RESIDENCE: San Diego, California
EDUCATION: East Detroit High School, Detroit, Michigan
BS, Bioscience, U.S. Naval Academy, 1977
MD, Wayne State Univ., 1981
MS, Systems Management, USC, 1988
MPH, Univ. of North Carolina, 1989
Phd, Epidemiology, Univ. of North Carolina, 1989
CURRENT POSITION: Medical Researcher
Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, California
PARENTS: Mr. & Mrs. Donald W. Linenger, East Detroit, Michigan
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Kathryn M. Bartmann
o RICHARD M. LINNEHAN, Captain, USA, Mission Specialist
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: September 19, 1957 - Lowell, Massachusetts
RESIDENCE: San Diego, California
EDUCATION: Pelham High School, Pelham, New Hampshire
BS, Zoology, Univ. of New Hampshire, 1980
DVM, Ohio State Univ., 1985
CURRENT POSITION: Clinical Veterinarian
U.S. Army Element
Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, California
PARENTS: Richard H. Linnehan, Deceased
Carol J. Robinson, Townsend, Massachusetts
MARITAL STATUS: Single
o MICHAEL E. LOPEZ-ALEGRIA, Lt. Commander, USN, Mission Specialist
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: May 30, 1958 - Madrid, Spain
RESIDENCE: Waldorf, Maryland
EDUCATION: Mission Viejo High School, Mission Viejo, California
BS, Systems Engineering, U.S. Naval Academy, 1980
MS, Aeronautical Engineering, U.S. Naval Postgrad School, 1988
CURRENT POSITION: ES-3A Program Manager
Naval Air Test Center, NAS Patuxent River, Maryland
PARENTS: Mr. & Mrs. Eladio Lopez-Alegria, Mission Viejo, California
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Julieann Ridge
o SCOTT E. PARAZYNSKI, M.D., Mission Specialist
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: July 28, 1961 - Little Rock, Arkansas
RESIDENCE: Evergree, Colorado
EDUCATION: American Community High School, Athens, Greece
BS, Biology, Stanford Univ., 1983
MD, Stanford Univ., 1989
CURRENT POSITION: Emergency Medicine Resident
Denver Affilliated Residency in Emergency Medicine, Colorado
PARENTS: Mr. & Mrs. John Parazynski, Bellevue, Washington
MARITAL STATUS: Single
o KENT V. ROMINGER, Lieutenant Commander, USN, Pilot
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: August 7, 1956 - Del Norte, Colorado
RESIDENCE: Poway, California
EDUCATION: Del Norte High School, Del Norte, Colorado
BS, Civil Engineering, Colorado State Univ., 1978
MS, Aeronautical Engineering, U.S. Naval Postgrad School, 1987
CURRENT POSITION: Operations Officer
VF-211, NAS Miramar, San Diego, California
PARENTS: Mr. & Mrs. Ralph V. Rominger, Del Norte, Colorado
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Mary Sue Rule
o WINSTON E. SCOTT, Commander, USN, Mission Specialist
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: August 6, 1950 - Miami, Florida
RESIDENCE: Yardley, Pennsylvania
EDUCATION: Coral Gables High School, Coral Gables, Florida
BA, Music, Florida State Univ., 1972
MS, Aeronautical Engineering, U.S. Naval Postgrad School, 1980
CURRENT POSITION: Deputy Director, Tactical Air Systems Dept.
Naval Air Development Center, Warminster, Pennsylvania
PARENTS: Mr. & Mrs. Alston J. Scott, Sr., Miami, Florida
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Marilyn K. Robinson
o STEVEN L. SMITH, Mission Specialist
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: December 30, 1958 - Phoenix, Arizona
RESIDENCE: Houston, Texas
EDUCATION: Leland High School, San Jose, California
BS, Electrical Engineering, Stanford Univ., 1981
MS, Electrical Engineering, Stanford Univ., 1982
MBA, Stanford Univ., 1987
CURRENT POSITION: Payload Flight Controller, Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas
PARENTS: Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Smith, San Jose, California
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Margaret M. Brannigan
o JOSEPH R. TANNER, Mission Specialist
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: January 21, 1950 - Danville, Illinois
RESIDENCE: Houston, Texas
EDUCATION: Danville High School, Danville, Illinois
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Illinois, 1973
CURRENT POSITION: Deputy Chief, Aircraft Operations Division
Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
PARENTS: Mr. & Mrs. Lewis W. Tanner, Danville, Illinois
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Martha A. Currie
o ANDREW S. W. THOMAS, Ph.D., Mission Specialist
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: December 18, 1951 - Adelaide, Australia
RESIDENCE: Pasadena, California
EDUCATION: Saint Peters College, Adelaide, Australia
BE, Mechanical Engr., Univ. of Adelaide (Australia), 1972
PhD, Mechanical Engr., Univ. of Adelaide (Australia), 1978
CURRENT POSITION: Group Supervisor-Mircrogravity Research
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
PARENTS: Adrian C. Thomas, N. Adelaide, Australia
Mary E. Thomas, Hackham, Australia
MARITAL STATUS: Single
o MARY E. WEBER, Ph.D., Mission Specialist
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: August 24, 1962 - Cleveland, Ohio
RESIDENCE: Austin, Texas
EDUCATION: Bedford High School, Bedford, Ohio
BS, Chemical Engineering, Purdue Univ., 1984
PhD, Chemistry, Univ. of California-Berkeley, 1988
CURRENT POSITION: Materials Engineer
Texas Instruments (assignment to SEMATECH) Austin, Texas
PARENTS: Andrew M. Weber, Jr., Deceased
Joan E. Weber, Mentor, Ohio
MARITAL STATUS: Single
|
| 525.62 | Astronaut and cosmonaut space records | VERGA::KLAES | All the Universe, or nothing! | Mon Apr 06 1992 14:14 | 104 |
| Article: 42369
From: pam@astro.as.utexas.edu (Pawel Moskalik)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Top 10 CIS/USSR and US astronauts
Date: 31 Mar 92 03:51:39 GMT
Sender: news@ut-emx.uucp
Organization: University of Texas, McDonald Observatory
Somebody on the net asked last week about 10 top CIS/USA
cosmonauts/astronauts. Here they are.
A) 10 most experienced US shuttle astronauts (without STS-45)
astronaut time(dd'hh'mm) number of flights
----------------------------------------------------------
1 Thagard 25'04'35 4
2 Musgrave 24'22'09 4
3 Brandenstein 23'23'50 3
4 Crippen 23'13'49 4
5 Shaw 22'05'53 3
6 Brand 22'00'35 3 (shuttle flights only)
7 Blufford 21'09'16 3
8 Lucid 20'22'41 3
9 Hilmers 20'14'17 4
10 Buchli 20'10'24 4
B) 10 most experienced US female astronauts (without STS-45)
astronaut time(dd'hh'mm) number of flights
----------------------------------------------------------
1 Lucid 20'22'41 3
2 Dunbar 17'21'47 2
3 Seddon 16'02'09 2
4 Ride 14'07'48 2
5 Sullivan 13'06'40 2
6 Cleave 10'22'03 2
7 Ivins 10'21'02 1
8 Jernigan 9'02'14 1
9 Hughs-Fullford 9'02'14 1
10 Fisher 7'23'46 1
C) 10 most EVA-experienced US shuttle astronauts (without STS-45)
astronaut time(hh'mm) number of EVAs
----------------------------------------------------
1 Ross 22'24 4
2 van Hoften 22'09 4
3 Stewart 12'12 2
4 McCandless 12'12 2
5 W. Fisher 12'03 2
6 D. Gardner 11'44 2
7 Allen 11'44 2
8 Spring 11'35 2
9 Apt 10'49 2
10 G. Nelson 9'13 2
D) The most flown orbiter: Discovery: 14 missions
E) 10 most experienced CIS/USSR cosmonauts
cosmonaut time(dd'hh'mm) number of flights
----------------------------------------------------------
1 Manarov 541'00'31 2
2 Krikalev 463'07'09 2
3 Romanienko 430'18'22 3
4 A. Volkov 391'11'51 3
5 Kizim 374'17'58 3
6 V. Titov 367'23'02 2
7 V. Soloviov 361'22'50 2
8 Riumin 361'21'32 3
9 Lakhov 333'07'49 3
10 Aleksandrov 309'18'03 2
F) 11 most EVA-experienced CIS/USSR cosmonauts
cosmonaut time(hh'mm) number of EVAs
----------------------------------------------------
1 Krikalev 36'10 7
2 Manarov 34'32 7
3 Artsebarsky 31'58 6
4 Kizim 31'16 8
5 V. Soloviov 31'16 8
6 Afanasiev 20'45 4
7 Viktorienko 17'36 5
8 Sieriebrov 17'36 5
9 V. Titov 13'47 3
10 A. Soloviov 10'47 2
11 Balandin 10'47 2
Between 1981 and today US logged 79.35h of EVA times, CIS/USSR logged 164.7h.
However, before 1981 USSR logged virtually no EVA time, while USA logged
plenty in the Gemini and Apollo programs.
Pawel Moskalik
pam@astro.as.utexas.edu
|
| 525.63 | Astronauts Carter and Adams honoured | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Thu May 07 1992 19:10 | 23 |
| From: clarinews@clarinet.com
Subject: Astronauts Carter, Adams to be honored
Date: Thu, 7 May 92 9:24:58 PDT
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPI) -- A dedication ceremony to memorialize
fallen astronauts Maj. Michael J. Adams and Capt. Manley ``Sonny''
Carter Jr. by adding their names to the Astronauts Memorial is planned
Friday at the Kennedy Space Center.
The ceremony is planned at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Spaceport USA at the
space center.
Carter, a physician who flew aboard the shuttle Discovery in November
1989, died April 5, 1991, in a plane crash while on NASA business.
Adams died Nov. 15, 1967, while testing the rocket-powered X-15
research aircraft, a pioneer program for America's space exploration.
Adams was awarded astronaut status posthumously because his final, fatal
flight crossed the space barrier.
The memorial was dedicated on May 9, 1991 by the Astronauts Memorial
Foundation, which raised the $6.2 million funding through the sale of
Florida's commemorative ``Challenger'' license plates and corporate
sponsorships.
The Astronauts Memorial Foundation was established to recognize
astronauts who have perished while serving the U.S. space program and to
establish an on-going education program in their memory.
|
| 525.64 | Bruce Melnick to retire and leave NASA | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Tue May 19 1992 21:13 | 38 |
| Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. May 19, 1992
Jack Riley
Johnson Space Center, Houston
RELEASE: 92-68
Astronaut Bruce E. Melnick (Commander, USCG) is retiring from the
U.S. Coast Guard and will be leaving NASA in July. Melnick has accepted the
position of Director, Shuttle Processing Contract Process Improvement
Technology with Lockheed Space Operations Co. (LSOC) at Kennedy Space
Center (KSC), Fla.
"I am really honored to have been a part of the NASA team for the last
5 years and certainly will miss the close friends I have made in the Johnson
Space Center family. My two opportunities to venture into space will
provide me with irreplaceable memories for the rest of my life and should
bring an invaluable experience base into my new position with LSOC at KSC.
I am looking forward to taking on the challenges of space engineering
management and family wise, this is an ideal time for us to make the move,"
Melnick said. He will be involved in the day-to-day processing of Space
Shuttle vehicles in his new position.
Melnick flew on Space Shuttle missions STS-41 in October 1990 to
deploy the Ulysses Jupiter probe and STS-49 in May 1992 to retrieve,
repair and reboost the Intelsat-VI telecommunications satellite. Selected by
NASA in June 1987, Melnick was NASA's first U.S. Coast Guard astronaut.
Regarding Melnick's decision to retire, Director of Flight Crew
Operations Donald R. Puddy said, "Bruce has been an asset to the program,
not only in his flight assignments but also in his technical assignments. He
has represented the Astronaut Office at KSC in preparing the Shuttle
orbiters' cockpit and middeck for missions and in assembly and checkout of
the new Space Shuttle Endeavour at contractor facilities in California. We
wish him the best in his new job. His background will be very beneficial to
NASA in his new position."
|
| 525.65 | James Buchli to retire | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Sun May 31 1992 13:06 | 41 |
|
Mark Hess
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. May 29, 1992
(Phone: 202/453-4164)
Jeffrey Carr/Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 92-77
ASTRONAUT BUCHLI TO RETIRE AND LEAVE NASA
Astronaut James F. Buchli (Col., USMC) will retire from the U.S. Marine
Corps and leave NASA in August to accept the position of Manager, Station
Systems Operations and Requirements with Boeing Defense and Space Group,
Huntsville, Ala.
Buchli is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions: STS-51C, a
Department of Defense flight in January 1985; STS-61A, the West German
Spacelab D 1 mission in November 1985; STS-29, a mission to deploy a Tracking
and Data Relay Satellite, in March 1989; and STS-48 in September 1991 on which
the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) was deployed.
Buchli also has served as Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office since
March 1989. Since becoming an astronaut in August 1979, Buchli has held a
number of technical assignments, including spacecraft communicator in Mission
Control and in the Astronaut Office Operations Development Branch working on
controls and displays for the Shuttle and Space Station Freedom.
"I'm grateful for my years of active service as a Marine and as part of
the NASA team. It has allowed me to be a part of two of the finest
organizations in the world. I'm looking forward to changing career directions
and remaining involved with the outstanding people who make up our space
team," Buchli said.
"Jim has made significant contributions to the Astronaut Office and to
the space flight program during his tenure here. We'll miss him and wish him
continued success. His experience on four Space Shuttle flights and his
managerial abilities will be assets to Boeing in their Space Station Freedom
efforts," Donald R. Puddy, Director of Flight Crew Operations, said.
|
| 525.66 | STS 50 Astronaut biographies | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Sat Jun 27 1992 00:39 | 435 |
| Subject: Navy Capt. Richard ``Dick'' N. Richards, 45: Columbia commander
A naval aviator with more than 400 aircraft carrier landings and two
shuttle flights to his credit, astronaut Richard ``Dick'' Richards will
play traffic cop aboard the shuttle Columbia this week, making sure his
six crewmates stay out of each other's way during a record 13-day
voyage.
Richards and company plan to spend a record 13 days in orbit,
conducting a variety of experiments in the shuttle's crew cabin and
inside a roomy Spacelab research module mounted in Columbia's cargo bay.
To gather as much data as possible, the astronauts will work around the
clock in two 12-hour shifts.
It will be especially challenging, Richards said before launch, to
keep the crew on schedule during the few hours each day when the work
shifts overlap.
``I think the biggest adjustment will be getting used to simple
things like getting in and out of the restroom as quick as you can,'' he
said. ``I think the people who've grown up with lots of brothers and
sisters and only one restroom probably have had more experience than
those only children like myself who've had the luxury of monopolizing
the facilities.
``We're going to have to work together on this thing and suffer each
other's personal quirks and unusual habit patterns until we get a rhythm
and a flow going.''
While Columbia's mission is far less exciting than the most recent
shuttle flight -- a daring voyage to rescue a stranded satellite --
Richards said his mission is no less important.
``My only concern is that the public or the media or whatever is
going to consider this somewhat dry,'' he said. ``Instead of wrestling
with a satellite, we're wrestling with micro-ounces of crystals. But the
outcome may be more important for the space program.
``Our challenge is going to be to try to put the words behind it and
get it across...to the general public. Following on the heels of (the
satellite rescue flight) is going to be a tough act. But 10 years from
now when we look back on 1992, we'll realize that possibly (Columbia's
mission) was more of a milestone flight.''
Another concern: making sure Columbia, NASA's oldest shuttle,
operates properly for the duration of the mission.
``If there's anything I'm nervous about, it's a real test as far as
the reliability of the shuttle is concerned,'' he said. ``We're going to
ask for it to run continuously for a very long period of time.
``While on paper it looks like the reliability is there, it's going
to be a real test for Columbia. If we start having some equipment
breakdowns, it could take a leisurely flight and turn it into a real
foot race.''
Richards, 45, first flew in space as co-pilot of the shuttle Columbia
for a top-secret military mission in August 1989. For his second flight,
he served as commander of the shuttle Discovery when it took off Oct. 6,
1990, to launch the Ulysses probe to the sun.
Richards, who lists skiing, running and racquetball as his hobbies,
was born Aug. 24, 1946, in Key West, Fla., but considers St. Louis his
hometown.
He received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the
University of Missouri in 1969 and a master's degree in aeronautical
systems from the University of West Florida in 1970.
Richards was commissioned an ensign in the Navy after graduating from
the University of Missouri and won his wings as a naval aviator the
following year.
Between 1970 and 1973, he was assigned to the Tactical Electronic
Warfare Squadron 33 at Norfolk, Va., flying A-4 Skyhawk and F-4 Phantom
jet fighters. He later was assigned to Fighter Squadron 103 and deployed
aboard the aircraft carriers America and Saratoga.
Richards was selected for test pilot training and went on to graduate
from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, Md., in 1976.
After test pilot training, he completed a tour in the Naval Air Test
Center's Carrier Systems Branch.
Over the next three years, Richards served as a project test pilot
for development of automatic aircraft carrier landing systems using F-4
and A-7 jets. He also made the first carrier take off and landings with
an F-A 18A jet fighter in 1979.
He has more than 4,400 hours of flight time in more than 15 types of
aircraft, including more than 400 aircraft carrier landings.
Richards, married to the former Lois Hollabaugh of Amarillo, Texas,
was selected as an astronaut in 1980 and completed a one-year training
program in 1981. He was named to the crew of Columbia in February 1988.
The soft-spoken aviator is deeply committed to space flight and
strongly believes NASA needs another space shuttle to join Columbia,
Discovery, Atlantis and Challenger's replacement, Endeavour.
Subject: Navy Lt. Cmdr. Kenneth D. Bowersox, 35: Columbia co-pilot
If another shuttle blows up or crashes someday, Columbia co-pilot
Kenneth Bowersox believes the nation should build a replacement as soon
as possible.
``I think the work we're doing is important. And I think it should
continue despite what might happen on our flight,'' said Bowersox,
scheduled to blast off Thursday on a record 13-day science mission. ``If
something terrible were to happen I think they ought to keep going with
the program.
``But if some terrible thing happened, I think they ought to do
something similar to what they did after the Challenger accident, go
back in, look, see what happened, learn from it and then correct the
problem and go on.''
Columbia's flight is scheduled to last 13 days, longer than any
previous shuttle flight. In a departure from past practice, Bowersox and
his six crewmates will chat with family members during the flight to
keep morale up in orbit and back on planet Earth.
``To my knowledge, this is the first time in the shuttle program that
we're going to have what they call private family conferences where
we're going to get a chance to actually talk over the shuttle air-to-
ground (radio) loops with family members,'' he said.
The astronauts also will use an amateur radio and a personal computer
to contact home.
``We've set up a modem facility using our on-board personal computers
where we can plug in to the air to ground and...send notes back and
forth to the ground to wives, families and so forth,'' Bowersox said.
While Columbia's mission is the first for Bowersox, his wife, a NASA
engineer at the Johnson Space Center, does not feel any undue apprehension.
``She understands what goes on and she's very happy for me,'' he
said. ``As a matter of fact, she's kind of jealous. I can't get away
with whining about work loads or schedules with her; she won't listen.
She tells me I'm one of the luckiest people in the world and I just
better keep quiet.''
As for his own level of anticipation, Bowersox is afraid to get too
excited, ``I'm afraid that I won't get to go, something will
happen and I'll get disappointed. But I've been wanting to do this for
years and years now. ''
``There'll be a lot of relief and a lot of enjoyment when I get to
look out the windows and see the Earth for the first time,'' he said.
``Not to mention all that floating around and stuff.''
Bowersox was born in Portsmouth, Va., but he considers Bedford, Ind.,
to be his hometown.
He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1978 with a degree in
aerospace engineering and earned a master's degree in mechanical
engineering from Columbia University in 1979.
In the meantime, Bowersox was commissioned in the Navy in 1978 and
became a naval aviator in 1981. He then was assigned to attack squadron
22 aboard the aircraft carrier Enterprise, where he flew A-7E jets and
completed 300 carrier landings.
In 1985, after graduating from Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards
Air Force Base, Calif., Bowersox tested A-7E jets at the Naval Weapon
Center at China Lake, Calif. He has logged more than 2,000 hours flying
high performance jets.
Bowersox was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1988.
Married to the former Ann Flatley of Pleasanton, Calif., he lists
snow skiing, sailing and off-road motorcycling as his hobbies. He is a
member of the Tail Hook Association and the American Motorcycle
Association.
A highly skilled jet pilot, Bowersox admits he'll be a bit rusty when
Columbia finally returns to Earth after a 13-day voyage.
``Here on the ground, if you don't fly for a couple of weeks you get
a little bit rusty,'' he said. ``To me, the difference is going to be
not in getting a safe landing. But what we like here is to have perfect
landings, we like to have things very predictable, very controlled.
``So the two week length of time may have a little bit of an effect
on that. I don't think anybody after a two-week layoff could come in,
jump into the orbiter and do a perfect landing. They're going to be
safe, but it's not going to be perfect.
Subject: Air Force Col. Carl Meade, 41: Columbia astronaut
Columbia astronaut Carl Meade is an award-winning test pilot with
more than 3,600 hours flying time in 27 different types of jet aircraft.
But he will not be at the controls when he blasts off aboard the
shuttle Columbia Thursday on a record 13-day Spacelab science mission.
Instead, he will play the role of scientist, helping carry out a variety
of experiments inside a roomy Spacelab module to study the effects of
weightlessness.
To gather as much data as possible, Meade and his six crewmates will
work around the clock in two 12-hour shifts. But in a departure from
past flights, the astronauts will get time off during Columbia's mission
to keep from getting ``burned out.''
``It is designed to increase the productivity,'' Meade said. ``Other
crews have come back and said they were essentially working 14, 15 hours
a day, sometimes longer than that, and after the grind of that...it
really took a toll.
``The decision was made that halfway through this flight we'd try to
get four hours of free time. It's an opportunity to do what you want to
do and not...be directed by the flight plan.''
Still, Columbia's flight will prove challenging given its 13-day
length, but that is precisely what the astronauts want for their
experiments.
``The advantages, I think, are the ability to continue with an
experiment in a dedicated manner,'' Meade said. ``Given 13 days, the way
our experiments have been designed, if we encounter an unpredicted
phenomenon we can back up a little bit, regroup and run that experiment
again...and enhance the results. That's the advantage of a 13-day
flight.''
Meade first flew in space aboard the shuttle Atlantis, which took off
Nov. 15, 1990. It was the last fully classified shuttle mission and what
role Meade might have played is not known. But spaceflight clearly is in
his blood.
``When you walk up to that orbiter and it's fueled up and loaded and
ready to go and the thing's moaning and groaning and ready to come
alive...it's gigantic,'' he said. ``And somebody crawls under there,
lights the wick and off you go. Some people think about it as routine.
And there's nothing routine about it. It is a challenge.''
Even so, he said the American public has a right to expect the very
best NASA has to offer.
``We should strive for perfection in this game for two reasons.
Number one, it's a very expensive proposition and number two, it can be
lethal. I think Congress and the American public have a right to demand
it, and I think NASA's obligated to provide it as best they can. Now we
all know, we will never be perfect. But that doesn't mean we can't
continue to strive for that.''
Born Nov. 16, 1950, at Chanute Air Force Base, Ill., Meade was raised
in the military, graduating from the Randolph Air Force Base High School
in 1968.
He earned an electrical engineering degree, with honors, from the
University of Texas in 1973 and a master's degree in the same field from
the California Institute of Technology in 1975.
Before joining the Air Force, Meade served as an electronics engineer
with Hughes Aircraft Co. in Culver City, Calif., and as a Hughes Fellow
at the California Institute of Technology.
He then joined the Air Force and was a distinguished graduate of
undergraduate pilot training at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. In 1977,
the future shuttle astronaut was assigned to Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.,
where he flew RF-4C Phantom jets with the 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance
Wing.
With a clear talent for flying, Meade attended the Air Force Test
Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., earning the Liethen-
Tittle Award for outstanding test pilot before being assigned to the
6510th Test Wing at Edwards.
During his stint at the fabled Mojave Desert air base, Meade worked
with a variety of high-performance jets as well as air and ground-
launched cruise missile systems. In addition, he performed extensive
tests with F-4E Phantoms.
He then was assigned to the F-16 Combined Test Force to evaluate the
performance of America's premier fighter jet before being named a test
pilot instructor at Edwards in 1985, focusing on F-4, A-7 and A-37 jets
and radar flight test techniques.
Meade was selected as a NASA astronaut in June 1985 and prior to his
assignment to Atlantis's crew, he concentrated on shuttle software
development, a post-Challenger crew escape system and emergency egress
procedures.
A member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, Meade is married
to the former Cheryl Ann Root of San Antonio, Texas, and the couple has
one child: David James, 4.
In a brief NASA biography, Meade listed his hobbies as woodworking,
home-built aircraft construction, racquetball, jogging and snow skiing.
Subject: Dr. Ellen S. Baker, 39: Columbia astronaut
Astronaut Ellen Baker, a medical doctor with one previous space
flight to her credit, will serve as the shuttle Columbia's pilot during
overnight shifts while crewmates are busy conducting research in a
payload bay Spacelab module.
As such, Baker will have more free time than most astronauts, a
welcome luxury given that Columbia will be in orbit for a record 13
days, the longest American manned spaceflight since the days of the
Skylab space station in the early 1970s.
``I'm looking forward to seeing what it's like to stay up there two
weeks,'' Baker said. ``With my medical background, I'm curious to note,
at least in myself, if there're any differences in flight and during
entry with how my body adapts and readapts (to gravity).''
The goal of the 48th shuttle mission is to conduct materials
processing research and a variety of medical and biological experiments
in a European-built Spacelab module mounted in Columbia's cargo bay. To
gather as much data as possible, the seven member crew will work around
the clock in two shifts.
For Baker, the biggest challenge is being away from her two children.
``I have two little kids and I don't think they're going to be happy
about mom being gone for at least three weeks,'' she said.
In a departure from past flights, the astronauts plan to chat with
family members during the voyage and to send notes back and forth using
personal computers.
``I think that's a good idea,'' Baker said. ``Whether or not it's
something really necessary for morale on a two-week flight I can't
really say. (But) I think family contact and feeling in touch a little
bit with what's going on at home is comforting.''
Baker first flew in space in 1989 when she and four crewmates blasted
off Oct. 18 to launch the Galileo probe to Jupiter. While the probe's
main antenna failed to fully deploy later, Baker was thrilled at her
assignment.
``I think it's terrific. I'm just so pleased to have a role and
participate in this. I think it's a wonderful scientific endeavor and my
part, no matter how small, is something that I'll be proud of.
``Galileo does a lot on the way to Jupiter but I think once it gets
to Jupiter, that'll be really something. I'm going to be eagerly
watching to see what comes back and I'll feel just as proud I think as I
do now.''
She said Galileo and projects like it are vital if American science
and technology are to keep their cutting edge.
``I think we need to keep doing what we're doing. We have some
awfully smart guys in this country doing things like Voyager and Galileo
and hopefully, we'll get a space station up in orbit...and I think if
given the opportunity...we have a lot to offer.''
Baker has a variety of responsibilities during Columbia's mission,
primarily working to monitor the shuttle's myriad systems during the
overnight shift when commander Richard ``Dick'' Richards and co-pilot
Kennety Bowersox are asleep.
While it appears clear that humans can adjust to weightlessness for
relatively short missions, ``there are a lot of open questions for
longer term spaceflight,'' Baker said.
``We have our Skylab experience and there is some data from the
Russians on longer-term spaceflight but I'm not sure we have a good
understanding of some of the processes of some of the things we're
worried about, like loss of bone and minerals and how to reduce the rate
of loss of calcium in long-term spaceflight, how to maintain astronaut
fitness while you're in zero gravity.
``These are some of the big questions that I think we have some
guesses for and we have some ground-based studies that are similar but
not really representative of zero gravity that we can use to make some
recommendations, but I think we have a long way to go to develop the
best protocol.''
On a more personal level, Baker said before her first flight that she
was excited about finally having a chance to fly in space.
``I personally am looking forward to the whole thing, from the time I
crawl in there and strap in to the time we (land) at Edwards Air Force
Base.''
Baker was born in Fayetteville, N.C. She graduated from Bayside High
School in New York City in 1970, received a bachelor of arts degree in
geology from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1974 and a
doctorate in medicine from Cornell University in 1978.
Married to Kenneth Baker, the astronaut has two children, Karen
Sarah, 3, and Meredith Claire, 1.
After completing medical school in 1981, Baker was hired by the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration as a medical officer at
the Johnson Space Center in Houston. At the same time, she graduated
with honors from the Air Force Aerospace Medicine Primary Course at
Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
Baker was selected to become an astronaut in May 1984. Prior to her
assignment to Atlantis, she worked in flight crew procedures, software
verification and other support activities.
Baker lists her hobbies as swimming, skiing, running, softball, music
and reading.
``Ellen is a really amazing individual,'' said Atlantis commander
Donald Williams. ``I've known her for several years, she was a flight
surgeon here at NASA, hails from New York. A very, very capable, very
intelligent person, a lot of common sense, and I respect her a great
deal.''
Subject: Dr. Lawrence J. DeLucas, 41: Columbia scientist
For civilian researcher Lawrence DeLucas, blasting off aboard the
shuttle Columbia will cap a grueling two years of around-the-clock
training, travel and practice that disrupted his family life and posed a
variety of other hardships.
``I think the last two years have certainly been draining on me,
mainly because the training requires you to travel all over the country,
'' he said in an interview. ``I saw my family only on weekends, usually
just on a Saturday, so it's taken a lot out of me.
``The last five months, my family and I have moved to Houston so
we're together more because of that. It's a very draining experience. I
think I have many more gray hairs now.''
But the payoff is finally at hand, a 13-day voyage aboard Columbia in
which DeLucas will operate his own experiments to learn more about how
to grow large, fault-free crystals of critical proteins, research that
could pave the way to improved drugs.
``Someday down the line, I feel confident we're going to find a drug
that will help prevent maybe complications in diabetes, maybe prevent
hypertension, maybe find a cure for one of the types of cancer,'' he
said.
``If we could find a drug that would stop most of the complications
in diabetics, in this country alone we're talking about 10 million
diabetics. That one drug would justify the cost of another shuttle. But
it's not going to happen on one flight.''
DeLucas was born in Syracuse, N.Y. He holds a battery of degrees,
including a doctorate in biochemistry from the University of Alabama-
Birmingham; a doctorate in optometry; a master's degree in chemistry;
and a bachelor's degree in physiological optics.
He has published more than 30 research papers, is the co-author of
two books and the co-inventor on three patents. He is a member of the
American Crystallographic Association, the American Diabetes
Association, the Alabama Optometric Association and the Helen Keller Eye
Research Foundation.
Married to the former Katherine Gester, DeLucas has three children:
Robert Lawrence, 11; Katherine Bonnefield, 9; and John Stephen, 5.
``My wife has just been fantastic,'' he said. ``I think she would
like to fly more than I would. My children...it gets them interested in
science. My oldest son wanted to be a baseball player when I started
this training and now if you talk to him he wants to be a scientist and
possibly an astronaut.''
But the risks of flying on a space shuttle are never far from
thought. DeLucas said his family has accepted that risk and that he's
prepared for flight.
``Before I started this training, in spite of the fact that I watched
the Challenger when it took off and saw the mishap, I don't think I
fully realized just how complicated that shuttle is and how there is a
potential for another mishap,'' he said.
``I just have to be my old optimistic self and figure...I'm going to
have a great mission. In my opinion, my flight or some other flight, and
I honestly believe this, if we have another shuttle mishap the first
thing we should do is build another shuttle because I feel it is so
worthwhile for our country.''
In a brief NASA biography, DeLucas listed his hobbies as basketball,
scuba diving, model airplanes, astronomy and reading.
Subject: Dr. Eugene H. Trinh, 41: Columbia scientist
Civilian physicist Eugene Trinh, born in Vietnam, raised in Paris and
educated in Europe and the United States, gets a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity this week: conducting his own research as a guest astronaut
aboard the shuttle Columbia.
Trinh and six crewmates are scheduled to spend a record 13-days in
orbit carrying out a battery of experiments inside a European Spacelab
module mounted in the shuttle's cargo bay.
Trinh is an expert in the arcane field of fluid dynamics and during
Columbia's flight, he plans to operate an experiment in which liquid
drops will be manipulated by sound waves to learn more about surface
tension and other phenomena.
``The single most important item is the elimination of gravitational
effects,'' he said in an interview. ``As a simile, you might want to
consider yourself trying to carry out some kind of experiment outside
your laboratory with the wind blowing.
``Wouldn't you get better results if the wind stopped or you moved
your apparatus into the laboratory? Gravity introduces some side effects
that mask and sometimes distort the phenomenon you're observing.''
As for the thrill of taking off aboard a space shuttle, Trinh could
hardly wait.
``I think it's a great thing,'' he said. ``I'm really looking forward
to it. It has never been a grand plan of mine to actually get into orbit
and do this. I just took things step by step. The fact that I'm going to
operate it on orbit is great, I'm very fortunate.''
His wife also is looking forward to the mission.
``I think she's really getting excited about it. She's kind of living
it the same way I'm living it, I suppose, getting to know what is going
to happen,'' he said. ``She's familiar with that. The level of
apprehension is not inordinant, I suppose. She's a little bit
apprehensive, of course, but that's a natural feeling.''
Trinh was born in Saigon, Vietnam, but he was raised from the age of
2 in Paris, France. In 1968, he took up residency in the United States
and now lives in Culver City, Calif., and works for the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.
Trinh earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and
applied physics from Columbia University in 1972. He then earned a
master's and a doctorate in applied physics from Yale University in 1975
and 1977.
He has published more than 30 scientific papers in the field of fluid
dynamics and technology.
Between 1979 and the present, he helped develop acoustic levitation
devices used to manipulate droplets for research on surface tension and
other phenomena. He served as a backup crew member for a Spacelab
mission in 1985 in which containerless processing -- manipulation of
materials with sound waves -- played a major role.
Trinh is not the first Vietnamese to fly in space. Pham Tuan, a North
Vietnamese, flew with the Russians in 1980. But he still feels a bit of
extra attention.
``Whether I like it or not, I'm going to be taken as a representative
of this segment of the population,'' he said. ``All I can say is I'll
try to do my best.''
In a short NASA biography, Trinh listed house remodeling, music,
theater, tennis, swimming, volleyball and hiking as his hobbies. He has
held a variety of honors, including the Sheffield Fellowship at Yale and
a full tuition scholarship at Columbia.
|
| 525.67 | John Creighton to resign | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Sat Jun 27 1992 00:43 | 27 |
| From: clarinews@clarinet.com
Subject: Creighton to leave Navy and NASA
Date: 26 Jun 92 14:25:17 GMT
WASHINGTON (UPI/States) -- Astronaut John Creighton, a veteran of
three Space Shuttle missions is retiring from the U.S. Navy and leaving
NASA to work as a production test pilot and as an instructor pilot in a
Seattle-based company.
Creighton will begin working in Boeing's Commercial Airplane Group in
September.
Creighton was selected for the astronaut program in 1978. He piloted
a space shuttle in June 1985, on which communications satellites were
deployed for Mexico, the Arab League and the United States.
He was also commander of a Department of Defense flight, launched
Feb. 28, 1990.
Last September marked Creighton's final Space Shuttle mission, when
he commanded a shuttle on which the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
was deployed.
``I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at NASA, especially working with
the outstanding people here,'' Creighton said in a statement. ``I feel
privileged to have flown on three Shuttle missions -- each unique and
rewarding, but there comes a point when it's time to look for a new and
different challenge.''
``Our loss is Boeing's gain,'' said Donald Puddy, director of NASA's
Flight Crew Operations. ``They're getting a terrific pilot and a
seasoned aerospace pioneer.''
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| 525.68 | Dan Brandenstein to retire | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Thu Jul 02 1992 17:28 | 82 |
| Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. July 1, 1992
(Phone: 202/453-8536)
Jack Riley
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 92-100
CHIEF ASTRONAUT TO RETIRE FROM NAVY AND LEAVE NASA
Capt. Daniel C. Brandenstein, Chief of the Astronaut Office,
Johnson Space Center, Houston, since 1986 and veteran of four Space
Shuttle missions, is retiring from the U.S. Navy and leaving NASA about
Oct. 1 to pursue other interests.
Brandenstein commanded and flew the new orbiter Endeavour on
the recent STS-49 mission to retrieve, repair and deploy the stranded
INTELSAT-VI telecommunications satellite. During this mission, the
crew conducted a record-setting four EVA's (extravehicular activity or
spacewalks) to successfully rescue the satellite and to demonstrate and
evaluate numerous EVA tasks to be used for the assembly of Space
Station Freedom.
Selected by NASA in January 1978, Brandenstein first flew as a
pilot on STS-8, the first night launch and landing in August-September
1983, aboard the Challenger. During the mission, crew members deployed
the Indian National Satellite, operated the Canadian- built remote
manipulator system (RMS) with the payload flight test article, operated
the continuous flow electrophoresis system with live cell samples,
conducted medical measurements to understand biophysiological effects
of space flight and activated Earth resources and space science
experiments.
On his second mission in June 1985, Brandenstein commanded the
crew of STS-51G aboard Discovery to deploy communications satellites
for Mexico (Morelos), the Arab League (Arabsat) and the United States
(AT&T Telstar). Also, the RMS was used to deploy and retrieve the
SPARTAN satellite after a rendezvous procedure by Brandenstein. In
addition, the crew conducted a number of astronomy, materials
processing, biomedical and other experiments.
Brandenstein also commanded the crew of STS-32 in January 1990
aboard Columbia to deploy the Syncom IV-F5 satellite and retrieve the
Long Duration Exposure Facility using the RMS. The crew also operated
a variety of life sciences and Earth sciences experiments. The IMAX
camera was flown on this mission and the film incorporated into "The
Blue Planet" about the Earth's environment.
With 789 hours in space, Brandenstein holds the record among
Space Shuttle astronauts. He also has flown four of the five orbiters,
and he has more rendezvous experience than any other pilot.
During his career, Brandenstein has earned a number of
achievement awards, including NASA Distinguished Service Medals, the
Defense Superior Service Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, NASA
Outstanding Leadership Medals, Legion of Honor (France), Medal of King
Abdul Aziz (Saudi Arabia) and numerous other awards and honors.
"For the past 14 years I have had the opportunity to have the
most challenging and interesting job in the world. It has been
exciting, rewarding and a pleasure to work with the many talented and
motivated people who make up this country's space team. Although I
have chosen to change careers, I always will be an avid supporter of
the space efforts which I feel are essential to the advancement of
knowledge and technology in this country," Brandenstein said.
"I'm sorry to see Dan go. He's one of the finest human beings
I have ever had the privilege to know. He has been an outstanding
astronaut, providing an example of excellence to which all others
should aspire. His leadership skills are unparalleled here or
elsewhere. I wish him the best in whatever he chooses to do," Center
Director Aaron Cohen said.
Donald R. Puddy, Director of flight crew operations added,
"Dan's experience and expertise certainly will be missed. His many
extraordinary achievements as an astronaut and exemplary performance as
a manager have provided the leadership that has been very valuable to
the astronaut corps, the Johnson Space Center and NASA. I wish him
continuing success as he pursues a new career."
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| 525.69 | Some early cosmonauts | VERGA::KLAES | Slaves to the Metal Hordes | Fri Jul 17 1992 18:51 | 90 |
| Article: 1441
From: vsa@msd.orbi.kostroma.su (Voevodin S.A.)
Newsgroups: sci.space.news
Subject: VSA023: The First Korolyov's KB engineer cosmonaut selection
Date: 13 Jul 92 20:53:38 GMT
Sender: news-service@kiae.su
Organization: AO ORBI (MS-DOS)
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* VSA023 26.06.1992 (c) Sergey A. Voevodin *
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In April of 1964, 13 men were selected by Sergey Korolyov for future
space flights from his KB (Design Bureau). They were:
1. Anokhin Sergey Nikolayevich . .09
2. Bugrov Vladimir Yefgrafovich 18.01.33
3. Dolgopolov Gennady Aleksandrovich 14.11.35
4. Feoktistov Konstantin Petrovich 07.02.26
5. Grechko Georgy Mikhailovich 25.05.31
6. Kubasov Valery Nikolayevich 07.01.35
7. Makarov Oleg Grigoriyevich 06.01.33
8. Rukavishnikov Nikolay Nikolayevich 18.09.32
9. Sevastiyanov Vitaly Ivanovich 08.07.35
10. Timchenko Vladimir A. . .
11. Volkov Vladislav Nikolayevich 03.11.35
12. Yazdovsky Valery Aleksandrovich 08.07.30
13. Yeliseyev Aleksey Stanislavovich 13.07.34
Feoktistov became the cosmonaut in 1964 after Voskhod-1 flight.
Timchenko was not able to pass the medical commission and had no
opportunity to fly space. On 23 May 1966 Anokhin, Bugrov, Volkov,
Grechko, Dolgopolov, Yeliseyev, Kubasov and Makarov were removed to
OKB-1 detachment, some later (on 8 January 1967 ) Rukavishnikov and
Sevastiyanov were added to the detachment. In 1967 Anokhin was too old
and was retired from OKB-1 cosmonaut team. Next year Dolgopolov was
retired by medical reasons, other members of the detachment continued
to train for space flights. In 1969 Yazdovsky began to prepare but
Bugrov was dropped. Volkov, Grechko, Yeliseyev, Kubasov, Makarov,
Rukavishnikov and Sevastiyanov became cosmonauts, Yazdovsky was
back-up of Soyuz-13 engineer but never flied.
Sergey A. Voevodin
8 Okruzhnoy proezd 11-2
156014 Kostroma
Russia
tel.(fax): +7 09422 52853
e-mail box: vsa@msd.orbi.kostroma.su
Article: 1442
Newsgroups: sci.space.news
From: vsa@msd.orbi.kostroma.su (Voevodin S.A.)
Subject: VSA024: The Test-Pilots for "Spiral" project
Sender: news-service@kiae.su
Organization: AO ORBI (MS-DOS)
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1992 20:54:25 GMT
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* VSA024 27.06.1992 (c) Sergey A. Voevodin *
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In 1965 Gleb E. Lozino-Lozinsky began to work under "Spiral" project.
Some civil and military test-pilots flied on the "Spiral" airplane:
1. Fastovets Aviard Gavrilovich
2. Fedotov Aleksandr
3. Menitsky Valery
4. Ostapenko Petr
5. Uryadov Vasily
6. Volk Igor Petrovich
The testing began on May 1976. The main tester was Fastovets. Final
flight was in September 1978 by Vasily Uryadov.
Petr Ostapenko had 5 flights.
Sergey A. Voevodin
8 Okruzhnoy proezd 11-2
156014 Kostroma
Russia
tel.(fax): +7 09422 52853
e-mail box: vsa@msd.orbi.kostroma.su
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| 525.70 | David Hilmers leaves NASA to study medicine | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Wed Jul 22 1992 13:15 | 45 |
| Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. July 21, 1992
(Phone: 202/453-1134)
Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 92-120
Astronaut David C. Hilmers (Col., USMC) is leaving NASA in the fall and
retiring from the U.S. Marine Corps November 1 to pursue a medical degree.
Hilmers will attend the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
Hilmers has flown on four Space Shuttle missions,y logging more than 493
hours in space. In September 1988, he served as a mission specialist on
STS-26, the first flight to be flown after the Challenger accident, which
deployed a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite.
More recently, Hilmers was a crew member on the STS-42 International
Microgravity Laboratory-1 mission in January 1992, working on experiments in a
broad spectrum of scientific disciplines provided by investigators from 11
countries. Two of the missions, STS-51J in October 1985 and STS-36 in February
1990, were Department of Defense flights.
Selected as an astronaut in 1980, Hilmers has served in a number of
technical assignments, including work on upper stage vehicles, Shuttle software
verification, astronaut office training coordinator, spacecraft communicator
(CAPCOM), Space Station Freedom issues and Head of the Mission Development
Branch within the Astronaut Office.
"As I leave NASA, I reflect on 12 years filled with grand experiences,
great joy and occasional sorrow. Above all else, I will miss my co-workers in
the space program who stood by me throughout, and whose efforts were
responsible for anything I might have achieved. At this time, I feel that I
have been assigned to a new mission in the field of medicine, and my hope is
that my service to others would someday approach the support I have enjoyed
here," Hilmers said.
"Dave is a brilliant and totally unselfish person. I'm sure he will be
successful in his new career as a doctor. His aspiration to new goals typifies
the intrinsic striving to explore new horizons and to accept new challenges
that made him an outstanding astronaut and an asset to the space program,"
Donald R. Puddy, Director of Flight Crew Operations, said.
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Subject: Air Force Col. Loren J. Shriver, 47: Atlantis commander
Veteran astronaut Loren J. Shriver, a high school valedictorian and
ace test pilot with more than 5,000 hours flying time to his credit, is
responsible for the launch of a unique Italian science satellite from
the shuttle Atlantis next week.
Given that the Tethered Satellite will remain attached to Atlantis by
a 12-mile-long cable, the fight poses major challenges to the crew and
its commander. It ultimately will be up to Shriver to cut the cable if
the satellite misbehaves.
``If we need to, we can cut the tether and get completely away from
the satellite,'' he said. ``But...we probably haven't thought of
everything that we might see. So what we've tried to do is sit down and
figure out what are some of the wildest things that could happen that we
might expect and then come up with a procedure of flying the orbiter to
take care of that.
``We believe we have an established set of procedures...that will
keep us safe throughout all of the normal operations. If the motion gets
too wild we just have to take a drastic measure.''
On his second space flight in April 1990, he had an even more
important charge: launching the $1.5 billion Hubble Space Telescope.
Before that mission, he said he did not feel any additional pressure
because of the costly payload and its potential impact on modern
astronomy.
``I do think about it. It is a very expensive instrument,'' he said.
``But I also worry about the normal things that every commander does:
the safety of the crew. The telescope is expensive but it is a piece of
hardware.
``To me, crew safety and the things that affect crew safety are
always paramount. The fact that the payload is very, very expensive, I'm
not sure that enters into my thinking. I would do the same whether we
had a load of tinker toys in the back. It's just kind of the way I
approach it.''
Shriver and four veteran crewmates blasted off on the Hubble mission
April 24, 1990. The payload, later found to have a flawed mirror, was
considered by many to be the showcase payload of the shuttle era and
Shriver took his responsibility seriously.
``The types of discoveries that the community thinks they can make
with this are mind boggling to me,'' Shriver said in an interview.
``Ever since people have looked upward and seen stars and wondered what
they were, how did they get there, what are we doing here, that sort of
thing...I really think that perhaps the telescope can go quite a ways
toward giving some insights into those questions. Perhaps it'll raise as
many as it answers.''
Shriver was named an astronaut in 1978 and served as co-pilot of
Discovery for the 15th shuttle mission in January 1985, the first fully-
classified military manned spaceflight in the history of the U.S. space
program.
During that flight, which took off Jan. 24, 1985, Shriver and four
crewmates spent three days in orbit to launch what defense sources said
was a National Security Agency ``signals intelligence'' satellite
designed to eavesdrop on Soviet communications.
The flight ended one day early on Jan. 27 because of bad weather
expected at the Kennedy Space Center landing site.
``Not only was it a DOD flight, but it was the very first dedicated
DOD flight,'' Shriver said. ``In terms of what my family knew, it was
very minimal, very little. That always kind of bugged me a little bit.
Here I was about to embark on this really great adventure, and my family
sort of got left behind in all of that.''
Before his second launch, he said his family had a certain amount of
Challenger-inspired apprehension about the dangers of space flight.
``Obviously, there are (some) apprehensions and we've talked about
some of them and I think more openly since Challenger happened,''
Shriver said. ``You've got to assume there's always the possibility.
We've tried to talk a little bit more about what would happen in the
future if I weren't around.
``You've got to do it. We don't dwell on it, I don't think it's an
overriding factor, and I think they're more excited than they are
apprehensive. The apprehension will come one or two days before launch
just like it does with everybody.''
Shriver was born Sept. 23, 1944, in Jefferson, Iowa, but he considers
Paton, Iowa, his hometown.
A valedictorian graduate of Paton Consolidated High School, Shriver
graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1967 and earned a master's
degree in astronautical engineering from Purdue University the following
year.
From 1969 to 1973, Shriver served as a T-38 jet pilot instructor at
Vance Air Force Base, Okla., and completed F-4 combat crew training at
Homestead Air Force Base, Fla., in 1973.
Shriver then was assigned to a tour in Thailand and returned to the
United States to attend the Air Force test pilot school at Edwards Air
Force Base, Calif., in 1975.
In 1976, the future astronaut served as a test pilot for the top-of-
the-line F-15 fighter jet. He is experienced in 30 different kinds of
civilian and military aircraft and is a member of the Society of
Experimental Test Pilots.
Shriver is married to the former Susan Diane Hane of Paton and the
couple has four children: Camilla Marie, Melinda Sue, Jered Loren, and
Rebecca Hane.
The shuttle pilot is an avid outdoorsman who lists his hobbies as
baseball, softball, basketball, backpacking and camping.
Shriver holds a variety of honors, including the Defense Superior
Service Medal, the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Force
Commendation Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.
Subject: Andrew M. Allen, 36; Atlantis co-pilot
Astronaut Andrew Allen, a ``Top Gun'' fighter pilot who later moved
on to testing high-performance jet aircraft, was selected as an
astronaut in 1987. This week, he finally gets his chance to fly in space
as a member of the shuttle Atlantis's seven-member crew.
The goal of Atlantis's mission is to launch an Italian satellite that
will remain tethered to the shuttle for nearly two days on the end of a
12-mile-long cable. The research could lead to more efficient power
systems for future spacecraft.
``This is going to be a very exciting flight, exciting for myself as
a rookie on the flight and also very exciting for the science community,
the NASA space program, as well as the programs with our international
partners,'' Allen said before liftoff. ``It's going to be a very complex
and challenging flight.''
Allen, 36, was born Aug. 4, 1955, in Philadelphia. He earned a
bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Villanova University in
1977 and was commissioned in the Marine Corps that same year.
After earning his wings, Allen was stationed at Marine Corps Air
Station in Beaufort, S.C., where he flew F-4 Phantom jet fighters. From
1983 to 1986, the future shuttle astronaut was stationed in El Toro,
Calif., to help introduce the F/A-18 Hornet carrier jet.
During his stint in California, Allen graduated from the Marine
Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course and the Naval Fighter Weapons
School, known as ``Top Gun.''
In 1987, Allen graduated from the Navy Test Pilot School in Patuxent
River, Md., where he later was assigned as a test pilot instructor at
the time of his selection by NASA as an astronaut.
Prior to his selection to join the crew of Atlantis, Allen served as
the astronaut office representative for landing site issues and played
an instrumental role in improving the shuttle's nosewheel steering
system.
He was helping test shuttle flight software when he was named to
Atlantis's crew.
Allen is married to the former Juliet Walshe of Glen Rock, N.J. The
couple have two children: Jessica Marie and Meredith Frances. In a short
NASA biography, Allen listed his hobbies as woodworking, racquetball,
biking and weightlifting.
He is a recipient of the Single Mission Air Medal.
Subject: Marsha S. Ivins, 41; Atlantis astronaut
Pilot Marsha Ivins decided she wanted to be an astronaut when she was
12 years old. Thanks to dedication and hard work, her dream came true
with the launch of the shuttle Columbia in 1990 when she blasted off on
a 10-day satellite rescue mission.
For her second flight, Ivins was assigned to the seven-member crew of
the shuttle Atlantis for a bold mission to deploy an Italian satellite
that will be towed through space by a 12-mile-long cable to learn more
about Earth's magnetic field and electicity generation in orbit.
Asked what she looked forward to most about her first space voyage,
Ivins said: ``Finally seeing it, finally being there.''
``This is something I've always wanted to do and it's never been
conceivable to me that I'd get to do it,'' she said. ``So when they say
(main engine cutoff) and all the parts are working right and stuff is
floating around, I'll go, 'Oh, my goodness; this is it!'
``I've just always wanted to be able to look into space, look back at
the Earth. I'd like to do it from farther than 190 miles, but that's as
far as I'll get to go probably in my lifetime.''
Ivins and four crewmates took off Jan. 9, 1990, to kick off a 10-day
mission to launch one satellite and bring a falling science platform
called the Long Duration Exposure Facility - LDEF - back to Earth.
During launch, Ivins served as Columbia's flight engineer. During the
mission, she was responsible for coordinating a myriad of experiments
and Earth photography.
While she was not frightened of flying on board the shuttle, Ivins
said a certain amount of apprehension is normal.
``There was a very wise statement made a long time ago that said if
you're not just a little bit scared you don't understand what's going
on,'' she said. ``So there's always some apprehension involved.''
Still, the thundering climb to space and the shuttle's graceful glide
back to Earth trigger strong emotions in the petite astronaut.
``It makes me cry to see a launch and it makes me cry to see a
landing and it has every single time and it always will,'' she said.
``Probably the calmest I'll be is when I'm on board.''
As for the memory of Challenger's astronauts, Ivins said: ``The pain
of the memory certainly fades over time, but never the memory. It is a
reminder of the risks involved.''
``I hold them in my heart...and take them with me because they died
doing what they wanted to do. If I were to have the same misfortune, it
would be because it's what I wanted to do. So there is a bond even in
the fact that they are gone.''
Ivins was born April 15, 1951, in Baltimore. She graduated from
Nether Providence High School in Wallingford, Pa., in 1969 and earned a
bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from the University of
Colorado in 1973.
One year after graduation from college, Ivins went to work at the
Johnson Space Center in Houston, where she spent six years as an
engineer in the crew station design branch, working on new ``heads-up''
cockpit displays and other control systems.
In 1980, Ivins, who is single, became a flight simulation engineer on
NASA's shuttle training aircraft, Gulfstream business jets modified to
mimic the flight characteristics of a space shuttle.
An accomplished pilot with more than 4,700 hours in civilian and NASA
aircraft, Ivins also served as co-pilot of NASA's Gulfstream 1
administrative aircraft.
She holds a multi-engine airline transport pilot license, a single-
engine airplane license, a glider commercial license and instrument,
multi-engine and glider flight instructor ratings.
In May 1984, Ivins was selected to join NASA's astronaut corps. Prior
to her selection to Columbia's crew, she worked as a mission control
``capcom,'' or capsule communicator, and was involved in payload upper
stages, an extensive shuttle safety review and evalutation of shuttle
software.
Asked when she first realized she wanted to be an astronaut, Ivins
said: ``I think maybe I was 12. I thought, well, I'd like to do that,
and tried to pursue a direction in my education that would let me do
that. But I never thought I'd get this far.''
Ivins is a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association, the
International Aerobatic Club and the 99s, the International Women Pilots
Association. She lists her hobbies as flying, aerobics, reading and
baking.
Subject: Franco Malerba, 45: Atlantis astronaut
Franco Malerba, looking forward to a ``tremendous experience'' aboard
the shuttle Atlantis this week, said he feels a special pride at
becoming Italy's first space flier.
Malerba, 45, is scheduled to spend a week in orbit with six crewmates
to launch the Italian Tethered Satellite System, an ambitious project to
learn more about Earth's magnetic field and the ability of satellites to
tap into an unlimited source of electrical power.
As the satellite, connected to Atlantis by a 12-mile-long tether,
sweeps through the ionosphere and Earth's magnetic field, electrons will
be attracted to the surface of the spacecraft and flow down the cable to
the shuttle.
``It will be a challenge to see the satellite when it's (12 miles) up
above the shuttle,'' he said. ``But we expect there will be
fluorescence, luminescence phenomena associated with capturing electrons
and we want to document that. There, we'll really be the eyes of the
scientists.''
The satellite is scheduled to be towed through the ionosphere for
some 30 hours before being reeled back into the shuttle's cargo bay for
return to Earth. The crew's long hours of training were difficult, but
uniquely satisfying.
``It's the best video game that they ever played,'' Malerba said of
the crew's simulator training. ``They don't say it, but this is the
truth.''
As the first Italian to fly in space, Malerba looked forward to
launch, saying ``I think it also will be a tremendous experience for me.''
``Being a team member of such a proven and skilled corps of
astronauts like all the people around here, it's a great honor and it's
also a great responsibility,'' he said. ``I hope I will be good help and
become very skillful at managing the computer that controls the science
both in the payload bay and in the satellite. And also, we expect to see
optical phenomena associated with the intricate science that will happen
around the satellite.''
Malerba was born Oct. 10, 1946, in Genova, Italy. After graduating
from high school in 1965, he earned an electrical engineering degree
from the University of Genova in 1970 and a doctorate in physics from
the same institution four years later, specializing in biophysics after
research at the Italian National Research Council and the National
Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.
Off and on between 1976 and 1989, Malerba held technical and
management positions with Degital Equipment in Italy and Europe, working
primarily in the field of multi-processor systems and computer networks.
In 1977, Malerba was selected by the European Space Agency as one of
four candidates to train for launch on the first Spacelab shuttle
mission. He was named to Atlantis's crew in 1989 by the Italian Space
Agency, which supplied the Tethered Satellite System.
Married and the father of one child, Malerba enjoys mountain
climbing, skiing and tennis. He is a private pilot and scuba diver who
is a reserve officer in the Italian navy.
Subject: Jeffrey Hoffman, 47: Atlantis astronaut
Astronaut-physicist Jeffrey Hoffman has two previous shuttle flights
to his credit, including a successful astronomy mission in 1990. But
this week, he'll put his physics background to use in a bold mission to
deploy an electricity generating satellite.
Hoffman, 47, and six crewmates are scheduled to spend a week in orbit
aboard the shuttle Atlantis to launch two European satellites, including
the Italian Tethered Satellite System, a spherical spacecraft that will
be unreeled 12 miles into space, remaining attached to the shuttle at
all times.
If all goes well, electrons in the ionosphere will be attracted to
the satellite, flow down its electrically conducting tether to the
shuttle and then be fired back into space, completing a giant circuit.
``The initial reaction that most people have when they learn that
we're about to attach the shuttle to a satellite by a (12-mile-long)
rope is...'Oh my God, why would anybody want to do that?' The first
thing you think about is, what's going to happen to all that rope,
what's going to keep it in the place that you expect it to be, isn't
there a potential problem?
``What we've learned is that there are some very clear physical laws
that we believe the tether should follow and I think we feel extremely
confident that we have addressed adequately all the safety concerns
regarding the safety of the shuttle, the safety of the crew.''
During his second mission in 1990, Hoffman helped operate a battery
of telescopes in the shuttle Columbia's cargo bay. He also taught an
astronomy lesson from space that was beamed to students back on Earth.
It was a teaching assignment the astronomer clearly relished.
``Kids of all ages get excited by space and you can often get science
messages to them using the vehicle of being an astronaut in a way that
maybe some other teachers have a harder time with,'' he said. ``We only
have a half hour. You can't really teach a whole lot of astronomy in a
half hour.
``The fundamental thing that we would like to get across to the
students is the universe is sending us information in a broad spectrum
of radiation and we only see the tiniest bit of that when we look at it
from Earth. Therefore, it opens the student's minds up to the idea of
the electromagnetic spectrum.''
Hoffman said he hoped the lessons from space would show kids they
don't have to be military test pilots to make it into space, that
physics and mathematics also provide pathways to orbit.
Hoffman joined four other NASA astronauts, a non-NASA engineer and
Sen. Jake Garn, R-Utah, for his first mission, a flight aboard Discovery
in April 1985 to launch a pair of communications satellites.
But the second satellite failed to turn on as planned and Hoffman
joined crewmate David Griggs for an unplanned spacewalk in a bold rescue
attempt.
The spacewalkers worked in the shuttle's payload bay for three hours
to attach homemade snares to the end of the ship's 50-foot-long robot
arm. Astronaut Rhea Seddon, working from inside the crew cabin the next
day, tried to use the devices to flip the ailing satellite's start
switch, but the effort was fruitless.
Hoffman holds a Ph.D. in astrophysics from Harvard with three years
of post-doctoral work at England's Leicester University. He and his
Columbia crewmates originally were scheduled for launch in March 1986,
but the flight was put on hold because of the Challenger disaster.
Hoffman, raised in Scarsdale, N.Y., met his wife, the former Barbara
Catherine Attridge of London, England, during a Harvard fellowship, then
a NATO post-doctoral fellowship and finally through a research position
at the university. They have two children, Samuel, 15, and Orin, 11.
When he first applied to the space program in 1978, his wife thought
it was too dangerous, Hoffman said.
``I think I convinced her that it was probably all in all less
dangerous than my mountain climbing activities, which I basically had to
give up when we came down here.''
Subject: Franklin Chang-Diaz, 42: Atlantis astronaut
Astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz, a plasma physicist born in Costa Rica,
says the launch of a unique tethered satellite next week from the
shuttle Atlantis will be safe. But it won't be easy.
The satellite, attached to a 12-mile-long cable, will be deployed 12
miles from Atlantis on Monday. If all goes as theory predicts, the
satellite, Earth's magnetic field and electrons in the ionosphere will
interact to generate 5,000 volts of electricity that will flow down the
tether, into the shuttle's cargo bay and back out into space.
``The experiment itself is a fascinating experiment,'' Chang said.
``You probably have heard the analogy with the famous experiment of
Benjamin Franklin where he flew his kite and collected some charge from
a cloud. We will do something similar, but the analogies kind of end
there.
``The source of electrical voltage will not be the cloud in this
case, but it will be the fact that this wire will be moving through
space, through the vicinity of Earth at a very high velocity. If you
remember when you rode your bicycle when you were little kids and you
had a little dynamo on your back wheel and made that spin up, that
produced enough electricity to light your headlight.
``We will create a voltage between the satellite and the shuttle on
the other end of about 5,000 volts when the tether is fully deployed. If
that experiment works, in my opinion, we will have accomplished
virtually 100 percent of what we really want to get done in this
mission, which is to show we can, in fact, do that.''
Chang, 42, first flew in space aboard the shuttle Columbia, which
blasted off Jan. 12, 1985, on the last successful mission before the
Challenger disaster. He and four crewmates took off aboard Atlantis Oct.
18, 1989, to deploy the $1.4 billion Galileo probe on a six-year voyage
to Jupiter.
``There's just a potpourri of stuff there that needs to be looked at
because the physics that we learn in that system is directly applicable
to what we see on Earth,'' he said before that flight.
``We worry a lot about the environment these days. It's kind of a
convoluted way to go all the way to Jupiter to learn about the
environment but at Jupiter, the environment is everything. The weather
patterns going on there are so much magnified that we can see things
that wouldn't be so obvious here on Earth.
Chang, who was born and grew up in San Jose, Costa Rica, earned a
bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University
of Connecticut in 1973. He went on to earn a doctorate in applied plasma
physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977.
While he was growing up in San Jose, Chang said he and friends used
to climb in an old shipping crate and pretend they were astronauts going
into space.
``My friends and I used to get inside this makeshift spaceship and we
would go off and we would actually go through a countdown and a liftoff
and we'd go off and explore new planets and so on,'' he said.
``I wanted to become a space explorer of some sort. In those days,
even the word astronaut was not really coined yet and the years passed
and as I was growing up in my teenage years in Costa Rica, this idea of
becoming an astronaut became more concrete, more real.''
His dream ultimately led him to the United States and he became a U.
S. citizen in 1977. Three years later he was selected as a NASA
astronaut, a feat that impresses the men and women in the astronaut
corps.
Married to the former Peggy Marguerite Doncaster of Alexandria, La.,
Chang has three children: Jean, Sonia and Lidia. He said his family was
looking forward to his second space flight, despite the memory of
Challenger.
``Everybody's excited. Of course my family, I have to keep telling my
children that everything's going to be fine, we have changed a lot of
procedures, we have made the system safer,'' he said.
``We are not ever going to be 100 percent safe, because there is
nothing in life that can be 100 percent safe. But we can get very, very
close to that 100 percent safe. It is something that needs to be done.
It's part of the adventure. You wouldn't get up in the morning if you
wanted to be safe.''
An avid outdoorsman, Chang specialized in fusion research and joined
the technical staff of the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory in 1977 where
he worked toward the design and integration of control systems for
fusion reactor concepts.
In 1979, Chang developed a new concept to guide fuel pellets in an
inertial fusion reactor chamber. Later he worked on the design of
magnetic systems for energy use from fusion power plants and conducted
pioneering research in new rocket propulsion systems based on high-
temperature plasmas.
Chang also spent 2.5 years as a house manager in an experimental
community residence for deinstitutionalizing chronic mental patients and
he was involved as an instructor with a rehabilitation program for
Hispanic drug abusers in Massachusetts.
Chang takes his roots seriously.
``You can't really escape from it, you have to accept that
responsibility because people do look up to you,'' he said. ``The young
people in Latin America, especially, they want to be astronauts, they
want to have the opportunity to someday fly in space and all I can do is
try to encourage them.
``What I want to do is really work toward making that possible,
making it possible for a young kid down in Bolivia to say when he's 12
or 13 years old, I want to be an astronaut when I grow up, and that
there'd be a clear path that this child can follow to get there.''
Subject: Claude Nicollier, 47: Atlantis astronaut
Swiss astrophysicist Claude Nicollier is the first member of the
European Space Agency to be named a full-fledged NASA astronaut. During
his first space flight this week aboard the shuttle Atlantis, he will
help launch two European satellites.
``We are really looking forward to exploring together,'' he told
reporters earlier this week. ``We will take you with us on this mission.
''
Nicollier, 47, and six crewmates plan to spend a week in orbit aboard
Atlantis to launch the Eureca science satellite and to deploy the
Italian Tethered Satellite System, a unique spacecraft designed to be
towed through space by a 12-mile cable anchored in the shuttle's cargo
bay.
The goal of the research is to learn how to utilize Earth's magnetic
field to generate electricity. It is a tricky experiment, one that poses
numerous challenges to the crew.
But Nicollier said he was optimistic about pulling it off.
``It's been a long road for me, about 12 years, prior to this first
flight,'' said Nicollier, who first was assigned to a mission that later
was canceled in the wake of the Challenger disaster. ``All of the
operations on board this flight...will be operations that will be
performed by all crew members. It's very much teamwork that will be
needed.''
Born Sept. 2, 1944, in Vevey, Switzerland, Nicollier is married to
the former Susana Pererz of Monterrey, Mexico. The couple has two
children: Maya and Marina.
After graduating from high school in 1962, Nicollier earned a
bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Lausanne in 1970 and
a master's in astrophysics from the University of Geneva in 1975.
Between 1970 and 1973, he was as a graduate scientist focusing on
photometric studies of supergiant stars at the Institute of Astronomy at
Lausanne University and at the Geneva Observatory.
While attending the Swiss Air Transport School in Zurich,
Switzerland, and flying DC-9 jet transports for Swissair, Nicollier
participated in part-time research at Geneva Observatory. But at the end
of 1976, he became a fellow at the European Space Agency's Space Science
Department at Noordwijk, Netherlands.
For two years, he concentrated on infrared astronomy projects before
being selected in 1978 as one of three European candidates to fly on the
first Spacelab shuttle mission. He then trained for two years for that
flight, ultimately serving as a backup astronaut.
In 1985, Nicollier was named to the crew of a shuttle mission that
was canceled in the wake of the Challenger disaster. After graduating
from the Empire Test Pilot School in Bascombe Down, England, he was
assigned to the crew of Atlantis.
Nicollier is a captain in the Swiss air force and has logged 4,300
hours flying time, including more than 2,700 hours in jets. He lists his
hobbies as playing alphorn, snow skiing, mountain climbing, flying and
photography.
He also is a member of the Swiss Astronomical Society, the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific and the Swiss Air Force Officers
Society. And he is a fellow of the British Interplanetary Society.
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| 525.72 | New ESA Astronauts | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Sat Aug 01 1992 03:52 | 20 |
| From Countdown Magazine
On June 1 1992, the ESA announced that new astronaut candidates
would begin a year long training program. They join the current three
astronauts - Ulf Merbold, Wubbo Ockels and Claude Nicollier - chosen when
the ESA established its astronaut corps in 1989. They will train for ESA
missions as well as joint ventures with the US and Russia. They are:
Maurizio Cheli of Italy
Jean-Francois Clervoy of France
Pedro Duque of Spain
Christer Fuglesang of Sweden
Marianne Merchez of Belgium.
Of interest, Clervoy had been chosen in 1985 as a French spationauts training
for missions on the Mir station, the shuttle and for the Hermes spaceplane.
Susan
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| 525.73 | Sullivan to become chief scientist at NOAA | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Fri Aug 14 1992 22:03 | 54 |
| Mark Hess
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. August 14, 1992
Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
RELEASE: 92-131
Kathryn D. Sullivan, Ph.D., will be detailed to the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as Chief Scientist, pending Senate
confirmation to make this a permanent assignment. She will begin her new
assignment Aug. 17.
A veteran of three space flights, Sullivan became the first
spacewalking U.S. woman on her first mission, STS-41G, in Oct. 1984, when she
and fellow astronaut David Leestma conducted a 3-1/2-hour extravehicular
demonstration of the feasibility of refueling satellites in space. Also, the
crew worked on a number of scientific Earth observations experiments.
In April 1990, Sullivan was a member of the STS-31 crew, responsible
for deploying the Hubble Space Telescope and conducting a variety of middeck
experiments including protein crystal growth, polymer membrane processing and
the effects of weightlessness and magnetic fields on an ion arc.
More recently, Sullivan was Payload Commander on STS-45 in March 1992,
the first Spacelab mission dedicated to NASA's Mission to Planet Earth to study
the Earth's atmosphere.
Sullivan's activities before joining NASA in 1978 were concentrated in
academic study and research. Her doctoral studies at Dalhousie University in
Halifax, Nova Scotia, included participation in a variety of oceanographic
expeditions, under the auspices of the U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institute in Mass. and the Bedford Institute in Dartmouth, Nova
Scotia. Her research included the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the Newfoundland Basin
and fault zones off the Southern California Coast.
As an oceanography officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve, Sullivan
currently holds the rank of lieutenant commander. She also was an Adjunct
Professor of Geology at Rice University in Houston from 1985 to 1992.
"My 14 years at NASA have been immensely rewarding, both professionally
and personally. I will take many cherished memories with me, particularly the
superb people who make up the Shuttle team. I know they can craft this country
an exciting spacefaring future, and I will watch their exploits with great
interest and pride," Sullivan said.
"Kathy is the consummate space pioneer. Her outstanding
accomplishments as an astronaut and her work as a member of the National
Commission on Space have paved the way for space exploration in the 21st
century. Although Kathy is moving on to another career, she leaves a legacy
for all that follow. We will miss her and wish her great success in her new
position," Director of Flight Crew Operations Donald R. Puddy said.
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| 525.74 | NASA Administrator Goldin to welcome largest gathering of space explorers | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Aug 24 1992 20:06 | 44 |
| Terri Sindelar
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. August 21, 1992
NOTE TO EDITORS: N92-75
NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin will deliver the opening remarks at
the Association of Space Explorers (ASE) 8th Planetary Congress. This will be
the largest group of astronauts and cosmonauts ever assembled with over 100
international space flyers, representing 19 nations, expected to attend.
The Congress opens Monday, Aug. 24, 9 a.m. EST, at Gaston Hall,
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
The theme for this week-long meeting is "To Mars Together." Through
public and executive sessions, the world's space explorers will discuss the
various aspects of an international mission to Mars.
In addition to the opening ceremony, Congress highlights include:
Monday, Aug. 24, 1 p.m. "To Mars Together" panel discussion with Mike
Griffin, Associate Administrator of NASA's Office of Exploration; Konstantin
Feoktistov, Cosmonaut; Carl Sagan, The Planetary Society; and Valentina
Tereshkova, Cosmonaut.
Tuesday, Aug. 25, 1 p.m. Press conference at the Leavey Center.
Friday, Aug. 28, 5:30 p.m. Joint public lecture with The Planetary
Society; and at 9 p.m. ASE awards banquet honoring Isaac Asimov.
Saturday, Aug. 29, 10 a.m. to Noon and 2 to 4 p.m. The public is
invited to meet and hear discussions by international space flyers. The free
Community Day will be held at Reiss Science Building, Georgetown University.
Featured speakers include Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter, Gemini astronaut
Pete Conrad, Space Shuttle astronaut Fred Gregory, and Commonwealth cosmonauts
Alexei Leonov (first human to walk in space) and Svetlana Savitskaya (first
woman to walk in space).
During Community Day, the Challenger Center will assist 100 students in
assembling "Marsville-The Cosmic Village." Students will create an inflatable
habitat and life support systems needed for living on Mars.
For press accreditation, contact the ASE press office through the
Leavey Conference Center, Georgetown University, on 202/687-3291.
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| 525.75 | Shuttle crew assignments announced for STS-58 and STS-61 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Aug 31 1992 18:33 | 33 |
| Mark Hess
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. August 27, 1992
Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
RELEASE: 92-136
John E. Blaha (Col., USAF) will command the Spacelab Life Sciences-2
Space Shuttle mission STS-58 scheduled for launch next summer. This mission
will continue life sciences research on adaptation to microgravity in
preparation for Space Station Freedom and future planetary exploration. Blaha
is a veteran of three previous Space Shuttle missions, as Pilot on STS- 29 in
March 1989 and STS-33 in November 1989 and as Commander on STS-43 in August
1991.
Pilot on STS-58 is Richard A. Searfoss (Maj., USAF), a member of the
1990 astronaut class. This is Searfoss' first flight. William S. McArthur,
Jr., (Lt. Col., USA), also from the astronaut class of 1990 and assigned to
his first flight, will be a mission specialist.
Previously assigned crew members are Payload Commander M. Rhea Seddon,
M.D., assigned in October 1991, and mission specialists Shannon Lucid, Ph.D.,
and David Wolf, M.D., both assigned in December 1991.
Three mission specialists with spacewalking experience are named to
join Payload Commander Story Musgrave, M.D., on STS-61 Hubble Space Telescope
servicing mission scheduled for late 1993.
They are Tom Akers (Lt. Col., USAF) who flew on STS-41 in October 1990
and STS-49 in May 1992; Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Ph.D., who flew on STS- 51-D in
April 1985, STS-35 in December 1990 and STS-46 in August 1992; and Kathryn C.
Thornton, Ph.D., who flew on STS-33 in November 1989 and STS-49 in May 1992. -
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| 525.76 | Payload Commander for STS 66 IML-2 announced | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Fri Sep 04 1992 21:26 | 31 |
| Mark Hess
Headquarters, Washington, DC September 2, 1992
(Phone: 202/453-8536)
Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 703/483-5111)
RELEASE: 92-142
PAYLOAD COMMANDER NAMED FOR IML-2 MISSION
Richard J. Hieb is named payload commander on the second flight of
the International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2) on Space Shuttle mission
STS-66 scheduled for the summer of 1994. The IML series of missions
provide opportunities for the international scientific community to conduct
life sciences, materials sciences, atmospheric and astronomical studies in
the microgravity Spacelab laboratory.
As payload commander, Hieb is responsible for coordinating all
payload requirements for the mission.
Hieb is a veteran of two previous Space Shuttle missions. He was the
mission specialist on STS-39, an unclassified Department of Defense flight
in May 1991, and was responsible for operating the Infrared Background
Signature Satellite during release and retrieval using the robot arm and as a
free-flying satellite. Hieb was also a mission specialist on STS-49 in May
1992. The crew on this first flight of the new orbiter Endeavour rescued,
repaired, and reboosted the stranded Intelsat VI F3 communications
satellite.
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| 525.77 | Astronaut John Young honored for 30 years service | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Oct 05 1992 14:51 | 38 |
| David W. Garrett
NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. October 1, 1992
RELEASE: 92-160
Astronaut John Young was awarded the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal
today by NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin in a ceremony at NASA
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
"Today we're here to honor one of NASA's finest and an authentic
American hero if there ever was one," Goldin said. "John Young first became an
astronaut 30 years ago - September 1962 - back in the days when we were still
flying Mercury spacecraft. He had the right stuff back before we even had a
name for it."
" His first flight in space was with Gus Grissom aboard the very first
Gemini flight," Goldin continued. "Later he flew with Mike Collins on Gemini
10. In 1969, John made his first trip to the Moon aboard Apollo 10 and
returned three years later to become part of the world's most elite fraternity:
one of the 12 men to walk on the Moon."
"For most people, that would have been enough accomplishment for one
lifetime. But not John. He waited almost a decade, then became the ultimate
test pilot by taking the Space Shuttle for its first flight into space. In
1983, he set a new record as the first man to make 6 flights into space."
Young, 62, currently serves as Special Assistant to the Director of the
Johnson Space Center, Houston, for Engineering, Operations and Safety. Prior to
this assignment, he was Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1974 to 1987.
During this period astronaut crews participated in the Apollo-Soyuz joint
American-Russian docking mission, the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Test
program and 25 Space Shuttle flights.
In addition to the Outstanding Leadership Medal, Young is the recipient
of the Space Congressional Medal of Honor, 3 NASA Distinguished Service medals
and 70 other major awards. He also has been inducted into the National
Aviation Hall of Fame.
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| 525.78 | French, Japanese payload specialists selected for IML-2 mission | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Wed Oct 21 1992 16:06 | 62 |
| HQ 92-173/IML-2 PAYLOAD SPECIALISTS
Michael Braukus
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. October 19, 1992
Jerry Berg
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
RELEASE: 92-173
NASA today announced that Dr. Chiaki Mukai, Ph.D and M.D., of the
Japanese National Space Development Agency, has been designated as the prime
payload specialist for the second International Microgravity Laboratory mission
(IML-2) scheduled for launch in July 1994.
Dr. Jean-Jacques Favier, a scientist with the French Atomic Energy
Commission, has been selected as an alternate payload specialist. During the
mission, Dr. Favier will be one of the principal communicators with the
laboratory. As a backup payload specialist, he also will train for the payload
mission so that he could substitute for a flight payload crew member should one
be unable to fly the mission. Dr. Favier was selected by the French Space
Agency as a candidate astronaut in 1985.
"The selection of Dr. Mukai and Dr. Favier to the crew of the IML-2
mission truly accents the international nature of the mission," said NASA
Administrator Daniel Goldin. "I was pleased to have the honor of informing both
the Japanese and French space agencies of their selection."
The first mission in the series, IML-1, flew in January 1992 on the
STS- 42 flight of Discovery. For IML-2, an international team consisting of 80
principal investigators from more than 13 countries will focus on materials and
life sciences, two disciplines needing crew participation and access to reduced
gravity. IML-2 will use the Spacelab long module and is a dedicated
microgravity mission.
The overall objective of the IML-2 mission is to conduct investigations
in applications, science and technology that require the low-gravity
environment of Earth orbit flight and a stable vehicle attitude over an
extended-duration mission.
The mission plan calls for the Space Shuttle Columbia to fly in a 160
nautical mile-high, 28.5 degree orbit. Mission duration is planned for 13
days.
The orbiter will fly in a "gravity gradient" stablized attitude (tail
toward Earth), thereby producing the least gravitational disturbances on the
Spacelab laboratory during the flight.
As previously announced, NASA astronaut Richard Hieb will serve as
payload commander and mission specialist for IML-2. Other crew members will be
named in the future.
The IML series is intended as an ongoing international research program
in materials and life sciences in a microgravity environment. The program is
managed by NASA's Office of Space Science and Applications, Washington, D.C.
Wayne Richie is the IML-2 Program Manager, and Dr. Robert Sokolowski, NASA
Headquarters, is the Program Scientist.
The IML-2 Mission Manager is Lanny Upton, and the Mission Scientist is
Dr. Robert Snyder, both from the Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville,
Ala..
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| 525.79 | Mission Specialists named to IML-2 mission | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Wed Oct 28 1992 14:34 | 37 |
| Mark Hess
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. October 27, 1992
Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
RELEASE: 92-187
Leroy Chiao, Ph.D., and Donald A. Thomas, Ph.D., are assigned as
mission specialists on the International Microgravity Laboratory-2, Space
Shuttle mission STS-65, scheduled for June 1994
"Both Don and Leroy bring strong materials science backgrounds to the
IML-2 payload crew. Their strengths will complement the previously assigned
crew members in achieving the multi-science objectives of this important
international mission," said Acting Director of Flight Crew Operations Steven
A. Hawley.
Chiao, 32, holds a Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering from the
University of California. Born in Milwaukee, Wisc., he considers Danville,
Calif., his hometown. Chiao was selected by NASA in 1990. He has worked on
Space Shuttle flight software verification in the Shuttle Avionics Integration
Laboratory and currently is working crew equipment issues in the Mission
Development Branch of the Astronaut Office.
Thomas, 42, has a doctorate degree in materials science from Cornell
University. His dissertation involved evaluating the effect of crystalline
defects and sample purity on the superconducting properties of niobium. He was
born in Cleveland. Thomas, also in the astronaut class of 1990, has worked on
issues relating to the Shuttle orbiter systems in the Safety and Operations
Development Branches of the Astronaut Office. He currently is serving as a
CAPCOM, an astronaut in the Mission Control Center who communicates with the
Space Shuttle crew members during a mission.
Other crew members previously named to this microgravity mission are
Payload Commander Richard J. Hieb and Chiaki Mukai, Ph.D. and M.D., a payload
specialist from the National Space Development Agency of Japan.
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| 525.80 | STS-61 (HST Servicing Mission) assignments | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Thu Dec 03 1992 21:52 | 80 |
|
Mark Hess December 3,1992
Headquarters, Washington, DC
Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
Veteran NASA astronauts Richard O. Covey and Kenneth Bowersox and ESA
astronaut Claude Nicollier have been named to the crew for STS-61, the Hubble
Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission.
Covey (Col., USAF) will be commander of the mission and Bowersox
(Commander, USN) will be the pilot. Nicollier will be a mission specialist.
The three join other crew members previously named to the STS-61 flight:
payload commander Story Musgrave, M.D., and mission specialists Tom Akers (Lt.
Col., USAF), Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Ph.D., and Kathryn D. Thornton, Ph.D.
This will mark Covey's fourth Space Shuttle mission. He flew as pilot
on missions STS-51 in 1985, and STS-26 in 1988, the return to flight following
the Challenger accident. Covey was mission commander of STS-38 in 1990.
Bowersox will be making his second flight, having previously flown on STS-50
this past June, the longest Shuttle mission to date.
Nicollier will be making his second flight aboard the Shuttle, having
flown recently on the STS-46 mission in July.
The Hubble Space Telescope program is an international cooperative
project between NASA and the European Space Agency.
Brinkley Named STS-61 Mission Director
Also named today is Randy Brinkley to serve as STS-61 Mission Director
for the Office of Space Flight (OSF). Brinkley is currently special assistant
to OSF Associate Administrator Jeremiah Pearson and will take on the additional
duties for the late 1993 mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
"I've told Randy to work with any and all members of the
multi-organizational HST team, to ensure the success of this extremely complex
and important mission," said Pearson. "He has full authority to act for me in
this regard."
Brinkley (Col, USMC, ret.) spent 25 years in the Marine Corps as an
officer and a pilot. As a marine aviator, he accumulated over 4,000 accident
free hours and flew in 42 different types of aircraft.
He was flight qualified in both the F/A-18 and AV8B (Harrier). He
commanded an F-4 squadron and the Marine Corps largest F/A- 18 air group.
A graduate of the University of North Carolina in 1965, Brinkley also
holds masters degrees in Business Administration (MBA), International Relations
and National Security and Strategic Studies.
Upon retiring from the Marine Corps as a Colonel in 1990, he joined the
McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Co., and assumed the leadership role as Manager of
the company's Strategic Evaluation and Studies Team.
Brinkley was named special assistant to Gen. Pearson in August, 1992.
Chief and Deputy Named for Astronaut Office
NASA today also announced that Robert L. "Hoot" Gibson (Captain, USN)
has been named chief of the Astronaut Office at the Johnson Space Center.
Gibson replaced Dan Brandenstein who left NASA this past October.
Gibson is a four-time veteran of Space Shuttle missions. He has flown
as pilot on missions 41-B in 1984, and commanded STS 61-C in 1986, STS-27 in
1988 and commanded the STS-47 mission conducted in September. Gibson also holds
the world altitude record - 27,040 feet - in an international class (660 to
1100 pounds) C-1A piston engine aircraft.
Loren Shriver (Col., USAF) has been named deputy chief of the Astronaut
Office. Shriver has flown on three Shuttle missions. Shriver flew as pilot on
STS 51-C in 1985, and commanded the HST deploy mission, STS-31 in 1990, and the
Tether Satellite System mission, STS-46 in July. Shriver recently has been the
acting deputy chief of the Astronaut Office.
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| 525.81 | Stafford receives Congressional Space Medal of Honor | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Fri Jan 22 1993 12:31 | 60 |
| Jim McCulla
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. January 19, 1993
RELEASE: 93-14
Thomas P. Stafford, a pioneer NASA astronaut who commanded the first
flight of the lunar module to the moon as well as the American crew that
rendezvoused with a Soviet spacecraft in 1975 to improve relations between the
two nations, was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor today at the
direction of President Bush.
The award -- the highest that can be given for space exploration -- was
presented by Vice President Quayle at a ceremony in the Old Executive Office
Building, Washington, D.C.
"This is the greatest honor of my life. I am very proud to have
contributed to our nation's future in space and I am deeply grateful for the
opportunity to have participated in the beginning of America's venture into the
new and endless frontier," said Stafford who retired from the Air Force as a
lieutenant general in 1979.
The citation that accompanied the medal lauds the NASA pioneer for
"exceptional meritorious efforts and contributions to the welfare of the nation
and mankind."
"He continues to serve the nation in charting a future vision for our
space program.
"From the infancy of the United States space program, through its
unprecedented achievements, to its extraordinary future potential for mankind,
Lieutenant General Thomas P. Stafford, USAF (Retired), has left an enduring
legacy."
Stafford flew both the Gemini VI and IX missions in 1965 and 1966,
during which he developed rendezvous principles and techniques that remain in
use today.
On Apollo 10, he commanded the first flight of the lunar module to the
moon and performed the first rendezvous and docking in lunar orbit. During
that mission Stafford and Eugene Cernan descended to within 8 miles of the
Moon's surface, setting the stage for the first lunar landing in July.
Completing his service with NASA in 1975, Stafford returned to the Air
Force to assume command of the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards, Calif.
He subsequently served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Research Development and
Acquisition, during which he was instrumental in the development of major
weapons systems that remain critical to national security.
Stafford personally directed the start of the F-117A Stealth Fighter
program. In early 1979, he personally wrote the initial specifications for the
B-2 bomber and started that program.
In 1990, the Vice President and NASA Administrator asked Stafford to
chair a team to independently advise NASA on how to return to the Moon and send
men on to explore Mars. This study produced a report called "America at the
Threshold," which is a roadmap for the next 30 years of U.S. manned space
flight. He currently serves as a member of the Vice President's Space Policy
Advisory Board.
Source:NASA Spacelink Modem:205-895-0028 Internet:192.149.89.61
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| 525.82 | Mae Jemison, first black female astronaut, retires | VERGA::KLAES | Life, the Universe, and Everything | Sat Mar 06 1993 18:11 | 37 |
| Article: 2981
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (UPI)
Newsgroups: clari.tw.space,clari.news.gov.usa,clari.news.group.women
Subject: First black female astonaut resigns
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 93 7:55:23 PST
HOUSTON, Texas (UPI) -- Dr. Mae C. Jemison, the first black female
astronaut, has resigned from the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
Jemison said in a NASA press release Friday she was leaving to pursue
interests in ``teaching, mentoring and health care issues.''
The 36-year-old woman said she was honored to have been the ``the
first woman of color in space'' and greatful for the opportunty that
NASA gave her.
David C. Leestma, director of Flight Crew Operations, responded that
he was ``sorry to see her go.''
Leestma said Jemison ``was an outstanding role model'' whose
accomplishments will influence young scientists yet to be recruited by
the space agency.
Jemison maintained the NASA astronaut program ``opened many doors''
and enabled her to ``put hard work and training to use for the good of
others.''
Jemison was selected for the program in 1987. She served as a science
mission specialist on STS-47, Spacelab-J, in September, a cooperative
effort with the Japanese to study life sciences and materials
processing. Her specific duties on that mission involved bone cell
research.
Prior to joining NASA, Jemison was a physician for a nationwide
health care organization.
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| 525.83 | Rhea Seddon injured during training | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Thu May 06 1993 18:36 | 22 |
| Barbara Schwartz May 4, 1993
RELEASE NO. 93-032
Dr. M. Rhea Seddon, payload commander on Spacelab Life Sciences- 2
mission scheduled for launch this fall, broke four metatarsal bones in her left
foot during a routine training exercise at Johnson Space Center's orbiter
training facility May 3.
The STS-58 crew was practicing emergency egress from the orbiter, using
an inflatable slide similar to those used by the airline industry for landing
emergencies to evacuate passengers. As Dr. Seddon was sliding down the slide,
her left foot became pinned under her, causing four minor bones to break.
"There will be no impact to the mission because of Dr. Seddon's injury.
She may miss a small amount of training in the next two weeks, but she is an
experienced astronaut and most of these early training activities are refresher
courses. She will return to full-time training in two to four weeks," Flight
Crew Operations Director David C. Leestma said.
A safety review team lead by Gary Jackson of JSC's Safety Division has
been established as a precautionary measure to investigate the incident.
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| 525.84 | Deke Slayton, 1924-1993 | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon Jun 14 1993 16:56 | 9 |
| I'm surprised nobody posted this yet.
Deke Slayton, one of the original "Mercury Seven" astronauts, passed away
this weekend. I believe he was 69 years old.
I'll pass along other details as they become available.
- dave
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| 525.85 | | SKYLAB::FISHER | Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent | Mon Jun 14 1993 17:38 | 2 |
| Yes, 69 is correct. He died of cancer. The rest of the obit was a
summary of his life.
|
| 525.86 | News info on Deke Slayton | VERGA::KLAES | Quo vadimus? | Mon Jun 14 1993 20:07 | 239 |
| Article: 3170
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (UPI)
Newsgroups: clari.tw.space,clari.local.texas
Subject: Former astronaut ``Deke'' Slayton dies of brain tumor
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 93 11:07:42 PDT
LEAGUE CITY, Texas (UPI) -- Former Astronaut Donald ``Deke''
Slayton, died in his sleep Sunday after year-long treatment of a brain
tumor, relatives said.
Sources said Slayton, 69, was hospitalized a year ago for the
condition, and after treatment the tumor went into remission, but
recently flared again.
A relative at the family home who refused to identify herself said
Slayton's wife and daughter were with him when he died at 3:22 a.m. CDT.
Slayton was the last of the original Mercury astronauts to
leave the space program and he spent 16 years trying to convince
medical authorities he was physically fit to go into orbit.
Slayton overcame a heart irregularity that grounded him in the early
phases of the program that put the first men on the moon.
He and two other astronauts joined two Soviet cosmonauts in orbit in
July, 1975.
``It feels great,'' Slayton said during a news conference from orbit.
``The only thing that upsets me is to have missed this fun the last 16
years. I never believed it was quite as great as it really is. I don't
think there's any way you can really express it.
During the historic joint flight, the director of the Johnson Space
Center, said he planned to offer Slayton the job of directing the
testing of the space shuttle rocket plane and would be considered as a
pilot for that program.
``I'm looking forward to working on the shuttle or anything else that
NASA management wants me to do,'' Slayton said.``I'm looking forward to
it as a challenge.
``I like to fly anything, and if I get a chance to fly that beauty,
I'll sure be happy.''
Slayton, born in Sparta, Wis., on March 1, 1924, was the sentimental
favorite of the astronaut office although he ran the elite corps with an
iron hand. He wrote the book of regulations and saw they were followed.
Picked in the first group of astronauts in April, l959, Slayton was
to pilot the Mercury Atlas 7 flight in May, 1962. A heart defect called
idiopathic atrial fibrillation caused him to be replaced by M. Scott
Carpenter.
Slayton fought the grounding which meant he even had to have a
copilot to fly jets while the other astronauts appealed to then
President Kennedy. Nothing worked and Slayton moved in to head the
astronaut office, assigning the pilots for each flight and watching his
chances of ever getting in space grow dimmer.
But, 10 years later doctors said the heart problem had cleared up and
Slayton was returned to flight status and was soon named to the Apollo-
Soyuz crew.
``To some people, life begins at 40,'' Slayton said at the time. ``To
me, it's more like 50, but I guess I'd rather be a 50-year-old rookie
than a 50-year-old has been.''
Slayton was married to the former Marjory Luney of Los Angeles. They
had a son and a daughter.
He entered the Air Force in April, 1943, and flew 63 B25 bomber
combat missions over Europe and Japan during World War II. He went to
the University of Minnesota after the war, but was recalled to active
duty in 1951 and served in Germany.
Before selection to the astronaut corps, Slayton attended the Air
Force test pilot school. He resigned his commission as an Air Force
major in 1963 to become NASA's director of flight crew operations but
left that position for the joint flight.
Article: 3174
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (UPI)
Newsgroups: clari.tw.space,clari.news.interest.people,clari.news.military
Subject: Former astronaut 'Deke' Slayton dies of brain tumor
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 93 12:55:50 PDT
LEAGUE CITY, Texas (UPI) -- Former Astronaut Donald ``Deke'' Slayton
died in his sleep Sunday after yearlong treatment for a brain tumor,
relatives said. He was 69.
Sources said Slayton was hospitalized a year ago for the condition
and after treatment the tumor went into remission, but recently flared
again.
A relative at the family home said Slayton's wife and daughter were
with him when he died at 3:22 a.m.
Slayton was the last of the original Mercury astronauts to leave the
space program and he spent 16 years trying to convince medical
authorities he was physically fit to go into orbit.
Slayton overcame a heart irregularity that grounded him in the early
phases of the program that put the first men on the moon.
He and two other astronauts joined two Soviet cosmonauts in orbit in
July 1975.
``It feels great,'' Slayton told a news conference from orbit. ``The
only thing that upsets me is to have missed this fun the last 16 years.
I never believed it was quite as great as it really is. I don't think
there's any way you can really express it.''
During the historic joint flight, the director of the Johnson Space
Center said he planned to offer Slayton the job directing the testing of
the space shuttle rocket plane and would be considered as a pilot for
that program.
``I'm looking forward to working on the shuttle or anything else that
NASA management wants me to do,'' Slayton said then. ``I'm looking
forward to it as a challenge.
``I like to fly anything, and if I get a chance to fly that beauty
I'll sure be happy.''
Martin Caidan, a close friend of Slayton's and the author of many
books on astronauts, said: ``I think that if Hollywood tried to create
somebody bigger than life, who had an incredible stick-to-it-ness, they
couldn't have done better than Deke Slayton.''
Caidin said Slayton strugged to prove to NASA he was phycially fit to
fly, and ``even though he wasn't allowed in space for 16 years because
of a heart murmur he still stuck with NASA.''
Slayton, born in Sparta, Wis., March 1, 1924, was the sentimental
favorite of the astronaut office although he ran the elite corps with an
iron hand. He wrote the book of regulations and saw that they were followed.
Picked in the first group of astronauts in April l959, Slayton
was to pilot the Mercury Atlas 7 flight in May 1962. A heart defect
called idiopathic atrial fibrillation caused him to be replaced by M.
Scott Carpenter.
Slayton fought the grounding, which meant he even had to have a
copilot to fly jets while the other astronauts appealed to President
John Kennedy to reinstate him. Nothing worked and Slayton moved in to
head the astronaut office, assigning the pilots for each flight and
watching his chances of flying in space grow ever dimmer.
But 10 years later doctors said the heart problem had cleared up and
Slayton was returned to flight status and was soon named to the Apollo-
Soyuz crew.
``To some people, life begins at 40,'' Slayton said at the time. ``To
me, it's more like 50, but I guess I'd rather be a 50-year-old rookie
than a 50-year-old has been.''
Slayton was married to the former Marjory Luney of Los Angeles. They
had a son and a daughter.
He entered the Air Force in April 1943 and flew 63 B25 bombing
missions over Europe and Japan during World War II. He went to the
University of Minnesota after the war, but was recalled to active duty
in 1951 and served in Germany.
Before selection to the astronaut corps, Slayton attended the Air
Force test pilot school. He resigned his commission as an Air Force
major in 1963 to become NASA's director of flight crew operations but
left that position for the joint flight.
Article: 3175
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (UPI)
Newsgroups: clari.tw.space,clari.local.florida,clari.news.interest.people
Subject: Florida author, Mercury expert, remembers 'Deke' Slayton
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 93 13:02:36 PDT
LEAGUE CITY, Texas (UPI) -- Former astronaut Donald ``Deke'' Slayton
died Sunday after a one-year battle with brain cancer and a longtime
friend and NASA expert remembered him as a fighter.
Slayton, 69, was hospitalized a year ago for a cancerous brain tumor,
which went into remission and then recently flared again.
Martin Caidin, of Cocoa Beach, Fla., said the family told him Slayton
died in his sleep with his wife and daughter at his side.
Slayton was the last of the original Mercury astronauts to leave the
space program and he spent 16 years trying to convince medical
authorities he was physically fit to go into orbit.
``I think that if Hollywood tried to create somebody bigger than
life, who had an incredible stick-to-itness they couldn't have done
better than Deke Slayton,'' said Caidin, who has written scores of book
on astronauts and is an expert on the Mercury missions.
He said Slayton took massive experimental doses of vitamins and in
1972 overcame a heart irregularity that grounded him in the early phases
of the program that put the first men on the Moon. He and two other
astronauts joined two Soviet cosmonauts in orbit in July 1975.
He said Slayton never gave up on his goal to go into space -- or on
NASA -- and mentored young astronauts during the time he was grounded.
``That took more guts than anything you could do in the air. To stay
there and keep supporting the program,'' Caidin said. ``He hung in there
and did what he had to do. Leathery, bulldog grit and determination
carried him through.''
Caidin said he and Slayton were friends for decades, going back to
World War II during which they were fighter pilots. He said it was their
love of flying that drew them close.
Slayton, born in Sparta, Wis., March 1, 1924, was the sentimental
favorite of the astronaut office although he ran the elite corps with an
iron hand. He wrote the book of regulations and saw that they were followed.
Picked in the first group of astronauts in April l959, Slayton was to
pilot the Mercury Atlas 7 flight in May 1962. A heart defect called
idiopathic atrial fibrillation caused him to be replaced by M. Scott
Carpenter.
Slayton fought the grounding, which meant he even had to have a
copilot to fly jets while the other astronauts appealed to President
John Kennedy to reinstate him. Nothing worked and Slayton moved in to
head the astronaut office, assigning the pilots for each flight and
watching his chances of flying in space grow ever dimmer.
But 10 years later doctors said the heart problem had cleared up and
Slayton was returned to flight status and was soon named to the Apollo-
Soyuz crew.
``To some people, life begins at 40,'' Slayton said at the time. ``To
me, it's more like 50, but I guess I'd rather be a 50-year-old rookie
than a 50-year-old has been.''
Slayton was married to the former Marjory Luney of Los Angeles. They
had a son and a daughter.
|
| 525.87 | Deke Slayton Obituary | VERGA::KLAES | Quo vadimus? | Tue Jun 15 1993 16:52 | 45 |
| From: US1RMC::"jcm@head-cfa.harvard.edu" "Jonathan McDowell" 14-JUN-1993
To: usenet-space-news@arc.nasa.gov
CC:
Subj: OBITUARY: Deke Slayton (1924-1993)
Obituary: Donald Kent 'Deke' Slayton (1924-1993)
D. K. 'Deke' Slayton was born on 1 Mar 1924 in Wisconsin. A US Air
Force pilot, he joined the Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB in 1955,
and in 1959 became one of NASA's 'Original Seven' Mercury astronauts.
In November 1961 he was selected as the pilot of the second U.S.
orbital spaceflight, Mercury-Atlas 7, which was to follow John Glenn's
flight. However, in March 1962 he was grounded by a heart problem.
When MA-7 did fly later that year, Scott Carpenter was the pilot. In
Nov 1963 Slayton resigned from the USAF with the rank of Major and
became a civilian NASA employee. He was appointed DFCO (Director of
Flight Crew Operations), a post he held for more than 10 years. This
was a very powerful position, as Slayton was responsible for picking
which astronauts would get to fly each mission.
In 1972 Slayton was reinstated on flight service when he managed to
persuade the doctors that his heart problem was not significant. He
was given the next available flight (the last one for 6 years!) as
Docking Module Pilot on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission. In July
1975 ASTP was launched and he became the 84th person in space,
clocking up 217 hr 28 min on the mission.
In 1981 Slayton resigned from NASA and joined Space Services, Inc.,
a private company which hoped to provide a commercial launch service.
The company's Starfire sounding rockets have flown payloads, but the
Conestoga orbital launcher has yet to make it off the pad. Deke
Slayton died of cancer in Houston, Texas on Jun 13, 1993, aged 69.
Five of the Original Seven remain (Grissom was killed in 1967); Sen.
John Glenn (D-Ohio), age 71; Walter Schirra, age 70; Rear Adm. Alan
Shepard, USN (ret), age 69; Scott Carpenter, age 68; and Gordon
Cooper, age 66.
% ====== Internet headers and postmarks (see DECWRL::GATEWAY.DOC) ======
% Newsgroups: sci.space.news
% From: jcm@head-cfa.harvard.edu (Jonathan McDowell)
% Subject: OBITUARY: Deke Slayton (1924-1993)
% Organization: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
% Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1993 21:49:31 GMT
|
| 525.88 | Slayton memorial service at the JSC | VERGA::KLAES | Quo vadimus? | Wed Jun 16 1993 18:15 | 33 |
| Article: 3180
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (UPI)
Newsgroups: clari.tw.space,clari.local.florida,clari.local.texas
Subject: Slayton memorial service planned in Houston
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 9:30:34 PDT
HOUSTON (UPI) -- A memorial service for astronaut Donald K. ``Deke''
Slayton is planned Saturday at the Johnson Space Center, NASA announced
Tuesday.
Slayton, 69, died Sunday from complications of a brain tumor.
Picked in the first group of astronauts in April 1959, Slayton
was supposed to pilot the Mercury Atlas 7 flight in May 1962 but an
irregular heartbeat caused him to be replaced by Scott Carpenter.
Slayton resigned his commission as an Air Force major in 1963 to
become NASA's director of flight crew operations.
The heart problem cleared up and in July 1975 Slayton piloted the
Apollo-Soyuz mission in which he and two other astronauts joined two
Soviet cosmonauts in orbit
Slayton retired from NASA in 1982 after helping develop the space
shuttle program.
The memorial service is scheduled for 1 p.m. EDT Saturday on the
north side of JSC Building 1 and is open to the public.
The family requested that memorials be sent to The Mercury Seven
Foundation, 6225 Vectorspace Boulevard, Titusville, Fla., 32780; or to
Give Kids The World, 210 S. Bass Road, Kissimmee, Fla., 34746.
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| 525.89 | Astronauts M. Brown and Bluford resign. | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Mon Jun 28 1993 19:16 | 78 |
| Mark Hess
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. June 16, 1993
(Phone: 202/358-1776)
Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 703/483-5111)
RELEASE: 93-114
ASTRONAUT MARK BROWN TO JOIN GENERAL RESEARCH CORP.
Col. Mark N. Brown will leave NASA in July and will retire from the
U.S. Air Force to head up the Space Division Office of General Research Corp.,
Dayton, Ohio.
"It has been a privilege to work with the folks at NASA as both an
engineer and astronaut. Each day has offered new challenges, and I have
thoroughly enjoyed working with the fine people across the agency," Brown said.
Brown joined the Johnson Space Center, Houston, in 1980, working in
the Flight Activities Section of the Mission Operations Directorate. He was
selected to become an astronaut in 1984.
Brown served as a mission specialist on STS-28, a Department of Defense
mission in August 1989, and STS-48, the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
mission in September 1991.
Since STS-48 in 1991, Brown served as Deputy Chief of Flight Crew
Operations Directorate's Station-Exploration Office. Most recently Brown has
been a member of the space station redesign team working on Option C,
providing crew expertise to the planning process.
"Mark has made significant contributions to the Shuttle program and to
the Space Station program in addition to his accomplishments as an astronaut.
We'll miss him and wish him success in his new career," Director of Flight Crew
Operations David C. Leestma said.
Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. June 15, 1993
Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
RELEASE: 93-113
ASTRONAUT BLUFORD LEAVES NASA
Col. Guion S. Bluford, Jr., will leave NASA in July and retire from
the U.S. Air Force to join NYMA, Inc., Greenbelt, Md., as Vice President and
General Manager of the Engineering Services Division. NYMA provides engineering
and software support services to the Federal Aviation Administration, the
Justice Department, the Department of Defense and to NASA.
Bluford was among the first group of Shuttle-era astronauts selected in
1978. He has served as a mission specialist astronaut on 4 Space Shuttle
flights, making history as the first African-American astronaut aboard STS-8 in
August 1983. He also flew on STS-61A, the first German D-1 Spacelab mission in
October 1985, and two Department of Defense scientific research missions,
STS-39 in April 1991 and STS-53 in December 1992. Bluford has logged over 688
hours in space.
"I feel very honored to have served as a NASA astronaut and to have
contributed to the success of the Space Shuttle program. I will miss working
with the people at JSC and the team spirit and esprit de corps that comes with
flying crew members in space," Bluford said.
In addition to his flight assignments, Bluford has held numerous
technical assignments at Johnson Space Center, Houston, including working Space
Station Freedom operations, the Remote Manipulator System, Spacelab systems and
experiments, Space Shuttle systems, payload safety issues, and verifying flight
software in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory and in the Flight
Systems Laboratory.
"Guy will be missed, but he leaves a legacy that is important to NASA
and to the nation. There are many young people today who have been inspired to
pursue careers in science and engineering because of his achievements,"
Director of Flight Crew Operations David. C. Leestma said.
|
| 525.90 | Bluford resigns | VERGA::KLAES | Quo vadimus? | Thu Jul 15 1993 16:06 | 33 |
| Article: 3224
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (UPI)
Newsgroups: clari.news.group.blacks,clari.tw.space,clari.local.texas
Subject: First black astronaut in space retires
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 93 9:58:54 PDT
HOUSTON (UPI) - Guy Bluford, who became the first black
astronaut in space with a 1983 shuttle voyage, is retiring to take a
job in the private sector.
The 50-year-old Bluford, who spent the last 15 years of his
29-year Air Force career in the NASA shuttle program, served as
mission specialist on four flights including one last December.
Bluford got his pilot's wings in 1965 and flew 144 combat
missions in the Vietnam War.
He said he never wanted to make a big deal out of being the
first black into space, but he had a key role in establishment of
``S.P.A.C.E. 2000,'' a program aimed at getting disadvantaged youth in
engineering careers.
At a formal sendoff by the group Monday night, Bluford said,
``Maybe my biggest contribution was to open opportunities for others.''
Bluford said although the future of the space station is
threatened by a budget-conscious Congress, he believes the station
will be built and predicted the shuttle program will continue.
Bluford, who holds a doctorate in aerospace engineering, has
accepted an offer of an executive position with a Maryland aerospace
company.
|
| 525.91 | Astronaut music band Max Q and Ten Commandments | VERGA::KLAES | Quo vadimus? | Thu Jul 29 1993 16:54 | 62 |
| Article: 68111
Newsgroups: sci.space
From: kjenks@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov
Subject: Re: Musicians and space
Sender: usenet@aio.jsc.nasa.gov (USENET News Client)
Organization: NASA/JSC/DE44, Mission Operations, Space Station Systems
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1993 22:47:52 GMT
amon@elegabalus.cs.qub.ac.uk wrote:
: Lots of people straddle
: music and science. Weir of the Grateful Dead was one of the original
: L5 members. Astronaut McNair was a jazz musician, and one of his
: friends did a video that was on MTV as a remembrance.
: Look at all the rock bands that used space themes in their music and
: in their videos. ZZ Top "Rough Boy" comes to mind, as do many others.
: I won't put myself in anywhere near the same category, but I did get
: my (albiet small) PRS check this month :-) (That's the UK/Ireland
: equivalent of ASCAP and BMI, only better ;-)
You probably won't find them on any major labels, but the NASA
Astronaut Office sports its own band, Max Q. These are astronauts
(mostly) who play at selected official and (mostly) unofficial
functions. They're not bad at all, but I don't think they've ever
gotten a video produced a la MTV.
-- Ken Jenks, NASA/JSC/DE44, Mission Operations, Space Station Systems
kjenks@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov (713) 483-4368
ASCAN (Astronaut Candidate) 10 COMMANDMENTS
1. Keep smiling, but not grinning
2. Keep your humor harmless, pure and perfect. People don't
understand irony.
3. Keep your weaknesses to yourself. If you don't point them out
to others, they will never see them.
4. Never complain; make survival look easy.
5. You are expected to say something nice after each flight,
class, of simulation.
6. If you can't say something nice, lie -- nicely.
7. In particular, practice saying, "Thanks for pointing that out,
sir. I'll really work on that."
8. Be aggressively humble and dynamically inconspicuous. Save
your brilliance for your friends and family.
9. Remember -- whatever's encouraged is mandatory. Whatever's
discouraged is prohibited.
10. Nothing is sometimes a good thing to do and always a clever
thing to say.
REVIEW THIS LIST DAILY
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| 525.92 | | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Aug 24 1993 15:23 | 320 |
|
From: Voevodin S.A. <vsa@msd.orbi.kostroma.su>
Subject: VSA043: News
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1993 08:32:57 GMT
***********************************************************
* VSA043 20.07.1993 (c) Sergey A. Voevodin *
***********************************************************
* Academician Vladimir Pavlovich Barmin, the Chief Designer
of the Soviet Launch Pads died in Moscow on July 18, 1993.
He was the last from the famous six of the first Council
of the Soviet Space Cheif designers.
* Russian cosmonaut, major Sergey Vozovikov ( born April 17,
1958 ) sank in the Black Sea near Anapa during the water
tests on July 11. He was selected for the TsPK VVS Detach-
ment in 1990.
Sergey A. Voevodin
8 Okruzhnoy proezd 11-2, 156014 Kostroma, Russia
e-mail: vsa@msd.orbi.kostroma.su tel: +7 0942 553291
From: Voevodin S.A. <vsa@msd.orbi.kostroma.su>
Subject: VSA044: Corrections
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1993 08:33:51 GMT
***********************************************************
* VSA044 30.07.1993 (c) Sergey A. Voevodin *
***********************************************************
Corrections
Igor A. Marinin, the Main Editor of Videokosmos's "Novosti
Kosmonavtiki" ("Space news") Bulletin ask me to give correc-
tions for VSA040 & VSA042. Here I am trying to do this:
-----------------------------------------------------------
Re: VSA040
15th RMM/Soyuz TM-18 - launch 16 November 1993
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Afanasiyev Malenchenko Viktorenko
Usachyov Musabayev Kondakova
Polyakov Arzamazov Morukov
Mir Complex - 18 - 24 November 1993
~~~~~~~~~~~
Tsibliyev
Serebrov
Afanasiyev
Usachyov
Polyakov
Soyuz TM-17 - landing 24 December 1993
~~~~~~~~~~~
Tsibliyev
Serebrov
Mir Complex - 24 December 1993 - 09 April 1994
~~~~~~~~~~~
Afanasiyev
Usachyov
Polyakov
16th RMM/Soyuz TM-19 - launch 07 May 1994
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Malenchenko Viktorenko Dezhurov
Musabayev Kondakova Strekalov
Germany?
Mir Complex - 09 May - ? days
~~~~~~~~~~~
Afanasiyev
Usachyov
Polyakov
Malenchenko
Musabayev
Germany?
Soyuz TM-18 - landing ?? June 1994
~~~~~~~~~~~
Afanasiyev
Usachyov
Germany?
Mir Complex - ?? June - ?? December 1994
~~~~~~~~~~~
Malenchenko
Musabayev
Polyakov
17th RMM/Soyuz TM-20 - launch ?? December 1994
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Viktorenko Dezhurov Soloviyov
Kondakova Strekalov Budarin
Duque Merbold
Mir Complex - ?? December 1994 - 30 days
~~~~~~~~~~~
Malenchenko
Musabayev
Polyakov
Viktorenko
Kondakova
Duque
Soyuz TM-19 - landing ?? January 1995
~~~~~~~~~~~
Malenchenko
Musabayev
Duque
Mir Complex - ?? January 1995 - ?? May 1995
~~~~~~~~~~~
Viktorenko
Kondakova
Polyakov
18th RMM/Soyuz TM-21 - launch ?? May 1995
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dezhurov Soloviyov Gidzenko USA:
Strekalov Budarin Kaleri ?
USA1 USA2 ?
Mir Complex - ?? May 1995 - 7 days
~~~~~~~~~~~
Viktorenko
Kondakova
Duque
Dezhurov
Strekalov
USA1
Soyuz TM-20 - landing ?? May 1995
~~~~~~~~~~~
Viktorenko
Kondakova
Duque
Mir Complex - ?? May 1995 - ?? August 1995 (90 days)
~~~~~~~~~~~
Dezhurov
Strekalov
USA1
19th RMM/Space Shuttle - launch ?? August 1995
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Soloviyov Gidzenko Tsibliyev
Budarin Kaleri Treshchov
Fuglesang Reiter
Mir Complex - ?? August 1995 - 7 days
~~~~~~~~~~~
Dezhurov
Strekalov
USA1
Soloviyov
Budarin
Fuglesang
Space Shuttle - landing ?? August 1995
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dezhurov
Strekalov
USA1
Mir Complex - ?? August 1995 - ?? December 1995 (135 days)
~~~~~~~~~~~
Soloviyov
Budarin
Fuglesang
21th RMM/Soyuz TM-22 - launch ?? December 1995
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gidzenko Tsibliyev Korzun?
Kaleri Treshchov Avdeyev
-----------------------------------------------------------
Re: VSA042
There are only two official Cosmonaut Detachments ( TsPK VVS &
NPO "Energia" ) and only three Cosmonaut Groups ( IMBP, LII &
NII VVS ) in Russia.
TsPK VVS
~~~~~~~~~
Commander - col. Volkov Aleksandr Aleksandrovich 08.03.52
Deputy - col. Lyakhov Viktor Afanasiyevich 20.07.41
Cosmonaut-testers
col. Afanasieyv Viktor Mikhailovich 31.12.48
col. Artsebarsky Anatoli Pavlovich 09.09.56
lt.col. Dezhurov Vladimir Nikolayevich 30.07.62
lt.col. Gidzenko Yuri Pavlovich 26.03.62
col. Korzun Valery Grigoriyevich 05.03.53
lt.col. Krichevsky Sergei Vladimirovich 09.07.55
col. Manakov Gennadi Mikhailovich 01.06.50
lt.col. Malenchenko Yuri Ivanovich 22.12.61
maj. Musabayev Talgat Amangeldyyevich 07.01.51
maj. Onufriyenko Yuri Ivanovich 06.02.61
maj. Padalka Gennadi Ivanovich 21.06.58
capt. Sharipov Salizhan Shakirovich 24.08.64
col. Soloviyov Anatoli Yakovlevich 16.01.48
col. Titov Vladimir Georgiyevich 01.01.47
col. Tsibliyev Vasili Vasiliyevich 20.02.54
col. Viktorenko Aleksandr Stepenovich 29.03.47
maj. Zalyotin Sergei Viktorovich 21.04.62
Cosmonaut-researchers
col. Andryushkov Aleksandr Stepanovich 06.10.47
col. Baberdin Valeri Vasiliyevich 28.10.48
col. Fefelov Nikolai Nikolayevich 20.05.45
Krikun Yuri Yuriyevich 03.06.63
Mukhortov Pavel Petrovich 10.03.66
Omelchenko Svetlana Oktyabrevna 20.08.51
Sharov Valeri Yuriyevich 26.12.53
NPO "Energiya"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Commander - Aleksandrov Aleksandr Pavlovich 20.02.43
Deputy - Laveikin Aleksandr Ivanovich 21.04.51
Cosmonaut-testers
Avdeyev Sergei Vasiliyevich 01.01.56
Balandin Aleksandr Nikolayevich 30.07.53
Budarin Nikolai Nikolayevich 29.04.53
Ivanchenkov Aleksandr Sergeyevich 28.09.40
Kalery Aleksandr Yuriyevich 13.05.56
Kondakova Yelena Vladimirovna 30.03.57
Krikalyov Sergei Konstantinovich 27.08.58
Kubasov Valeri Nikolayevich 07.01.35
Lazutkin Aleksandr Ivanovich
Lebedev Valentin Vitaliyevich 14.04.42
Poleshchuk Aleksandr Fyodorovich 30.10.53
Savinykh Viktor Petrovich 07.03.40
Savitskaya Svetlana Yevgeniyevna 08.08.48
Serebrov Aleksandr Aleksandrovich 15.02.44
Sevastiyanov Vitali Ivanovich 08.07.35
Soloviyov Vladimir Alekseyevich 11.11.46
Strekalov Gennadi Mikhailovich 28.10.40
Treshchyov Sergei Yevgeniyevich
Usachyov Yuri Vladimirovich 09.10.57
Vinogradov Pavel Vladimirovich
Zaitsev Andrei Yevgeniyevich 05.08.57
IMBP
~~~~
Commander - Polyakov Valeri Vladimirovich 27.04.42
Cosmonaut-researchers
Arzamazov German Semyonovich 09.03.46
Atkov Oleg Yuriyevich 09.05.49
Borodin Aleksandr Viktorovich 03.03.53
Dobrokvashina Yelena Ivanovna 08.10.47
Karashtin Vladimir Vladimirovich 18.11.62
Lukiyanyuk Vasili Yuriyevich 22.09.58
Morukov Boris Vladimirovich 01.10.50
Pozharskaya Larisa Grigoriyevna 15.03.47
Zakharova Tamara Sergeyevna 22.04.52
LII
~~~
Commander - Zabolotsky Viktor Vasiliyevich 19.04.46
Cosmonaut-testers
Prikhodko Yuri Viktorovich 15.11.53
Sheffer Yuri Petrovich 30.06.47
Sultanov Ural Nazibovich 18.11.48
Tolboyev Magomed Omarovich 20.01.50
Tresvyatsky Sergei Nikolayevich 06.05.54
Volk Igor Petrovich 12.04.37
NII VVS
~~~~~~~
Commander - col. Boroday Aleksei Sergeyevich 28.07.47
Cosmonaut-testers
col. Kadenyuk Leonid Konstantinovich 28.01.50
lt.col. Polonsky Anatoli Borisovich 01.01.56
lt.col. Pushenko Nikolai Alekseyevich 10.08.52
lt.col. Yablontsev Aleksandr Nikolayevich 03.04.55
Cosmonaut-researcher of NPO "Zvezda"
Severin Vladimir Gayevich 56
Cosmonaut-researcher of the Ministry of the High Education
Ivanova Yekaterina Aleksandrovna 03.10.49
Sergey A. Voevodin
8 Okruzhnoy proezd 11-2, 156014 Kostroma, Russia
e-mail: vsa@msd.orbi.kostroma.su tel: +7 0942 553291
|
| 525.93 | Current Cosmonaut Status | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Aug 24 1993 15:25 | 228 |
| From: Voevodin S.A. <vsa@msd.orbi.kostroma.su>
Subject: VSA045: Current Cosmonaut Status No 3
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1993 08:35:40 GMT
*****************************************************************
* VSA045 12.08.1993 (c) Sergey A. Voevodin *
*****************************************************************
Current Cosmonauts Status No 3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In Orbit
~~~~~~~~
Tsibliyev (87)
Serebrov (78)
Group D-7-15 ( The 15th Resident Mir Mission )
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Afanasiyev(85) Malenchenko (87) Viktorenko (78)
Usachyov (89) Musabayev (91) Kondakova (89)
Polyakov (72) Arzamazov (78) Morukov (89)
Group D-7-16 ( The 16th Resident Mir Mission )
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dezhurov (87)
Strekalov (73)
Group D-7-1 ( The first Commanders' row )
~~~~~~~~~~~
Gidzenko (87) Onufrienko (89)
Krichevsky (89) Padalko (89)
Group D-7-2 ( The second Commanders' row )
~~~~~~~~~~~
Korzun (87) Sharipov (90)
Zalyotin (90)
Group K-S ( Rescue-cosmonauts )
~~~~~~~~~
Afanasiyev (85) Volkov (76)
Soloviyov A.(76) Viktorenko (78)
Group Sh ( Space Shuttle in USA )
~~~~~~~~
Krikalyov (85)
Titov (76)
Group K-M ( Candidates )
~~~~~~~~~
Vinogradov (92)
Lazutkin (92)
Treshchev (92)
Group ESA
~~~~~~~~~
Duque
Merbold
Fuglesang
Raiter
Active ( Ready for space flights but out of crews )
~~~~~~
TsPK VVS ( The Cosmonaut Training Centre of The Air Forces )
Lyakhov (67) Omelchenko (90)
Artsebarsky (85) Sharov (90)
Manakov (85) Mukhortov (90)
Baberdin (90) Krikun (90)
Andryushkov (90) Fefelov (70)
NPO "Energiya" ( The Scientific Research Enterprise "Energiya" )
Sevastiyanov(67) Aleksandrov (78)
Kubasov (66) Laveikin (78)
Lebedev (72) Kaleri (84)
Soloviyov V (78) Zaitsev (85)
Savitskaya (80) Avdeyev (87)
Savinykh (78) Poleshchuk (89)
Ivanchenkov (70) Balandin (78)
IMBP ( The Institute of Medical-Biological Problems )
Pozharskaya (80) Zakharova (80)
Borodin (78) Karashtin (89)
Dobrokvashina (80) Lukiyanyuk (89)
Atkov (83)
LII ( The Flight Research Institute )
Volk (78) Tresvyatsky (85)
Sultanov (83) Sheffer (85)
Tolboyev (83) Prikhodko (89)
Zabolotsky (84)
NII VVS ( The Air Force Scientific Research Institute )
Borodai (78) Pushenko (89)
Kadenyuk (88) Yablontsev (89)
Polonsky (89)
NPO "Zvezda" ( The Scientific Research Enterprise "Zvezda" )
Severin (90)
The Ministry of the High Education
Ivanova (83)
Inactive
~~~~~~~~
TsPK VVS
Bykovsky (60) Zholobov (63) Kozelsky (67)
Volynov (60) Kolodin (63) Pisarev (67)
Gorbatko (60) Kugno (63) Alekseyev (67)
Zaikin (60) Matinchenko (63) Burdayev (67)
Kartashov (60) Beregovoi (64) Gaidukov (67)
Leonov (60) Rebrov (65) Isakov (67)
Nikolayev (60) Voloshin (65) Porvatkin (67)
Popovich (60) Kizim (65) Sologub (67)
Rafikov (60) Kramarenko (65) Malyshev (67)
Titov G (60) Sarafanov (65) Dzhanibekov (70)
Khrunov (60) Skvortsov (65) Romanenko (70)
Shonin (60) Fyodorov (65) Dedkov (70)
Yorkina (62) Sharafutdinov(65) Isaulov (70)
Kuznetsova (62) Belousov (65) Kozlov (70)
Ponomariyova(62) Dyagteryov (65) Popov (70)
Soloviyova (62) Kolesnikov (65) Berezovoy (70)
Tereshkova (62) Lisun (65) Illarionov (70)
Vorobiyov (63) Preobrazhensky(65) Vasyutin (76)
Gubarev (63) Glazkov (65) Moskalenko (76)
Kuklin (63) Zudov (65) Protchenko (76)
Filipchenko (63) Klimuk (65) Grekov (78)
Shatalov (63) Rozhdestvensky(65) Bystrov (84)
Artyukhin (63) Khludeyev (65) Diyakonov (84)
Buinovsky (63) Stepanov (65) Zhernovkov (84)
Voronov (63) Beloborodov (67) Aubakirov (91)
Dyomin (63) Kovalyonok (67)
NPO "Energiya"
Feoktistov (64) Fartushny (68)
Golovanov (65) Yazdovsky (68)
Letunov (65) Andreyev (70)
Bugrov (66) Ponomaryov (70)
Dolgopolov (66) Aksyonov (73)
Yeliseyev (66) Ryumin (73)
Makarov (66) Manarov (78)
Grechko (66) Kuleshova (80)
Rukavishnikov(67) Pronina (80)
NPO "Mashinostroyeniya"
Makrushin (72) Grechanik (78)
Yuyukov (73) Romanov (78)
Gevorkyan (78) Khatulev (78)
IMBP
Yegorov B (64) Smirenny (72)
Iliyin (65) Potapov (78)
Kiseyov (65) Amelkina (80)
Senkevich (65) Klyushnikova (80)
Machinsky (72)
RAN
Katys (64) Fatkhulin (67)
Gulyayev (67) Yegorov V (67)
Yershov (67) Latysheva (80)
Kolomiitsev (67)
NII VVS
Bachurin (78) Chirkin (78)
Mosolov (78) Maksimenko (89)
Sattarov (78) Puchkov (89)
Sokovykh (78) Tokarev (89)
Dead
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TsPK VVS
Anikeyev (60) Gulyayev (63)
Belyayev (60) Lazarev (64)
Bondarenko (60) Sorokin (64)
Filatiyev (60) Petrushenko (65)
Varlamov (60) Shcheglov (65)
Gagarin (60) Yakovlev (65)
Komarov (60) Grishchenko (65)
Nelyubov (60) Ivanov (76)
Dobrovolsky (63) Vozovikov (90)
NPO "Energiya"
Anokhin (66) Patsayev (68)
Volkov V (66) Yemeliyanov (84)
LII
Kononenko (78) Stankyavichus(78)
Levchenko (78) Shchukin (78)
Sergey A. Voevodin
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e-mail: vsa@msd.orbi.kostroma.su tel: +7 0942 553291
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| 525.94 | Astro Bagian takes leave of absence | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Aug 24 1993 15:27 | 46 |
|
Ed Campion
August 3, 1993
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
(Phone: 202/358-1778)
Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 93-139
ASTRONAUT BAGIAN TAKES LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Astronaut James P. Bagian, M.D., P.E., is taking a leave
of absence from NASA to work as Vice-President of Corporate
Development and Medical Affairs at Somanetics Corp., Troy,
Mich. Bagian will use his medical and engineering expertise
to head up the company's clinical research activities.
Bagian became an astronaut in July 1980 and took part in
the planning and provision of emergency medical and rescue
support for the first 6 Space Shuttle flights. He was a
mission specialist on Space Shuttle missions STS-29 in March
1989 and on STS-40 in June 1991.
On his first Shuttle flight, Bagian was the principal
investigator for an experiment to study the changes of
cerebral blood flow and its relationship to space adaptation
syndrome and space motion sickness. He was the first to treat
space sickness with the drug Phenergan by intramuscular
injection, which was the first successful treatment regimen
for the symptoms. This method now has been adopted by NASA as
the standard of care for the control of space sickness in
Shuttle crews.
Bagian's second Shuttle flight was the first Spacelab
Life Sciences mission, and the crew members performed
experiments which explored how the heart, blood vessels,
lungs, kidneys and hormone-secreting glands respond to
microgravity, the causes of space sickness and changes in
muscles, bones and cells which occur in humans during space
flight.
Bagian will return to flight status upon his return to
NASA.
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| 525.95 | Payload Commanders for Future Missions | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Aug 24 1993 15:29 | 71 |
| Ed Campion
August 3, 1993
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
(Phone: 202/358-1778)
Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 93-140
PAYLOAD COMMANDERS NAMED FOR FUTURE SHUTTLE MISSIONS
Astronauts Tamara E. Jernigan, Ph.D., Thomas David Jones,
Ph.D., James S. Voss, and Ellen Ochoa, Ph.D., have been named
payload commanders on upcoming Space Shuttle missions.
Jernigan, 37, who holds degrees in engineering science,
space physics and astronomy, is Payload Commander on the STS-
67 Astro-2 mission scheduled for late 1994 aboard Columbia.
Astro-2 is a mission to study the far ultraviolet spectra of
faint astronomical objects using imaging and spectroscopy and
to study the polarization of ultraviolet light coming from hot
stars and galaxies.
Jernigan was a mission specialist on STS-40 Spacelab Life
Sciences-1 in June 1991 and on STS-52, a mission to deploy the
Laser Geodynamic Satellite to measure the movement of the
Earth's crust, to operate the U.S. Microgravity Payload-01 and
to test the Space Vision System developed by the Canadian
Space Agency, in October 1992.
Jones, 38, is Payload Commander on the STS-68 Space Radar
Laboratory-2 (SLR-2) mission scheduled for late 1994 aboard
Atlantis. SRL-2 will take radar images of the Earth's surface
for Earth system sciences studies, including geology,
geography, hydrology, oceanography, agronomy and botany.
Jones has a doctorate in planetary science and is a
mission specialist on SRL-1 in the spring of 1994.
Voss, 44, who has a master of science degree in aerospace
engineering sciences and is a USA Lieutenant Colonel, is
Payload Commander on the STS-69 SPACEHAB-04 and the Shuttle
Pallet Satellite-III scheduled for early 1995 aboard
Discovery. SPACEHAB is a complement of commercial experiments
flown in a pressurized module in the Shuttle's cargo bay as a
supplement to the middeck area of the orbiter and SPAS-III is
a group of instruments which will measure the atmosphere
around the orbiter and the background clutter in the Earth's
atmosphere, calling for a complicated flight plan.
Voss was a Mission Specialist on STS-44 in November 1991,
a mission to deploy a Defense Support Program satellite and to
conduct Military Man in Space experiments, radiation
monitoring experiments and numerous medical tests to support
longer duration Shuttle flights. He also was a mission
specialist on STS-53 in December 1992, a mission to deploy a
classified Department of Defense payload DOD-1 and to conduct
Military Man in Space and NASA experiments.
Ochoa, 35, is Payload Commander on the STS-66 Atmospheric
Laboratory for Applications and Science-3 mission scheduled
for the fall of 1994 aboard Endeavour. ATLAS-3 continues the
series of Spacelab flights to study the energy of the Sun
during an 11-year solar cycle and to learn how changes in the
Sun's irradiance affect the Earth's climate and environment.
Ochoa has master of science and doctorate degrees in
electrical engineering. She was a Mission Specialist on STS-
56 in April 1993, the ATLAS-2 mission.
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| 525.96 | Cosmonaut Grechko to tour U.S. in 1994 | VERGA::KLAES | Quo vadimus? | Thu Sep 16 1993 15:06 | 38 |
| Article: 43005
From: Mary Eileen Wood <aiindigenous@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Date: 11 Sep 93 07:53 PDT
Subject: Cosmonaut Grechko -- US Tour 1/94
Sender: Notesfile to Usenet Gateway <notes@igc.apc.org>
Thought people on this conference would want to hear about this
speaking tour. George Grechko is a GRAND human being!
1994 PEACE TOUR: DR. GEORGI GRECHKO
Cosmonaut Georgi Grechko is an atmospheric scientist by day and an
ardent peace activist by night. Appearing on the PBS series
"Spacewatch," he stressed the need for the international exploration
of space. He spent 30 days in Salyut 4 in 1975, and later returned to
space for another 96 days to act as one of humanity's only "inflight
spacecraft repairman."
In January 1993, Dr. Grechko plans a speaking tour of North America.
His illustrated presentations include humorous and dramatic vignettes
of his experiences in space.
If you are interested in hosting Dr. Grechko, please contact: Lorna Q.
Waddell-Kremer, 4401 Chestnut Ridge Rd, Amherst, NY 14228, fax
716-691-6048. Internet V084EXVR@UB vms.cc.buffalo.edu. or
73123.3125@Compuserve. COM.
Honoraria of $500-1,000 plus travel, food and lodging expenses will be
incurred by all hosts.
Note from the person who passed this on: Dr. Grechko charmed Syracuse
NY last year. The press, the Museum of Science and Tech, even my
Young Astronauts group were all dazzled by him! He can respond to an
amazing range of audiences. If you respond to Lorna by e-mail, please
cc to my Peacenet account: ai.indigenous@.igc.apc.org. Thanx -- Mary
Eileen.
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| 525.97 | Crew selected for STS 63 | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Mon Oct 04 1993 15:10 | 83 |
|
Jim Cast/Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. September 8, 1993
(Phone: 202/358-1778)
Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 93-161
CREW MEMBERS SELECTED FOR STS-63 SHUTTLE SPACEHAB-3 FLIGHT
USN Commander James D. Wetherbee will command the STS-63 mission
aboard Discovery in mid-1994. Other crew members are USAF Major Eileen M.
Collins as Pilot and mission specialists C. Michael Foale, Ph.D.; Janice E.
Voss, Ph.D.; Bernard A. Harris, Jr., M.D.; and Russian Air Force Colonel
Vladimir G. Titov.
The STS-63 mission centers on the flight of Spacehab-3 and Spartan-201.
Spacehab is a commercially-owned pressurized module for human-tended
experiments.
Spartan-201, the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy,
is a free-flying retrievable platform with two telescopes to study the solar
wind, a continuous stream of electrons, heavy protons and heavy ions ejected
from the sun and traveling through space at speeds of almost 1 million miles
per hour. The solar wind frequently causes problems on Earth by disrupting
navigation, communications and electrical power.
Wetherbee, 40, commanded STS-52, a 10-day mission that deployed the
Laser Geodynamic Satellite, operated the first U.S. Microgravity Payload with
French and American experiments and tested the Canadian-built Space Vision
System aboard Columbia in October 1992.
He also was pilot on STS-32 aboard Columbia in January 1990, a mission
that deployed the Syncom IV-F5 satellite and retrieved the Long Duration
Exposure Facility. Wetherbee was born in Flushing, N.Y., and received a
bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of
Notre Dame in 1974.
Collins, 36, is the first female to serve as a pilot on a Space Shuttle
mission. She was born in Elmira, N.Y., and received a master of science degree
in operations research from Stanford University in 1986 and a master of arts
degree in space systems management from Webster University in 1989.
Foale, 36, was a mission specialist on STS-45, the first ATLAS flight, in
March 1992 and on STS-56 in April 1993, which carried ATLAS-2 and the
SPARTAN retrievable satellite. Foale was born in Louth, England, but considers
Cambridge his hometown. He received his doctorate in laboratory astrophysics
from Cambridge University in 1982.
Voss, 36, was a mission specialist on STS-57 in June 1993, on which the
first SPACEHAB commercial middeck augmentation module was flown and the
European Retrievable Carrier satellite was retrieved.
Voss was born in South Bend, Ind., but considers Rockford, Ill., her
hometown. She received a doctorate in aeronautics/astronautics from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1987 and has done additional graduate
work in space physics at Rice University.
Harris, 37, was a mission specialist on the STS-55 Spacelab D-2, dedicated
to German scientific experiments, in April 1993. Harris was born in Temple,
Texas. He received his doctorate in medicine from Texas Tech University
School of Medicine in 1982, completing his residency in internal medicine at
the Mayo Clinic in 1985. He trained as a flight surgeon at the Aerospace
School of Medicine, Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, in 1988.
Titov, 46, was born in Sretensk, in the Chita Region of Russia and
graduated from the Higher Air Force College in Chernigov in the Ukraine in 1970
and the Yuri Gagarin Air Force Academy in 1987.
Titov commanded Soyuz T-8 in April 1983, a mission to dock with and
repair the faulty Salyut 7 solar array. The mission was aborted after 2 days
to avoid a crash when the rendezvous closing rate was determined to be too
fast.
Titov commanded Soyuz TM-4, launched in December 1987, which docked
with the orbiting Mir 1 space station. Titov spent 365 days, 22 hours, 39
minutes in space, setting a long-duration world record. He also performed two
spacewalks during his mission. Titov was selected in October 1992 as one of
two cosmonauts to train for Space Shuttle missions.
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| 525.98 | Mailing list on how to be an astronaut | VERGA::KLAES | Quo vadimus? | Wed Oct 20 1993 19:51 | 31 |
| Article: 15494
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle
From: rutledge@leland.Stanford.EDU (Geoffrey Rutledge)
Subject: Mailing list for astronaut-candidates
Sender: news@medmail.stanford.edu
Organization: Stanford University, California
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1993 20:42:06 GMT
This follows my earlier posting regarding a mailing list for astronaut
candidates and those interested in becoming astronaut candidates. The
idea is to share information, stories and advice regarding the
astronaut-selection process.
The mailing list is now working:
astronaut-candidates@camis.stanford.edu
I do not intend to moderate this mailing list; any mail sent to
astronaut-candidates@camis.stanford.edu
will be automatically forwarded to all list members.
To get on or off the list, do not send mail to the entire list!
Send mail requesting enrollment/disenrollment to
astronaut-candidates-request@camis.stanford.edu
Geoff Rutledge
rutledge@camis.stanford.edu
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| 525.99 | STS 67 ASTRO 2 Crew Member Named | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Mon Nov 01 1993 20:31 | 22 |
|
Barbara Schwartz October 28, 1993
Release: 93-082 Noon CDT
GRUNSFELD NAMED TO STS-67 ASTRO-2 CREW
John M. Grunsfeld, Ph.D., will be a mission specialist on the
Astro-2 mission scheduled for late 1994 aboard Columbia. Astro-2 is a
mission to study the far ultraviolet spectra of faint astronomical
objects using imaging and spectroscopy and to study the polarization of
ultraviolet light coming from hot stars and galaxies. Tamara E.
Jernigan, Ph.D., was named payload commander for the mission in August
1993.
Grunsfeld, 35, is a member of the astronaut class of 1992, and
this is his first flight assignment. He received a bachelor of science
degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in
1980, a master of science degree and a doctor of philosophy degree in
physics from the University of Chicago in 1984 and 1988, respectively.
Grunsfeld was born in Chicago, Illinois.
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| 525.100 | STS 68 SRL-2 Crew Named | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Mon Nov 01 1993 20:33 | 17 |
|
From: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Subject: NASA Daily News for 10/29/93 (Forwarded)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1993 07:35:11 GMT
Michael A. Baker was named Commander of Atlantis' STS-68 mission. This
mission's primary payload is the Space Radar Laboratory-2 (SRL-2)
scheduled for launch in the fall of 1994. The other crew members are
Pilot Terrence W. Wilcutt, Mission Specialists Steven L. Smith, Peter
J. K. "Jeff" Wisoff and Daniel W. Bursch. Thomas David Jones was named
Payload Commander earlier this year.
The SRL-2 mission will take radar images of the Earth's surface for
Earth system sciences studies which include geology, geography,
hydrology, oceanography, agronomy and botany.
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| 525.101 | STS 64 Crew Named | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Mon Dec 06 1993 16:21 | 59 |
|
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston November 17, 1993
RELEASE: 93-086
NASA NAMES SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-64 CREW
USN Captain Richard "Dick" N. Richards will command the STS-64 mission
scheduled for the fall of 1994 aboard Discovery. USAF Colonel L. Blaine
Hammond, Jr., will be the pilot and missions specialists are USAF Colonel Carl
J. Meade, USAF Lt. Colonel Mark C. Lee, and USAF Major Susan J. Helms.
The STS-64 mission will carry the LIDAR In-Space Technology Experiment
(LITE), a project to measure atmospheric parameters from a space platform
utilizing laser sensors, the Robot Operated Materials Processing System (ROMPS)
to investigate robot handling of thin film samples, and the Shuttle Pointed
Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy (Spartan-201), a free-flying retrievable
X-ray astronomy platform.
Richards, 47, was a pilot on Department of Defense mission STS-28 in
August 1989 and commanded STS-41, a mission to deploy the Ulysses spacecraft
beginning its four-year interplanetary journey to Jupiter, in October 1990 and
the United States Microgravity Laboratory mission, STS-50, in June 1992.
Richards was born in Key West, Florida, but considers St. Louis, Missouri, to
be his hometown. He received a bachelor of science degree in chemical
engineering from the University of Missouri in 1969 and a master of science
degree in aeronautical systems from the University of West Florida in 1970.
Hammond, 41, piloted Discovery on his first mission STS-39, the first
unclassified Department of Defense mission in April of 1991. He received a
bachelor of science degree in engineering science and mechanics from the U.S.
Air Force Academy in 1973 and a master of science degree in engineering science
and mechanics from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1974. He was born in
Savannah, Georgia, but considers St. Louis, Missouri, to be his hometown.
Meade, 43, was a mission specialist on STS-38, a Department of Defense
mission in November 1990 and on STS-50 in June 1992. He received a bachelor of
science degree with honors in electronics engineering from the University of
Texas in 1973 and a master of science degree in electronics engineering from
California Institute of Technology in 1975. He was born at Chanute Air Force
Base, Illinois.
Lee, 41, was a mission specialist on STS-30 in May 1989, a mission to
deploy the Magellan Venus-explorer, and payload commander on STS-47 Spacelab-J,
a cooperative science mission with the Japanese in September 1992. Lee
received a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from the U.S. Air
Force Academy in 1974, and a master of science degree in mechanical engineering
from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980. He was born in Viroqua,
Wisconsin.
Helms, 35, was a mission specialist on STS-54 in January 1993, a flight
to deploy a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, to test a fuel cell shut down
and restart in space, and to gather X-ray data to investigate questions about
the formation of the Milky Way galaxy. Helms received a bachelor of science
degree in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1980 and
a master of science degree in aeronautics/astronautics from Stanford University
in 1985. She was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, but considers Portland,
Oregon, to be her hometown.
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| 525.102 | STS 66 Crew Selected | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Wed Jan 12 1994 12:37 | 69 |
| Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. January 10, 1994
(Phone: 202/358-1778) 3 p.m. EST
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 94-4
ASTRONAUTS SELECTED FOR ATLANTIS' STS-66 MISSION
Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Donald R. McMonagle has been selected
to command Space Shuttle Mission STS-66 aboard Atlantis in the Fall of
1994. The mission, called ATLAS-03, will continue the series of Spacelab
flights to study the energy of the sun and how it affects the Earth's
climate and environment.
The remaining crew members for the third Atmospheric Laboratory for
Applications and Science mission include USAF Major Curtis L. Brown, Jr.,
Pilot; mission specialist Scott E. Parazynski, M.D.; mission specialist
Joseph R. Tanner and mission specialist Jean-Francois Clervoy, European
Space Agency astronaut. Ellen Ochoa, Ph.D., earlier was named Payload
Commander for the flight.
In addition to the ATLAS-03 investigations, the mission will include
deployment and retrieval of the Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometer Telescope
for Atmosphere, or CRISTA. Mounted on the Shuttle Pallet Satellite, the
payload is designed to explore the variability of the atmosphere and
provide measurements that will complement those obtained by the Upper
Atmosphere Research Satellite launched aboard Discovery in 1991. CRISTA-
SPAS is a joint U.S./German experiment.
McMonagle, 41, flew as a mission specialist aboard Discovery's STS-
39 mission in April/May 1991. He also was pilot on the crew of STS-54 in
January 1993. Born in Flint, Mich., McMonagle received a bachelor of
science degree in astronautical engineering from the U.S. Air Force
Academy in 1974 and a master of science degree in mechanical engineering
from California State University-Fresno in 1985.
Brown, 37, served as the Pilot aboard Endeavour on Mission STS-47,
Spacelab-J, in September 1992. Brown was born in Elizabethtown, N.C.,
and received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from
the Air Force Academy in 1971.
Parazynski, 32, was born in Little Rock, Ark., but considers Palo
Alto, Calif., and Evergreen, Colo., to be his hometowns. Parazynski
received his doctorate in medicine from Stanford Medical School in 1989.
Parazynski was selected for the astronaut corps in March 1992. STS-66
will be his first Space Shuttle mission.
Tanner, 43, was born in Danville, Ill., and received his bachelor of
science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois
in 1973. He has been with NASA since 1984, serving as an aerospace
engineer and research pilot. Tanner instructed astronaut pilots in
Shuttle landing techniques aboard the Shuttle Training Aircraft and
served as aviation safety officer. Prior to being selected to the
astronaut corps as a member of the class of 1992, Tanner was the Deputy
Chief of the Aircraft Operations Division at the Johnson Space Center,
Houston. He will be making his first Space Shuttle flight.
Clervoy, 35, was born in Longeville-le-Metz, France, but considers
Toulouse, to be his hometown. He received his bachelors degree from the
College Militaire de Saint Cyr l' Ecole in 1976 and graduated in 1987
from the Ecole du Personnel Navigant d' Essais et de Reception, Istres,
as a flight test engineer. In August 1992, Clervoy reported to the
Johnson Space Center as part of the astronaut class of 1992. STS-66 will
be his first Space Shuttle mission.
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| 525.103 | STS 67 Crew Selected | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Wed Jan 12 1994 12:38 | 69 |
| Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. January 10, 1994
(Phone: 202/358-1778) 3 p.m. EST
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 94-5
CREW SELECTED FOR STS-67 ASTRONOMY MISSION
Veteran astronaut Stephen S. Oswald will command the STS-67 flight,
an astronomy mission aboard Space Shuttle Columbia in late 1994. The
mission objectives are to study the far ultraviolet spectra of faint
astronomical objects and to study the polarization of ultraviolet light
coming from hot stars and galaxies.
Joining Oswald on the mission are Air Force Major William G.
Gregory, who will serve as the Pilot; Navy Lieutenant Commander Wendy B.
Lawrence, mission specialist; and payload specialists Ronald A. Parise
and Samuel T. Durrance. They will join Payload Commander Tamara E.
Jernigan, named to the crew in August 1993, and mission specialist John
M. Grunsfeld, named in October 1993.
The Astro-2 mission is the second dedicated to the conduct of
astronomical observations in the ultraviolet spectral regions. The
experiments will observe a variety of targets ranging from objects inside
the solar system to individual stars, nebulae, supernova remnants,
galaxies and active extragalactic objects. The first Astro mission was
flown in December 1990 aboard Columbia.
Oswald, 42, was Pilot on two missions aboard Discovery, STS-42 and
STS-56 flown in January 1992 and April 1993, respectively. He was born
in Seattle, Wash., but considers Bellingham, Wash., his hometown. Oswald
received a bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering from the
U.S. Naval Academy in 1973.
Gregory, 36, was born in Lockport, N.Y., and received a master of
science degree in engineering mechanics from Columbia University in 1980
and a master of science degree in Management from Troy State in 1984.
Gregory was selected for the astronaut corps in 1990. STS-67 will be his
first Space Shuttle mission.
Lawrence, 34, was born in Jacksonville, Fla., and received a
bachelor of science degree in ocean engineering from the U.S. Naval
Academy in 1981. Her 1988 master of science degree in ocean engineering
is from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lawrence is a member
of the astronaut class of 1992. This will be her first Space Shuttle
mission.
Parise, 42, was born in Warren, Ohio, and received a a doctor of
philosophy degree in astronomy from the University of Florida in 1979.
Parise is a member of the research team for the Ultraviolet Imaging
Telescope, one of the instruments scheduled for flight as part of the
Astro payload. STS-67 will be his second flight as a payload specialist
having served in that capacity on the first Astronomy payload mission
aboard Columbia on the STS-35 flight in December 1990.
Durrance, 50, was born in Tallahassee, Fla., but considers Tampa, to
be his hometown. He received a doctor of philosophy degree in
astrogeophysics from the University of Colorado in 1980. Durrance is a
Research Scientist in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. He is Assistant Project Scientist for
the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope, one of the instruments scheduled to
fly as part of the Astro Observatory. Durrance is making his second
flight as a payload specialist. He also served as a payload specialist
on Columbia's Astro-1 mission, STS-35, in December 1990.
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| 525.104 | Weitz to retire from JSC | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Wed Jan 12 1994 12:40 | 77 |
| Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
January 10, 1994
(Phone: 202/358-1780)
Brian Welch
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 94-6
ABBEY NAMED JSC DEPUTY DEPUTY; WEITZ TO RETIRE IN APRIL
George W.S. Abbey was named Deputy Director of the Johnson Space Center
(JSC), Houston, today by the new center Director Dr. Carolyn L. Huntoon.
Abbey succeeds Paul J. "P.J." Weitz, who will serve as the Acting
Associate Director during the transition of the new center management
team until his planned retirement in April. Weitz has served as the
center's Deputy Director since 1987 and Acting Director since the
retirement of Aaron Cohen in August 1993.
"I am pleased to welcome George Abbey back to JSC in a role that will
capitalize on his unique experience and organizational skills," Huntoon
said. "With the upcoming retirement of P.J. Weitz, George has large
shoes to fill, but he brings a wealth of expertise to the job, and his
insights will be invaluable as the JSC team meets the challenges ahead of
us in the 1990s."
Abbey is a 1954 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy who went on to become
a U.S. Air Force pilot in the late 1950s. While serving as an Air Force
officer from 1959 to 1964, he was involved in the Air Force DYNASOAR
program. He was detailed to the Johnson Space Center (then the Manned
Spacecraft Center) in 1964 and resigned his commission to become a member
of the civil service staff in 1967. In January of that year, he became
technical assistant to Apollo Program Manager George M. Low.
In 1969, Abbey became technical assistant to Robert Gilruth, the Director
of the Manned Spacecraft Center. In 1976, he became Director of Flight
Operations, responsible for planning and overall direction of flight
crews and flight control activities for all U.S. human space flights. In
a 1985 reorganization, Abbey became Director of the newly formed Flight
Crew Operations Directorate, responsible for management and direction of
flight crews as well as the center's fleet of aircraft.
In 1988, Abbey was named Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight,
NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. He most recently served as Special
Assistant to NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin.
Weitz, who plans to retire in April 1994, will serve as Acting Associate
Director of JSC until his retirement. He has been a NASA astronaut since
1966 and has logged a total of 793 hours in space on two space flights.
Weitz received his commission as an ensign in the U.S. Navy through the
Naval ROTC program at Pennsylvania State University before earning his
pilot wings in 1956. He served in various naval squadrons until he was
selected as an astronaut in 1966. He has logged more than 7,700 hours
flying time, with 6,400 hours in jet aircraft.
Weitz, one of 19 astronauts selected in the class of 1966, served as
pilot on the crew of Skylab-2 from May 25 to June 22, 1973. Skylab-2 was
the first flight of astronauts to the orbital workshop, and the crew
logged 672 hours and 49 minutes aloft, establishing what was then a new
world record for a single space mission. During that flight, Weitz also
logged 2 hours and 11 minutes of spacewalk time in a dramatic repair of
mechanisms that had been damaged during the launch of Skylab on May 14,
1973.
His second space flight was as the Commander of STS-6, the maiden voyage
of the Space Shuttle Challenger in April 1983. During the mission, the
crew deployed the first Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, conducted the
first spacewalk of the Shuttle era and performed numerous experiments in
materials processing. The mission duration was 120 hours.
Weitz has been awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the Navy
Distinguished Service Medal, the Robert J. Collier Trophy for 1973, the
Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy for 1975 and the NASA Space Flight
Medal.
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| 525.105 | Astros for MIR flights named | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Fri Feb 04 1994 21:00 | 22 |
| From: clarinews@clarinet.com (UPI)
Subject: Astronauts named for Mir flights
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 94 7:52:42 PST
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPI) - Shuttle astronauts Norman Thagard and
Bonnie Dunbar will become the first U.S. crewmembers to serve on the
Russian space station Mir, as the two countries take steps to unite
their manned space programs, NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin said
Thursday.
Thagard, 50, a physician who has made four flights on the shuttle, is
the prime candidate for the first three-month stint aboard Mir,
scheduled to begin next year. Three-time shuttle flier Dunbar will serve
as backup.
Thagard, who is to ride a Russian Soyuz rocket to Mir, will be the
first U.S. astronaut flying aboard a non-U.S. launcher.
Goldin made the announcement following Thursday morning's liftoff of
space shuttle Discovery and six astronauts, including Russian cosmonaut
Sergei Krikalev, the first from his country to fly on the shuttle.
NASA and the Russian Space Agency are planning a series of astronaut
exchanges and cooperative science projects before uniting their programs
in the international space station, scheduled for construction later
this decade.
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| 525.106 | Cosmonaut Grechko to speak at RPI on March 1 | VERGA::KLAES | Quo vadimus? | Tue Feb 08 1994 19:40 | 29 |
| Article: 728
From: thornp2@rpi.edu (Phillip Thorne)
Newsgroups: sci.space.tech
Subject: Cosmonaut--US speaking tour
Date: 7 Feb 1994 14:36:50 GMT
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Cosmonaut Georgi Grechko
1994 North American Speaking Tour
March 1--Albany area
Dr. Georgi Grechko, a Russian cosmonaut and astrogeophysicist, is touring
North America this February and March.
His speaking appearances cover his experiences in space and the need for
international cooperation in space exploration.
Dr. Grechko will be appearing at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
on March 1, 1994.
Where: Darrin Communications Center
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY 12180
When: March 1, 1994
4:00 pm
Admission: free
Sponsored by Rensselaer Space Society
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| 525.107 | More Grechko appearances | VERGA::KLAES | Quo vadimus? | Thu Feb 10 1994 18:14 | 81 |
| Article: 82768
Newsgroups: sci.space
From: dennisn@ecs.comm.mot.com (Dennis Newkirk)
Subject: Cosmonaut North American tour
Organization: Motorola
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 1994 18:11:02 GMT
Sender: news@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com (Net News)
This is a list of Grechko's 1994 North American speaking tour. I've
seen one move place in Ohio claiming to have him speak in March that isn't
on this list, but this is the list the tour organizer is distributing.
date place
-------------------------------
2/18 Chicago, IL - (private)
2/21 Vancouver, BC - HR McMillian Planetarium
2/23 Salt Lake City, UT - Hansen Planetarium
2/24 San Jose, CA - IBM Almaden Research Center
3/1 Albany, NY - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
3/3 Cleveland, OH - Cuyahoga Valley Space Society
3/4 Cleveland, OH - NASA Lewis
3/7 Mishewaka, IN - PHM Planetarium
3/9 Los Angeles, CA - AIAA meeting
If your interested in these events contact the places named, don't ask me.
Dennis Newkirk (dennisn@ecs.comm.mot.com)
Motorola, Land Mobile Products Sector
Schaumburg, IL
Article: 82782
From: charles@tranquest.com (Charles Radley)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Cosmonaut North American tour
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 94 12:07:16 GMT
Organization: Tranquest Corporation
In article <1994Feb8.181102.17079@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>
dennisn@ecs.comm.mot.com writes:
>This is a list of Grechko's 1994 North American speaking tour.
>I've seen one move place in Ohio claiming to have him speak in
>March that isn't on this list, but this is the list the
>tour organizer is distributing.
>
>date place
>-------------------------------
Yours truly is the contact for his appearances in the Cleveland area.
March 2nd, Dr.Grechko will appear at Case Western Reserve University
(SEDS group) in the evening.
>3/3 Cleveland, OH - Cuyahoga Valley Space Society
Specifically the March 3rd appearance is a joint meeting with the AIAA
Northern Ohio Section and the Kent State AIAA Student Section, at Kent
State University.
>3/4 Cleveland, OH - NASA Lewis
Self explanatory.
>3/9 Los Angeles, CA - AIAA meeting
This event will probably be in Ventura County, jointly with the AIAA
Ventura-Pacific Section. Not sure of the other details. They
sometimes meet at the Oxnard Hilton, sometimes at the Rockwell Science
Center, Newbury Park. Not sure of the details in this case.
>If your interested in these events contact the places named, don't ask me.
I can provide more details on the Cleveland and Ventura events on request.
--
Charles F. Radley voice/fax (216)-891-9735
"Concern for man himself and his fate must always form the chief
interest of all technical endeavors....Never forget this in the midst
of your diagrams and equations." - Albert Einstein
|
| 525.108 | Off to Star City | VERGA::KLAES | Quo vadimus? | Wed Feb 16 1994 21:05 | 81 |
| Article: 6931
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (AP)
Newsgroups: clari.news.hot.ussr,clari.world.europe.eastern,clari.tw.space
Subject: US Astronauts To Visit Russia
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 94 22:00:17 PST
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- They're pros at traveling light.
But for this trip -- a space program first -- they want to be prepared.
When astronauts Norman Thagard and Bonnie Dunbar leave next week
for a year of cosmonaut training in Russia, they'll be taking along
some of the comforts of home.
For Thagard, 50, a physician who designs amplifiers in his spare
time, that means a stereo, TV, and VCR.
For Dunbar, 44, a biomedical engineer, that means a tool kit,
batteries, film, and -- oh yes -- instant oatmeal.
``There are no 7-Eleven stores over there,'' Dunbar explained
Tuesday.
Thagard and Dunbar are the first Americans assigned to
Russia's cosmonaut training program. It's part of the same agreement
that had Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev flying last week on space
shuttle Discovery.
Under the astronaut-cosmonaut exchange program, Thagard will
be rocketed into orbit aboard a Russian Soyuz in March 1995 and will
spend three months on Russia's space station Mir, conducting mostly
medical experiments. Dunbar is his backup.
Neither volunteered to go. NASA asked them, and they happily obliged.
``Being the first American to fly in the Russian program
offsets any disadvantages,'' Thagard said Tuesday.
``Since I'll have my family there, the thing I would miss most
won't be missing,'' he added.
Only about a dozen or so of the 100 astronauts expressed a
strong desire to go to Russia; many were reluctant for family reasons.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced its final
selection on Feb. 3.
The Russian Space Agency is handling all the arrangements, just
as NASA did for Krikalev and his backup, Russian cosmonaut Vladimir
Titov, when the two arrived at Johnson Space Center in Houston in 1992.
Thagard and Dunbar, who plan to leave Monday, will have their
own furnished apartments at the cosmonaut quarters in Star City
just outside Moscow. That's quite a change from the early 1970s
when the Soviet Union built a high-security hotel in Star City for
occasional visits by the three American astronauts assigned to the
1975 Apollo-Soyuz docking mission and their NASA entourage.
Thagard will be joined by his wife, Rex, a teacher, and their
youngest son, Daniel, 14, as soon as school is out. Dunbar's
husband, astronaut Ronald Sega, who's just back from space, will
visit as often as he can; they have no children.
Dunbar anticipates there will be ``a lot of rough edges to
smooth out just because it's a new program.'' Identifying those
rough edges will be an important part of their job -- four American
astronauts are to follow Thagard to Mir and up to 10 shuttle-Mir
dockings are planned before the two countries start building a
joint space station in 1997.
Thagard and Dunbar expect language to be their biggest
challenge, even though they have been studying Russian since 1992.
Living in a country with political and economic instability
doesn't worry them. Neither does spending three months in space.
Thagard, a four-time shuttle flier, has never spent more than
eight days in space at a time. Dunbar's longest space trip, her
third, lasted 13 days.
``Three months is not so terribly long,'' Thagard said. ``If we
were talking a year, I'd probably have different thoughts about it.''
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| 525.109 | Space station expenses curtailing astronaut hirings | VERGA::KLAES | Quo vadimus? | Thu Feb 24 1994 13:31 | 26 |
| From: US1RMC::"mbaine@deimos.ucsd.edu" "Michael A.J. Baine" 23-FEB-1994
To: astronaut-candidates@camis.stanford.edu
CC:
Subj: Rumors
The unofficial word on astronaut selections for this year:
NASA (in particular manned space flight) is facing a very serious
budget crises due to the new burden of space station, it has become so
serious that one option being looked into is mothballing a shuttle,
and reducing the number of flights to Mir. With this in mind the
selection was at first put off by six months and now looks like that
could be extended indefinitely.
On the lighter side:
The first couple of astronauts have gone to Russia to begin training
for their Mir encounter.
% ====== Internet headers and postmarks (see DECWRL::GATEWAY.DOC) ======
% Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 18:56:25 -0800
% To: astronaut-candidates@camis.stanford.edu
% From: mbaine@deimos.ucsd.edu (Michael A.J. Baine)
% X-Sender: mbaine@128.54.25.36
% Subject: Rummors
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| 525.110 | Astronauts arrive in Russia | VERGA::KLAES | Quo vadimus? | Fri Feb 25 1994 16:51 | 72 |
| Article: 7198
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (AP)
Newsgroups: clari.world.europe.eastern,clari.news.hot.ussr,clari.tw.space
Subject: 2 Astronauts Arrive In Russia
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 12:40:09 PST
MOSCOW (AP) -- American astronauts Norman Thagard and Bonnie
Dunbar arrived Thursday to begin their yearlong training as cosmonauts
and launch a new era in U.S.-Russian space relations -- and cosmic
culinary cooperation.
Their mission is to turn away from decades of space-race
competition. But just how well that will go over at the dinner table
remains to be seen.
After living and training with cosmonauts at Russia's special
Star City compound outside Moscow, Thagard will blast into space in
March 1995 aboard a Russian rocket and spend three months on the space
station Mir with a Russian crew. Dunbar is his backup.
The mission, although short by Russian standards, will be the
longest period ever spent in space by an American astronaut -- too long,
apparently, to be without what passes for home cooking in space circles.
Thagard will carry with him some of the standard fare eaten by
U.S. space shuttle astronauts, including thermostabilized meats and
rehydratable vegetables.
If that doesn't sound appetizing, consider one of the Russian
dishes Thagard will find: Fish aspic, a sort of sea Jell-O.
And back on Earth it won't be all borscht, beets and potatoes,
either.
Dunbar admitted importing some breakfast food in her bags to
take to Star City.
``I love instant Quaker oatmeal, so I have a little bit with me,''
she told reporters upon arriving at Moscow's Sheremetyevo-2 airport.
Both Dunbar, 44, and Thagard, 50, said they were eager to go
to work in Russia and expected to spend most of their spare time
studying the language.
``Even though we've had some Russian, we'll still need a little
more work at that,'' Thagard said. ``That'll be the main problem.''
The astronauts said they expect a lot of their training in
Russia to be similar to the NASA programs they went through before
shuttle missions, but said there will be a greater emphasis on
physical conditioning in flight.
During long-duration space flights, cosmonauts must exercise
regularly to battle bone and muscle deterioration.
``I never exercised on one of my space flights, but then they
were only eight days long and I came back in fine shape,'' said
Thagard, a veteran of four shuttle missions. ``You can't do that on a
three-month flight, for instance, or a longer flight.''
With Thagard aboard the Mir, Dunbar will fly on the U.S.
shuttle that will dock with the Russian space station, deliver its new
Russian crew and take Thagard back home.
``I've got a feeling I'll be real happy to see Bonnie after
about three months on the Mir,'' Thagard said.
Both astronauts dismissed talk of the old days of the space
race, and of who might have won.
``I think we called it a draw,'' Thagard said.
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| 525.111 | Active Astronauts | VERGA::KLAES | Quo vadimus? | Mon Feb 28 1994 17:37 | 164 |
| Article: 17829
From: pam@astro.as.utexas.edu (Pawel Moskalik)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Active astronauts list requested
Date: 26 Feb 1994 20:50:36 GMT
Organization: McDonald Observatory, University of Texas @ Austin
This is my list of current NASA astronauts. I also list the dates of
their flights and current flight assignments. "Formaly active" category
applies to people who formaly have not retired but do not fly either.
Comments and corrections are welcomed.
Pawel Moskalik
===================
ACTIVE NASA ASTRONAUTS: 105
FORMALY ACTIVE: 7
1962: Young, John, Jr. 1930 65, 66, 69, 72, 81, 83
1966: Weitz, Paul 1932 73, 83
1967: Thornton, William 1929 83, 85
1969: Hartsfield, Henry, Jr. 1933 82, 84, 85
1978: Gregory, Frederick 1941 85, 89, 91
Fisher, Anna 1949 84
1984: Shepherd, William 1949 88, 90, 92
REALLY ACTIVE: 98
Pilots: 38
1978:
Covey, Richard 1946 85, 88, 90, 93
Gibson, Robert 1946 84, 86, 88, 92
Nagel, Steven 1946 85, 85, 91, 93
Shriver, Loren 1944 85, 90, 92
Walker, David 1944 84, 89, 92
1980:
Blaha, John 1942 89, 89, 91, 93
Bolden, Charles, Jr. 1946 86, 90, 92, 94
Grabe, Ronald 1945 85, 89, 92, 93
Richards, Richard 1946 89, 90, 92 ====> 94
1984:
Cameron, Kenneth 1949 91, 93
Casper, John 1943 90, 93 ====> 94
Culbertson, Frank, Jr. 1949 90, 93
Gutierrez, Sidney 1951 91 ====> 94
Hammond, Blaine, Jr. 1952 91 ====> 94
Wetherbee, James 1952 90, 92 ====> 95
1985:
Baker, Michael 1953 91, 92 ====> 94
Cabana, Robert 1949 90, 92 ====> 94
Duffy, Brian 1953 92, 93
Henricks, Terence 1952 91, 93
Oswald, Stephen 1951 92, 93 ====> 94
1987:
Allen, Andrew 1955 92 ====> 94
Bowersox, Kenneth 1956 92, 93
Brown, Curtis, Jr. 1956 92 ====> 94
Chilton, Kevin 1954 92 ====> 94
McMonagle, Donald 1952 91, 93 ====> 94
Readdy, William 1952 92, 93
Reightler, Kenneth, Jr. 1951 91, 94
1990:
Cockrell, Kenneth 1950 93
Collins, Eileen 1956 ====> 95
Gregory, William 1957 ====> 94
Halsell, James, Jr. 1956 ====> 94
Precourt, Charles 1955 93
Searfoss, Richard 1956 93
Wilcutt, Terrence 1949 ====> 94
1992:
Horowitz, Scott 1957
Jett, Brent, Jr. 1958
Kregel, Kevin 1956
Rominger, Kent 1956
Mission Specialists: 60
1967:
Musgrave, Story 1935 83, 85, 89, 91, 93
1978:
Hoffman, Jeffrey 1944 85, 90, 92, 93
Lucid, Shannon 1943 85, 89, 91, 93
Seddon, Rhea 1947 85, 91, 93
Thagard, Norman 1943 83, 85, 89, 92 ====> 95
1980:
Chang-Diaz, Franklin 1950 86, 89, 92, 94
Dunbar, Bonnie 1949 85, 90, 92 ====> 95(b)
Leestma, David 1949 84, 89, 92
Ross, Jerry 1948 85, 88, 91, 93
1984:
Adamson, James 1946 89, 91
Baker, Ellen 1953 89, 92
Ivins, Marsha 1951 90, 92 ====> 94
Lee, Mark 1952 89, 92 ====> 94
Low, David 1956 90, 91, 93
Thornton, Kathryn 1952 89, 92, 93
Veach, Charles 1944 91, 92
1985:
Apt, Jerome 1949 91, 92 ====> 94
Gemar, Charles 1955 90, 91 ====> 94
Godwin, Linda 1952 91 ====> 94
Hieb, Richard 1955 91, 92 ====> 94
Jernigan, Tamara 1959 91, 92 ====> 94
Meade, Carl 1950 90, 92 ====> 94
Thuot, Pierre 1955 90, 92 ====> 94
1987:
Akers, Thomas 1951 90, 92, 93
Davis, Jan 1953 92, 94
Foale, Michael 1957 92, 93 ====> 95
Harbaugh, Gregory 1956 91, 93
Runco, Mario, Jr. 1952 91, 93
Voss, James 1949 91, 92 ====> 95
1990:
Bursch, Daniel 1957 93 ====> 94
Chiao, Leroy 1960 ====> 94
Clifford, Michael 1952 92 ====> 94
Harris, Bernard, Jr. 1956 93 ====> 95
Helmes, Susan 1958 93 ====> 94
Jones, Thomas 1955 ====> 94, 94
McArthur, William, Jr. 1951 93
Newman, James 1956 93
Ochoa, Ellen 1958 93 ====> 94
Sega, Ronald 1952 94
Sherlock, Nancy 1958 93
Thomas, Donald 1955 ====> 94
Voss, Janice 1956 93 ====> 95
Walz, Carl 1955 93 ====> 94
Wisoff, Peter 1958 93 ====> 94
Wolf, David 1956 93
1992:
Barry, Daniel 1953
Brady, Charles, Jr. 1951
Coleman, Catherine 1960
Gernhardt, Michael 1956
Grunsfeld, John 1958 ====> 94
Lawrence, Wendy 1959 ====> 94
Linenger, Jerry 1955
Linnehan, Richard 1957
Lopez-Alegria, Michael 1958
Parazynski, Scott 1961 ====> 94
Scott, Winston 1950
Smith, Steven 1958 ====> 94
Tanner, Joseph 1950 ====> 94
Thomas, Andrew 1951
Weber, Mary 1962
NON-NASA TRAINEES: 5
Cheli, Maurizio 1959 ?? Italy
Clervoy, Jean-Francois 1958 France ====> 94
Garneau, Marc 1949 Canada
Hadfield, Chris 1959 ?? Canada
Wakata, Koichi 1963 Japan
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| 525.112 | When in Russia... | VERGA::KLAES | Quo vadimus? | Tue Mar 01 1994 20:20 | 67 |
| Article: 7385
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (AP)
Newsgroups: clari.world.europe.western,clari.news.hot.ussr,clari.news.gov.usa
Subject: US Astronauts Start In Russia
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 94 14:20:18 PST
STAR CITY, Russia (AP) -- Two American astronauts who have begun
their year-long training as cosmonauts will follow Russian training
techniques and wear Russian space suits, bearing both nations' flags.
The dark days of the space race seem light years away, even as
Russia and the United States are locked in an espionage tit-for-tat
over spies.
Astronauts Norman Thagard, 50, and Bonnie Dunbar, 44, moved into
their Star City apartments and started their Russian language courses Monday.
``We plan to train in the Russian program, in the Russian way,''
said Thagard, who will blast into space on March 1, 1995, aboard a
Russian rocket and spend three months on the space station Mir with
a Russian crew.
``This program has been successful, so I don't think we're
inclined to tinker with it,'' he said.
One exception to all of this Russian-ness is the American
astronaut food Thagard will bring along to the Mir to share with
his crew. He was a bit defensive about that during a news conference
at Russia's cosmonaut training center just outside Moscow.
``That's not something we insisted on, but in fact it was
something which the Russian side itself suggested,'' Thagard said.
He added quickly, ``I've actually enjoyed the Russian food.''
Dunbar, who is training as Thagard's backup on the Mir mission,
is scheduled to fly aboard a U.S. shuttle that will bring a new Russian
crew to the space station and take Thagard back to Earth in June 1995.
The first phase of the U.S.-Russian space partnership began in
early February, when cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev flew aboard the U.S.
space shuttle Discovery. Dunbar's husband, Ronald Sega, was among
his crewmates.
The United States plans 10 shuttle flights to the Mir, which
will be host to a number of astronauts.
Thagard's 90-day mission, although short by Russian standards,
will be the longest period ever spent in space by an American. The
current U.S. record is 84 days, set by Skylab 4 astronauts in 1973-74.
Most Russian space missions are six months, with the longest
exceeding a year. In the eight years since Russia launched the Mir
into orbit, it has amassed great experience with long-duration
space flights, experience the United States hopes to tap.
``Primarily we will be here to train for a very long flight, to
gain the operational experience, to understand the effects on the human
body and to perform experiments in this long duration,'' Dunbar said.
Of particular interest to the United States is the Russian
method of preparing its crews psychologically for long-duration flights.
``Fortunately, three months is not terribly long, so in this
case I don't think the psychological aspects will be all that tough,''
Thagard said. ``Besides, I was a Marine once and we can do anything for
a while.''
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| 525.113 | Cosmonaut Volk to lead old planes around the world | JVERNE::KLAES | Be Here Now | Mon Mar 07 1994 18:12 | 26 |
| Article: 7588
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (Reuters)
Newsgroups: clari.world.europe.eastern,clari.news.hot.ussr
Subject: Russians Plan Round-the-World Trip in Old Planes
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 94 2:20:07 PST
MOSCOW (Reuter) - A group of Russian adventurers said on
Sunday they planned a three-month flight around the world using eight
obsolete Soviet-era aircraft.
The Russians, all pilots, plan to leave Moscow in April and
fly across France, Spain, Morocco, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, the
United States, Canada and Antarctica on a trip covering 37,000 miles.
Russian Amateur Aviation Federation deputy head Nikolai
Gromtsev said by telephone the adventure ``promises to be very
difficult because the planes are not equipped with automatic pilots or
de-icing devices.''
Russian private companies and businessmen have put up the
$500,000 needed for the trip, to be led by cosmonaut Igor Volk.
The planes include the twin-propellor Ilyushin Il-14, which
first flew in the 1940s, and the single-engined Antonov An-2, in the
air since the 1950s.
|
| 525.114 | Cosmonaut cutbacks | MTWAIN::KLAES | Keep Looking Up | Wed May 11 1994 14:07 | 81 |
| Article: 4026
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (AP)
Newsgroups: clari.world.europe.russia,clari.tw.space
Subject: Russia Money Woes Hit Spacemen
Date: Tue, 10 May 94 10:30:13 PDT
MOSCOW (AP) -- Even spacemen are being swept away in Russia's
economic nosedive.
An official said Tuesday that the cosmonaut payroll is being
slashed. Some ground crewmen also will get their walking papers in
the latest cutback in the once-pampered space program.
Pyotr Klimuk, chief of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center at
Star City outside Moscow, said cosmonauts already in training for
specific missions would not be affected by cutbacks.
But those in general training for unspecified future missions
are being struck off the cosmonaut list, he said in a telephone
interview. They include cosmonauts older than 50 and those with
health programs.
It was just the latest sign of crisis in the Russian economy.
The economy has been shrinking steadily since the Soviet Union
dissolved at the end of 1991. Some economists say it is collapsing,
threatening political and social chaos. Others caution against
alarmism, saying Russia is going through a tough but ultimately
healthy transition to a free market economy.
According to official statistics, the value of goods and
services produced by the economy fell 17 percent in the first
quarter of 1994 from a year earlier. Industrial production dropped
25 percent, capital investment declined 28 percent and tax revenues
were 15 percent less than projected.
Although the official statistics do not fully reflect the
activities of the burgeoning private sector, they are cause for
concern in many quarters.
The Economics Ministry, for instance, warned last week that a
drop in output of consumer goods ``threatens the economic independence
of the country and brings the danger of a social explosion.''
Others, however, say the numbers tend to mask some important --
and hopeful -- changes.
Inflation, although still high, has fallen since hitting a
punishing 2,000 percent in 1992. It was down to 8.7 percent in
March, then rose slightly to 9.7 percent last month.
Richard Layard, a British economist who advises the Russian
government, said Tuesday that living standards are 10 percent lower
than they were before Russia's economic upheavals began.
Although painful, a 10 percent drop is relatively low
considering the magnitude of the economic changes Russia has
undergone and far less than previously believed.
``I think it's wrong to get into a crisis mentality,'' he said
in an interview.
The real problem is not declining output, he said. It is
marshalling the work force to produce goods and services that
consumers actually want.
As Soviet-era industrial dinosaurs falter, the livelihoods of
thousands of people are in jeopardy.
Unemployment, unknown in Soviet times, is increasing. The latest
government projections say 5 million Russians, about 7 percent of
the economically active population, will be unemployed by mid-year.
About 4 million people are officially jobless now.
But again, the statistics do not paint a full picture.
Many people employed in the private sector conceal their
employment from the government to preserve social benefits or avoid
taxes. As a result, people listed as having lost jobs in the state
sector actually have new jobs in private enterprise.
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| 525.115 | Cosmonaut status and groups | MTWAIN::KLAES | Keep Looking Up | Thu May 19 1994 16:09 | 334 |
| Article: 2171
Newsgroups: sci.space.policy
From: dennisn@ecs.comm.mot.com (Dennis Newkirk)
Subject: VSA048 Cosmonaut Status
Organization: Motorola
Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 18:11:31 GMT
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* VSA048 O5.O4.l994 (c) Sergey A. Voevodin *
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Current Cosmonauts Status No 4
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In Orbit
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Afanasiyev(85)
Usachyov (89)
Polyakov (72)
Group D-7-16 ( The 16th Resident Mir Mission )
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Malenchenko (87) Viktorenko (78)
Musabayev (91) Kondakova (89)
Strekalov (73)
Group D-7-17 ( The 17th Resident Mir Mission )
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Soloviyov (76)
Budarin (89)
Group D-7-1 ( The first Commanders' row )
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Dezhurov (87) Tsibliyev (87) Gidzenko (87)
Group D-7-2 ( The second Commanders' row )
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Korzun (87) Onufrienko (89) Sharipov (90)
Krichevsky (89) Padalko (89) Zalyotin (90)
Group K-S ( Rescue-cosmonauts )
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Soloviyov A.(76) Viktorenko (78) Volkov (76)
Group Sh ( Space Shuttle in USA )
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Titov (76) Krikalyov (85)
Group K-M ( Candidates )
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Vinogradov (92) Lazutkin (92) Treshchev (92)
Group ESA
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Duque Merbold Fuglesang
Raiter
Group USA
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Thagard Dunbar
Active
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TsPK VVS ( The Cosmonaut Training Centre of The Air Forces )
Lyakhov (67) Andryushkov (90) Sharov (90)
Manakov (85) Fefelov (70) Mukhortov (90)
Baberdin (90) Omelchenko (90) Krikun (90)
NPO "Energiya" ( The Scientific Research Enterprise "Energiya" )
Sevastiyanov (67) Laveikin (78) Avdeyev (87)
Lebedev (72) Kaleri (84) Poleshchuk (89)
Soloviyov V (78) Zaitsev (85) Balandin (78)
Savinykh (78)
IMBP ( The Institute of Medical-Biological Problems )
Pozharskaya (80) Zakharova (80) Borodin (78)
Karashtin (89) Dobrokvashina (8O) Lukiyanyuk (89)
Atkov (83) Morukov (89) Arzamazov (78)
LII ( The Flight Research Institute )
Volk (76) Tresvyatsky (85) Sultanov (83)
Sheffer (85) Tolboyev (83) Prikhodko (89)
Zabolotsky (84)
NII VVS ( The Air Force Scientific Research Institute )
Kadenyuk (88) Pushenko (89) Polonsky (89)
Yablontsev (89)
NPO "Zvezda" ( The Scientific Research Enterprise "Zvezda" )
Severin (90)
The Ministry of the High Education
Ivanova (83)
The Russian Academy of Sciences
Artsebarsky (85)
Inactive
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TsPK VVS
Bykovsky (60) Zholobov (63) Kozelsky (67)
Volynov (60) Kolodin (63) Pisarev (67)
Gorbatko (60) Kugno (63) Alekseyev (67)
Zaikin (60) Matinchenko (63) Burdayev (67)
Kartashov (6O) Beregovoi (64) Gaidukov (67)
Leonov (60) Rebrov (65) Isakov (67)
Nikolayev (60) Voloshin (65) Porvatkin (67)
Popovich (60) Kizim (65) Sologub (67)
Rafikov (60) Kramarenko (65) Malshev (67)
Titov G (60) Sarafanov (65) Dzhanibekov (70)
Khrunov (6O) Skvortsov (65) Romanenko (70)
Shonin (6O) Fyodorov (65) Dedkov (70)
Yorkina (62) Sharafutdinov (65) Isaulov (70)
Kuznetsova (62) Belousov (65) Kozlov (70)
Ponomariyova(62) Dyagteryov (65) Popov (70)
Soloviyova (62) Kolesnikov (65) Berezovoy (70)
Tereshkova (62) Lisun (65) Illarionov (70)
Vorobiyov (63) Glazkov (65) Vasyutin (76)
Gubarev (63) Zudov (65) Moskalenko (76)
Kuklin (63) Klimuk (65) Protchenko (76)
Filipchenko (63) Rozhdestvensky(65) Grekov (78)
Shatalov (63) Khludeyev (65) Bystrov (84)
Artyukhin (63) Stepanov (65) Diyakonov (84)
Buinovsky (63) Beloborodov (67) Zhernovkov (84)
Dyomin (63) Kovalyonok (67) Aubakirov (91)
NPO "Energiya"
Foektistov (64) Yazdovsky (68) Golovanov (65)
Andreyev (70) Letunov (65) Ponomaryov (70)
Bugrov (66) Ivanchenkov (70) Dolgopolov (66)
Aksyonov (73) Yeliseyev (66) Ryumin (73)
Makarov (66) Manarov (78) Grechko (66)
Aleksandrov (78) Kubasov (66) Kuleshova (80)
Rukavishnikov (67) Pronina (8O) Fartushny (68)
Savitskaya (80)
NPO "Mashinostroyeniya"
Makrushin (72) Grechanik (78) Yuyukov (73)
Romanov (7B) Gevorkyan (78) Khatulev (78)
IMBP
Yegorov B (64) Smirenny (72) Iliyin (65)
Potapov (78) Kiseyov (65) Amelkina (80)
Senkevich (65) Klyushnikova (80) Machinsky (72)
RAN
Katys (64) Fatkhulin (67) Gulyayev (67)
Yegorov V (67) Yershov (67) Latysheva (80)
Kolomiitsev (67)
NII VVS
Bachurin (78) Chirkin (78) Borodai (78)
Maksimenko (89) Mosolov (78) Puchkov (89)
Sattarov (78) Tokarev (89) Sokovykh (78)
Dead
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TsPK VVS
Anikeyev (60) Gulyayev (63) Belyayev (60)
Lazarev (64) Bondarenko (60) Sorokin (64)
Filatiyev (60) Petrushenko (65) Varlamov (60)
Shcheglov (65) Gagarin (60) Yakovlev (65)
Komarov (60) Grishchenko (65) Nelyubov (60)
Preobrazhensky (65) Dobrovolsky (63) Ivanov (76)
Voronov (63) Vozovikov (90)
NPO "Energiya
Anokhin (66) Patsayev (68) Volkov V (66)
Yemeliyanov (54)
LII
Kononenko (78) Stankyavichus (78) Levchenko (78)
Shchukin (78)
* I'm just passing this on for Sergey, any typo's are the result of
my scanner, not Sergey.
Dennis Newkirk (dennisn@ecs.comm.mot.com)
Motorola, Land Mobile Products Sector
Schaumburg, IL
Article: 2172
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From: dennisn@ecs.comm.mot.com (Dennis Newkirk)
Subject: VSA049 Cosmonaut Groups
Organization: Motorola
Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 18:16:30 GMT
Sender: news@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com (Net News)
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* VSA049 11.04.1994 (c) Sergey A. Voevodin *
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The Russian Cosmonaut's Detachment and Groups
TsPK
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Commander - col. Volkov Aleksandr Aleksandrovich 08.03.52
Deputy - col. Lyakhov Viktor Afanasiyevich 20.07.41 (inactive)
Cosmonaut-testers
col. Afanasieyv Viktor Mikhailovich 31.12.48
lt.col. Dezhurov Vladimir Nikolayevich 30.07.62
lt.col. Gidzenko Yuri Pavlovich 26.03.62
col. Korzun Valery Grigoriyevich 05.03.53
lt.col. KrichevBky Sergei Vladimirovich 09.07.55
col. Manakov Gennadi Mikhailovich 01.06.50
lt.col. Malenchenko Yuri Ivanovich 22.12.61
maj. Musabayev Talgat Amangeldyyevich 07.01.51
maj. Onufriyenko Yuri Ivanovich 06.02.61
maj. Padalka Gennadi Ivanovich 21.06.58
capt. Sharipov Salizhan Shakirovich 24.08.64
col. Soloviyov Anatoli Yakovlevich 16.01.48
col. Titov Vladimir Georgiyevich 01.01.47
col. Tsibliyev Vaisili Vasiliyevich 20.02.54
col. Viktorenko Aleksandr Stepenovich 29.03.47
maj. Zalyotin Sergei Viktorovich 21.04.62
Cosmonaut-researchers
col. Andryushkov Aleksandr Stepanovich 06.10.47
col. Baberdin Valeri Vasiliyevich 28.10.48
col. Fefelov Nikolai Nikolayevich 20.05.45
Krikun Yuri Yuriyevich 03.06.63
Mukhortov Pavel Petrovich 10.03.66
Omelchenko Svetlana Oktyabrevna 20.08.51
Sharov Valeri Yuriyevich 26.12.53
NPO "Energiya"
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Copmmander - Aleksandrov Aleksandr Pavlovich 20.02.43 (inactive)
Deputy - Laveikin Aleksandr Ivanovich 21.04.51
Cosmonaut-testers
Avdeyev Sergei Vasiliyevich 01.01.56
Balandin Aleksandr Nikolayevich 30.07.53
Budarin Nikolai Nikolayevich 29.04.53
Kalery Aleksandr Yuriyevich 13.05.56
Kondakova Yelena Vladimirovna 30.03.57
Krikalyov Sergei Konstantinovich 27.08.58
Lazutkin Aleksandr Ivanovich
Poleshchuk Aleksandr Fyodorovich 30.10.53
Serebrov Aleksandr Aleksandrovich 15.02.53
Sevastiyanov Vitali Ivanovich 08.07.35
Soloviyov Vladimir Alekseyevich 11.11.46
Strekalov Gennadi Mikhailovich 28.10.40
Treshchyov Sergei Yevgeniyevich
Usachyov Yuri Vladimirovich 09.10.57
Vinogradov Pavel Vladimirovich
Zaitsev Andrei Yevgeniyevich 05.08.57
IMBP
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Commander - Polyakov Valeri Vladimirovich 27.04.42
Cosmonaut-researchers
Arzamazov German Semyonovich 09.03.46
Atkov Oleg Yuriyevich 09.05.49
Borodin Aleksandr Viktorovich 03.03.53
Dobrokvashina Yelena Ivanovna 08.10.47
Karashtin Vladimir Vladimirovich 18.11.62
Lukiyanyuk Vasili Yuriyevich 22.09.58
Morukov Boris Vladimirovich 01.10.50
Pozharskaya Larisa Grigoriyevna 15.03.47
Zakharova Tamara Sergeyevna 22.04.52
LII
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Commander - Zabolotsky Viktor Vasiliyevich 19.04.46
Cosmonaut-testers
Prikhodko Yuri Viktorovich 15.11.53
Sheffer Yuri Petrovich 30.06.47
Sultanov Ural Nazibovich 18.11.48
Tolboyev Magomed Omarovich 20.01.50
Tresvyatsky Sergei Nikolayevich 06.05.54
Yolk Igor Petrovich 12.04.37
NII VVS
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Commander - col. Kadenyuk Leonid Konstantinovich 28.01.50
Cosmonaut-testers
lt.col. Polonsky Anaitoli Borisovich 01.01.56
lt.col. Pushenko Nikolai Alekseyevich 10.08.52
Lt.col. Yablontsev Aleksandr Nikolayevich 03.04.55
Cosmonaut-researcher of NPO "Zvezda"
Severin Vladimir Gayevich 56
Cosmonaut-researcher of the Ministrey of the High Education
Ivanova Yekaterina Aleksandrovna 03.10.49
Cosmonaut-researcher of RAN
Artsebarsky Anatoli Pavlovich 09.09.56
* I'm just passing this on for Sergey, any typo's are the result of
my scanner, not Sergey.
Dennis Newkirk (dennisn@ecs.comm.mot.com)
Motorola, Land Mobile Products Sector
Schaumburg, IL
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| 525.116 | EUROMIR 94 and 95 Astro Assignments | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Jun 07 1994 19:35 | 49 |
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Press Release Nr.16-94
Paris, 30 May 1994
Ulf Merbold selected as ESA Astronaut for EUROMIR 94
ESA's Director General, Mr. Jean-Marie Luton has announced today, Monday 30
May 1994, during a press conference at the ILA'94 Berlin Airshow the selection
of Ulf Merbold as member of the Crew scheduled to fly for the EUROMIR 94
mission in October this year.
Following a preparatory phase at the ESA's Astronauts Centre (EAC) in Cologne
(Germany) and the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Centre (ZPK) near Moscow
(Russia), Pedro Duque and Ulf Merbold had been selected in January this year
to train for the EUROMIR 94 flight, while Christer Fuglesang and Thomas Reiter
are preparing for the EUROMIR 95 mission.
The 30 days EUROMIR 94 mission is scheduled for launch on 3 October 1994 and
will carry on-board the Russian Space Station MIR about 30 experiments of
scientists from ESA Member States.
With ESA astronaut Ulf Merbold, the Russian cosmonauts for this EUROMIR 94
mission are Mr. Aleksandr Viktorenko, Commander (who will be thus doing his
fourth flight on-board the MIR station) and Mrs. Elena Kondakova, Engineer. The
second crew, which was trained in parallel and ready to fly in case of
problems with a member of the first one, is composed of ESA astronaut Pedro
Duque and cosmonauts J. Gidsenko and S. Avdejew.
About 3 weeks before the launch, the flight readiness of both crews will be
assessed and "prime and back-up" crews nominated.
The ESA astronaut on-board the MIR station will act as "Research Cosmonaut",
fully responsible for the experimental programme and for selected tasks to be
performed on some systems of Soyuz and MIR. He will be involved in the final
mission preparation, mission execution and post mission activities. The
back-up ESA astronaut will also have an active role in the experimental
programme by insuring communication flow and experiment performance as Crew
Interface Coordinator at the Mission Control Centre in Kaliningrad, Russia.
Ulf Merbold has already flown twice as ESA astronaut with the Space Shuttle
(STS-9/Spacelab-1 in 1983 and STS-42/IML-1 in 1992). Moreover, he has
supported two Shuttle missions from the ground: in 1984 as Back-up Payload
Specialist and Crew Interface Coordinator during D-1; in 1993 as Science
Coordinator of D-2.
Pedro Duque was selected by the European Space Agency in 1992. After
completion of his basic training at the European Astronaut Centre and at the
Cosmonauts Training Centre in Star City, he was certified as European
Astronaut in December 1993.
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| 525.117 | Astro William Thornton Retires | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Jun 07 1994 19:36 | 46 |
| Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. May 27, 1994
(Phone: 202/358-1778)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 94-87
ASTRONAUT WILLIAM THORNTON RETIRES FROM NASA
Space Shuttle astronaut Dr. William E. Thornton will retire from NASA
on May 31. Thornton, a member of the astronaut class of 1967, flew twice
aboard the Shuttle -- on STS-8 in August/September 1983 and aboard STS 51-B in
April/May 1985.
On STS-8 aboard Challenger, Thornton made near continuous measurements
and investigations of adaptation of the human body to weightlessness which
included a number of first-time measurements on the human nervous system in
space using equipment he designed.
During his second mission, also on Challenger, Thornton was responsible
for the first animal payload aboard a Shuttle mission. He also continued
space medicine studies in the pressurized Spacelab module in the orbiter's
payload bay.
Thornton received his doctorate in medicine from the University of
North Carolina (UNC) in 1963 after obtaining a bachelor of science degree in
physics from UNC in 1952. Prior to the Shuttle program, Thornton was the
principal investigator for a Skylab medical experiment and documented a number
of basic responses of the human body to weightlessness, including alterations
in body posture and shape, and rapid loss of muscle strength and mass along
with preventive methods. He devised the first mass measuring devices used in
space on Skylab, which are still in use. Thornton has recently designed and
tested smaller, improved units to allow routine mass measurement in space.
"Bill has contributed greatly to operational studies in space
throughout his career," said David C. Leestma, director of Flight Crew
Operations. "His expertise will be greatly missed."
Thornton's immediate plans include writing about his work over the
last 30 years in the space program. "Due to my work, I haven't really had the
opportunity, or the time to do any writing about my technical work other than
a few reports, and none at all about other matters."
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| 525.118 | Crew named for first MIR docking mission | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Jun 07 1994 19:38 | 155 |
| Mark Hess
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. June 3, 1994
(Phone: 202/358-0902)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 94-90
CREW NAMED FOR FIRST SPACE SHUTTLE, MIR DOCKING MISSION
A seven-member Space Shuttle crew, led by veteran astronaut Robert L.
"Hoot" Gibson (Captain, USN), will launch next year to perform the first
docking with the Russian Space Station Mir to exchange crews.
Joining Gibson on the mission will be Pilot Charlie Precourt (Lt. Col.,
USAF) and Mission Specialists Dr. Ellen Baker, Greg Harbaugh and Bonnie
Dunbar. Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Solovyev and Nikolai Budarin will serve as
the Mir-19 crew and replace Vladimir Dezhurov, Gennadiy Strekalov and
astronaut Norman Thagard who are scheduled to be launched aboard a Soyuz
spacecraft next March for a three month stay on the Space Station as the Mir-18
crew.
STS-71 is currently scheduled for launch in mid-1995 using the orbiter
Atlantis, which has been modified to carry a docking system compatible with
the Russian Mir Space Station.
The orbiter will carry a Spacelab module in the payload bay in which
various life sciences experiments and data collection will take place
throughout the 10-day mission.
Gibson, 47, currently Chief of the Astronaut Office, will be making his
fifth flight aboard the Shuttle. His most recent mission was commander of
Endeavour's STS-47 flight in September 1992, a cooperative Spacelab mission
with Japan.
Gibson's first flight as pilot of STS 41-B was in February 1984 aboard
Challenger. That flight included deployment of two satellites and the first
use of the free-flying Manned Maneuvering Unit by an astronaut. The eight-day
mission ended with the first landing at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
The STS 61-C flight of Columbia in January 1986 was Gibson's second
mission and first as commander. The six-day flight included a communications
satellite deployment and the conduct of several astrophysics and materials
processing experiments. He next commanded Atlantis' STS-27 Department of
Defense mission in December 1988.
Gibson considers Lakewood, Calif., to be his hometown. Active in the
Navy since 1969, he holds a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical
engineering from California Polytechnic State University.
Precourt, 38, will be making his second Shuttle flight. Since his
first mission aboard Columbia in April 1993, Precourt has served in Mission
Control as an ascent and entry spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM).
His first Shuttle flight, STS-55, was a German-sponsored Spacelab
mission during which nearly 90 experiments investigating life sciences,
materials sciences, physics, robotics, astronomy and the Earth and its
atmosphere were conducted.
Precourt considers Hudson, Mass., to be his hometown. He has a master
of science degree in engineering management from the U.S. Air Force Academy
in 1977 and a master of arts degree in national security affairs and strategic
studies from the U.S. Naval War College in 1990.
Baker, 41, was a mission specialist on two previous flights: STS-34 in
October 1989 and STS-50 in June 1992. Prior to this assignment, Baker has
been working Space Station operations issues.
Her first flight aboard Atlantis started the mission of the Galileo
spacecraft currently on its way to study Jupiter. Her second mission was
aboard Columbia on the first United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML-1)
mission lasting two weeks. This first Extended Duration Orbiter flight
included experimentation in crystal growth, fluid physics, fluid dynamics,
biological science and combustion science.
Baker considers New York City her hometown. She received her
doctorate of medicine degree from Cornell University in 1978.
Harbaugh, 38, has flown twice in space as a mission specialist: STS-39
aboard Discovery in April 1991 and on Endeavour's STS-54 mission in January
1993. Since that flight he has served as a CAPCOM in Mission Control and as
the backup spacewalking expert for the Hubble Space Telescope servicing
mission last year.
Harbaugh's first mission was the unclassified Department of Defense
flight on which he operated the Shuttle's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) or
Shuttle robot arm and the Infrared Background Signature Survey spacecraft.
Harbaugh's most recent flight included deployment of the Tracking and
Data Relay Satellite and a spacewalk designed to refine training methods, and
expand the experience of ground controllers, instructors and astronauts leading
to assembly of the International Space Station.
Harbaugh's hometown is Willoughby, Ohio. He received a master of
science degree in physical science from the University of Houston-Clear Lake in
1986.
Dunbar, 44, is currently training as the backup crew member to Norm
Thagard for the Soyuz-Mir 18 mission in Star City, Russia. STS-71 will be her
fourth Shuttle flight. She was a mission specialist on STS 61-A in October
1985, STS-32 in January 1990 and STS-50 in 1992.
Challenger's STS 61-A mission was the first German-sponsored Spacelab
flight (Spacelab D-1). It was the first mission to carry eight crew members
and the first that saw payload activities controlled from outside the U.S.
More than 75 experiments were conducted during the seven-day flight.
Dunbar next flew aboard Columbia on the STS-32 mission to retrieve the
Long Duration Exposure Facility which she secured using the RMS.
Most recently she flew aboard Columbia as the payload commander on the
first United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML-1) mission.
Dunbar was born in Sunnyside, Wash. She received her doctorate in
biomedical engineering from the University of Houston in 1983.
Solovyev and Budarin will serve as the next crew to stay for an
extended period aboard the Mir Space Station and are designated the Mir-19
crew. Solovyev, 45, was born in Riga, Latvia, but resides in Star City,
Russia.
Budarin, 40, was born in Chuvash Autonomous Republic, Kirya, Altir
region. He lives in Kaliningrad outside of Moscow, Russia.
Solovyev and Budarin will switch places with the Mir-18 crew (Dezhurov,
Strekalov and Thagard) which is scheduled to conduct three months of
experiments aboard Mir before returning to Earth aboard Atlantis with the
other five crew members.
Thagard, 50, has flown four times on the Shuttle and will be a member
of the Mir-18 crew scheduled for launch aboard a Soyuz spacecraft from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Thagard's Shuttle missions include STS-7 in June 1983 and STS 51-B in
April 1985, both aboard Challenger; STS-30 in May 1989 on Atlantis, and STS-
42 in January 1992 aboard Discovery.
STS-7 was the first mission with a crew of five and the first to deploy
and retrieve a spacecraft using the RMS. Two satellites also were deployed
during the flight. Thagard's second flight was a Spacelab mission that included
a research animal holding facility carrying 24 rats and two monkeys.
His third flight deployed the successful Magellan spacecraft that
continues to orbit Venus. Thagard's most recent mission was the first
International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-1) flight that included 55
experiments provided by investigators from 11 countries.
Dezhurov, 32, was born in Mordov Autonomous Republic, Yavas, Zubo-
Polyansky district. He resides in Star City.
Strekalov, 53, was born in Mitishchi outside of Moscow, Russia and now
resides in Moscow.
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| 525.119 | Bolden returns to Marine Corps | MTWAIN::KLAES | Keep Looking Up | Tue Jun 21 1994 16:48 | 81 |
| From: US4RMC::"yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov" "Peter Yee" 21-JUN-1994 04:35:39.91
To: usenet-space-news@arc.nasa.gov
CC:
Subj: Astronaut Bolden returns to Marine Corps [Release 94-97] (Forwarded)
Edward Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. June 17, 1994
(Phone: 202/358-1778)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 94-97
ASTRONAUT BOLDEN RETURNS TO MARINE CORPS
Four-time Space Shuttle Astronaut Charles F. Bolden,
Jr., (Colonel, USMC) will leave NASA and return to active duty in the
U.S. Marine Corps as the Deputy Commandant of Midshipmen at the Naval
Academy, Annapolis, Md., effective June 27.
Bolden leaves NASA after 14 years. He was selected to
be an astronaut in 1980 and held several technical assignments within
the Astronaut Office prior to his first Shuttle flight in January 1986
aboard Columbia on the STS 61-C mission. During the six-day flight,
the crew deployed a communications satellite and conducted several
experiments in astrophysics and materials processing.
His second flight was aboard Discovery on the STS-31
mission to deploy the Hubble Space Telescope in April 1990. As
commander of Atlantis' STS-45 mission in March 1992, Bolden watched
over the orbiter during the conduct of 12 experiments that made up the
first Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-1)
payload. The mission was the first dedicated to NASA's Mission to
Planet Earth.
Bolden's final Shuttle mission was in February aboard
Discovery on the STS-60 flight. The mission marked the first joint
U.S./Russian Shuttle flight with a cosmonaut flying as a crew member.
It was the second flight of the Spacehab middeck augmentation module
and the first flight of the Wake Shield Facility designed to evaluate
the effectiveness of growing semiconductors, high temperature
superconductors and other materials using the ultra-high vacuum
created behind the spacecraft near the experiment package.
"It is with mixed emotions that we say goodbye to
Charlie, but we wish him well at Annapolis," said David C. Leestma,
Flight Crew Operations Director. "Having served as a crew member with
him, I saw a clear demonstration of the leadership qualities he has.
While we will miss Charlie, he certainly has left a positive mark, not
only on the astronaut corps, but on everyone who knows him throughout
NASA."
In his new role as Deputy Commandant of Midshipmen,
Bolden will assist the Commandant with the formulation and execution
of Naval Academy policy. He will be responsible for the execution of
the day-to-day routine of the Brigade. Bolden also will coordinate
and direct the training of the Brigade Officers.
In addition to flying more than 680 hours during his
four space missions, Bolden has logged over 6,000 hours flying time in
various aircraft, including the A-6A and A- 6E, the EA-6B, the A-7C/E
and several NASA training aircraft.
Bolden, 47, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1968
with a bachelor of science degree in electrical science. He received
a master of science degree in systems management from the University
of Southern California in 1977.
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| 525.120 | Enlisted Air Force members can be mission specialists | MTWAIN::KLAES | Houston, Tranquility Base here... | Tue Jul 05 1994 17:20 | 48 |
| Article: 3029
Newsgroups: sci.space.policy
From: nsmca@aurora.alaska.edu
Subject: Shuttle Missons open to USAF Enlisted personnel.
Sender: news@raven.alaska.edu (USENET News System)
Organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 1994 12:49:32 GMT
427. Shuttle duty for enlisted member
RANDOLPH AFB, Texas (AFNS) -- For the first time ever, enlisted
Air Force members can apply to become mission specialists on the space
shuttle.
The next astronaut selection board is expected to convene i May
1995, and applications are being accepted beginning in November, said
Howard Peterson, assistant chief of special flying programs at the Air
Force Military Personnel Center here. However, NASA officialhave not
determined how many candidates are needed. Once the requirements are
known, specific details will be announced.
Members interested in applying for a mission specialist astronaut
position must meet the following requirements:
-- Possess a bachelor's degree in engineering, biological
science, physical science, or mathematics from an accredited
institution. The degree must be followed by at least three years of
related, progressively responsible, professional experience. An
advanced degree is desirable and may be substituted for part or all of
the experience requirements (a master's degree equals one year of
experience, a doctoral degree equals three years' experience).The
quality of academic preparation is important.
-- Be able to pass a NASA Class II space physical similar to a
military or civilian Class II flight physical. Candidates must have
distance visual acuity of 20/150 or better without correction, and
correctable to 20/20 in each eye. Blood pressure can be no higher
than 140/90 measured in a sitting position.
-- Candidates must be between 58 1/2 and 76 inches tall.
All applicants must be United States citizens. Eligibility and
application procedures are outlined in Air Force Instruction 36-2205,
Applying for Flying, Space and Missile, and Astronaut Training.
Active duty personnel interested in applying should write to:
AFMPC/DPMROY3, 550 C St. West, Ste. 31, Randolph AFB, TX, 78150-4733.
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| 525.121 | Dick Covey to retire on August 1 | MTWAIN::KLAES | Houston, Tranquility Base here... | Thu Jul 07 1994 15:32 | 76 |
| Article: 20584
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
From: j414@kimbark.uchicago.edu (mary-frances jagod)
Subject: Dick Covey to retire from NASA & USAF
Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
Organization: University of Chicago
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 1994 19:28:32 GMT
[Downloaded from NASA Spacelink]
Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
July 6, 1994
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
RELEASE: 94-
SHUTTLE ASTRONAUT RICHARD COVEY TO LEAVE NASA, AIR FORCE
Richard O. Covey, (Colonel, USAF), a veteran of four Space
Shuttle flights, including last year's mission to service the Hubble
Space Telescope, will leave NASA effective July 11 and retire from the
U.S. Air Force on August 1.
After 16 years with NASA as an astronaut, Covey is joining
Calspan Services Contracts Division, an operating unit of Space
Industries, Inc., as Director of Business Development in Houston.
Selected as a member of the astronaut class of 1978, Covey has
flown four times on the Shuttle. He flew twice aboard Discovery on
STS-51-I and STS-26, once on the STS-38 mission of Atlantis, and
Endeavour's STS-61 flight.
Prior to his first flight, Covey provided astronaut support in
Orbiter engineering development and testing. He was a T-38 chase
pilot for the second and third Shuttle flights, and served as a
spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) in Mission Control during several
other missions.
His first Shuttle flight (STS-51-I) was in August 1985 and
included deployment of three communications satellites and the
retrieval, repair and redeployment of another. Covey's second mission
(STS-26) in September 1988 was the first following the Challenger
accident and included deployment of a NASA communications satellite.
The STS-38 mission was a dedicated Department of Defense flight in
November 1990 and was Covey's third spaceflight.
Covey most recently commanded the STS-61 mission in December
1993 which included five spacewalks to service and repair the Hubble
Space Telescope for the first time.
"Dick's dedication to this nation's space effort is an asset
we will miss," said David C. Leestma, director of Flight Crew
Operations at the Johnson Space Center. "Since being selected as part
of the first group of astronauts chosen for the Space Shuttle program
in 1978, Dick has proven his worth to the aerospace community with
near unparalleled leadership and will no doubt succeed in all of his
future endeavors."
Covey has flown more than 30 different types of aircraft
accumulating over 5,700 hours of flight time. Between 1970 and 1974,
he was an operational fighter pilot flying F-100,A- 37 and the A-7D.
He flew 339 combat missions during two tours in Southeast Asia. Prior
to being selected as an astronaut, Covey was an F-4 and A-7D weapons
system test pilot and joint test force director for electronic warfare
testing of the F-15 Eagle at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida between
1975 and 1978.
From Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Covey, 47, graduated from the
U.S. Air Force Academy with a bachelor of science degree in engineering
sciences and a major in astronautical engineering in 1968. He received
a master of science degree in aeronautics and astronautics from Purdue
University in 1969.
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| 525.122 | Readdy replace Cameron in Russia | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Fri Jul 15 1994 20:07 | 62 |
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Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
July 12, 1994
(Phone: 202/358-1778)
Debra Rahn
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
(Phone: 202/358-1639)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 94-115
ASTRONAUT READDY TO REPLACE CAMERON AS NASA MANAGER IN RUSSIA
Astronaut William F. Readdy will replace Kenneth D. Cameron (Colonel,
USMC) as NASA manager of operational activities at Star City, Russia. As
Director of Operations, Russia, Readdy will work with Russian trainers,
engineers and flight controllers to support the training of NASA astronauts at
Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center,Star City, and to enhance continued
cooperation between NASA and Russia's Space Agency (RSA).
Readdy's primary responsibilities will include the support of U.S.
astronauts and their families currently living in Star City. He also will
monitor the current training program as well as develop a syllabus for Shuttle
crews training to dock with the Mir space station. In addition, he will
establish and maintain the operational relationships required to help develop
plans and procedures which support the long-term, joint operations between
NASA, RSA and Star City.
Readdy will join fellow astronauts Norman E. Thagard, M.D., and Bonnie
J. Dunbar, Ph.D., who have been training in Star City since February as the
prime and backup crew members for a 3-month flight aboard Mir. Thagard is
scheduled to be launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft March 1, 1995. Following
his three-month stay on Mir, the crew of mission STS-71, which will include
Dunbar as a mission specialist, will dock Space Shuttle Atlantis to Mir. It
will be the first of up to 10 Shuttle visits that will be made to the Russian
space station during the 1995-1997 time frame.
Readdy has flown on two Shuttle missions, STS-42 in January 1992 and
STS-51 in September 1993 -- both aboard Discovery. On the STS-42 flight, Readdy
participated in various scientific experiments carried out as part of the first
International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-1) mission. As the pilot of STS-51,
Readdy participated in the deployment of the Advanced Communications Technology
Satellite (ACTS), and the deployment and retrieval of the Astro SPAS (Shuttle
Pallet Satellite). He also helped supervise a seven-hour spacewalk designed to
evaluate tools and techniques used during the Hubble Space Telescope servicing
mission and on future space missions.
A Captain in the U.S. Naval Reserve, Readdy earned a bachelor of
science degree in aeronautical engineering from the Naval Academy in 1974.
Cameron also has flown twice on the Shuttle. His first flight was on
Atlantis' STS-37 mission in 1991 to deploy the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory.
His second mission was on Discovery's STS-56 flight in 1993 to continue studies
of the Earth's atmosphere as part of a series of missions called Atmospheric
Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS). Cameron will return to the
Johnson Space Center in Houston, and is expected to command another Shuttle
mission in the near future.
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| 525.123 | Crew named for STS 69 WSF-2 | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Fri Jul 15 1994 20:09 | 81 |
| Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
July 7, 1994
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
RELEASE: 94-112
CREW NAMED FOR SECOND WAKE SHIELD FACILITY SHUTTLE FLIGHT
U.S. Navy Captain David M. Walker will command Endeavour's ninth
mission, STS-69, scheduled for mid-1995. The primary objective of the flight
will be to deploy and retrieve the Wake Shield Facility (WSF) first flown on
the STS-60 mission in February 1994.
Walker's crewmates on the STS-69 mission are Kenneth D. Cockrell,
pilot, and James H. Newman and Michael L. Gernhardt, mission specialists.
James S. Voss (Lt. Col., USAF) was named payload commander in August 1993.
The STS-69 mission will mark the second flight of the Wake Shield
Facility. WSF is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of using this
free-flying experiment to grow semiconductors, high temperature superconductors
and other materials using the ultra-high vacuum created behind the spacecraft
near the experiment package.
The mission also will include the Office of Aeronautics and Space
Technology free flyer (OAST Flyer) which will be deployed from the Shuttle
containing several space technology experiments. A small experiment designed
to study ultraviolet emissions, called the International Extreme Ultraviolet,
Far Ultraviolet Hitchhiker (IEH), will be part of the payload complement as
well.
Walker will be making his fourth flight aboard the Shuttle. His first
mission was as pilot of the STS 51-A flight aboard Discovery in November 1984.
Two communications satellites were deployed and two others retrieved and
returned to Earth during that mission.
His second mission was as commander of Atlantis' STS-30 mission in May
1989 to deploy the Magellan spacecraft that continues to study the surface of
Venus. Walker's third flight was aboard Discovery on the STS-53 mission in
December 1992. The primary goal was to deploy a classified Department of
Defense payload (DOD-1).
Walker, 50, has been the Flight Crew Operations Directorate's primary
liaison to the Space Station program as Chief, Station Exploration Support
Office. He is from Eustis, Fla., and is a 1966 graduate of the U.S. Naval
Academy.
STS-69 will be the second Shuttle mission for 44-year- old Cockrell.
His first flight was aboard Discovery on the STS-56 mission in April 1993. The
mission focused on better understanding the effects of solar activity on the
Earth's environment using a series of instruments in the payload bay that made
up the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS- 2).
Prior to this assignment, Cockrell has been serving as a spacecraft
communicator (CAPCOM) in Mission Control during launch and landing. He was
born in Austin, Texas. He received a master of science degree in aeronautical
systems from the University of West Florida in 1974.
Newman, 37, will also be making his second spaceflight. He previously
flew as a mission specialist on STS-51 aboard Discovery in September 1993. The
mission included deployment of the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite
(ACTS) and deployment/retrieval of a science platform to study ultraviolet
emissions. Newman also conducted a spacewalk to test tools and techniques for
use on future missions.
From San Diego, Calif., Newman received his doctorate in physics from
Rice University in 1984. Since his last mission, he has been assigned to the
Mission Development Branch working on payload science support.
Gernhardt, 38, will be making his first Shuttle flight. He was born in
Mansfield, Ohio, and received his doctorate in bioengineering from the
University of Pennsylvania in 1991.
Prior to this assignment, Gernhardt has been detailed to flight
software verification in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL).
He also has worked on several extravehicular activity (EVA) projects, including
direct support for last year's mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope
(STS-61).
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| 525.124 | Class of 1992 (Part 1 of 2) | MTWAIN::KLAES | Houston, Tranquility Base here... | Fri Jul 22 1994 23:47 | 280 |
| From: US4RMC::"monty@mensa.usc.edu" "jim montgomery" 15-JUL-1994 20:41:35.76
To: astronaut-candidates@CAMIS.Stanford.EDU
CC:
Subj: 1992 astro bios
>Date: Wed, 29 Jun 94 9:35:05 PDT
>From: Geoffrey Rutledge <rutledge@CAMIS.Stanford.EDU>
>Reply-To: rutledge@CAMIS.Stanford.EDU
>For those who missed it before, the bios on most astronauts can be found at
>http://www.ksc.nasa.gov via mosaic, and at
>gopher www.ksc.nasa.gov.
>They are found under persons/astronauts. Last updated from 1990-1992, and
>does not include the 1992 round of astronaut selections.
>Geoff
Way back when, I sent out a partial list of the 1992 astro bios from
a space mag called "Final Frontier" to this mailing list. I never posted
the last two installments... time to make good on the promise. I'll dig
up the mag tonight when I get home and finish typing them in by the weekend.
For those of you that missed the first two installments last time, I'll
repost them again...
Jim
ps. I look forward to reading the bios on many of us from this list
in the not too distant future :-)
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From: monty@robotics.usc.edu (jim montgomery)
To: astronaut-candidates@CAMIS.Stanford.EDU
Subject: Class of 1992 Ascans
Hi all,
I promised both Monica and Geoff I would post the following to the
mailing list. I subscribe to Final Frontier (a bi-monthly space mag)
and in the Feb. 93 issue they did biographies on the 19 astronaut
candidates that were selected in 1992. I am going to post these
bios in a number of installments (don't want to get carpal tunnel :) )
Enjoy (and please excuse any typos...)
"The Class of 1992 - They Want to be Astronauts"
Over 2,000 applied, only 19 were accepted. Every month, many of our
readers write to us and ask: "What does it take to become an astronaut?"
In this special section of FINAL FRONTIER, we feature a yearbook of the
Class of 1992-a profile of the 19 individuals (as well as five international
mission specialists) who were chosen to report to Johnson Space Center
last August for astronaut training and evaluation. Back in the days of
the Mercury Program, the "right stuff" meant being a top-notch test pilot.
The 1992 corp of future shuttle astronauts refelects the ever-expanding
agenda of America's space agency. Today, training alongside pilots,
we see astronomers, deep sea divers, doctors and even a veterinarian.
Daniel T. Barry (M.D., Ph.D.)
Astronaut Candidate-Mission Specialist
Born: December 30, 1953 in Norwalk, Conneticut
Recreational Interests: Flying, wind surfing, basketball
Notable Experience: Appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and in the Bioengineering Program
at the University of Michigan in 1985. Barry spent the summers of 1985-87 at
the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, for work in
skeletal muscle physiology. His research primarily involves biological
signal processing, including signal processing theory, algorithms and
applications to specific biological systems.
Charles E. Brady, Jr. (Commander, USN)
Astronaut Candidate-Mission Specialist
Born: August 21, 1951 in Pinehurst, North Carolina
Recreational Interests: Canoeing, kayaking, tennis, biking, amateur radio
operator.
Notable Experience: Following a carerr in sprots medicing and a family
practice, Brady joined the Navy in 1986, receiving training as a flight
surgeon at the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute at the Naval Air Station
in Pensacola, Florida. Military assignments included service aboard the
aircraft carrier USS Ranger and the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron
"Blue Angels."
Maurizio Cheli
Astronaut Candidate-Mission Specialist
Born: May 4, 1959 in Modena, Italy
Recreational Interest: Soccer, cycling, traveling
Notable Experience: Top graduate, Italian Air Force War College (1987). Top
graduate, Empire Test Pilot's School (1988). Assigned to the Italian Air
Force Flight Test Center in Pratica di Mare, Rome. Cheli's flight experience
includes over 2,200 flying hours in over 45 types of fixed wing aircraft and
helicopters.
Jean-Francois Clervoy
Astronaut Candidate-Mission Specialist
Born: November 19, 1958, in Longeville-les-Metz, France
Recreational Interests: Racquet sports, skill games, canyoning, all flying
activities.
Notable Experience: After graduating as a Flight Test Engineer in 1987, he
spent the next five years part-time at the Flight Test Center, Bretigny-sur-
Orge, as Chief Test Director of the Parabolic Flight Program, responsible
for testing and qualifying craft for microgravity, and part-time at the Hermes
Crew Office, Toulouse, where he supported the European Manned Space Programs
in such fields as Rendevous and Docking (RVD) and Extravehicular Activity
(EVA). In 1991, he completed six weeks of intensive training in Star City,
Moscow, on the Soyuz and Mir EVA systems.
Catherine G. "Cady" Coleman (Captain, USAF, Ph.D.)
Astronaut Candidate-Mission Specialist
Born: December 14, 1960 in Charleston, South Carolina
Recreational Interests: Flying, scuba diving, sports, music.
Notable experience: Coleman was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the
Air Force in 1983 and began graduate work at the University of Massachusetts.
In 1988, she entered active duty and was assigned to Wright-Patterson AFB
where she worked as a research chemist. She also worked as a surface
analyst consultant for NASA's Long Duration Exposure Facility. In addition
to her assigned duties, Coleman was a volunteer subject for the centrifuge
program at the Crew Systems Directorate of the Armstrong Aeromedical
Laboratory, where she set several endurance and tolerance records.
Marc Garneau (Ph.D.)
Astronaut Candidate-Mission Specialist
Born: February 23, 1949 in Quebec City, Canada
Recreational Interests: Flying, parachuting, scuba diving, squash, tennis,
car mechanics, home repairs In 1969 and 1970, he sailed across the Atlantic
in a 59-foot yawl with 12 other crewmen.
Notable Experience: Garneau served with the Naval Engineering Unit, which
troubleshoots and performs trials on ship-fitted equipment. In 1983 he
became the design authority for naval communications and electronic warfare
equipment and systems. Garneau flew as a payload specialist on space shuttle
Challenger during Mission 41-G, October 1984, and has logged over 197 hours
in space. He was named Deputy Director of the Canadian Astronaut Program
in 1989, providing technical and program support in the preparation of
experiments to fly during future Canadian missions.
Whew! 6 down, 18 to go...
I'll try and mail out a couple more installments this weekend.
Jim
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From: monty@robotics.usc.edu (jim montgomery)
To: astronaut-candidates@camis.stanford.edu
Subject: Class of 1992 (part 2)
Here's the second (of four parts) on the class of 1992 ASCANs.
Michael L. Gernhardt (Ph.D.)
Astronaut Candidate-Mission Specialist
Born: May 4, 1956 in Mansfield, Ohio
Recreational INterests: Running, swimming, triathlons, flying, boating,
fishing, snow skiing, tennis, scuba diving.
Notable Experience: Worked as a commercial deep sea diver and project
engineer on a variety of subsea oil field construction and repair projects
around the world. Gernhardt has logged over 700 commercial dives and has
experience in air, mixed gas and saturation diving. He led the development
of a telerobotic system for subsea platform cleaning and inspection. From
1988 to 1992, he worked on the development of new astronaut and robot
compatible tools for perfoming maintenance on Space Station Freedom.
John M. Grunsfeld (Ph.D.)
Astronaut Candidate-Mission Specialist
Born: October 10, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois
Recreational Interests: Mountaineering, flying, sailing, bicycling, music
Notable Experience: Academic positions include Visiting Scientist, University
of Tokyo/Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (1980-1981);
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Chicago (1981-1985); NASA
Graduate Student Fellow, U of Chicago (1985-1987); W.D. Grainger Postdoctoral
Fellow in Experimental Physics, U of Chicago (1988-1989); and Senior
Research Fellow, California Institue of Technology (1989-1992). His research
has covered X-ray and gamma astronomy and high energy cosmic ray studies. He
studied X-ray pulsars using the NASA Compton Gamma Ray Observatory.
Chris A. Hadfield
Astronaut Candidate-Mission Specialist
Born: August 29, 1959 in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Recreational Interests: Skiing, volleyball, guitar, singing, riding, writing
Notable Experience: Raised on a corn farm in Southern Ontario, Hadfield
taught skiing and ski-racing for ten years. A licensed pilot since age 16, he
was top pilot at basic flying training, Portage La Prarie, Manitoba, in 1989,
and was overall top graduate at Basic Jet Training, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan,
in 1982-83. He attended the USAF Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, California,
and upon graduation served as an exchange officer with the U.S. Navy. As a
test pilot Hadfield participated in the first flight test of the National
Aero-Space Plane external burning hydrogen propulsion.
Scott J. "Doc" Horowitz (Captain, USAF, Ph.D.)
Astronaut Candidate-Pilot
Born: March 24, 1957 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Recreational Interests: Redesigning, building and flying home-built aircraft,
restoring automobiles, running, softball.
Notable Experience: following graduation from Georgia TEch in 1982, Horowitz
worked as an associate scientist for the Lockheed-Georgia company where he
performed background studies and analyses for experiments related to
aerospace technology to validate advanced scientific concepts. As a test
pilot, he flew A-7s and T-38s for the 6512th Test Squadron at Edwards AFB in
California. In 1991, as a professor at California State University, Fresno,
he conducted graduate level courses in Mechanical Engineering, including
advanced stability and control, rocket propulsion and aircraft propulsion.
Brent W. Jett, Jr. (Lt. Commander, USN)
Astronaut Candidate-Pilot
Born: October 5, 1958 in Pontiac, Michigan
Recreational Interests: Water and snow skiing, board sailing, boating,
running, basketball, squash
Notable Experiences: REceived his commission from the U.S. Naval Academy
in May 1981 (graduating first in a class of 976) and was designated a
Naval Aviator in March 1983. He was later assigned to Fighter Squadron
74 and made oversea deployments to the Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean
aboard the USS Saratoga. As a test pilot, he worked for the Carrier
Stability Department of the Strike Aircraft Test Directorate, naval Air
Test Center. He has logged over 2,000 flight hours in more than 30
different aircraft and has made over 450 carrier landings.
Kevin R. Kregel
Astronaut Candidate-Pilot
Born: September 16, 1956 in New York, New York
Recreational Interests: Soccer, softball, outdoor activities
Notable Experience: A graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Kregel
earned his pilot wings at Williams AFB. While serving aboard the
USS Kitty Hawk he made 66 carrier landings during a cruise of the
Western Pacific. In 1990, Kregel resigned from active duty to work for
NASA as an aerospace engineer and instructor pilot. Stationed at
Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, he flew as an instructor pilot in
the Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA).
That's all for now, more to come...
BTW, thanks to those of you who have thanked me for posting this stuff,
it makes the finger cramps worthwhile :)
jim
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| 525.125 | Class of 1992 (Part 2 of 2) | MTWAIN::KLAES | Houston, Tranquility Base here... | Fri Jul 22 1994 23:47 | 234 |
| From: US4RMC::"monty@mensa.usc.edu" "jim montgomery" 17-JUL-1994 20:13:38.47
To: astronaut-candidates@CAMIS.Stanford.EDU
CC:
Subj: 1992 ASCANS
Here's part three (one more to come) on the bios of the 1992 Astronaut
Candidates.
jim
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Robotics Research Laboratory, University So. California 213-740-7288
Data Systems Directorate, Hughes Aircraft Company 310-616-0113
monty@robotics.usc.edu
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Wendy B. Lawrence (Lt. Commander, USN)
Astronaut Candidate-Mission Specialist
Born: July 2, 1959 in Jacksonville, Florida
Recreational Interests: Running, rowing, biking, swimming, photography,
gardening.
Notable Experience: A graduate of the United States Naval
Academy, Lawrence was designated a Naval Aviator in 1982. She
has flown over 1,000 hours in the H-46 helicopter, compiling over 600
shipboard landings, 100 at night. Lawrence was one of the first two female
helicopter pilots to make a long deployment to the Indian Ocean as part of
the carrier battle group. With a master's degree from MIT she served as a
physics instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy.
J.M. Linenger (M.D., M.S.S.M.,M.P.H.,Ph.D., Commander, Medical Corps, USN)
Astronaut Candidate-Mission Specialist
Born: January 16, 1955 in Mt. Clemens, Michigan
Recreational Interests: Competitive triathlons, ocean swim racing, marathons,
downhill skiing, scuba diving, backpacking.
Notable Experience: Linenger graduated fourth in his class from the U.S.
Naval Academy and proceeded directly to medical school. He was eventually
assigned as medical advisor to the Commander, Naval Air Forces, U.S. Pacific
Fleet, San Diego. After completing doctorate-level training in epidemiology,
Linenger returned to San Diego as a research principal investigator at the
Naval Health Research Center. He concurrently served as a faculty member at
the University of California-San Diego School of Medicine in the Division
of Sports Medicine.
Richard M. Linnehan (DVM)
Astronaut Candidate-Mission Specialist
Born: September 19, 1957 in Lowell, Massachusetts
Recreational Interests: Mountain biking, swimming, skiing, hiking, natural
history.
Notable Experience: After graduating from the Ohio State University of
Veterinary Medicine in 1985, Linnehan entered private practice in small
animal/exotic veterinary medicine and was later accepted to a two-year joint
internship in zoo animal medicine and comparative pathology at the
Baltimore Zoo and Johns Hopkins University. At the Naval Oceans Systems
Center, San Diego, California, he served as chief clinical veterinarian for
the U.S. Navy's Marine Mammal Project.
Michael E. Lopez-Algeria (Lt. Commander, USN)
Astronaut Candidate-Mission Specialist
Born: May 30, 1958 in Madrid, Spain.
Recreational Interests: Sports, traveling, cooking.
Notable Experience: Designated a Naval Aviator in 1981. Navy tours included:
Instructor Pilot in Pensacola, Florida, 1981-1983; Fleet tour in Fleet Air
Reconnaissance Squadron Two, Rota, Spain, flying EP-3E electronic warfare
aircraft, 1983-1986; graduate school at Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey,
California, 1987; U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, Maryland,
1988; engineering test pilot and program manager at Naval Air Test Center,
Patuxent River, Maryland, 1989-1992.
Scott E. Parazynski (M.D.)
Astronaut Candidate-Mission Specialist
Born: July 28, 1961 in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Recreational Interests: Mountaineering, rock climbing, flying, scuba diving,
travel, nature photography.
Notable Experience: While in medical school, Parazynski was awarded a NASA
Graduate Student Fellowship and conducted research on fluid shifts that
occur during human space flight. Additionally, he has been involved in the
design of several exercise devices that are being developed for long-duration
space flight. Parazynski has particular expertise in human adaptation to
stressful environments and conducted studies in high altitude acclimatization
during his residency training.
Kent V. Rominger (Lt. Commander, USN)
Astronaut Candidate-Pilot
Born: August 7, 1956 in Del Norte, Colorado.
Recreational Interests: Snow and water skiing, horseback riding, running.
Notable Experience: Designated a Naval Aviator in 1980, Rominger was trained
in the F-14 Tomcat and was then assigned to Fighter Squadron Two aboard the
USS Ranger and the USS Kitty Hawk. In 1987, he received a master of science
degree in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.
In 1990, Rominger reported to Fight Squadron Two Hundred Eleven where he
served as Operations Officer and completed a Desert Storm deployment to the
Arabian Gulf aboard the U.S.S. Nimitz. He has logged over 3,000 flying
hours in over 35 types of aircraft.
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Subj: 1992 ASCANS (last installment)
Phew!! Here's the last installment of the bios on the 1992 ASCANS.
Hope some of you have found it useful...
Jim
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Jim Montgomery
Robotics Research Laboratory, University So. California 213-740-7288
Data Systems Directorate, Hughes Aircraft Company 310-616-0113
monty@robotics.usc.edu
http://www.usc.edu/dept/robotics/personal/monty/home.html
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Winston E. Scott (Commander, USN)
Astronaut Candidate-Mission Specialist
Born: August 6, 1950 in Miami, Florida.
Recreational Interests: Martial arts (holds a 2nd degree black belt in Shotokan
Karate), music, electronics, basketball.
Notable Experience: Designated a Naval Aviator in 1974, Scott served a four-
year tour of duty with Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Three Three
and at the Naval Air Station in North Island, California. In 1980, he earned
a master of science degree in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Naval
Postgraduate School. He later served as Director of the Product Support
Department which consisted of 242 engineers, technicians, logistics managers
and administrative personnel. As a research and development pilot, he flew
the F-14, F/A-18 and A-7 aircraft. He has logged more than 2,000 hours
of flight time.
Steven L. Smith
Astronaut Candidate-Mission Specialist
Born: December 30, 1958 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Recreational Interests: Flying, scuba diving, basketball, camping, traveling.
Notable Experience: With a master's degree in electrical engineering and
business administration, Smith worked for IBM and eventually joined NASA in
1989 to work in the Payload Operations Division, Mission Operations
Directorate. His duties included preflight payload integration and real-time
flight controller support in Mission Control. As the Payload Operation
Division's lead representative for Spacehab, the first manned commercial
payload, he led the development of the early operations concepts and served as
the Lead for the Johnson Space Center's Spacehab Critical Design Review
avionics team.
Joseph R. "Joe" Tanner
Astronaut Candidate-Mission Specialist
Born: January 21, 1950 in Danville, Illinois.
Recreational Interests: Swimming, camping, mountaineering, spending time with
his family.
Notable Experience: Following a career as a Navy pilot, Tanner was employed
by NASA's Johnson Space Center in 1984 as an aerospace engineer and research
pilot. His primary responsibility involved instructing the astronaut pilots
in space shuttle landing techniques in the Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA).
Prior to selection as an astronaut candidate, Tanner was the Deputy Chief of
Aircraft Operations Division, responsible for the activities of a fleet of 40
aircraft and over 400 personnel. He has accumulated more than 6,800 hours
of flight time.
Andrew S.W. Thomas (Ph.D.)
Astronaut Candidate-Mission Specialist
Born: December 18, 1951 in Adelaide, South Australia.
Recreational Interests: Riding, mountain biking, running, wind surfing,
classical guitar playing.
Notable Experience: At the Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company, Thomas
was appointed in 1983 as head of the Advanced Flight Sciences department. In
this capacity, he led a reseaerch department engaged in experimental and
computational studies in fluid dynamics, aerodynamics and aeroacoustics. In
1987, Thomas was named manager of Lockheed's Flight Sciences Division and
directed the technical efforts in vehicle aerodynamics, flight controls and
propulsion systems that supported the company's fleet of production aircraft.
In 1989, he joined the Jet propulsion Laboratory and was appointed leader of
the JPL program for microgravity materials processing in space.
Koichi Wakata
Astronaut Candidate-Mission Specialist
Born: August 1, 1963 in Omiya, Saitama, Japan.
Recreational Interests: Hang-gliding, baseball, tennis, snow skiing.
Notable Experience: Wakata joined Japan Airlines (JAL) in 1989. He completed
a three-month training course at their Maintenance Training Department, Haneda,
Tokyo, and was assigned to the Base Maintenance Department, Narita, Chiba,
where he was designated as a structural engineer. During his tenure with JAL,
he was involved in the research of stuctural integrity of transport aircraft,
fatigue fracture, corrosion prevention and the environmental effects of
fuselage polished aluminum skin on N-747, B-767 and DC-10 aircraft.
Mary Ellen Weber (Ph.D.)
Astronaut Candidate-Mission Specialist
Born: August 24, 1962 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Recreational Interests: Skydiving, scuba diving, flying, skiing, rock climbing,
running.
Notable Experience: Holds a bachelor of science degree, with distinction, in
chemical engineering and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. In 1988, Weber joined
Texas Instruments to research new techniques in microelectronics manufacturing.
In 1990, whe was assigned to SEMATECH, a U.S. semicondutor manufacturing
consortium in Texas to develop novel high-density plasma reactors for silicon
etching.
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| 525.126 | Astro Gutierrez retires | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Fri Aug 12 1994 16:24 | 52 |
| Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. August 4, 1994
(Phone: 202/358-1778)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 94-129
ASTRONAUT GUTIERREZ LEAVES NASA, AIR FORCE
Astronaut Sidney M. Gutierrez (Colonel, USAF) will leave NASA effective
August 8 and retire from the Air Force to join Sandia National Laboratories
located in his hometown of Albuquerque, N.M.
At Sandia National Laboratories, he will be the Manager for Strategic
Planning and Development. His retirement from the Air Force is effective
October 1.
A member of the astronaut class of 1984, Gutierrez has flown twice on
the Space Shuttle, most recently in April as Commander of Endeavour's STS-59
mission that used sophisticated radar equipment to map the Earth's surface,
measuring environmental changes and atmospheric pollution.
His first mission in June 1991 aboard Columbia on the STS-40 mission
was dedicated to the study of the human body on the first Spacelab Life
Sciences flight. Between his first and second flights, Gutierrez worked in
the Mission Control Center (MCC) as the communications link between the MCC and
the Shuttle and served as Chief of the Operations Development Branch in the
Astronaut Office.
"Sid has been a valuable asset to this Agency," said David C. Leestma,
Director of Flight Crew Operations at the Johnson Space Center. "His career
here is a perfect example of how important a member of the astronaut corps is
in preparing others for spaceflight as well as being a crew member."
Prior to his first mission, Gutierrez held various technical
assignments at NASA including Shuttle flight software verification and
development; recertification of the main engines, main propulsion system and
external tank after the Challenger accident; and Action Officer at NASA
Headquarters.
Gutierrez has logged more than 4,500 hours flying time in about 30
different types of aircraft, including the F-15, F-16, F-4 and T-38. He has
accumulated 488 hours in space on two Shuttle missions.
Born in Albuquerque, Gutierrez, 43, graduated from the Air Force
Academy in 1973 with a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering.
He received his Masters degree in management from Webster College in Missouri
in 1977.
|
| 525.127 | Crew named for STS 70 | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Thu Sep 01 1994 23:10 | 53 |
| Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. August 25, 1994
(Phone: 202/358-1778)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 94-141
CREW MEMBERS NAMED FOR SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-70
Air Force Colonel Terence T. (Tom) Henricks will command Space Shuttle
mission STS-70 scheduled for launch in mid-1995 carrying a NASA communications
satellite.
The primary payload for STS-70 is a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
used as part of a three-satellite constellation providing telecommunications
needs essential to the success of Space Shuttle and low-Earth orbit spacecraft
missions. Joining Henricks on the five-day mission are Kevin R. Kregel, pilot;
Army Major Nancy Sherlock, mission specialist; Donald A. Thomas, Ph.D., mission
specialist and Mary Ellen Weber, Ph.D., mission specialist.
Henricks, 42, has flown on two previous Shuttle missions, STS-44 in
November 1991 and STS-55 in April 1993. He was born in Bryan, Ohio, but
considers Woodville, Ohio, his hometown. Henricks received a bachelor of
science degree in civil engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1974 and
a masters degree in public administration from Golden Gate University in 1982.
Kregel, 37, was born in New York City, but considers Amityville, N.Y.,
his hometown. He received a bachelor of science degree in astronautical
engineering from the Air Force Academy in 1978 and a masters degree in public
administration from Troy State University in 1988. STS-70 will be Kregel's
first Shuttle mission. He is a member of the astronaut class of 1992.
Sherlock, 35, flew as a mission specialist on the STS-56 mission in
April 1993. She was born in Wilmington, Del., but considers Troy, Ohio, her
hometown. Sherlock received a bachelor of arts degree in biological science
from Ohio State University in 1980 and a master of science degree in safety
engineering from the University of Southern California in 1985.
Thomas, 39, was a mission specialist on the STS-65 mission in July 1994.
He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Thomas received a bachelor of science degree
in physics from Case Western Reserve University in 1977. He obtained his
master of science and doctorate degrees in materials science from Cornell
University in 1980 and 1982, respectively.
Weber, 32, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, but considers Bedford Heights,
Ohio, her hometown. She received a bachelor of science degree in chemical
engineering from Purdue University in 1984. Weber received her doctorate in
physical chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley. She is a
member of the astronaut class of 1992 and STS-70 will be her first Shuttle
flight.
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| 525.128 | Payload Commander for STS 76 named | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Thu Sep 01 1994 23:11 | 31 |
| Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. August 25, 1994
(Phone: 202/358-1778)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 94-142
CHANG-DIAZ NAMED PAYLOAD COMMANDER FOR TSS REFLIGHT
Veteran astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz has been named payload commander
for Space Shuttle mission STS-76 -- the second flight of the Tethered Satellite
System (TSS) scheduled for early 1996.
As payload commander on the 13-day mission, Chang-Diaz, 44, will begin
the necessary long-lead preparations required for TSS, which was first flown
in July/August 1992 as part of the STS-46 mission. The Italian-built satellite
is designed to orbit at the end of a 13-mile-long tether to test techniques for
managing spacecraft at great distances and to study the electrodynamic effects
of moving a conductive tether through the Earth's magnetic field.
STS-76 will be Chang-Diaz's fifth Shuttle mission. He served as
mission specialist on STS 61-C in January 1986, STS-34 in October 1989, STS-46,
and STS-60 in February 1994.
He received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from
the University of Connecticut in 1973 and a doctorate in applied plasma physics
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977. He was born in San
Jose, Costa Rica.
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| 525.129 | Crew named for STS 74 | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Sep 06 1994 17:07 | 62 |
| Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. September 2, 1994
(Phone: 202/358-1780)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 94-145
SPACE SHUTTLE CREW NAMED FOR SECOND MIR DOCKING MISSION
NASA's second Space Shuttle mission to rendezvous and dock with the
Russian Space Station Mir, scheduled for October 1995, will be commanded by
U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Kenneth D. Cameron.
Joining Cameron on the STS-74 mission are U.S. Air Force (USAF)
Lieutenant Colonel James D. Halsell, Jr., pilot, and USAF Colonel Jerry L.
Ross, U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel William S. McArthur, Jr., and Canadian Air
Force Major Chris A. Hadfield.
The primary objective of the six-day flight is to attach a permanent
Russian docking module to an orbiter docking system using the Shuttle's robot
arm, before placing the docking module onto the Mir Space Station, where it
will remain for use during future joint U.S.-Russian missions. Throughout the
flight, various life sciences investigations will be performed.
Cameron, 44, has flown twice before on the Shuttle, during STS-37 in
April 1991 and STS-56 in April 1993. Most recently he was NASA director of
operations, Russia, where he worked with Russian trainers, engineers and flight
controllers to support the training of astronauts at Star City and to enhance
continued cooperation between NASA and Russia's Space Agency.
Cameron was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and received both his bachelor
and master of science degrees in aeronautics and astronautics from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978 and 1979, respectively.
Halsell, 37, flew on the STS-65 mission in July and was born in Monroe,
La. He received a bachelor of science degree in engineering from the Air Force
Academy in 1978, a master of science degree in management from Troy University
in 1983, and a master of science degree in space operations from the Air Force
Institute of Technology in 1985.
Ross, 46, has flown four previous times aboard the Shuttle, during STS
61-B in November 1985, STS-27 in December 1988, STS-37 in April 1991 and STS-55
in April 1993. Ross has conducted four spacewalks on two of those missions.
He was born in Crown Point, Ind., and received his bachelor and master of
science degrees in mechanical engineering from Purdue University in 1970 and
1972, respectively.
McArthur, 43, flew on the STS-58 mission in October 1993. He was born
in Laurinburg, N.C., and considers Wakulla, N.C., his hometown. McArthur
received a bachelor of science degree in applied science and engineering from
the U.S. Military Academy in 1973 and a master of science degree in aerospace
engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1983.
Hadfield, 35, was born in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, and grew up in
Milton, Ontario. He received a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering
from the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, in 1982 and a
master of science degree in aviation systems from the University of Tennessee
in 1992. STS-74 will be Hadfield's first Shuttle mission. He is a member of
the astronaut class of 1992.
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| 525.130 | Boris Yegorov, cosmonaut on Voskhod 1 | MTWAIN::KLAES | No Guts, No Galaxy | Thu Sep 15 1994 18:39 | 21 |
| Article: 3485
From: matulka@convex.com (Jerry Matulka)
Newsgroups: sci.space.tech
Subject: Boris Yegorov
Date: 14 Sep 1994 14:15:05 -0500
Organization: Engineering, Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx USA
I noticed in today's (9/14/94) Dallas Morning News newspaper that
there was an obituary for for retired cosmonaut Boris Yegorov. He
died on Monday evening in his apartment in Moscow from an apparent
heart attack. Dr. Yegorov was 57 years old.
Yegorov was the first doctor to fly in space. He flew on the Voshkod
1 mission with Vladimir Komarov and Konstantin Feoktistov in October
of 1964.
_____________________________________________________________________________
|Jerry Matulka Phone: (214)497-4305 Email: matulka@convex.COM |
|3000 Waterview Parkway, P.O. Box 833851, Richardson, Texas USA 75083-3851 |
|___________________________________________________________________________|
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| 525.131 | Payload Specialist named for TSS-2 flight | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Thu Oct 13 1994 17:43 | 61 |
|
Interesting that the flight number has changed to STS-75 from STS-76.
[Downloaded from NASA Spacelink]
Debbie Rahn
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
October 12, 1994
(Phone: 202/358-1639)
RELEASE: 94-169
GUIDONI NAMED TO CREW OF TETHERED SATELLITE REFLIGHT
Italian scientist Dr. Umberto Guidoni has been selected to fly as
payload specialist on the STS-75 Space Shuttle mission in early 1996,
which will see the second flight of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS).
As payload specialist, Guidoni will serve on the Shuttle crew as a
scientist in orbit, working directly with the TSS experiments to be
conducted during the 13-day mission aboard the Orbiter Columbia.
The TSS project is a joint NASA/Italian Space Agency effort to
study and advance the potential future uses for space tethers, which keep
one object attached to another while in orbit and offer a variety of
applications.
Guidoni will be making his first space flight, but he has been
associated with the TSS project for several years. He was the alternate
payload specialist for the first TSS mission in the summer of 1992. He is
a co-investigator on one of the experiments to be conducted during the
tether operations on the mission, which NASA has designated TSS-1R. Since
being named experiment project scientist in 1989, he has been responsible
for integration of the Research on Electrodynamic Tether Effects
investigation into the TSS satellite.
Guidoni, 40, holds a Ph.D. in astrophysics, earned from the
University of Rome in 1978. He has served as a staff scientist in the
solar energy division of the Italian National Council for Renewable
Energy, and became senior researcher at the Space Physics Institute of the
National Research Council in 1984.
He received a post-doctoral fellowship from the Italian Nuclear
Energy National Committee for 1979-80, allowing him to pursue work in the
thermonuclear fusion field.
During the STS-75 mission, operations with the TSS will emphasize
study of the electrodynamic effects of moving a conductive tether through
the Earth's magnetic field. During the first TSS mission, STS-46 in July
and August 1992, the satellite was partially deployed and was successfully
managed and manipulated by Shuttle crew members.
The TSS project is managed for NASA's Office of Space Science and
the Office of Space Flight by the Marshall Space Flight Center,
Huntsville, AL. The five-foot diameter (1.6 meter) satellite, designed to
be deployed at the end of a 13-mile-long (20 kilometer) conductive tether,
was developed and provided by the Italian Space Agency.
The STS-75 mission also will be the third flight of the U.S.
Microgravity Payload (USMP-3), a suite of instruments and experiments in
the Shuttle's cargo bay.
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| 525.132 | Articles on Joe Engle and Jack Schmitt (long) | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Nov 01 1994 20:40 | 286 |
| From: Philip Chien <PChien@ids.net>
Subject: Apollo 17 and Joe Engle's career - was science astronauts (long!)
Date: 1 Nov 1994 05:45:14 GMT
Organization: Earth News
Now that I've finally got a real newsreader with an editor I can post a
long reply to everybody who's responded to this topic. But my apologies
for not quoting anybody specifically.
Joe Henry Engle flew two shuttle missions: STS-2 and 51-I. When he was
removed from the Apollo 17 crew he was privately POed, but a good
'company player' and publicly accepted the change. He was given the
choice of a seat on the Apollo-Soyuz mission or a leading role in helping
design the space shuttle and chose the latter. In addition to his two
shuttle flights he flew Enterprise on several captive and freeflight
tests. It's important to note that he is the only 'rookie' astronaut who
has ever been assigned as a shuttle commander. After STS-2 he was
assigned to NASA headquarters as the Deputy Associate Administrator for
Manned Spaceflight, so he couldn't get right back in line. This is a
fairly common practice for senior astronauts - besides competing for
flight assignments astronauts have many other responsibilities, including
administrative ones which may temporarily take them off flight duty. For
example, Charlie Bolden served for a year at NASA headquarters as a
deputy associate administrator and assistant to Dan Goldin before flying
his final mission. When Engle returned to JSC he was assigned to command
STS 51-I - an extremely prestigious mission. That mission launched three
satellites and performed one of the most complicated satellite salvage
missions - with a partially disabled robot arm.
There have been other astronauts have been with NASA longer and flown
fewer missions (Don Lind, Tony England, Karl Henize, Bill Thornton, Bruce
McCandless, and Gordon Fullerton). Like Engle the length of time as an
astronaut vs. number of missions flown was caused primarily by the down
period between Apollo and the Shuttle program. It's important to note
that Lind and McCandless, pilots selected in 1966 with Engle, chose to
fly as mission specialists because they were more interested in working
in orbit (as opposed to flying the shuttle). Lind was interested in the
Spacelab experiments and McCandless was interested in developing the
Manned Maneuvering Unit and EVA capabilities. Engle had this choice -
but preferred to fly as a commander.
Any of these highly senior astronauts, including Engle, could have easily
flown more missions, but their careers went different directions,
sometimes by choice, sometimes by circumstances. There is no such thing
as 'too senior to fly any other position than commander.' Astronaut
candidates choose their career paths early on. Some would prefer to
actually fly the shuttle and become pilots. Others are more interested
in a mission specialist career. Would it be possible for a shuttle
commander to fly additional missions as a mission specialist in order to
perform a spacewalk or other more interesting on-orbit roles? It's
theoretically possible, but not likely. All of their career has been
spent training to fly as a pilot, and they *WANT* to be pilots. On the
other hand, commanders usually get more prestigious and complicated
missions along with seniority. It's highly unlikely you will ever see a
three flight commander flying a simple satellite deploy mission (those
flights go to pilots flying as commanders for the first time). Engle's
51-I mission was quite appropriate for an astronaut with his seniority.
To date no person has commanded the shuttle more than three times (Hoot
Gibson will be the first for the STS-71 Mir mission). As a general rule
by the time a pilot has flown the shuttle four times (once or twice as a
pilot, the rest as a commander) he is in his mid to late 50s, has flown
on a variety of different types of missions, and is looking forward to
what's next - usually retirement and a high-paying industry job.
Don Lind could have fulfilled both pilot and science requirements for any
of the later Apollo moon missions - a pilot with actual legitimate
science credentials. He got his wings as a Navy aviator in 1958. He
retired from the Navy and earned his PhD in physics. He met the
qualifications for both pilot and scientist astronauts. When selected as
a pilot astronaut in 1966 he was working as a senior scientist at the
Goddard Spaceflight Center. Not surprisingly the pilots were wary about
a pilot who was working as a scientist. So unfortunately Don got stuck
in two worlds. For the Apollo 11 mission he was one of the support
astronauts who gave scientists recommendations on what an astronaut could
and couldn't do while wearing a spacesuit. He gave recommendations on
the solar wind experiment (the large sheet of aluminum foil which rolled
up like a window shade). He was so fascinated by the experiment that he
became the co-investigator for the follow-up experiment which flew on
Skylab, and the principal investigator when another version flew on LDEF.
So much for somebody who was nominally a pilot.
Lind's classmates flew as command and lunar module pilots on Apollos 13
through 17, Skylab, and Apollo-Soyuz. Lind was the backup pilot for the
second and third Skylab missions, and almost got to fly when there was a
possible rescue mission during Al Bean's 59 day stay (the rescue mission
wasn't needed so he didn't get to fly then). When a proposed fourth
crewed Skylab mission failed to get funding he lost his chance to fly on
an Apollo spacecraft. After Skylab he worked on the Spacelab program and
flew on the STS 51-B Spacelab 3 mission - 17 years after his selection as
an astronaut. There is much talk about how Slayton had a long wait from
selection to flight - Lind beat Slayton's record. It's also interesting
to note that when Lind became an astronaut in 1966 Jake Garn was an
insurance salesperson in Utah. But Garn got to fly on the shuttle before
Lind! (In Utah Lind is known as Utah's first professional astronaut - to
differentiate him from Garn). Which just goes to prove - if you want to
go into space fast - become a member of Congress. (Bill Nelson spent
less than eight months in training - less time than the chimpanzees
during the Mercury program!) Unfortunately Lind didn't get a chance to
go to the moon or fly to Skylab - both positions which IMHO he was
eminently qualified to fill.
Engle chose to retire from NASA and the Air Force in 1987 for a very
simple reason - his pension. At that point in his career, as a Colonel
in the Air Force with 30 years of experience, he would have lost money by
remaining in the astronaut corps and Air Force. Retirement permitted him
to become a member of the Air Force reserves, with an increase in rank to
Brigadier General. Had the Challenger accident not occurred it's
possible he could have commanded one or two more missions before his
planned 1987 retirement.
Engle does have more aircraft time than any other *PILOT* astronaut. One
mission specialist, Story Musgrave, has over 17,700 hours in 160
different types of civilian and military aircraft - more than most pilots
put together. Yes, that isn't a typo - 17,700 hours - over two years.
Story has made it quite clear that he is not going to retire or go off
flight status until he is dead - even though he could easily make three
times as much money if he chose to retire. Again, different career
choices.
Joe Engle worked for a while on the NASP program and is currently the
head of the USAF STP office at JSC. This office helps prepare small
military payloads for flight on the shuttle. What's amusing is it's a
relatively small office with only three people and no secretary. So
quite often when I call Joe's the one who answers the phone and has to
take messages! Lt. Col. Jim McLeroy has kidded that he's the only Lt.
Col. in the Air Force with a General as a secretary!
Politics certainly plays a factor in flight assignments, but career
choices and many outside factors also determine which missions somebody
flies on and how often somebody flies.
Philip Chien
no sig yet - but hmm, this newsreader does support signatures ...
From: Philip Chien <PChien@ids.net>
Subject: Apollo 17 and Jack Schmitt - was Scientist astronauts (long)
Date: 1 Nov 1994 05:46:45 GMT
Organization: Earth News
There are several reasons why Schmitt flew on Apollo 17:
As a minor nit-pick Schmitt became an astronaut in 1965. All of the
Apollo 13 through 17 command and lunar module pilots were
pilot-astronauts selected in 1966 - with less seniority - including Engle.
The head of the astronaut office (Shephard) and head of flight crew
operations (Slayton) were openly scornful of the scientists, and didn't
want them. (As an example read Deke Slayton's autobiography "Deke" and
see how he compares helicopter accidents for Gibson (a scientist) and
Cernan (a pilot). The scientist astronauts were forced upon the flight
crew office by NASA Headquarters which was prodded by the National
Academy of Sciences. So no scientist was going to fly to the moon until
the time was right (e.g. until after the pilots got to fly first). One
might bring up the question why weren't scientists assigned to Apollo 15
or 16? These were supposed to be extended science missions and the
landings had already been perfected on Apollos 11, 12, and 14. But the
flight crew office still felt more experience (read: pilots) was needed
before a scientist could be sent.
There is no doubt that two pilots added an additional level of safety and
conversely having one pilot and one scientist added an additional level
of risk. But the exact amount of safety or risk is subjective, and
probably low in comparison with the overall mission risks.
It was made quite clear to NASA that the scientist astronauts (15 all
together) would resign together in protest if no scientist got to fly to
the moon. Quite understandable from the scientists POV - some had spent
five years in training and were watching pilots with less seniority fly
while all they had was support positions. Having all of the scientists
publicly resign would have been a major embarrassment. When scientists
become astronauts (even today) their careers and standings within the
scientific community usually disappears. They don't have the time to do
research anymore, or keep up with what was happening in their fields.
What kind of impression would it have given to the science community had
Schmitt not flown to the moon? Skylab and the shuttle program were
coming up. To get the support from the scientific community NASA had to
prove that the manned spaceflight program was serious about science.
Flying an astronaut with legitimate scientific credentials certainly gave
Apollo and the shuttle credibility with the scientific community.
As the only geologist-astronaut Schmitt helped train his fellow
astronauts (the pilots), and also had to do his own training and flight
proficiency -- he really worked his *** off to earn a flight to the moon.
And this is even with the practical guarantee that he would be THE
scientist (if any) automatically selected for a moon mission because of
his geology background.
Schmitt had been assigned as a backup LM pilot to the Apollo 15 mission,
along with Dick Gordon and Vance Brand. They had performed some training
together, and most likely would have flown on Apollo 18 if it hadn't been
cancelled. So the question wasn't whether it was Engle or Schmitt, the
question was whether the Apollo 17 crew was going to be Cernan Schmitt
and Evans or Gordon Schmitt and Brand.
When Schmitt was added to the Apollo 17 crew it was a shotgun marriage.
With two pilots and one scientist it isn't surprising that it wasn't the
closest of crews. One of the best indications is the crew patch,
designed by artist Bob McCall. The original pencil sketches of the
patches had the names in the following order: Cernan, Engle, Evans - as
is typical - CDR, LMP, CMP. When the patch was finalized the order got
changed to Cernan, Evans, Schmitt - placing the (less important)
scientist at the end.
Andrew Chakin's excellent book "Man on the Moon" has a good description
about Cernan and Schmitt's training together in the simulator. It
appears that Cernan's attitude was if he was to have a heart attack (or
something else which would disable him) that he would have preferred to
crash rather than let Schmitt take the controls!
For the most part the attitude of the pilots in the astronaut program was
we'll get the vehicle there and back in one piece. If we can collect
some samples then that's a good bonus, but the priority is fly there and
back. Remember that there was serious consideration to tossing off all
of the experiments from Apollo 11 to unclutter the flight plan. Just
grab one sample and leave.
Astronaut Walt Cunningham's ghostwritten book "The All American Boys"
picks on Schmitt's incorrect identification of orange soil as being some
of the youngest material on the moon. He states "I dare say a 'dumb
fighter jock' would not have ventured such an ad hock assessment." (pg
242). Much has been made about this misidentification. But consider -
Schmitt was at the height of his career, what he had been training to do
for the past seven years, most of it with little chance of actually
flying. It isn't surprising that he would have made an offhand remark
which later turned out to be wrong. I have no doubt that Schmitt's
talents as a trained geologist resulted in better quality science on
Apollo 17 than if any other pilot would have flown in his place. (IMNHO).
It's true that the pilots were given the equivalent of a "graduate level
course in geology", but that hardly makes them graduate level geologists.
At best they were trained observers. Some did a rather poor job (from
the scientist's point of view) of collecting and documenting samples.
And what a graduate level course means to one person - is certainly
different that what it means to others.
Yeah, it's not surprising that Yeager (the penultimate pilot) would come
down squarely on Engle's side. And Engle is certainly one of the best
pilots to have ever flown either the X-15 or shuttle. But how does
Yeager feel about the credibility of scientists? If you can train a
pilot to be a scientist you can surely train a scientist to be a pilot
and the 1965 and 1967 science astronauts who weren't already qualified
were trained to fly military jets - several already had military flight
training, most notably Navy flight surgeon Joe Kerwin. The scientists
who learned how to fly have a perfect safety record in the T-38 training
aircraft - no accidents. Which can't be said for the pilots (Granted
there were more pilots and they spent a higher percentage of their time
flying). Science-astronauts like Joe Allen and Story Musgrave graduated
at the top of their classes when they learned how to fly at Air Force
bases -- classes which were filled with career Air Force officers
learning how to fly fighters for the Vietnam war.
The battle of scientists and pilots continues through today. Pilot
astronauts are expected to fly as part of their proficiency training.
Granted the T-38s the astronauts fly aren't as state-of-the-art as the
F-18s or F-16s they flew with the armed forces. But pilot astronauts do
fly. Engineers continues to be engineers as 'ops' people within the
astronaut corps. When a scientist becomes a mission specialist he/she is
expected to spend full time working on being an astronaut - and that does
not include any time to do research. It is extremely rare for mission
specialist scientists to keep up in their fields, and therefore hard to
be treated seriously by their colleagues. Quite often a mission
specialist with a science background will fly on a flight as an ops
person (e.g. flight engineer) without doing any actual scientific
research. Shannon Lucid noted that it wasn't until her fourth flight, 15
years after getting selected as an astronaut that she got to do any
biochemistry - her background before NASA. Imagine a shuttle pilot being
asked to perform other tasks and responsibilities for 15 years before
flying as a pilot! On the other hand three 'ops' types, Mark Lee, Jerry
Ross, and Rick Hieb, have been payload commanders for Spacelab missions -
roles which normally would be given to somebody with a science
background. The implication is an ops person has enough skills to
perform scientific duties - even though they aren't expected to analyze
the data.
Of the pilots who have retired many have gone back to their original
services (often with high ranks) and some have become the heads of
important military installations. Many retired pilot and mission
specialist astronauts have become executives for aerospace companies, a
handful are high level government managers. Of the mission specialists
with science backgrounds only three have returned to scientific careers
(Lind, Nelson, England) - as university professors, and Sally Ride as a
management researcher.
Philip Chien
no sig yet - but thinking abou it
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| 525.133 | Cosmonaut Boris Yegorov dies | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Thu Nov 03 1994 20:20 | 9 |
| From: jamesoberg@aol.com (JamesOberg)
Subject: Cosmonaut Yegorov Dies
Date: 2 Nov 1994 01:04:53 -0800
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
For those who might have missed it, cosmonaut Dr. Boris Yegorov (sometimes
spelled Egorov) died about Sep 12 in his home in Moscow of an apparent
heart attack. He was 58. He had been part of the three-man crew of
"Voskhod" in October 1964.
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| 525.134 | Sega to replace Readdy in Star City | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Thu Nov 03 1994 20:24 | 61 |
|
Mark Hess/Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, DC November 1, 1994
(Phone: 202/358-1778)
Debra Rahn
Headquarters, Washington, DC
(Phone: 202/358-1639)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 94-182
ASTRONAUT SEGA TO REPLACE READDY AS NASA MANAGER IN RUSSIA
Astronaut Ronald M. Sega, Ph.D., will replace Navy Captain William F.
Readdy as the NASA manager of operational activities at Star City, Russia,
near Moscow.
As Director of Operations, Russia, Sega will support training and
preparations of NASA astronauts at Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC),
Star City. He will be the primary interface between NASA and the GCTC Russian
management, coordinating all training and other operations involving NASA or
contractor personnel in Star City.
Sega will continue to establish operational and personal relationships
with Star City management and the cosmonauts, which are pivotal to successful,
long-term joint operations involving NASA, the Russian Space Agency (RSA) and
GCTC. He also will participate in personal training designed to acquaint
astronauts with the operational aspects of Russian vehicles and training
facilities.
Sega's other primary responsibilities will include support of astronauts
and their families currently living in Star City. He will routinely monitor
the current training program for astronauts being trained for flights to the Mir
Space Station and will also continue development of training curriculum for
U.S. astronauts training for joint missions aboard Mir.
Sega will join fellow astronauts Norman E. Thagard, M.D., and Bonnie J.
Dunbar, Ph.D., who have been training in Star City since February as the prime
and backup crew members for a three-month flight aboard Mir. Thagard is
scheduled to be launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft in March 1995. Following
his stay aboard Mir, the crew of Shuttle mission STS-71, which will include
Dunbar as a mission specialist, will dock Atlantis to Mir. It will be the
first of seven to ten Shuttle visits that will be made to the Russian space
station during the 1995-1997 time frame.
Sega, 41, flew on Discovery's STS-60 mission in February 1994, the first
joint U.S./Russian Space Shuttle mission. The mission carried the Wake Shield
Facility and the Spacehab pressurized experiment module. Sega received a
doctorate in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado in 1982.
Readdy has flown on two Shuttle missions, STS-42 in January 1992, and
STS-51 in September 1993. Readdy has served in Star City since August 1994
and will return to an assignment in the Astronaut Office at NASA's Johnson
Space Center. He is a captain in the U.S. Naval Reserve and a 1974
graduate of the Naval Academy.
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| 525.135 | STS 73 Crew Named | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Sun Nov 20 1994 18:49 | 84 |
| Mark Hess/Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, DC November 18, 1994
(Phone: 202/358-1778)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 94-195
The remaining NASA astronauts have been named for the second United
States Microgravity Laboratory mission that will equal the longest flight
in Space Shuttle program history and continue laying the foundation for
microgravity research in space.
NASA astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox (Cmdr., USN) will be the
Commander; Kent V. Rominger (Cmdr., USN), will serve as the Pilot; and
Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (Lt. Cmdr., USN) will serve as a Mission
Specialist and the Flight Engineer on the mission scheduled for launch in
the fall of 1995 aboard Space Shuttle Columbia.
They will join Dr. Kathryn C. Thornton, Payload Commander and Dr.
Catherine G. "Cady" Coleman, (Captain, USAF), Mission Specialist, who were
named to the crew in March. Payload Specialists Dr. Fred W. Leslie, of
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, and Dr. Albert Sacco,
Jr., of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, were selected as
crew members in June.
The 16-day mission follows the first microgravity laboratory flight,
STS-50, flown in June and July 1992. The mission will continue the series
of Shuttle flights dedicated to studying microgravity materials processing
technology over extended durations in space through research sponsored by
government, industry and academia. The mission will focus on materials
science, biotechnology, combustion science, the physics of fluids and many
other scientific experiments to be housed in the pressurized Spacelab
module.
Bowersox, 38, will be making his third flight aboard the Shuttle and
first as Commander. He flew on the first USML mission, STS-50, aboard
Columbia and most recently was a member of Endeavour's STS-61 crew that
serviced the Hubble Space Telescope for the first time in December 1993.
He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1978 with a degree in
aerospace engineering. He earned a masters degree in mechanical
engineering from Columbia University in 1979. Born in Portsmouth, VA,
Bowersox considers Bedford, IN, his hometown.
Rominger, 38, is a member of the astronaut class of 1992 and will be
making his first flight aboard the Shuttle. He was born in Del Norte, CO,
and received a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from
Colorado State University in 1978. His masters degree in aeronautical
engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School was earned in 1987.
Lopez-Alegria, 36, was born in Madrid, Spain, and considers Madrid
and Mission Viejo, CA, his hometowns. He received a bachelor of science
degree in systems engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1980 and a
master of science degree in aeronautical engineering from the Naval
Postgraduate School in 1988. STS-73 will be his first Shuttle mission and
he, too, is a member of the astronaut class of 1992.
Thornton will be making her fourth Shuttle flight. She first flew
aboard Discovery on a Department of Defense mission (STS-33) in November
1989. Her second flight was in May 1992 on the maiden voyage of Endeavour
(STS-49) to rescue and repair the Intelsat spacecraft and to examine
assembly techniques for large space structures such as the international
space station. Thornton's most recent flight in December 1993 was aboard
Endeavour as a member of the crew sent to carry out the first servicing of
the Hubble Space Telescope (STS-61). On that flight, she was one of four
astronauts who conducted a record five spacewalks.
Coleman will be making her first flight on the Shuttle. She earned a
bachelor of science degree in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology in 1983 and a doctorate in polymer science and engineering
from the University of Massachusetts in 1991.
Dr. Leslie earned a Ph.D. in atmospheric science with a minor in
fluid dynamics from the University of Oklahoma. He is chief of the MSFC
Earth System Processes and Modeling Branch.
Dr. Sacco, of Holden, MA, earned a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a professor and head of
the chemical engineering department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
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| 525.136 | Blaha and Lucid to train for MIR flight | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Mon Nov 28 1994 14:48 | 45 |
| Edward Campion
Headquarters, Washington, DC
November 3, 1994
(Phone: 202/358-1778)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 94-183
ASTRONAUTS BLAHA AND LUCID TO TRAIN FOR FLIGHT ON MIR
NASA astronauts John E. Blaha and Shannon W. Lucid, Ph.D., have been
selected to train for the second of at least four scheduled astronaut stays
aboard the Russian Space Station Mir. The two veteran astronauts will begin
training in Star City, Russia, in February 1995.
These assignments continue the U.S./Russia human space flight cooperation,
which consists of a three-phased program.
Phase one includes seven to ten Space Shuttle-Mir missions between 1995
and 1997, including rendezvous, docking and crew transfers. The Space Shuttle
will assist with crew exchange, resupply and payload activities for Mir. A
Russian cosmonaut will fly on STS-63 in February 1995. Four or more U.S.
astronaut stays aboard Mir are planned, totaling nearly two years of on-orbit
time.
Phase two is the joint development of the core International Space
Station. Phase three is the expansion of the Space Station to include all of
the international partners.
Blaha, 52, (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) has flown on four Shuttle missions,
STS-29 in March 1989, STS-33 in November 1989, STS-43 in August 1991 and
STS-58 in October 1993. He received a master of science degree in
astronautical engineering from Purdue University in 1966.
Lucid, 50, also has flown four times aboard the Shuttle. She was a
mission specialist on STS 51-G in June 1985, STS-34 in October 1989, STS-43 in
August 1991 and STS-58 in October 1993. She received her master of science and
doctorate of philosophy degrees in biochemistry from the University of
Oklahoma in 1970 and 1973, respectively.
As the U.S./Russia cooperative activities progress, additional NASA
personnel will be assigned to support agency activities in Russia.
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| 525.137 | Crew for STS 72 named | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Mon Dec 19 1994 18:31 | 77 |
| Mark Hess/Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, DC December 12, 1994
(Phone: 202/358-1778)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 94-208
SPACE SHUTTLE CREW NAMED FOR STS-72 MISSION
A crew of six astronauts under the command of U.S. Air Force Colonel
Brian Duffy will launch next fall on Space Shuttle mission STS-72 to retrieve
a satellite, deploy and retrieve another, and conduct two spacewalks.
Joining Duffy on the nine-day flight are Navy Lieutenant Commander Brent
W. Jett, Jr., pilot, and mission specialists Leroy Chiao, Daniel T. Barry,
Navy Commander Winston E. Scott and Japanese National Space Development Agency
(NASDA) mission specialist, Koichi Wakata.
STS-72 mission objectives include retrieval of an octagonally shaped
science satellite carrying 14 experiments that is scheduled to be launched
aboard a Japanese H-2 rocket in early 1995. The Space Flyer Unit (SFU) was
developed jointly by NASDA, the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
and the Ministry of Trade and Industry.
In addition to the SFU retrieval, the crew will use the Shuttle's robot
arm to deploy and retrieve another science satellite, the Shuttle Pointed
Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN). This multi-use spacecraft
flies free of the Shuttle for several days, gathering astronomical data prior
to its retrieval.
Also during the flight, Chiao and Barry will conduct two spacewalks
designed to evaluate and better understand assembly requirements and
techniques for the International Space Station.
Duffy, 41, will be making his third flight on the Shuttle. He was pilot
on STS-45 in March 1992 and STS-57 in June 1993. He was born in Boston, MA,
and is a 1975 graduate of the Air Force Academy with a mathematics degree.
Duffy earned a master of science degree in systems management from the
University of Southern California in 1981.
Jett, 35, was born in Pontiac, MI, but considers Ft. Lauderdale, FL, his
hometown. He received a bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering
from the Naval Academy in 1981 and a master of science degree in aeronautical
engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1989. Jett, a member of the
astronaut class of 1992, will be making his first Shuttle flight.
Chiao, 34, will be making his second space flight having served as a
mission specialist on July's STS-65 mission of Columbia. He was born in
Milwaukee, WI, but considers Danville, CA, his hometown. Chiao received a
bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from the University of
California, Berkeley, in 1983 and master of science and doctorate degrees in
chemical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1985
and 1987, respectively.
Barry, 40, was born in Norwalk, CT, but considers South Hadley, MA, his
hometown. He received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering
from Cornell University in 1975; a master of engineering degree and a master
of arts degree in electrical engineering/computer science from Princeton
University in 1977; a doctorate in electrical engineering/computer science
from Princeton in 1980; and a doctorate in medicine from the University of
Miami in 1982. STS-72 will be the first Shuttle flight for Barry, a member of
the astronaut class of 1992.
Scott, 44, was born in Miami, FL, and earned a bachelor of arts degree in
music from Florida State University in 1972. He received a master of science
degree in aeronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1980.
Scott will be making his first Shuttle flight and is a member of the astronaut
class of 1992.
Wakata, 31, was born in Omiya, Saitama, Japan. He earned a bachelor of
science degree in aeronautical engineering in 1987 and a master of science
degree in applied mechanics in 1989, both from Kyushu University. A member of
the astronaut class of 1992, Wakata will be making his first Shuttle flight.
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| 525.138 | Obit for Stu Roosa Apollo astronaut | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Mon Dec 19 1994 18:32 | 80 |
| 12/12/94: APOLLO ASTRONAUT STUART ALLEN ROOSA DIES
David E. Steitz
Headquarters, Washington, DC December 12, 1994
(Phone: 202/358-1730)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 94-210
Col. Stuart Allen Roosa, 61, USAF retired, one of six Apollo astronauts
to fly solo around the Moon, died Dec. 12 due to complications from
pancreatitis.
Born Aug. 16, 1933, in Durango, CO, Roosa has been a long time resident
of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He died in Washington, DC, during a visit with
one of his children. At the time of his death, Roosa was president and owner of
Gulf Coast Coors, Inc., Gulfport, MS.
Roosa served as the Command Module Pilot for the Apollo 14 mission from
Jan. 31 to Feb. 9, 1971. His fellow crew members were Alan Shepard and Edgar
Mitchell. Throughout the 33-hour stay on the surface of the Moon by Shepard
and Mitchell, Roosa remained in lunar orbit aboard the command module
"Kitty Hawk," to conduct a variety of assigned photographic and visual
observations.
"Stuart Roosa was one of the 'can-do' spacefarers that helped take
America, and all humankind, to the Moon. He exemplified the talents that all
of NASA strives for -- service to our nation, technical know-how and an
unbridled creative spirit," said NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin.
Prior to joining NASA, in the early 1950's Roosa worked for the U.S.
Forest Service fighting fires as a smoke jumper. He later graduated from the
Aerospace Test Pilots School and was an experimental test pilot at Edwards
Air Force Base, CA. Throughout his career, Roosa logged more than 5,500 hours
of flying time and 217 hours in space.
Roosa attended Gunnery School at Del Rio Air Force Base, TX, and Luke Air
Force Base, AZ, and is a graduate of the Aviation Cadet Program at Williams
Air Force Base, AZ, where he received his flight training commission in the Air
Force.
From July 1962 to August 1964, Roosa was a maintenance flight test pilot
at Olmstead Air Force Base, PA, flying F-101 aircraft. He was a fighter pilot
at Langley Air Force Base, VA, where he flew the F-84F and F-100 aircraft.
Following graduation from the University of Colorado, under the Air Force
Institute of Technology Program, he served as chief of service engineering at
Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, for two years.
Roosa was one of 19 people selected as part of the astronaut class of 1966
and served as a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 9 mission.
Following Apollo 14, he served as backup command pilot for Apollo 16 and
Apollo 17. He was assigned to the Space Shuttle program until his retirement
as a Colonel from the Air Force in 1976.
After leaving NASA and the Air Force, Roosa was Corporate Vice President
for International Operations for U.S. Industries, Inc., Oak Brook, IL, and
President, USI Middle East Development Company, Ltd., Athens, Greece, from
1976 to 1977.
Roosa's special honors include the NASA Distinguished Service Medal; the
Johnson Space Center Superior Achievement Award (1970); the Air Force Command
Pilot Astronaut Wings; the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal; the Arnold
Air Society's John F. Kennedy Award (1971); the City of New York Gold Medal
(1971); the American Astronautical Society's Flight Achievement Award (1971);
the Order of Tehad (1973); and the Order of the Central African Empire (1973).
Roosa earned a PMD from Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA, and an LL.D.
from St. Thomas University, Houston. Roosa was a member of the Society of
Experimental Test Pilots, the Association of Space Explorers, the Explorers
Club, the Circumnavigators Club, the Shikar Safari Club, and the Confederate
Air Force.
Roosa is survived by his wife Joan, sons Christopher, Jack and Allen,
daughter Rosemary and granddaughters Kathleen and Danielle. Services will be
held later this week at Arlington National Cemetery.
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| 525.139 | Crippen to retire from NASA | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Mon Dec 19 1994 18:35 | 56 |
| 12/12/94: KSC Center Director Crippen to Leave NASA Jan. 21
Kennedy Space Center News Release
December 12, 1994
John F. Kennedy Space Center Director Robert L. Crippen today announced he
will leave NASA effective Jan. 21 after more than 25 years with the Agency.
Crippen plans to explore opportunities in the private sector. However, he
has no specific plans at this time.
In making the announcement, he said, "I have been proud to be part of the
NASA and the KSC team. I know they will continue to carry on our tradition
of safe, successful and efficient launches."
"Bob Crippen is one of the giants of our nation+s space exploration efforts
and he will leave large shoes to be filled," said NASA Administrator Daniel S.
Goldin. "Crip's contributions to NASA and the Shuttle program have been
enormous, from making the first historic flight of the Space Shuttle, to
running the Kennedy Space Center. We wish him well, and thank him for his
dedicated service to NASA and to America."
Crippen has been director of KSC since Jan.1, 1992. He moved to KSC from NASA
Headquarters where he had served as Director, Space Shuttle Program for two
years. Prior to that time he had been Deputy Director of the Shuttle program,
based at KSC. These positions placed Crippen in a senior management role in
the Launch Control Center for the 41 Space Shuttle launches since the
Challenger accident, 22 of those as Center Director.
Crippen joined NASA as an astronaut at the Johnson Space Center in September
1969 following the cancellation of the USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL)
program. He served as a member of the astronaut support crew for the Skylab
2,3 and 4 missions and for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.
Crippen was the pilot of the first orbital test flight of the Space Shuttle
Program -- STS-1, launched April 12, 1981 -- and was the commander of three
shuttle flights: STS-7, June 18-24,1983; STS-41C, April 6-13, 1984; and
STS-41G, October 6-13, 1984.
Born September 11, 1937, in Beaumont, Texas, Crippen received a bachelor of
science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas in 1960.
He was commissioned through the U. S. Navy's Aviation Officer Program. As a
Navy Pilot from June 1962 to November 1964 he completed a tour of duty aboard
the aircraft carrier USS Independence. He later attended the USAF Aeorspace
Research Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Upon graduation
he remained at Edwards as an instructor until his selection for the USAF MOL
program in October 1966.
Crippen's accomplishments have earned him many notable awards: the NASA
Exceptional Service Medal in 1972; five awards in 1981, including the
Department of Defense Distinguished Service Award, the American
Astronautical Society of Flight Achievement Award, the National Geographic
Society's Gardiner Greene Hubbard Medal and installation in the Aviation
Hall of Fame. In 1982 he won the Federal Aviation Administration's Award
for Distinguished Service, the Goddard Memorial Trophy and the Harmon
Trophy. In addition, Crippen earned four NASA Space Flight Medals.
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| 525.140 | New Group of Astronauts chosen | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Wed Jan 04 1995 17:21 | 54 |
| From: jcm@urania.harvard.edu (Jonathan McDowell)
Subject: Jonathan's Space Report, No. 224
Date: 20 Dec 1994 16:24:32 -0800
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Jonathan's Space Report
No. 224 1994 Dec 20 Cambridge, MA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NASA has selected a new group of astronauts, its 15th since the Original
Seven. The 19 new astronauts include ten pilots and nine mission
specialists; five women and 14 men; 6 civilian and 13 military. The
pilots include only two test pilots from Edwards Air Force Base, USAF
Majs. Michael J. Bloomfield and Pamela A. Melroy (whom I believe to be the
first Wellesley graduate to be an astronaut), and one from the Navy's
Pax River test pilot base, USMC Capt. Frederick W. Sturckow. Two other USAF
test pilots in the group are Maj. Steven W. Lindsey of Eglin AFB and Maj.
Rick D. Husband, currently on an exchange leading RAF Tornado flight test
at Boscome Down (near Stonehenge). LCdr Joe F. Edwards Jr, USN, is currently
assigned to the Joint Staff at the Pentagon. The remaining four pilots
are LCdr Scott D. Altman, USN (Fighter Sqn 31, San Diego); Cdr Jeffrey S. Ashby,
USN (CO of Fighter Sqn 94, near Fresno); Cdr Dominic L. Gorie, USN, F/A-18
pilot at Strike Fighter Sqn 106, near Jacksonville); and Lt Susan L. Still,
USN, F-14 pilot from Fighter Sqn 101 at Virginia Beach.
The three military mission specialists are Maj Michael P. Anderson, USAF,
of Plattsburgh AFB, NY; LCdr Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., USN, an instructor at
Annapolis; and Maj. Carlos I. Noriega, USMC, based at Okinawa. The civilian
mission specialists are Dr. Kalpana Chawla from Overset Methods Inc,
Los Altos, CA, who has a PhD in aerospace engineering from the Univ. of
Colorado; Kathryn P. Hire, a Shuttle processing engineer from Lockheed
Space Ops. Co. at KSC; Dr. Janet L. Kavandi, an engineer from Boeing with a
PhD in chemistry from the U. of Washington; Dr Edward T. Lu, an astronomy
postdoc at Hawaii, with a PhD in physics from Stanford; and Dr. Stephen K.
Robinson, a research at NASA-Langley with a PhD in mechanical engineering
from Stanford; James F. Reilly, from Enserch Exploration Inc.
This selection seems to mark a trend away from the practice of hiring
JSC mission controllers and other Shuttle program insiders as mission
specialists, but the biggest change is the high fraction of pilots in
this group, the first time since 1969 that NASA has selected a group
which is mostly pilot astronauts, perhaps making up for the last
selection in which only four of 19 were pilots. From Mar 1995 to Mar
1996 the new group will be 'ascans', astronaut candidates in training,
after which they will start to be assigned to missions.
The astronauts selected in the late 1960s had to wait many years to get
a flight (18 to 19 years in the cases of Don Lind, Karl Henize and Tony
England, who finally flew in 1985), but recent groups have fared much
better - the last two of the 1990 group are scheduled to have flown by
March, and the 1987 group had all flown by 1992. The 1992 group has
begun to fly, with all but four in training for missions slated for
1995.
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| 525.141 | 1995 Astronaut Candidates Selected | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Feb 28 1995 20:06 | 446 |
| Mark Hess/Ed Campion December 8, 1994
Headquarters, Washington, DC
(Phone: 202/358-1778)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 94-205
1995 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES SELECTED
Nineteen new astronaut candidates have been selected for the Space
Shuttle program. The 1995 group consists of 10 pilots and 9 mission
specialists, including 6 civilians and 13 military officers.
The candidates were chosen from among 2,962 applicants. NASA brought
122 of the applicants to the Johnson Space Center, Houston, for interviews
and medical evaluations in June, July and August. The candidates will
report to Johnson in March 1995 to begin a year of training and
evaluation, followed by technical assignments within the Astronaut Office
to further prepare them for assignment to Shuttle flight crews.
The 1995 Astronaut Candidate class also will eventually include
international participation. These international candidates will be
announced at a later date.
A listing of the astronaut candidates and biographical data follows.
1995 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES
Lt. Commander Scott D. Altman U.S. Navy Pilot
Major Michael P. Anderson U.S. Air Force Mission Specialist
Commander Jeffrey S. Ashby U.S. Navy Pilot
Major Michael J. Bloomfield U.S. Air Force Pilot
Kalpana Chawla, Ph.D. Civilian Mission Specialist
Lt. Commander Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. U.S. Navy Mission Specialist
Lt. Commander Joe F. Edwards, Jr. U.S. Navy Pilot
Commander Dominic L. Gorie U.S. Navy Pilot
Kathryn P. Hire Civilian Mission Specialist
Major Rick D. Husband U.S. Air Force Pilot
Janet L. Kavandi, Ph.D Civilian Mission Specialist
Major Steven W. Lindsey U.S. Air Force Pilot
Edward T. Lu, Ph.D. Civilian Mission Specialist
Major Pamela A. Melroy U.S. Air Force Pilot
Major Carlos I. Noriega U.S. Marine Corp Mission Specialist
James F. Reilly Civilian Mission Specialist
Stephen K. Robinson, Ph. D. Civilian Mission Specialist
Lieutenant Susan L. Still U.S. Navy Pilot
Captain Frederick W. Sturckow U.S. Marine Corp Pilot
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
NAME: Scott D. Altman, Lieutenant Commander, USN, Pilot
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: August 15, 1959 - Lincoln, IL
RESIDENCE: San Diego, CA
EDUCATION: Pekin Community High School, Pekin, IL 1977
B.S. Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering, Univ. of
Illinois 1981
M.S. Aeronautical Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School
1990
CURRENT POSITION: Operations Officer, Fighter Squadron 31
NAS Miramar, San Diego, CA
PARENTS: Fred and Sharon Altman, Pekin, IL
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Jill Shannon Loomer
NAME: Michael P. Anderson, Major, USAF, Mission Specialist
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: December 25, 1959 - Plattsburgh, NY
RESIDENCE: Plattsburgh, NY
EDUCATION: Cheney High School, Cheney, WA 1977
B.S. Physics/Astronomy, University of Washington 1981
M.S. Physics, Creighton University 1990
CURRENT POSITION: Tactics Officer, 380 Operations Support
Squadron, Plattsburgh AFB, NY
PARENTS: Bobbie and Barbara Anderson, Spokane, WA
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Sandra Lynn Hawkins
NAME: Jeffrey S. Ashby, Commander, USN, Pilot
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: June 16, 1954 - Dallas, TX
RESIDENCE: Lemoore, CA
EDUCATION: Evergreen High School, Evergreen, CO 1972
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Idaho 1976
M.S. Aviation Systems, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville 1993
CURRENT POSITION: Commanding Officer, Strike Fighter Squadron 94
NAS Lemoore, CA
PARENTS: Elizabeth Shears Ashby, Evergreen, CO
John Benjamin Ashby, Pine Bluffs, WY
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Diana Christene Merriweather
NAME: Michael J. Bloomfield, Major, USAF, Pilot
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: March 16, 1959 - Flint, MI
RESIDENCE: Edwards Air Force Base, CA
EDUCATION: Lake Fenton High School, Fenton, MI 1977
B.S. Engineering Mechanics, U.S. Air Force Academy 1981
M.S. Engineering Management, Old Dominion Univ. 1993
CURRENT POSITION: Flight Commander, 416th Flight Test Squadron
Edwards Air Force Base, CA
PARENTS: Roger & Maxine Bloomfield, Linden, MI
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Lori Ann Miller
NAME: Kalpana Chawla, Ph.D., Mission Specialist
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: July 1, 1961 - Karnal, India
RESIDENCE: Sunnyvale, CA
EDUCATION: Tagore School, Karnal, India 1976
B.S. Aeronautical Engineering, Punjab Engineering College
1982
M.S. Aerospace Engineering, University of Texas 1984
Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, University of Colorado 1988
CURRENT POSITION: Research Scientist/Vice President
Overset Methods, Inc. Los Altos, CA
PARENTS: Syongita and Banarsi Lal Chawla, New Delhi, India
MARITAL STATUS: Married to Jean-Pierre Harrison
NAME: Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., Lt Commander, USN, Mission
Specialist
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: March 5, 1962 - Baltimore, MD
RESIDENCE: Annapolis, MD
EDUCATION: Woodlawn High School, Baltimore County, MD 1980
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, United States Naval Academy 1984
M.S. Aeronautical Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School
1990
Degree of Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering, Naval
Postgraduate School 1991
CURRENT POSITION: Instructor United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD
PARENTS: Robert and Yvonne Curbeam, Quinton, VA
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Julie Dawn Lein
NAME: Joe F. Edwards, Jr., Lieutenant Commander, USN, Pilot
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: February 3, 1958 - Richmond, VA
RESIDENCE: Fairfax, VA
EDUCATION: Lineville High School, Lineville, AL 1976
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, United States Naval Academy 1980
M.S. Aviation Systems, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville 1994
CURRENT POSITION: Operations Officer, The Joint Staff
The Pentagon Washington, D.C.
PARENTS: Joe and Jane Edwards, Roanoke, AL
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Janet Leigh Ragan
NAME: Dominic L. Gorie, Commander, USN, Pilot
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: May 2, 1957 - Lake Charles, LA
RESIDENCE: Orange Park, FL
EDUCATION: Miami Palmetto High School, Miami, FL 1975
B.S. Ocean Engineering, United States Naval Academy 1979
M.S. Aviation Systems, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville 1990
CURRENT POSITION: F/A-18 Pilot Strike Fighter Squadron 106
NAS Cecil Field, FL
PARENTS: The late Paul Louis Pudwill (father)
Shirley Pudwill, Casselberry, FL
William Gorie, Palm City, FL (stepfather)
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Wendy Lu Williams
NAME: Kathryn P. Hire, Mission Specialist
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: August 26, 1959 - Mobile, AL
RESIDENCE: Merritt Island, FL
EDUCATION: Murphy High School, Mobile, AL 1977
B.S. Engineering Management, U.S. Naval Academy 1981
M.S. Space Technology, Florida Institute of Tech. 1991
CURRENT POSITION: Supervisor, Orbit Mechanisms and Swing Arms
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Kennedy Space Center, FL
PARENTS: Robert and Kathryn Hire, Orange Beach, AL
MARITAL STATUS: Unmarried
NAME: Rick D. Husband, Major, USAF, Pilot
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: July 12, 1957 - Amarillo, TX
RESIDENCE: Amesbury, England
EDUCATION: Amarillo High School, Amarillo, TX 1975
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University 1980
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, California State Univ. 1990
CURRENT POSITION: Chief of Flight Test, Tornado GR1
Exchange Program with Royal Air Force
Boscombe Down, England
PARENTS: The late Doug Husband
Jane Husband, Amarillo, TX
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Evelyn Neely
NAME: Janet L. Kavandi, Ph.D., Mission Specialist
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: July 17, 1959 - Springfield, MO
RESIDENCE: Renton, WA
EDUCATION: Carthage Senior High School, Carthage, MO 1977
B.S. Chemistry, Missouri Southern State College, 1980
Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Washington 1990
CURRENT POSITION: Principal Engineer,Energy Storage
Boeing Defense and Space Group
Seattle, WA
PARENTS: The late William and Ruth Sellers
Niece of Edward and Mary England
(Guardians) Carthage, MO
MARITAL STATUS: Married to John Kavandi
NAME: Steven W. Lindsey, Major, USAF, Pilot
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: August 24, 1960 - Arcadia, CA
RESIDENCE: Niceville, FL
EDUCATION: Temple City High School, Temple City, CA 1978
B.S. Engineering Sciences, U.S. Air Force Academy 1982
M.S. Aero Engineering, Air Force Institute of Tech. 1990
CURRENT POSITION: Test Pilot, Air Force Seek Eagle Office
Eglin Air Force Base, FL
PARENTS: Arden & Lois Lindsey, Arcadia, CA
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Diane Renee Trujillo
NAME: Edward T. Lu, Ph.D., Mission Specialist
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: July 1, 1963 - Springfield, MA
RESIDENCE: Honolulu, HI
EDUCATION: R.L. Thomas High School, Webster, NY 1980
B.S. Electrical Engineering, Cornell University 1984
Ph.D. Applied Physics, Stanford University 1989
CURRENT POSITION: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Astronomy
University of Hawaii-Manoa
Honolulu, HI
PARENTS: Charlie and Snowlily Lu, Fremont, CA
MARITAL STATUS: Unmarried
NAME: Pamela A. Melroy, Major, USAF, Pilot
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: September, 17, 1961 - Palo Alto, CA
RESIDENCE: Edwards, CA
EDUCATION: Bishop Kearney High School, Rochester, NY 1979
B.A. Physics and Astronomy, Wellesley College 1983
M.S. Earth & Planetary Sciences, MIT 1984
CURRENT POSITION: C-17A Developmental Test Pilot
Edwards Air Force Base, CA
PARENTS: David and Helen Melroy, Pittsford, NY
MARITAL STATUS: Married to Christopher Wallace Wank
NAME: Carlos I. Noriega, Major, USMC, Mission Specialist
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: October 8, 1959 - Lima, Peru
RESIDENCE: Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan
EDUCATION: Wilcox High School, Santa Clara, CA 1977
B.S. Computer Science, Univ. of Southern California 1981
M.S. Computer Science, Naval Postgraduate School 1990
M.S. Space Systems Operations, Naval Postgraduate School
1990
CURRENT POSITION: G1 Operations Officer, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing,
Camp Butler, Okinawa, Japan
PARENTS: Rodolfo and Nora Noriega, Gilbert, AZ
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Wendy Louise Thatcher
NAME: James F. Reilly, Mission Specialist
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: March 18, 1954 - Mountain Home AFB, ID
RESIDENCE: Mesquite, TX
EDUCATION: Lake Highlands High School, Dallas, TX 1972
B.S. Geosciences, University of Texas-Dallas 1977
M.S. Geosciences, University of Texas-Dallas 1987
Ph.D. Geosciences, Univ. of Texas-Dallas 1995 (expected)
CURRENT POSITION: Chief Geologist-Offshore
Enserch Exploration, Inc.
Dallas, TX
PARENTS: Ken and Billie Reuthers, Tyler, TX
James Francis Reilly, Rockwall, TX
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Jo Ann Strange
NAME: Stephen K. Robinson, Ph.D., Mission Specialist
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: October 26, 1955 - Sacramento, CA
RESIDENCE: Grafton, VA
EDUCATION: Campolindo High School, Moraga, CA 1973
B.S. Mechanical/Aeronautical Engineering, University of
California 1978
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University 1985
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University 1991
CURRENT POSITION: Research Scientist, Fluid Dynamics & Acoustics Division,
NASA Langley Research Center
Hampton, VA
PARENTS: William & Joyce Robinson, Moraga, CA
MARITAL STATUS: Unmarried
NAME: Susan L. Still, Lieutenant, USN, Pilot
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: October, 24, 1961 - Augusta, GA
RESIDENCE: Virginia Beach, VA
EDUCATION: Walnut Hill High School, Natick, MA 1979
B.S. Aeronautical Engineering, Embry-Riddle Univ. 1982
M.S. Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of
Technology 1985
CURRENT POSITION: F-14 Pilot, Fighter Squadron 101
NAS Oceana
Virginia Beach, VA
PARENTS: The late Jean Ann Batho Still
Joseph and Sue Still, Martinez, GA
MARITAL STATUS: Unmarried
NAME: Frederick W. Sturckow, Captain, USMC, Pilot
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: August 11, 1961 - La Mesa, CA
RESIDENCE: Leonardtown, MD
EDUCATION: Grossmont High School, La Mesa, CA 1978
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, California Polytechnic State
University 1984
CURRENT POSITION: F/A-18 E/F Project Pilot
Naval Air Test Center
Patuxent River, MD
PARENTS: Janette Sturckow, La Mesa, CA
Karl H. Sturckow, Lakeside, CA
MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Michele A. Street
|
| 525.142 | Two international candidates to join 1995 class | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Feb 28 1995 20:08 | 55 |
| Debra Rahn
Headquarters, Washington, DC
January 13, 1995
(Phone: 202/358-1639)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 95-3
TWO INTERNATIONAL CANDIDATES TO JOIN 1995 ASTRONAUT CLASS
Japanese astronaut Takao Doi, Ph.D., representing the National Space
Development Agency of Japan, and Canadian astronaut David S. Williams, M.D.,
of the Canadian Space Agency, will join the newest group of astronaut
candidates as mission specialists.
Their selection brings to 21 the number of candidates selected for
training as part of the astronaut class of 1995. The group consists of 11
mission specialists and 10 pilot candidates.
The candidates will report to the Johnson Space Center in March 1995 to
begin a year of training and evaluation, followed by technical assignments
within the Astronaut Office to further prepare them for assignment to Shuttle
flight crews.
Biographical data on the two international astronauts follows:
NAME: Takao Doi, Ph.D.
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: September 18, 1954 - Minamitama-gun, Tokyo, Japan
EDUCATION: Ousaka-phu, Mikunigaoka High School 1973
Bachelor of Engineering, University of Tokyo 1978
Master of Engineering, University of Tokyo 1980
Doctorate, Aerospace Engineering, Univ. of Tokyo 1983
CURRENT POSITION: Japanese astronaut
MARITAL STATUS: Hitomi Abe, Toukamachi, Niigata, Japan
NAME: Dafydd (David) Rhys Williams, M.D.
BIRTHDATE/PLACE: May 16, 1954 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
EDUCATION: Attended High School in Beaconsfield, Quebec
BS Biology, McGill University, Montreal 1976
MS Physiology Department, Doctorate of Medicine, and
Master of Surgery from McGill University 1983
CURRENT POSITION: Canadian astronaut
MARITAL STATUS: Cathy Fraser, Point-Claire, Quebec
|
| 525.143 | Crew selected for STS 75 TSS | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Feb 28 1995 20:10 | 79 |
| Mark Hess/Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, DC
January 27, 1995
(Phone: 202/358-1778)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 95-9
SPACE SHUTTLE CREW SELECTED FOR TETHERED SATELLITE MISSION
Marine Corps Lt. Col. Andrew M. Allen will command Space Shuttle
Columbia's STS-75 mission in early 1996 -- the second flight of the Tethered
Satellite System (TSS). This flight also marks the third devoted to orbital
investigations using the United States Microgravity Payload (USMP).
Joining Allen are Air Force Major Scott J. Horowitz, pilot; payload
commander Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, Ph.D; Italian Space Agency (ASI) TSS payload
specialist Umberto Guidoni, Ph.D; mission specialist Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Ph.D;
and European Space Agency mission specialists Claude Nicollier from Switzerland
and Maurizio Cheli from Italy. Chang-Diaz and Guidoni were named to the crew
in August and October 1994, respectively. Four of the seven crew members flew
on STS-46 in July/August 1992 -- the first TSS mission during which the
satellite was deployed to a distance of about 900 feet (274 meters) from the
Shuttle.
The TSS project is a joint NASA/ASI effort managed by the Marshall Space
Flight Center, Huntsville, AL. On STS-75, the five-foot diameter (1.6 meter)
Italian-built satellite is scheduled to be deployed on the end of a 13-mile
long (20 kilometer) conductive tether to study the electrodynamic effects of
moving such a tether through the Earth's magnetic field. The experiment also
will test techniques for managing the tethered spacecraft at great distances.
Throughout the 13-day flight, additional experiments housed in the
Orbiter's payload bay will permit scientists access to space for microgravity
and fundamental science investigations. The USMP is designed to provide the
foundation for advanced scientific investigations similar to those planned
aboard the international Space Station.
Allen, 39, flew on STS-46 and on STS-62 in March 1994. He received a
bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Villanova University
in 1977. Allen was born in Philadelphia, PA.
Horowitz, 37, is a member of the astronaut class of 1992 and will be
making his first Shuttle flight. His master of science and doctorate degrees
in aerospace engineering were earned from Georgia Institute of Technology in
1979 and 1982, respectively. While born in Philadelphia, he considers
Thousand Oaks, CA, his hometown.
Chang-Diaz will be flying on his fifth Shuttle mission. He was a mission
specialist on STS 61-C in January 1986, STS-34 in October 1989, STS-46, and
STS-60 in February 1994. His doctorate in applied plasma physics from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology was awarded in 1977. Chang-Diaz, 44,
was born in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Guidoni, 40, was born in Rome, Italy, and holds a bachelor of science
degree in physics and a Ph.D. in astrophysics from the University of Rome. He
was the alternate payload specialist on the first TSS flight and is a
co-investigator on the Research on Electrodynamic Tether Effects (RETE)
experiment scheduled during the mission. STS-75 will be his first Shuttle
flight.
Hoffman, 50, will be making his fifth Shuttle flight. His previous space
flight experience includes STS 51-D in April 1985, STS-35 in December 1990,
STS-46, and STS-61 in December 1993. His doctorate in astrophysics was
obtained from Harvard University in 1971. Hoffman was born in Brooklyn, NY,
but considers Scarsdale, NY, his hometown.
Nicollier, 50, has flown twice previously on the Shuttle -- STS-46 and
STS-61 in December 1993. He earned his master of science degree in
astrophysics from the University of Geneva in 1975. Nicollier was born in
Vevey, Switzerland.
Cheli, 35, is a member of the astronaut class of 1992 and will be making
his first Shuttle flight. He studied geophysics at the University of Rome in
1989 and received a master of science in aerospace engineering from the
University of Houston. Cheli was born in Modena, Italy.
|
| 525.144 | Cosmonaut Selection Groups | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Feb 28 1995 20:13 | 464 |
| From: "Ashot W Bakunts" <ashot@alexbank.msk.su>
Subject: Soviet Cosmonauts, Pt.1
Date: 12 Jan 1995 18:00:39 +0300
Organization: unknown
Hi --
Here is my summary of 1960-1994 cosmonaut selections in Soviet Union.
You can direct your comments and corrections to ashot@alexbank.msk.su
Ash
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Snr. = Senior
Eng. = Engineer
Med. Serv. = Medical Service
Srg. = Sargent
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AIR FORCE COSMONAUT CORPS
First Selection February-April 1960
Ret.
1. Snr. Lt. Anikeyev Ivan Nikolayevich (12.2.1933) 17.4.63
2. Snr. Lt. Bykovsky Valery Fyodorovich (2.8.1934) 2.4.88
3. Snr. Lt. Gagarin Yuri Alexeyevich (9.3.1934-27.3.1968) 27.3.68
4. Snr. Lt. Gorbatko Viktor Vasil'evich (3.12.1934) 28.8.82
5. Snr. Lt. Nelyubov Grigory Grigorievich (31.3.1934-18.2.1966) 4.5.63
6. Snr. Lt. Nikolayev Andriyan Nikolayevich (2.9.1929) ??
7. Capt. Popovich Pavel Romanovich (5.10.1930) 26.1.89
8. Snr. Lt. Titov Gherman Stepanovich (11.9.1935) 17.7.70
9. Snr. Lt. Khrunov Yevgeny Vasil'evich (10.9.1933) 25.12.80
10. Snr. Lt. Shonin Georgiy Stepanovich (3.8.1935) 28.4.79
11. Lt. Leonov Alexei Arkhipovich (30.5.1934)
12. Eng.-Capt. Komarov Vladimir Mikhailovich (16.3.1927-24.4.1967) 24.4.67
13. Snr. Lt. Volynov Boris Valentinovich (18.12.1934) 8?
14. Snr. Lt. Filat'ev Valentin Ignat'evich (21.1.1930) 17.4.63
15. Snr. Lt. Zaikin Dmitry Alexeyevich (29.4.1932) 25.10.69
16. Snr. Lt. Varlamov Valentin Stepanovich (15.8.1934-10.1980) 6.3.61
17. Snr. Lt. Rafikov Mars Zakirovich (30.9.1933) 24.3.62
18. Major Belyaev Pavel Ivanovich (26.6.1925-10.1.1970) 10.1.70
19. Snr. Lt. Bondarenko Valentin Vasil'evich (16.2.1937-23.3.1961) 23.3.61
20. Capt. Kartashov Anatoly Yakovlevich (25.8.1932) 7.4.62
Female Group March-April 1962
1. Kuznetsova Tatiana Dmitrievna (14.7.1941) 17.10.69
2. Solov'yova Irina Bayanovna (6.9.1937) 1.10.69
3. Tereshkova Valentina Vladimirovna (6.3.1937)
4. Yerkina Zhanna Dmitrievna (6.5.1939) 1.10.69
5. Ponomareva Valentina Leonidovna (18.9.1933) 1.10.69
Second Selection January 1963
1. Eng.-Maj. Artyukhin Yuri Petrovich (22.7.1930) 24.12.87
2. Snr. Eng.-Lt. Buynovsky Eduard Ivanovich (26.2.1936) 11.12.64
3. Capt. Voronov Anatoly Fyodorovich (11.6.1930-31.10.1993) 25.5.79
4. Major Vorob'yov Lev Vasil'eyich (24.2.1931) 11.4.73
5. Major Gubarev Alexei Aleksandrovich (29.3.1931) 1.9.81
6. Snr. Eng.-Lt. Guliayev Vladislav Ivanovich (31.5.1937) 6.3.68
7. Eng.-Maj. Dyomin Lev Stepanovich (11.1.1926) 13.8.83
8. Major Dobrovol'sky Georgiy Timofeyevich (1.6.1928-30.6.1971) 30.6.71
9. Snr. Eng.-Lt. Zholobov Vitaly Mikhailovich (18.6.1937) 13.7.81
10. Eng.-Capt. Kolodin Pyotr Ivanovich (22.9.1930) 20.4.83
11. Snr. Eng.-Lt. Kugno Eduard Pavlovich (1935) 16.4.64
12. Major Kuklin Anatoly Petrovich (3.1.1932) 15.9.75
13. Eng.-Capt. Matinchenko Aleksandr Nikolayevich (4.9.1927) 19.1.72
14. Major Filipchenko Anatoly Vasil'evich (26.2.1928) 19.5.88
15. Lt. Col. Shatalov Vladimir Aleksandrovich (8.12.1927) ??
16. Col. Beregovoy Georgiy Timofeyevich (15.4.1921) 3.1.87
17. Lt. Col. Lazarev Vasily Grigor'evich (23.2.1928-31.12.1990) 27.11.85
Third Selection November 1965
1. Lt. Voloshin Valery Abramovich (24.4.1942) 9.4.69
2. Snr. Eng.-Lt. Glazkov Yuri Nikolayevich (2.10.1939)
3. Lt. Grishchenko Vitaly Andreyevich (26.4.1942-4.5.1992) 5.2.68
4. Maj. Med. Serv. Degtyarev Vladimir Alexandrovich (9.4.1932) 17.1.66
5. Lt. Zudov Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich (8.1.1942)
6. Lt. Kizim Leonid Denisovich (5.8.1941) 13.6.87
7. Lt. Klimuk Pyotr Il'ich (10.7.1942)
8. Eng.-Capt. Kolesnikov Gennady Mikhailovich (7.10.1936) 16.12.67
9. Lt. Kramarenko Aleksandr Yakovlevich (8.11.1942) 30.4.69
10. Eng.-Capt. Lisun Mikhail Ivanovich (5.9.1935) 13.10.89
11. Lt. Petrushenko Aleksandr Yakovlevich (1.1.1942-11.11.1992) 15.6.73
12. Srg. Preobrazhensky Vladimir Yevgen'yevich (3.2.1939-25.10.1993) 18.1.80
13. Snr. Eng.-Lt. Rozhdestvensky Valery Il'ich (13.2.1939) 25.1.93
14. Lt. Sarafanov Gennady Vasil'evich (1.1.1942) 7.7.86
15. Lt. Skvortsov Aleksandr Aleksandrovich (8.6.1942) 5.1.68
16. Eng.-Capt. Stepanov Eduard Nikolayevich (17.4.1939) 25.1.93
17. Lt. Fyodorov Anatoly Pavlovich (14.4.1941) 28.5.74
18. Snr. Eng.-Lt. Khludeyev Yevgeny Nikolayevich (10.9.1040)
19. Lt. Sharafutdinov Ansar Il'gamovich (26.6.1939) 5.1.68
20. Lt. Shcheglov Vasily Dmitriyevich (9.4.1940-18.10.1972) 18.10.72
21. Lt. Yakovlev Oleg Anatol'evich (31.12.1940-2.5.1990) 22.5.73
22. Eng.-Maj. Belousov Boris Nikolayevich (24.7.1930) 5.1.68
Fourth Selection April 1967
1. Eng.-Maj. Alexeyev Vladimir Borisovich (19.8.1933) 20.4.83
2. Eng.-Maj. Burdayev Mikhail Nikolayevich (27.8.1932) 20.4.83
3. Eng.-Maj. Porvatkin Nikolay Stepanovich (15.4.1932) 20.4.83
4. Snr. Lt. Beloborodov Valery Mikhailovich (26.10.1939) 29.8.69
5. Capt. Gaidukov Sergey Nikolayevich (31.10.1936) 4.12.78
6. Snr. Lt. Isakov Vladimir Timifeyevich (4.4.1940) 20.4.83
7. Snr. Lt. Kozel'sky Vladimir Sergeyevich (12.1.1942) 20.4.83
8. Snr. Eng.-Lt. Kovalyonok Vladimir Vasil'evich (3.3.1942) 3.2.86
9. Snr. Lt. Lyakhov Vladimir Afanas'evich (20.7.1941)
10. Snr. Lt. Malyshev Yuri Vasil'evich (27.8.1941) 1988
11. Snr. Lt. Pisarev Viktor Mikhailovich (15.8.1941) 21.5.68
12. Capt. Sologub Mikhail Vladimirovich (6.11.1936) 20.9.68
Fifth Selection May 1970
1. Capt. Berezovoy Anatoly Nikolayevich (11.4.1942) 25.1.93
2. Snr. Lt. Dedkov Anatoly Ivanovich (27.7.1942) 20.4.83
3. Capt. Dzhanibekov Vladimir Aleksandrovich (13.7.1942) 87
4. Snr. Lt. Isaulov Yuri Fyodorovich (31.8.1943) 29.1.82
5. Lt. Kozlov Valdimir Ivanovich (2.10.1945) 28.5.73
6. Lt. Popov Leonid Ivanovich (31.8.1945) 13.6.87
7. Snr. Lt. Romanenko Yuri Viktorovich (1.8.1944)
8. Eng.-Capt. Illarionov Valery Vasil'evich (2.6.1939) 25.1.93
9. Snr. Eng.-Lt. Fefelov Nikolay Nikolayevich (20.5.1945)
Sixth Selection August 1976
1. Snr. Lt. Vasyutin Vladimir Vladimirovich (8.3.1952) 25.2.86
2. Capt. Volkov Aleksandr Aleksandrovich (27.5(4).1948)
3. Capt. Ivanov Leonid Georgievich (25.6.1950-21.10.1980) 21.10.80
4. Capt. Kadenyuk Leonid Konstantinovich (28.1.1950) 22.3.83
5. Capt. Moskalenko Nikolay Tikhonovich (1.1.1949) 30.6.86
6. Capt. Protchenko Sergey Filippovich (3.1.1947) 28.4.79
7. Capt. Saley Yevgeny Vladimirovich (1.1.1950) 1.1.87
8. Snr. Lt. Solov'yov Anatoly Yakovlevich (16.1.1948)
9. Capt. Titov Vladimir Georgievich (1.1.1947)
7th Selection May 1978
1. Capt. Viktorenko Aleksandr Sergeyevich (29.3.1947)
2. Capt. Grekov Nikolay Sergeyevich (15.2.1950) 30.12.86
8th Selection 1985-1988
1. Capt. Malenchenko Yuri Ivanovich (22.12.1961)
2. Capt. Dezhurov Vladimir Nikolayevich (30.7.1962)
3. Capt. Gidzenko Yuri Pavlovich (26.3.1962)
4. Lt. Col. Korzun Valery Grigor'evich (5.3.1953)
5. Lt. Col. Tsibliev Vasily Vasil'evich (20.2.1954)
6. Col. Afanas'ev Viktor Mikhailovich (31.12.1948)
7. Lt. Col. Manakov Gennady Mikhailovich (1.6.1950)
8. Lt. Col. Artsebarsky Anatoly Pavlovich (9.9.1956) 7.9.93
9th Selection January 1989
1. Maj. Padalka Gennady Ivanovich (21.7.1958)
2. Maj. Onufrienko Yuri Ivanovich (6.2.1961)
3. Lt. Col. Krichevsky Sergey Vladimirovich (9.7.1955)
10th Selection August 1990
1. Maj. Vozovikov Sergey Yur'evich (17.4.1958-11.7.1993) 11.7.93
2. Maj. Zaletin Sergey Viktorovich (21.4.1962)
3. Capt. Sharipov Salikhan Shakirovich (24.8.1964)
The following journalists were added to the Air Force Cosmonaut Corps
on September 19, 1990 :
1. Col. Andryushkov Aleksandr Stepanovich (6.10.1947)
2. Col. Baberdin Valery Vasil'evish (28.10.1948)
3. Mukhortov Pavel Petrovich (10.3.1966)
4. Krikun Yuri Yur'evich (3.6.1963)
5. Omel'chenko Svetlana Oktyabr'evna (20.8.1951)
6. Sharov Valery Yur'evich (26.12.1953)
On March 6, 1991 additionally selected :
1. Maj. Musabayev Talgat Amangelyevich (7.1.1951)
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Ashot <ashot@alexbank.msk.su>
From: "Ashot W Bakunts" <ashot@alexbank.msk.su>
Subject: Soviet Cosmonauts, Pt.2
Date: 12 Jan 1995 18:00:43 +0300
Organization: unknown
NPO "ENERGIA" (OKB-1) COSMONAUT CORPS
April 1964
Ret.
1. Feoktistov Konstantin Petrovich (7.2.1926) 1988
May 23, 1966
1. Yeliseyev Alexey Stanislavovich (13.7.1934) 1986
2. Kubasov Valery Nikolayevich (7.1.1935) 10.93
3. Volkov Vladislav Nikolayevich (23.11.1935-30.6.1971) 30.6.71
4. Grechko Georgiy Mikhailovich (25.5.1931) 1986
5. Makarov Oleg Grigor'evich (6.1.1933) 1987
1967
1. Rukavishnikov Nikolay Nikolayevich (18.9.1932) 1987
2. Sevast'yanov Vitaly Ivanovich (8.7.1935)
May 24, 1968
1. Patsayev Viktor Ivanovich (19.6.1933-30.6.1971) 30.6.1971
2. Yazdovsky Valery Alexandrovich (8.7.1930) 1983
1972
1. Andreyev Boris Dmitriyevich (6.10.1940) 1983
2. Lebedev Valentin Vital'evich (14.4.1942) 1989
3. Ponomarev Yuri Anatol'evich (24.3.1932) 1983
1973
1. Ivanchenkov Aleksandr Sergeyevich (28.9.1940) 10.93
2. Aksyonov Vladimir Viktorovich (1.2.1935) 1988
3. Strekalov Gennady Mikhailovich (28.10.1940)
4. Ryumin Valery Viktorovich (16.8.1939) 1987
1978
1. Savinykh Viktor Petrovich (7.3.1940) 1989
2. Serebrov Aleksandr Aleksandrovich (15.2.1944)
3. Aleksandrov Aleksandr Pavlovich (20.2.1943) 10.93
4. Solov'ov Vladimir Alexeyevich (11.11.1946) 2.94
5. Laveykin Aleksandr Ivanovich (21.4.1951) 28.3.94
6. Manarov Musa Khiramanovich (22.3.1951) 7.4.92
7. Balandin Aleksandr Nikolayevich (30.7.1953)
1980 (female group)
1. Pronina Irina Rudolfovna (14.4.1953) 7.4.92
2. Savitskaya Svetlana Yevgen'evna (8.8.1848) 10.93
3. Kuleshova Natal'ya Dmitrievna (14.3.1955) 7.4.92
February 15, 1984
1. Yemel'yanov Sergey Aleksandrovich (3.3.1951-5.12.1992) 14.5.92
2. Kaleri Aleksandr Yur'evich (13.5.1956)
1985
1. Krikalev Sergey Konstantinovich (27.8.1958)
2. Zaitsev Andrey Yevgen'evich (5.8.1957)
1987
1. Avdeyev Sergey Vasil'evich (1.1.1956)
January 25, 1989
1. Budarin Nikolay Mikhailovich (29.4.1953)
2. Usachyov Yuri Vladimirovich (9.10.1957)
3. Kondakova Yelena Vladimirona (30.3.1957)
4. Poleshchuk Aleksandr Fyodorovich (30.10.1953)
June 22, 1992
1. Vinogradov Pavel Vladimirovich (1953)
2. Lazutkin Aleksandr Ivanovich (1957)
3. Treshchyov Sergey Yevgen'evich (1958)
1994
1. Tyurin Mikhail Vladislavovich (1959)
2. Kuzhel'naya Nadezhda Vasil'evna (1962)
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COSMONAUT CORPS OF THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
First Selection May 1964
1. Yegorov Boris Borisovich (26.11.1937-12.9.1994) 1982
2nd Selection 1965
1. Il'in Yevgeny Aleksandrovich (17.8.1937) 1966
2. Kiselev Aleksandr Alexeyevich (13.6.1935) 1966
3. Senkevich Yuri Aleksandrovich (4.3.1937) 1973
4. Nikolayev Sergey Olegovich (was not finally selected)
3rd Selection March 22, 1972
1. Machinsky Georgiy Vladimirovich (11.10.1937) 1974
2. Polyakov Valery Vladimirovich (27.4.1942)
3. Smirenny Lev Nikolayevich (25.10.1932) 1986
4th Selection December 1, 1978
1. Arzamazov Gherman Semyonovich (9.3.1946)
2. Borodin Aleksandr Viktorovich (3.3.1952) 3.93
3. Potapov Mikhail Georgiyevich (20.10.1952) ??
5th Selection (female) July 30, 1980
1. Amel'kina Galina Vasil'evna (22.5.1954) 1982
2. Dobrokvashina Yelena Ivanovna (8.10.1947) 3.93
3. Zakharova Tamara Sergeyevna (22.4.1952)
4. Klyushnikova O'lga Nikolayevna (14.10.1953) ??
5. Pozharskaya Larisa Grigor'yevna (15.3.1947) 3.93
6th Selection March 9, 1983 (originally selected in 1977)
1. At'kov Oleg Yur'evich (9.5.1949)
7th Selection September 2, 1985
1. Stepanov Yuri Nikolayevich (27.9.1936)
8th Selection January 25, 1989
1. Karashtin Vladimir Vladimirovich (18.11.1962)
2. Luk'yanyuk Vasily Yur'evich (22.9.1958)
3. Morukov Boris Vladimirovich (1.10.1950)
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NPO "MASHINOSTROYENIYE" (CHELOMEI) COSMONAUT CORPS
First Selection March 22, 1972
1. Makrushin Valery Grigor'evich (1940) 8.4.87
Second Selection March 27, 1973
1. Yuyukov Dmitry Andreyevich (26.2.1941) 8.4.87
Third Selection December 8, 1978
1. Gevorkian Vladimir Mkrtichevich (28.5.1952) 8.4.87
2. Grechanik Alexey Anatol'evich (25.3.1939) 8.4.87
3. Romanov Valery Aleksandrovich (18.8.1946) 8.4.87
4. Khatulev Valery Aleksandrovich (26.2.1947) 87
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GROMOV FLIGHT RESEARSH INSTITUTE'S COSMONAUT CORPS (BURAN)
First Selection July 30, 1980
1. Volk Igor Petrovich (12.4.1937)
2. Kononenko Oleg Grigor'evich (16.8.1938-3.9.1980) 80
3. Levchenko Anatoly Semyonovich (21.5.1941-6.8.1988) 6.8.88
4. Stankyavichus Rimantas-Antanas Antano (26.7.1944-9.9.1990) 9.9.90
5. Shchukin Aleksandr Vladimirovich (19.1.1946-18.8.1988) 18.8.88
Second Selection March 9, 1983
1. Sultanov Ural Nazibovich (18.11.1948)
2. Tolboyev Magomet Omarovich (20.1.1951) 12.1.94
Third Selection February 15, 1984
1. Zabolotsky Viktor Vasil'evich (19.4.1946)
Fourth Selection September 7, 1985
1. Tresvyatsky Sergey Nikolayevich (6.5.1954)
2. Sheffer Yuri Petrovich (30.6.1947) 94
Fifth Selection January 25, 1989
1. Prikhod'ko Yuri Viktorovich (15.11.1953) 94
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AIR FORCE SPECIAL COSMONAUT CORPS (BURAN)
1979
1. Bachurin Ivan Ivanovich (1942) 93
2. Boroday Alexey Sergeyevich (28.7.1947) 93
3. Mosolov Vladimir Yemel'yanovich (1943) 87
4. Sattarov Nail' Sharipovich (1942) 80
5. Sokovykh Anatoly Mikhailovich (1944) 86
6. Chirkin Viktor Martynovich (1944) 81
1988
1. Col. Kadenyuk Leonid Konstantinovich (28.1.1950)
1992
1. Puchkov Aleksandr Sergeyevich (1948)
2. Yablontsev Aleksandr Nikolayevich (1955)
1989-91 (were not finally selected)
1. Maksimenko Valery Yevgen'evich (1950)
2. Polonsky Anatoly Borisovich (1956)
3. Pushnenko Nikolay Alexeyevich (1952)
1993
1. Tokarev Valery Ivanovich (1952)
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ACADEMY OF SCIENCES COSMONAUT CORPS
First Selection May 1964
1. Katys Georgiy Petrovich (31.8.1926) 1970
Second Selection May 22, 1967
1. Guliayev Rudol'f Alexeyevich (14.11.1934) 68
2. Yershov Valentin Gavrilovich (21.6.1928) 74
3. Kolomiytsev Ordinard Panteleymonovich (21.1.1939) 68
4. Fatkulin Mars Nurgalievich (14.5.1939) 70
Third Selection (female) July 30, 1980
1. Latysheva Irina Dmitriyevna (9.7.1953)
Fourth Selection September 7, 1993
1. Artsebarsky Anatoly Pavlovich (9.9.1956) 28.7.94
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Additional Selection for "VOSKHOD" flight 1964
1. Sorokin Alexey Vasil'evich (30.3.1931-23.1.1976) ??
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JOURNALIST GROUP 1965
1. Golovanov Yaroslav Kirillovich (2.6.1932) 66
2. Letunov Yuri A. 66
3. Rebrov Mikhail Fyodorovich ??
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MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION COSMONAUT CORPS
March 9, 1983
1. Ivanova Yekaterina Aleksandrovna (3.10.1949)
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MINISTRY OF AVIATION INDUSTRY COSMONAUT CORPS
May 11, 1990
1. Severin Vladimir Guyevich (20.11.1956) transformed to NPO "Zvezda"
cosmonaut corps in 1992
January 21, 1991
1. Aubakirov Toktar Ongarbayevich (17.7.1946)
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MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION COSMONAUT CORPS
May 11, 1990
1. Musabayev Talgat Amangel'dyevich (7.1.1951) transfered to AF cosmonaut
corps in 1991
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| 525.145 | Cosmonaut Crew Assignment History | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Feb 28 1995 20:15 | 344 |
| From: "Ashot W Bakunts" <ashot@alexbank.msk.su>
Subject: Crew Assignments in Soviet Cosmonautics, Pt.1
Date: 12 Jan 1995 18:00:48 +0300
Organization: unknown
You can forward your comments and corrections to ashot@alexbank.msk.su
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Note: missions in parentheses are unflown missions (or original assignments)
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Mission (Spacecraft) Prime Crew Backup Crew Reserve Crew
Vostok (3KA) Yu A Gagarin G S Titov G G Nelyubov
Vostok-2 (3KA) G S Titov A G Nikolayev B V Volynov
(Vostok-3) A G Nikolayev G G Nelyubov
(Vostok-4) P R Popovich V F Bykovsky
Vostok-3 (3KA) A G Nikolayev V F Bykovsky B V Volynov
Vostok-4 (3KA) P R Popovich V M Komarov B V Volynov
Vostok-5 (3KA) V F Bykovsky B V Volynov V M Komarov
Vostok-6 (3KA) V V Tereshkova I B Solov'yova V L Ponomaryova
Voskhod (3KV) V M Komarov B V Volynov
K P Feoktistov G P Katys
B B Yegorov V I Lazarev, A V Sorokin
(Voskhod-2) P I Beliayev V V Gorbatko
A A Leonov Ye V Khrunov
Voskhod-2 (3KV) P I Beliayev D A Zaikin
A A Leonov Ye V Khrunov
(Voskhod-3) B V Volynov G T Beregovoy V A Shatalov
G P Katys L S Dyomin Yu P Artyukhin
(Voskhod-3) B V Volynov G T Beregovoy
G S Shonin V A Shatalov
(Voskhod-4) V L Ponomareva Zh D Sergeichik(former Yerkina)
I B Solov'yova T D Pitskhelauri(former Kuznetsova)
(Voskhod-5) long duration mission featuring a medical doctor
Soyuz (7K-OK, 11F615) V M Komarov Yu A Gagarin V A Shatalov, G T Beregovoy
(Soyuz-2) (7K-OK) V F Bykovsky A G Nikolayev
Ye V Khrunov V V Gorbatko
A S Yeliseyev V N Kubasov
Soyuz-3 (11F615) G T Beregovoy V A Shatalov B V Volynov
Soyuz-4 (11F615) V A Shatalov G S Shonin A A Gubarev
Souyz-5 (11F615) B V Volynov A V Filipchenko L V Vorob'yov
A S Yeliseyev V N Kubasov V N Volkov
Ye V Khrunov V V Gorbatko P I Kolodin
Soyuz-6 (11F615) G S Shonin V A Shatalov L V Vorob'ov
V N Kubasov A S Yeliseyev G M Grechko
Soyuz-7 (11F615) A V Filipchenko V A Shatalov L V Vorob'yov
V N Volkov A S Yeliseyev G M Grechko
V V Gorbatko P I Kolodin N N Rukavishnikov
Soyuz-8 (11F615) V A Shatalov A G Nikolayev
A S Yeliseyev V I Sevast'yanov
(7K-L1)(lunar orbiting A A Leonov V F Bykovsky P R Popovich
mission) O G Makarov N N Rukavishnikov V I Sevast'yanov
(7K-L3)(lunar landing A A Leonov V F Bykovsky
mission) O G Makarov N N Rukavishnikov
Soyuz-9 (11F615) A G Nikolayev A V Filipchenko V G Lazarev
V I Sevast'yanov G M Grechko V N Kubasov
(7K-OK) "Kontakt" prj. A V Filipchenko L V Vorob'yov
(active spacecraft) G M Grechko V A Yazdovsky
(7K-OK) "Kontakt" prj. G T Dobrovol'sky V G Lazarev
(passive spacecraft) V I Sevast'yanov O G Makarov
(7K-T = 11F615A8) G S Shonin A A Leonov V A Shatalov G T Dobrovol'sky
(17K = DOS-1 =Salyut 1) A S Yeliseyev V N Kubasov V N Volkov V I Sevast'yanov
N N Rukavishnikov P I Kolodin V I Patsayev A F Voronov
Soyuz-10 (11F615A8) V A Shatalov A A Leonov G T Dobrovol'sky A A Gubarev
A S Yeliseyev V N Kubasov V N Volkov V I Sevast'yanov
N N Rukavishnikov P I Kolodin V I Patsayev A F Voronov
(Soyuz-11) A A Leonov G T Dobrovol'sky A A Gubarev
V N Kubasov V N Volkov V I Sevast'yanov
P I Kolodin V I Patsayev A F Voronov
Soyuz-11 (11F615A8) G T Dobrovol'sky A A Leonov A A Gubarev
V N Patsayev V N Kubasov V I Sevast'yanov
V I Patsayev P I Kolodin A F Voronov
(Soyuz-12) A A Leonov A A Gubarev
(DOS-1) V N Kubasov V I Sevast'yanov
P I Kolodin A F Voronov
(Soyuz-12) A A Leonov A A Gubarev V G Lazarev P I Klimuk
(DOS-2) V N Kubasov V I Sevast'yanov O G Makarov G M Grechko
(Soyuz-12) A A Leonov V G Lazarev
(DOS-2) V N Kubasov O G Makarov
(Soyuz-13) V G Lazarev A A Gubarev
(DOS-2) O G Makarov G M Grechko
(Soyuz-14) A A Gubarev P I Klimuk
(DOS-2) G M Grechko V I Sevast'yanov
(Soyuz-15) P I Klimuk
(DOS-2) V I Sevast'yanov
(Soyuz-12) (OPS-1 = P R Popovich G V Sarafanov B V Volynov
11F71 = Almaz = Salyut-2) Yu P Artyukhin L S Dyomin V M Zholobov
(Soyuz-12) A A Leonov V G Lazarev A A Gubarev P I Klimuk
(DOS-3 = Kosmos-557 V N Kubasov O G Makarov G M Grechko V I Sevast'yanov
(never became Salyut-3)
Soyuz-12 (11F615A8) V G Lazarev A A Gubarev
O G Makarov G M Grechko
(Soyuz-13) L V Vorob'yov P I Klimuk
V A Yazdovsky V V Lebedev
Soyuz-13 P I Klimuk L V Vorob'yov
(11F615A8) V V Lebedev V A Yazdovsky
Soyuz-14 (11F615A9) P R Popvich G V Sarafanov B V Volynov V D Zudov
(OPS-2=Almaz=Salyut-3) Yu P Artyukhin L S Dyomin V M Zholobov V I Rozhdestvensky
Soyuz-15 (11F615A9) G V Sarafanov B V Volynov V D Zudov
L S Dyomin V M Zholobov V I Rozhdestvensky
(Soyuz-16) B V Volynov V D Zudov
(Salyut-3) V M Zholobov V I Rozhdestvensky
Soyuz-16 (11F615A12) A V Filipchenko V A Dzhanibekov Yu V Romanenko
N N Rukavishnikov B D Andreyev A S Ivanchenkov
Soyuz-17 (11F615A8) A A Gubarev V G Lazarev P I Klimuk
G M Grechko O G Makarov V I Sevast'yanov
Soyuz- (11F615A8) V G Lazarev P I Klimuk
(abort) O G Makarov V I Sevast'yanov
Soyuz-18 (11F615A8) P I Klimuk V V Kovalyonok
V I Sevast'yanov Yu A Ponomarev
Soyuz-19 (11F615A12) A A Leonov A V Filipchenko Yu V Romanenko V A Dzhanibekov
ASTP V N Kubasov N N Rukavishnikov A S Ivanchenkov B D Andreyev
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From: "Ashot W Bakunts" <ashot@alexbank.msk.su>
Subject: Crew Assignments in Soviet Space Program, Pt.2
Date: 12 Jan 1995 18:00:53 +0300
Organization: unknown
Note: missions in parentheses are unflown missions (or original assignments)
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Mission (Spacecraft) Prime Crew Backup Crew Reserve Crew
Soyuz-21 (11F615A9) B V Volynov V D Zudov V V Gorbatko
V M Zholobov V I Rozhdestvensky Yu N Glazkov
Soyuz-22 (11F615) V F Bykovsky Yu V Malyshev L I Popov
V V Aksyonov G M Strekalov B D Andreyev
Soyuz-23 (11F615A9) V D Zudov V V Gorbatko A N Berezovoy
V I Rozhdestvensky Yu N Glazkov M I Lisun
Soyuz-24 (11F615A9) V V Gorbatko A N Berezovoy V S Kozel'sky
Yu N Glazkov M I Lisun V Ye Preobrazhensky
(Soyuz-25, 11F615A9) A N Berezovoy V S Kozel'sky
M I Lisun V Ye Preobrazhensky
Soyuz-25 (11F615A8) V V Kovalyonok Yu V Romanenko V A Lyakhov L I Popov
V V Ryumin A S Ivanchenkov G M Grechko B D Andreyev
(Soyuz-26, 11F615A8) V A Dzhanibekov V G Lazarev
(short-stay) P I Kolodin O G Makarov
Soyuz-26 (11F615A8) Yu V Romanenko V V Kovalyonok V A Lyakhov L I Popov V D Zudov
G M Grechko A S Ivanchenkov V V Ryumin V V Lebedev B D Andreyev
(Souyz-27) V A Dzhanibekov V G Lazarev
O G Makarov G M Strekalov
Soyuz-27 (11F615A8) V A Dzhanibekov V V Kovalyonok
O G Makarov A S Ivanchenkov
Soyuz-28 (11F615A8) A A Gubarev N N Rukavishnikov
V Remek O Pelcak (CSSR)
Soyuz-29 (11F615A8) V V Kovalyonok V A Lyakhov
A S Ivanchenkov V V Ryumin
Soyuz-30 (11F615A9) P I Klimuk V N Kubasov
M Hermaszevski Z Jankovski (Poland)
Soyuz-31 (11F615A8) V F Bykovsky V V Gorbatko
S Jahn E Kollner (East Germany)
Soyuz-32 (11F615A8) V A Lyakhov L I Popov
V V Ryumin V V Lebedev
Soyuz-33 (11F615A8) N N Rukavishnikov Yu V Romanenko
G I Ivanov A P Aleksandrov (Bulgaria)
Soyuz-35 (11F615A8) L I Popov V D Zudov
V V Ryumin B D Andreyev
Soyuz-36 (11F615A8) V N Kubasov V A Dzhanibekov
B Farkas B Magyari (Hungary)
Soyuz T-2 (11F732) Yu V Malyshev L D Kizim
V V Aksyonov O G Makarov
Soyuz-37 (11F615A8) V V Gorbatko V F Bykovsky
Pham Tuan Bui Thanh Liem (Vietnam)
Soyuz-38 (11F615A8) Yu V Romanenko Ye V Khrunov
A Tamayo Mendez J A Lopez Falcon (Cuba)
(Soyuz T-3) V G Lazarev Yu F Isaulov
G M Strekalov N N Rukavishnikov
V V Polyakov M G Potapov
(Soyuz T-3) L D Kizim V G Lazarev Yu F Isaulov
O G Makarov G M Strekalov N N Rukavishnikov
K P Feoktistov V V Polyakov M G Potapov
Soyuz T-3 (11F732) L D Kizim V G Lazarev Yu F Isaulov
O G Makarov V P Savinykh N N Rukavishnikov
G M Strekalov V V Polyakov M G Potapov
Soyuz T-4 (11F732) V V Kovalyonok V D Zudov
V P Savinykh B D Andreyev
Soyuz-39 (11F615A8) V A Dzhanibekov V A Lyakhov
Zh Gurragcha M Ganzorig (Mongolia)
Soyuz-40 (11F615A8) L I Popov Yu V Romanenko
D Prunariu D Dediu (Romania)
Soyuz T-5 (11F732) A N Berezovoy V G Titov
V V Lebedev G M Strekalov
(Soyuz T-6) Yu V Malyshev L D Kizim
A S Ivanchenkov V V Solov'yov
J L Chretien P Baudry (France)
Soyuz T-6 (11F732) V A Dzhanibekov L D Kizim
A S Ivanchenkov V A Solov'yov
J-L Chretien P Baudry (France)
Soyuz T-7 (11F732) L I Popov V V Vasyutin
A A Serebrov V P Savinykh
S E Savitskaya I R Pronina
(Soyuz T-8) V G Titov V A Lyakhov
G M Strekalov V P Savinykh
I R Pronina A A Serebrov
Soyuz T-8 (11F732) V G Titov V A Lyakhov
G M Strekalov V P Savinykh
A A Serebrov A P Aleksandrov
Soyuz T-9 (11F732) V A Lyakhov V G Titov
A P Aleksandrov G M Strekalov
Soyuz T (11F732) V G Titov V V Vasyutin
(launch abort) G M Strekalov V P Savinykh
Soyuz T-10 (11F732) L D Kizim V V Vasyutin A S Viktorenko
V A Solov'yov V P Savinykh V I Sevast'yanov
O G At'kov V V Polyakov R-A A Stankyavichus
(Soyuz T-11) Yu V Malyshev A N Berezovoy
N N Rukavishnikov G M Grechko
R Sharma R Malhotra (India)
Soyuz T-11 (11F732) Yu V Malyshev A N Berezovoy
G M Strekalov G M Grechko
R Sharma R Malhotra (India)
Soyuz T-12 (11F732) V A Dzhanibekov V V Vasyutin
S E Savitskaya V P Savinykh
I P Volk Ye A Ivanova, A V Shchukin
(Soyuz T-13) V V Vasyutin A S Viktorenko A Ya Solov'yov
V P Savinykh A P Aleksandrov A A Serebrov
A A Volkov Ye V Saley N T Moskalenko
(Soyuz T-14) S Ye Savitskaya A S Viktorenko
Ye A Ivanova A P Aleksandrov
Ye I Dobrokvashina V A Solo'yov
Soyuz T-13 (11F732) V A Dzhanibekov L I Popov
V P Savinykh A P Aleksandrov
Soyuz T-14 (11F732) V V Vasyutin A S Viktorenko A Ya Solov'yov
G M Grechko G M Strekalov A A Serebrov
A A Volkov Ye V Saley N T Moskalenko
(Soyuz T-15) S Ye Savitskaya A S Viktorenko
Ye A Ivanova A P Aleksandrov
Ye I Dobrokvashina V A Solov'yov
Soyuz T-15 (11F732) L D Kizim A S Viktorenko A Ya Solov'yov
V A Solov'yov A P Aleksandrov A A Serebrov
(Soyuz TM-2) V G Titov Yu V Romanenko
A A Serebrov A I Laveykin
all further Soyuzes are 11F732 vehicles
Soyuz TM-2 Yu V Romanenko V G Titov
A I Laveykin A A Serebrov
Soyuz TM-3 A S Viktorenko A Ya Solov'yov
A P Aleksandrov V P Savinykh
M Faris M Habib (Syria)
Soyuz TM-4 V G Titov A A Volkov
M Kh Manarov A Yu Kaleri
A S Levchenko A V Shchukin
(Soyuz TM-5) A Ya Solov'yov V A Lyakhov
V P Savinykh A Ye Zaytsev
A P Aleksandrov K M Stoyanov (Bulgaria)
Soyuz TM-5 A Ya Solov'yov V A Lyakhov
V P Savinykh A A Serebrov
A P Aleksandrov K M Stoyanov (Bulgaria)
Soyuz TM-6 V A Lyakhov A N Berezovoy
V V Polyakov G S Arzamazov
A Ahad Mohmand M Dauran Ghulam Masum (Afghanistan)
Soyuz TM-7 A A Volkov A S Viktorenko
S K Krikalyov A A Serebrov
J-L Chretien M Tognini (France)
(Soyuz TM-8) A S Viktorenko A Ya Solov'yov
A A Serebrov A N Balandin
(Soyuz TM-8) A S Viktorenko A Ya Solov'yov
A N Balandin A A Solov'yov
Soyuz TM-8 A S Viktorenko A Ya Solov'yov
A A Serebrov A N Balandin
Soyuz TM-9 A Ya Solov'yov G M Manakov V M Afanas'yev
A N Balandin G M Strekalov V I Sevast'yanov
(Soyuz TM-10) V M Afanas'yev G M Manakov
V I Sevast'yanov G M Strekalov
R-A A Stankyavichus V V Zabolotsky
(Soyuz TM-10) G M Manakov V M Afanas'yev
G M Strekalov V I Savast'yanov
Soyuz TM-10 G M Manakov V M Afanas'yev A Ya Solov'yov
G M Strekalov M Kh Manarov A Ye Zaytsev
At least one joint Soyuz - Mir - Buran flight was planned. Crews were
partially assigned as :
I I Bachurin A S Boroday L K Kadenyuk
V V Illarionov N N Fefelov E N Stepanov
Soyuz TM-11 V M Afanas'yev A P Artsebarsky A Ya Solov'yov
M Kh Manarov S K Krikalyov A F Poleshchuk
T Akiyama R Kikuchi (Japan)
Soyuz TM-12 A P Artsebarsky A A Volkov
S K Krikalyov A Yu Kaleri
H Sharman T Mace (Great Britain)
(Soyuz TM-13) A A Volkov A S Viktorenko
A Yu Kaleri S V Avdeyev
F Viehbock C Lothaller (Austria)
(Soyuz TM-14) V G Korzun V V Tsibliev
A P Aleksandrov A I Laveykin
T O Aubakirov T A Musabayev (Kazakhstan)
Soyuz TM-13 A A Volkov A S Viktorenko
T O Aubakirov T A Musabayev (Kazakhstan)
F Viehbock C Lothaller (Austria)
Soyuz TM-14 A S Viktorenko A Ya Solov'yov V G Korzun
A Yu Kaleri S V Avdeyev A I Laveykin
K D Flade R Ewald
(Soyuz TM-15) A Ya Solov'yov G M Manakov V G Korzun
S V Avdeyev A F Poleshchuk A I Laveykin
M Tognini J-P Haignere (France)
Soyuz TM-15 A Ya Solov'yov G M Manakov V V Tsibliev
S V Avdeyev A F Poleshchuk A N Balandin
M Tognini J-P Haignere (France)
(Soyuz TM-16) G M Manakov A P Artsebarsky V V Tsibliev
A F Poleshchuk Yu V Usachev A N Balandin
(Soyuz TM-17) V V Tsibliyev A N Berezovoy A P Artsebarsky
A N Balandin H M Budarin Yu V Usachev
(Soyuz TM-18) A P Artsebarsky Yu I Malenchenko A N Berezovoy
Yu V Usachev S K Krikalyov N M Budarin
(Soyuz TM-20) A N Berezovoy V N Dezhurov Yu I Malenchenko
N M Budarin A Yu Kaleri S K Krikalyov
Soyuz TM-16 G M Manakov V V Tsibliev
A F Poleshchuk Yu V Usachev
Soyuz TM-17 V V Tsibliev V M Afanas'yev Yu I Malenchenko
A A Serebrov Yu V Usachev G M Strekalov
Soyuz TM-18 V M Afanas'yev Yu I Malenchenko A S Viktorenko
Yu V Usachev T A Musabayev Ye V Kondakova
V V Polyakov (G S Arzamazov) B V Morukov
^was moved few days before launch
(Soyuz TM-19) Yu I Malenchenko A S Viktorenko
T A Musabayev Ye V Kondakova
G M Strekalov - short stay
Soyuz TM-19 Yu I Malenchenko A S Viktorenko
T A Musabayev Ye V Kondakova
Soyuz TM-20 A S Viktorenko Yu P Gidzenko
Ye V Kondakova S V Avdeyev
U Merbold P Duque
<end>
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| 525.146 | Astro Richard Hieb retires | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Apr 11 1995 17:09 | 54 |
|
Mark Hess/Ed Campion March 27, 1995
Headquarters, Washington, DC
(Phone: 202/358-1778)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 95-36
ASTRONAUT HIEB TO JOIN ALLIEDSIGNAL TECHNICAL SERVICES
Astronaut Richard J. Hieb will leave NASA effective March 31 to join
AlliedSignal Technical Services Corp.'s Civilian Space Business Enterprise
as senior engineering advisor.
"Rick has contributed significantly to the advancement of human space
exploration in his years with NASA," said Chief Astronaut, Robert D.
Cabana. "He's an extremely talented astronaut and a joy to work with.
We're going to miss him."
At AlliedSignal Technical Services, Hieb will be responsible for
developing and managing the company's commercial space business
activities.
"I am excited to have someone of Rick's caliber at AlliedSignal
Technical Services" said Ivan Stern, President of AlliedSignal Technical
Services Corp. "His unique experience and talent will help us to enlarge
our commercial business." Hieb's move to AlliedSignal Technical Services
is effective April 3.
Selected as a member of the astronaut class of 1985, Hieb is a
veteran of three Space Shuttle missions -- STS-39 in April/May 1991,
STS-49 in May 1992 and STS-65 in July 1994.
STS-39 was an unclassified Department of Defense mission aboard
Discovery, which included the deployment and retrieval of an infrared
satellite and the conduct of various other experiments.
On STS-49, the maiden flight of Endeavour, Hieb was part of a crew
sent to retrieve, repair and re-deploy a stranded Intelsat spacecraft.
Three spacewalks were conducted -- including the first to ever involve
three spacewalking astronauts -- to capture the satellite.
His last mission was as payload commander on STS-65 aboard Columbia.
During the 15-day flight, more than 80 experiments focusing on material
and life sciences research were conducted in a pressurized Spacelab
module.
Prior to becoming an astronaut, Hieb served in Mission Control as an
expert in on-orbit procedures development, particularly in rendezvous and
proximity operations.
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| 525.147 | Astronauts assigned for next MIR missions | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Apr 11 1995 17:10 | 54 |
|
Kyle Herring March 30, 1995
Release: 95-024
LUCID PRIME FOR SECOND MIR STAY; LINENGER SELECTED FOR THIRD
Astronaut Shannon W. Lucid, Ph.D.,will be the second American to be a prime
crew member during a five-month stay aboard Russia's Space Station Mir in 1996.
Jerry M. Linenger (Commander, Medical Corps, USN) will be the third American
to fly to the orbital laboratory, also in 1996.
John E. Blaha (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) will serve as backup to Lucid and
Scott E. Parazynski will act as backup to Linenger. Lucid and Blaha have been
training since February in Star City, Russia. Linenger and Parazynski will
begin training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in late May. Blaha
and Parazynski will continue training at Star City for stays aboard Mir on
future missions.
These assignments continue the U.S./Russia human space flight cooperation,
which consists of a three-phased program.
Phase one includes seven to ten Space Shuttle-Mir missions between 1995 and
1997, including rendezvous, docking and crew transfers. The Space Shuttle
will assist with crew exchange, resupply and payload activities for Mir.
Russian cosmonauts have flown on two Shuttle missions -- STS-60 in 1994 and
STS-63 last month. Four or more U.S. astronaut stays aboard Mir are planned,
totaling nearly two years of on-orbit time.
Phase two is the joint development of the core International Space Station.
Phase three is the expansion of the Space Station to include all of the
international partners.
Lucid, 52, also has flown four times aboard the Shuttle. She was a mission
specialist on STS 51-G in June 1985, STS-34 in October 1989, STS-43 in August
1991 and STS-58 in October 1993. She received her master of science and
doctorate of philosophy degrees in biochemistry from the University of
Oklahoma in 1970 and 1973, respectively.
Blaha, 52, has flown on four Shuttle missions, STS-29 in March 1989, STS-33 in
November 1989, STS-43 in August 1991 and STS-58 in October 1993. He received
a master of science degree in astronautical engineering from Purdue University
in 1966.
Linenger, 40, flew on Discovery's STS-64 mission in September 1994. He earned
a doctorate in medicine from Wayne State University in 1981 and a master of
public health degree in health policy and a doctor of philosophy degree in
epidemiology from the University of North Carolina in 1989.
Parazynski, 33, was a member of Atlantis' STS-66 crew which flew in November
1994. He completed medical school at Stanford University in 1989 and served
his medical internship at the Brigham and Women's Hospital of Harvard Medical
School in 1990.
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| 525.148 | Crews for STS 76 and STS 79 named | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Sun Apr 16 1995 17:20 | 180 |
|
Mark Hess/Ray Castillo
Headquarters, Washington, DC April 14, 1995
(Phone: 202/358-1778)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 95-50
CREWS SELECTED FOR THIRD, FOURTH SHUTTLE/MIR DOCKING MISSIONS
Five astronauts have been selected to join Air Force
Colonel Kevin P. Chilton on Space Shuttle mission STS-76
next March, Atlantis' third flight to dock with Russia's
space station Mir. The flight also will include a
spacewalk and dropoff of an astronaut to stay five months
on the orbiting laboratory.
Joining Chilton (named commander in November 1994) are
Pilot Richard A. Searfoss (Lt. Col., USAF), and Mission
Specialists Shannon W. Lucid, Ph.D., Linda M. Godwin,
Ph.D., Michael R. "Rich" Clifford (Lt. Col., USA), and
Ronald M. Sega, Ph.D.
A crew of five astronauts will join Commander William
F. Readdy (Cdr., USN Reserve) on the fourth Shuttle docking
mission with Russia's space station Mir in August 1996.
Readdy was named STS-79 commander in November 1994 and
will be joined by Pilot Terrence W. Wilcutt (Lt. Col.,
USMC), and Mission Specialists Tom Akers (Lt. Col., USAF),
Jay Apt, Ph.D. and Carl E. Walz (Lt. Col., USAF).
Astronaut Jerry M. Linenger (Cdr., Medical Corps, USN) will
launch aboard Atlantis and switch places on Mir with
astronaut Shannon W. Lucid. Linenger is expected to stay
on Mir for about four months.
STS-76 Mission Summary
During the 10-day mission, Atlantis will be docked to
Mir for five days during which 1,300 pounds of water and
1,900 pounds of logistical equipment will be transferred to
the space station. When Atlantis undocks, Lucid will remain
on board for a five-month stay to conduct a variety of
biomedical and material science experiments. She will
return to Earth on Atlantis' next visit to Mir, STS-79, in
August. Lucid and her backup, John Blaha, have been
training since February in Star City, Russia.
While docked to the space station, Godwin and Clifford
will perform a spacewalk to transfer three experiments to
the Mir. Hardware for the international Space Station,
slated for assembly starting in 1997, also will be
evaluated during the spacewalk.
Throughout the mission, life and materials sciences
experiments will be conducted in the pressurized Spacehab
module mounted in Atlantis' payload bay.
STS-79 Mission Summary
The scientific studies for this 10-day mission will be
carried out in two Spacehab pressurized modules joined
together in Atlantis' payload bay. The modules also will
house logistical equipment which will be transferred from
the Orbiter to Mir during the five days of docked
operations. One thousand three hundred pounds of water and
1,900 pounds of supplies will be transferred to the
station.
-end-
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STS-76 Crew Biographies
Chilton, 40, has flown twice aboard Endeavour -- STS-49 in
May 1992 and STS-59 in April 1994. He earned a masters
degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University
in 1977. Chilton was born in Los Angeles, CA.
Searfoss, 38, flew on the STS-58 life sciences mission of
Columbia in October 1993. He earned a master of science
degree in aeronautics from the California Institute of
Technology on a National Science Foundation Fellowship in
1979. Searfoss considers Portsmouth, NH, his hometown.
Godwin, 42, flew on Atlantis' STS-37 mission in April 1991
and Endeavour's STS-59 mission in April 1994. She
currently is deputy chief of the Astronaut Office. Godwin
received her masters and doctorate degrees in physics from
the University of Missouri in 1976 and 1980, respectively.
Her hometown is Jackson, MO.
Lucid, 52, has flown four times aboard the Shuttle. She
was a mission specialist on STS 51-G in June 1985, STS-34
in October 1989, STS-43 in August 1991 and STS-58 in
October 1993. Lucid received her master of science and
doctorate of philosophy degrees in biochemistry from the
University of Oklahoma in 1970 and 1973, respectively. She
considers Bethany, OK, her hometown.
Clifford, 42, has flown twice on the Shuttle -- aboard
Discovery on STS-53 in December 1992 and on Endeavour's
STS-59 mission as a crewmate of Godwin's. He has a 1982
masters degree in aerospace engineering from the Georgia
Institute of Technology. Clifford considers Ogden, UT, his
hometown.
Sega, 42, flew on Discovery's STS-60 mission in February
1994, the first joint U.S./Russian Space Shuttle mission.
He recently returned from Star City, Russia, where he was
NASA manager of operational activities supporting training
and preparation of astronauts at the Gagarin Cosmonaut
Training Center. Sega received a doctorate in electrical
engineering from the University of Colorado in 1982. He
considers Northfield, OH, and Colorado Springs, CO, to be
his hometowns.
STS-79 Crew Biographies
Readdy, 43, has flown on two Shuttle missions, STS-42 in
January 1992 and STS-51 in September 1993 -- both aboard
Discovery. He recently served a tour in Star City, Russia,
as NASA manager of operational activities. Readdy earned a
bachelor of science degree in aeronautical engineering from
the Naval Academy in 1974. He considers McLean, VA, his
hometown.
Wilcutt, 45, was pilot on Endeavour's STS-68 mission in
September/October 1994. A native of Russellville, KY, he
earned a bachelors degree in math from Western Kentucky
University in 1974.
Akers, 43, flew on STS-41 aboard Discovery in October 1990
and STS-49 and STS-61 aboard Endeavour. He most recently
has been the deputy director of the Mission Operations
Directorate at Johnson Space Center. Akers earned a master
of science degree in applied mathematics from the
University of Missouri-Rolla in 1975. His hometown is
Eminence, MO.
Apt, 45, has flown once on Atlantis and twice on Endeavour
-- STS-37 in April 1991, STS-47 in September 1992 and STS-
59 in April 1994. He earned a doctorate in physics from
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1976. Apt
considers Pittsburgh, PA, his hometown.
Walz, 39, flew on Discovery's STS-51 mission in September
1993 and Columbia's STS-65 mission in July 1994. He has a
master of science degree in solid state physics from John
Carroll University earned in 1979. Walz was born in
Cleveland, OH.
Lucid, 52, has flown four times aboard the Shuttle. She
was a mission specialist on STS 51-G in June 1985, STS-34
in October 1989, STS-43 in August 1991 and STS-58 in
October 1993. She received her master of science and
doctorate of philosophy degrees in biochemistry from the
University of Oklahoma in 1970 and 1973, respectively. She
considers Bethany, OK, her hometown.
Linenger, 40, flew on Discovery's STS-64 mission in
September 1994. He earned a doctorate in medicine from
Wayne State University in 1981 and a master of public
health degree in health policy and a doctor of philosophy
degree in epidemiology from the University of North
Carolina in 1989. Linenger considers Eastpointe, MI, his
hometown.
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| 525.149 | Cosmonauts Tradition | NETCAD::CORTES | | Fri Apr 21 1995 14:41 | 41 |
| We learned, prior to Norm Thagard's flight a couple of weeks ago, about
the tradition of the cosmonauts to urinate on the tire of the bus just
before entering their space capsule. Astronaut Janice Voss was asked about
it (through the astronaut-candidates mailing list which I am a member of).
I find her reply funny and interesting. Here is what she says about it.
Eladio
From: US1RMC::"JEVOSS@ca1.jsc.nasa.gov" "Voss, Janice E." 19-APR-1995 16:00:57.60
To: "'ascc'" <astronaut-candidates@sauron.msfc.nasa.gov>
CC:
Subj:
LKlaes wrote, "Would someone please explain...the following Russian
tradition: ...Gagarin urinated on the tire of the bus...": I asked a
cosmonaut about that, and was told that the origin of the tradition is the
need to use the latest opportunity for a bathroom stop before being strapped
down for several hours. (Alan Shepard might have appreciated such a
tradition on his first flight.) The cosmonaut also said that the tradition
is only loosely followed; not every one participates. The shuttle program
attempts to solve the problem with diapers. You would not believe how
difficult it is to use a diaper when you are strapped in a bulky suit --
it's very difficult to convince your subconscious it's O.K. It literally
takes about 20 minutes from the time you decide it's time to success. I've
been told that it's even harder for men.
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| 525.150 | STS 78 MS and PS Astronauts announced | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue May 09 1995 23:00 | 68 |
|
Debbie Rahn
Headquarters, Washington, DC May 8, 1995
(Phone: 202/358-1639)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 95-63
MISSION AND PAYLOAD SPECIALISTS NAMED FOR LIFE, MICROGRAVITY FLIGHT
NASA has named mission and payload specialists for a 16-day flight
aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in the summer of 1996 to conduct life
and microgravity science experiments.
Designated STS-78, the mission will have astronauts Susan J. Helms
(Lt. Col, USAF), Dr. Richard M. Linnehan and Dr. Charles E. Brady, Jr.
(Commander, USN), as the mission specialists. Also on the flight will be
Dr. Jean-Jacques Favier, of the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and
astronaut of the French Space Agency (CNES), and Dr. Robert Brent Thirsk,
of the Canadian Space Agency. Both will serve as payload specialists on
the mission. Helms will serve as the flight engineer and Linnehan, Brady,
Favier and Thirsk will serve as the payload crew. The commander and pilot
will be named later.
NASA has designated Dr. Pedro Duque of the European Space Agency
and Dr. Luca Urbani of the Italian Space Agency to serve as alternates
to Favier and Thirsk. As alternates, Duque and Urbani will undergo the
same training as Favier and Thirsk and will be ready to serve on the
mission crew if necessary.
The mission's experiments will build on previous Shuttle spacelab
flights dedicated to life sciences and microgravity investigations
(Spacelab Life Sciences 1 and 2 -- STS-40 and STS-58, and International
Microgravity Laboratory 1 and 2 -- STS-42 and STS-65).
Helms, 37, has flown two previous Shuttle missions, STS-54 in
January 1993 and STS-64 in September 1994. She received a master of
science degree in aeronautics/astronautics from Stanford University in
1985. Helms considers Portland, OR, her hometown.
Linnehan, 37, will be making his first flight. He is a member of
the astronaut class of 1992. Linnehan earned his doctor of veterinary
medicine degree from the Ohio State University College of Veterinary
Medicine in 1985. He was born in Lowell, MA.
Brady, 43, also is a member of the astronaut class of 1992 and STS-
78 will be his first flight. He received his doctorate in medicine from
Duke University in 1975. He considers Robbins, NC, his hometown.
Favier, 46, earned a Ph.D. in engineering at the Mining School of
Paris and a Ph.D. in metallurgy and physics from the University of
Grenoble. He is advisor to the director of the CEA's Center for
Materials Studies and Research. Detailed to CNES, Favier currently is
working at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, in the
Payload Operations Laboratory and the Space Station Furnace Facility
area. Favier was an alternate payload specialist for STS-65, the
International Microgravity Laboratory-2 mission.
Thirsk, 41, earned a Doctor in Medicine from McGill University
Medical School, Montreal, Canada and a Master of Science in mechanical
engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is an
adjunct professor of mechanical engineering at the University of
Victoria and continues to practice clinical medicine in Canadian
hospitals. Thirsk was an alternate payload specialist for the STS-41G
mission.
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| 525.151 | Lifting Body Program Pilots | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue May 09 1995 23:25 | 46 |
| The following pilots are not neccessarily astronauts, but did help develop the
techniques for flying the space shuttle. One, Dick Scobee, went on to become
a shuttle pilot and commanded the ill-fated Challenger mission.
LIFTING BODY PROGRAM PILOTS
M2-F2/M2-F3
Milton O. Thompson
Bruce Peterson
Donald M. Sorlie
Jerauld R. Gentry
William H. Dana
John A. Manke
Cecil Powell
HL-10
Bruce Peterson
Jerauld R. Gentry
John A. Manke
William H. Dana
Peter C. Hoag
X-24A
Jerauld R. Gentry
John A. Manke
Cecil Powell
X-24B
John A. Manke
Michael V. Love
William H. Dana
Einar Enevoldson
Francis R. Scobee
Thomas C. McMurtry
From: "Ashot W Bakunts" <ashot@alexbank.msk.su>
Subject: LIFTING BODY PROGRAM PILOTS
Date: 18 Apr 1995 11:06:55 +0400
Organization: unknown
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| 525.152 | | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Wed May 10 1995 19:48 | 6 |
| They missed Steve Austin!
:-)
- dave
|
| 525.153 | Astros for STS 82 2nd Hubble mission chosen | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Jun 06 1995 13:38 | 63 |
| Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, DC May 31, 1995
(Phone: 202/358-1780)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 95-81
SPACEWALKERS SELECTED FOR SECOND HUBBLE SERVICING MISSION
NASA has selected four astronauts to conduct spacewalks
for the second flight to service the Hubble Space Telescope in
early 1997.
Astronauts Mark C. Lee, Gregory J. Harbaugh, Steven L.
Smith and Joseph R. Tanner will be the extravehicular activity
crew for Space Shuttle mission STS-82.
The mission plan, scheduled to include at least three
spacewalks, currently includes changeout of two science
instruments and a data interface unit. The instruments are
the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph and the Near Infrared
Camera Multi-Object Spectrometer.
Lee, 42, (Colonel, USAF) has flown on three Shuttle
missions -- STS-30 in May 1989, STS-47 in September 1992 and
STS-64 in September 1994. He conducted the first untethered
spacewalk in ten years during his last mission. Lee will act
as Payload Commander for this servicing mission. He earned a
master of science degree in mechanical engineering from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980. He was born in
Viroqua, WI.
Harbaugh, 39, is a member of the STS-71 flight crew
scheduled to dock with the Russian Space Station Mir in June
1995. He has flown on two previous Shuttle missions -- STS-39
in April 1991 and STS-54 in January 1993. In addition to
conducting a spacewalk on STS-54, Harbaugh also served as the
backup spacewalking astronaut on the first Hubble servicing
mission in December 1993 and was the spacecraft communicator
in Mission Control for the five spacewalks during the flight.
He graduated from Purdue University with a bachelor of
science degree in astronautical engineering in 1978 and
received a master of science degree in physical science from
the University of Houston-Clear Lake in 1986. Originally from
Cleveland, OH, Harbaugh considers Willoughby his hometown.
Smith, 36, flew on STS-68 in September/October 1994.
He served as a payloads officer in Mission Control prior to
becoming an astronaut. Smith earned a master of science
degree in electrical engineering in 1982 and a master of
science degree in business administration in 1987, both from
Stanford University. He considers San Jose, CA, his hometown.
Tanner, 45, flew on STS-66 in November 1994. Prior to
becoming an astronaut, he was a research and instructor pilot,
specializing in Shuttle landing techniques in the Gulfstream
Shuttle Training Aircraft and T-38 trainers. Tanner earned a
bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the
University of Illinois in 1973. He is from Danville, IL.
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| 525.154 | Bernard Harris gets awards | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Jun 20 1995 16:41 | 24 |
|
Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington, DC June 13, 1995
(Phone: 202/358-1600)
NOTE TO EDITORS: N95-40
ASTRONAUT BERNARD HARRIS TO RECEIVE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
NASA astronaut Dr. Bernard Harris, the first African
American to walk in space, will receive the Dr. Calvin W.
Rolark Achievement Award, a proclamation and key to the
city from Washington DC's mayor, Marion Barry, at the
United Black Fund's Annual Victory Luncheon on Thursday,
June 15. The luncheon will take place from 12-1:30 p.m. at
the Sheraton Washington Hotel, 2660 Woodley Rd., N.W.,
Washington, DC.
During the luncheon, Dr. Harris will address the
audience of 1600 people, including 60 students from the
District of Columbia Public School system. Ms. Skylar
Byrd, the DC student from Benjamin Banneker Academic School
who recently received a perfect score on her SAT tests,
will be among the guests.
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| 525.155 | Crew for STS 77 selected | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Jun 20 1995 16:43 | 71 |
|
Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, DC June 13, 1995
(Phone: 202/358-1778)
Debbie Rahn
Headquarters, Washington, DC
(Phone: 202/358-1639)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 95-90
CREW SELECTED FOR SHUTTLE MISSION STS-77 ABOARD ENDEAVOUR
Air Force Colonel John H. Casper will command a nine-
day mission aboard Endeavour next spring to deploy and
retrieve a science satellite and conduct experiments in a
pressurized module in the payload bay.
Joining Casper will be Pilot Curtis L. Brown, Jr.
(Lt. Col., USAF), and Mission Specialists Daniel W. Bursch
(Commander, USN), Mario Runco, Jr., Canadian Space Agency
astronaut Marc Garneau, Ph.D., and Andrew S.W. Thomas,
Ph.D.
STS-77, scheduled for launch in the spring of 1996,
will carry the Spacehab module, which nearly triples the
amount of middeck locker space available for experiments.
The Shuttle-Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy
(SPARTAN) satellite will be deployed and retrieved during
the mission.
Casper, 51, has flown three previous Shuttle missions
-- STS-36 in February 1990 aboard Atlantis, STS-54 in
January 1993 on Endeavour, and STS-62 in March 1994 on
Columbia. He received a master of science degree in
astronautics from Purdue University in 1967. Casper
considers Gainsville, GA, his hometown.
Brown, 39, flew on STS-47 aboard Endeavour in
September 1992 and STS-66 in November 1994. He received a
bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from
the Air Force Academy in 1978. Brown was born in
Elizabethtown, NC.
Bursch, 37, will be making his third flight on the
Shuttle. His two previous missions were STS-51 on
Discovery in September 1993 and STS-68 on Endeavour in
September 1994. Bursch considers Vestal, NY, his hometown.
Runco, 43, flew on Atlantis' STS-44 mission in
November 1991 and Endeavour's STS-54 mission with Casper
in January 1993. He received a master of science degree
in meteorology from Rutgers University in 1976. Runco
considers Yonkers, NY, his hometown.
Garneau, 46, flew as a Canadian astronaut on STS 41-G
in October 1984. He was selected for Mission Specialist
training in 1992. Garneau, born in Quebec City, Canada,
earned a doctorate in electrical engineering from the
Imperial College of Science and Technology, London,
England, in 1973.
Thomas, 43, will be making his first flight aboard
the Shuttle. He is a member of the astronaut class of
1992. Thomas was born in Adelaide, South Australia, and
received his doctorate in mechanical engineering from the
University of Adelaide in 1978.
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| 525.156 | Ambitious Mission for ESA Astronaut | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Thu Jun 22 1995 03:06 | 95 |
|
European Space Agency
Press Information Note No. 06-95
Paris, France 17 March 1995
AMBITIOUS MISSION FOR ESA ASTRONAUT
Later this year the European Space Agency will stage its most ambitious
manned space flight. This, the second of the two joint ESA/Russian
missions aboard the Mir space station, will be the longest in European
space history and will include the first spacewalk by an ESA astronaut:
Thomas Reiter. Called EUROMIR 95, the flight is part of ESA's
preparations for the international space station era when astronauts from
around the world will work together in space for months at a time.
EUROMIR 95 is currently scheduled for launch aboard Soyuz TM-22 on
22 August 1995, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The
mission will last a record-breaking 135 days and will be the longest
space flight ever undertaken by non-Russian astronaut. One of the
highlights is a 5 hour space-walk (Extra Vehicular Activity) by the
European astronaut outside Mir. During the mission, there will also be a
docking by the US space shuttle Atlantis to the Mir station. The
astronaut's return to Earth is planned for 4 January 1996.
Thomas Reiter, of Germany and Christer Fuglesang, of Sweden
(assigned to the stand-by crew for this flight) have been training for the
mission since August 1993 at the Yuri Gargarin Cosmonauts Training
Centre, at Star City, which is located north-west of Moscow, and also at
ESA's Astronauts Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany. Fuglesang, 37,
has a background in science, having studied experimental particle
physics at the University of Stockholm. Reiter, 36, has a master in
Aerospace Engineering and was a test pilot in the German air force
before being selected as an astronaut.
Training for EUROMIR 95 has been intensive because, for the first time,
an ESA astronaut will serve as the flight engineer, with responsibility for
some Mir and Soyuz systems. But, perhaps one of the greatest
challenges during training was to overcome the language barrier. Both
men are now fluent in Russian.
A busy scientific programme is planned for EUROMIR 95. The
experiments will concentrate on the processing of new materials in space
and how 'weightless' conditions affect the human body. Other
experiments will test new technologies for use aboard spacecraft. In total
there are 41 experiments: 18 life sciences investigations, 5 astrophysics
experiments, 8 material science experiments and 10 technology
experiments. About 450 hours of the mission are allocated for scientific
research. Roughly four and a half hours a day will be spent on the
experiments. The rest of each day will be spent exercising, to counteract
the effects of 'weightlessness' on body, and carrying out routine
maintenance and other housekeeping duties. Like on Earth, no work is
scheduled for the weekends.
EUROMIR 95 will use more European equipment than the first mission,
which mainly relied on hardware already aboard the station. About 350
kg of this equipment will be delivered to the station in July aboard an
unmanned Progress cargo craft. Further equipment and samples will be
launched aboard a Progress in Spetember. The astronaut will only carry
a very small amount of equipment when he is launched. The specialist
European equipment will include a device for measuring the density of
bones. Bone thickness reduction is one of the major physiological
problems faced by astronauts on long duration flights but the research
may also help researchers studying down on Earth bone disorder such
as osteoporosis.
The highlight of EUROMIR 95 will come in late September when Thomas
Reiter will venture outside Mir on a spacewalk. During the five hour
excursion the astronaut will install material samples in a special
European experiment mounted to the exterior of the Spektr module,
which is scheduled for launch in late May. The samples will be exposed
to the harsh environment of space as part of an experiment to test the
hardiness of materials used in spacecraft construction.
The first joint ESA/Russian mission, EUROMIR 94, began with a launch
on 3 October 1994. ESA astronaut Ulf Merbold spent four weeks aboard
Mir performing a variety of experiments spanning the fields of life and
material sciences and technological research. The successful flight, the
longest ESA manned mission to date, ended with a landing on 3
November 1994. Scientists are still analyzing the wealth of data
obtained during the mission.
Russia's Mir space station was launched into orbit on 20 February 1986.
Since then it has expanded into a space complex weighing over 130
tonnes. Three modules have been added to the station and two more
are supposed to dock this year. In June the US shuttle will also start
regular missions to dock with Mir.
Russian hardware will form the cornerstone of the international space
station, which is to be built by the US, Russian, ESA, Japan and Canada
starting in 1997.
--
Andrew Yee
Staff Scientist, Science North
100 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, P3E 5S9
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| 525.157 | Astros Reightler, Richards and Thuot resign | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Tue Jul 04 1995 03:44 | 54 |
| Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, DC June 28, 1995
(Phone: 202/358-1778)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 95-104
REIGHTLER, RICHARDS, THUOT LEAVE ASTRONAUT CORPS
Veteran Space Shuttle astronauts Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr., Richard N.
(Dick) Richards and Pierre J. Thuot have left the Astronaut Office following a
cumulative nine Shuttle flights.
Reightler, a Navy Captain, had been serving as the chief of the space
station branch of the Astronaut Office. He will join Lockheed Martin, Houston,
as the Program Manager for Engineering, Test and Analysis. He will manage
work that includes robotics, Earth observations, engineering analysis,
simulation and thermochemical test.
Reightler flew twice on the Shuttle: STS-48 in September 1991, deploying
the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, and STS-60 in February 1994, which was
the first flight of the Wake Shield Facility. Both missions were aboard Space
Shuttle Discovery.
Richards, also a Navy Captain, remains at NASA, moving from the Astronaut
Office to the Space Shuttle Program Office to serve as mission director for
the second servicing mission of the Hubble Space Telescope. He also will serve
as flight manager for next year's second flight of the Tethered Satellite
System on STS-75 and the third flight of the Wake Shield Facility on STS-80.
He will work with external organizations in all matters relating to
mission planning and execution of the Hubble servicing flight as well as
coordinate project activities. He also will assist in maximizing the
effectiveness of Shuttle flights within established technical, budgetary and
schedule constraints.
Richards has flown on four Shuttle flights: STS-28 in August 1989 on
Columbia, a Department of Defense mission; STS-41 in October 1990 on Discovery
to deploy the Ulysses planetary spacecraft; Columbia's STS-50 flight in
June/July 1992 to study microgravity sciences, and STS-64 in September 1994 on
Discovery which carried a laser to study the Earth's environment.
After three Shuttle flights, Thuot has returned to the Naval Academy in
Annapolis, MD, to be an instructor in the Aerospace Engineering Department.
He will primarily teach undergraduate courses in astronautics.
His three Shuttle flights included: a Department of Defense mission in
February 1990 on Atlantis (STS-36); the maiden flight of Endeavour on a
satellite rescue mission in May 1992 (STS-49), and Columbia's March 1994
mission to obtain data from experiments in the microgravity environment
in space (STS-62).
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| 525.158 | Astro Bagian resigns | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Fri Sep 08 1995 19:04 | 37 |
|
Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington August 18, 1995
(Phone: 202/358-1778)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 95-142
ASTRONAUT BAGIAN JOINS EPA
Two-time Space Shuttle astronaut Dr. James P. Bagian, has
left the astronaut corps for a position with the Environmental
Protection Agency's National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions
Laboratory in Ann Arbor, MI.
Bagian has been conducting biomedical research and practicing
clinical medicine at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, MI,
since early 1994 while on a leave of absence from NASA.
"The decision to leave NASA was a very difficult one for
me," Bagian said. "Working for the EPA gives me the
opportunity to participate in the Mission to Planet Earth --
just from a different vantage point."
Bagian was born in Philadelphia and joined NASA in 1978 as
a flight surgeon and research medical officer. He was selected
to be an astronaut with the class of 1980.
His first Shuttle flight was in March 1989 aboard Discovery
on the STS-29 mission to deploy a Tracking and Data Relay
Satellite. His second flight in June 1991 aboard Columbia was
the first dedicated to life sciences research. Experiments
conducted on STS-40 explored how the heart, blood vessels,
lungs, kidneys and hormone-secreting glands respond to microgravity.
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| 525.159 | Astronaut/Cosmonaut Flight Times in Space | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Fri Sep 08 1995 19:06 | 359 |
| From: hoerste@hal1.physik.uni-dortmund.de (Andreas Hoerstemeier)
Subject: Statistic on astronauts/cosmonauts time in space
Date: 4 Sep 1995 15:00:09 GMT
Organization: HRZ, University of Dortmund, Germany
A few comments on the following list:
- All suborbital flights (the first two Mercurys, Sojus 18A and STS 51L) are
listed, but their duration is not added to the flight times.
- I've booked all soviet cosmonauts to Russia except the two Kasakh - if
some of them have a different nationality please let me know.
- As I have the start and landing times in many cases only up to the minute
the seconds listed should not be take too seriously.
- The english spelling of the cyrillic names is taken from Ashot Bakunts -
if there's any (semi) official transcription table please let me know.
And of course if you spot any error please let me know.
Have fun,
Andy
---------------------------------------------
Flight times (as of 1995-09-01 00:00:00 UTC)
Polyakov, Valery V. RUS 678 d 16:34:26 Soyuz TM-6, Soyuz TM-18
Manarov, Musa K. RUS 541 d 00:31:00 Soyuz TM-4, Soyuz TM-11
Viktorenko, Aleksandr S. RUS 489 d 01:36:30 Soyuz TM-3, Soyuz TM-8, Soyuz TM-14, Soyuz TM-20
Krikalev, Sergey K. RUS 471 d 14:20:22 Soyuz TM-7, Soyuz TM-12, STS-60
Solov'yov, Anatoly Ya. RUS 442 d 23:39:41 Soyuz TM-5, Soyuz TM-9, Soyuz TM-15, STS-71
Romanenko, Yuri V. RUS 430 d 18:21:00 Soyuz 26, Soyuz 38, Soyuz TM-2
Volkov, Aleksandr A. RUS 391 d 11:53:22 Soyuz T-14, Soyuz TM-7, Soyuz TM-13
Titov, Vladimir G. RUS 376 d 05:25:15 Soyuz T-8, Soyuz T-10A, Soyuz TM-4, STS-63
Kizim, Leonid D. RUS 374 d 17:59:00 Soyuz T-3, Soyuz T-10B, Soyuz T-15
Serebrov, Aleksandr A. RUS 372 d 22:53:22 Soyuz T-7, Soyuz T-8, Soyuz TM-8, Soyuz TM-17
Solov'ov, Vladimir A. RUS 361 d 22:51:00 Soyuz T-10B, Soyuz T-15
Ryumin, Valery V. RUS 361 d 21:34:00 Soyuz 25, Soyuz 32, Soyuz 35
Afanas'yev, Viktor M. RUS 357 d 02:19:01 Soyuz TM-11, Soyuz TM-18
Lyakhov, Vladimir A. RUS 333 d 07:49:00 Soyuz 32, Soyuz T-9, Soyuz TM-6
Manakov, Gennady M. RUS 309 d 21:17:00 Soyuz TM-10, Soyuz TM-16
Aleksandrov, Aleksandr Pav. RUS 309 d 18:03:00 Soyuz T-9, Soyuz TM-3
Strekalov, Gennady M. RUS 268 d 22:23:02 Soyuz T-3, Soyuz T-8, Soyuz T-10A, Soyuz T-11, Soyuz TM-10, Soyuz TM-21
Savinykh, Viktor P. RUS 252 d 17:39:00 Soyuz T-4, Soyuz T-13, Soyuz TM-5
At'kov, Oleg Yu. RUS 236 d 22:50:00 Soyuz T-10B
Lebedev, Valentin V. RUS 219 d 06:00:00 Soyuz 13, Soyuz T-5
Kovalyonok, Vladimir V. RUS 216 d 09:12:00 Soyuz 25, Soyuz 29, Soyuz T-4
Berezovoy, Anatoly N. RUS 211 d 09:05:00 Soyuz T-5
Popov, Leonid I. RUS 200 d 14:45:00 Soyuz 35, Soyuz 40, Soyuz T-7
Tsibliev, Vasily V. RUS 196 d 17:45:22 Soyuz TM-17
Avdeyev, Sergey V. RUS 188 d 21:43:00 Soyuz TM-15
Usachyov, Yuri V. RUS 182 d 00:27:01 Soyuz TM-18
Balandin, Aleksandr N. RUS 179 d 01:19:00 Soyuz TM-9
Poleshchuk, Aleksandr F. RUS 179 d 00:44:00 Soyuz TM-16
Laveykin, Aleksandr I. RUS 174 d 03:26:00 Soyuz TM-2
Kondakova, Yelena V. RUS 169 d 05:21:30 Soyuz TM-20
Ivanchenkov, Aleksandr S. RUS 147 d 12:39:00 Soyuz 29, Soyuz T-6
Dzhanibekov, Vladimir A. RUS 145 d 15:59:00 Soyuz 27, Soyuz 39, Soyuz T-6, Soyuz T-12, Soyuz T-13
Kaleri, Aleksandr Yu. RUS 145 d 14:12:00 Soyuz TM-14
Artsebarsky, Anatoly P. RUS 144 d 15:22:00 Soyuz TM-12
Thagard, Norman E. USA 140 d 13:26:59 STS-7, STS-51B, STS-30, STS-42, Soyuz TM-21
Grechko, Georgiy M. RUS 134 d 20:33:00 Soyuz 17, Soyuz 26, Soyuz T-14
Malenchenko, Yuri I. RUS 125 d 22:53:10 Soyuz TM-19
Musabayev, Talgat A. KAS 125 d 22:53:10 Soyuz TM-19
Dezhurov, Vladimir N. RUS 115 d 08:43:02 Soyuz TM-21
Carr, Gerald P. USA 84 d 01:16:00 Skylab 3
Gibson, Edward G. USA 84 d 01:16:00 Skylab 3
Pogue, William R. USA 84 d 01:16:00 Skylab 3
Sevast'yanov, Vitaly I. RUS 80 d 16:19:00 Soyuz 9, Soyuz 18B
Klimuk, Pyotr I. RUS 78 d 18:19:00 Soyuz 13, Soyuz 18B, Soyuz 30
Garriott, Owen K. USA 69 d 18:56:23 Skylab 2, STS-9
Bean, Alan L. USA 69 d 15:45:25 Apollo 12, Skylab 2
Lousma, Jack R. USA 67 d 11:13:46 Skylab 2, STS-3
Budarin, Nikolay M. RUS 65 d 04:27:41 STS-71
Vasyutin, Vladimir V. RUS 64 d 21:52:00 Soyuz T-14
Volynov, Boris V. RUS 52 d 07:18:00 Soyuz 5, Soyuz 21
Merbold, Ulf D 49 d 21:37:38 STS-9, STS-42, Soyuz TM-20
Zholobov, Vitaly M. RUS 49 d 06:24:00 Soyuz 21
Conrad, Charles USA 49 d 03:37:25 Gemini 5, Gemini 11, Apollo 12, Skylab 1
Dunbar, Bonnie J. USA 41 d 12:37:49 STS-61A, STS-32, STS-50, STS-71
Gubarev, Alexei A. RUS 37 d 11:37:00 Soyuz 17, Soyuz 28
Gibson, Robert L. USA 36 d 04:18:04 STS-41B, STS-61C, STS-27, STS-47, STS-71
Musgrave, F. Story USA 35 d 18:05:09 STS-6, STS-51F, STS-33, STS-44, STS-61
Jernigan, Tamara E. USA 35 d 14:19:21 STS-40, STS-52, STS-67
Lucid, Shannon W. USA 34 d 22:52:10 STS-51G, STS-34, STS-43, STS-58
Young, John W. USA 34 d 19:41:43 Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1, STS-9
Hoffman, Jeffrey A. USA 34 d 18:14:06 STS-51D, STS-35, STS-46, STS-61
Oswald, Stephen S. USA 33 d 22:31:51 STS-42, STS-56, STS-67
Richards, Richard N. USA 33 d 21:30:13 STS-28, STS-41, STS-50, STS-64
Weitz, Paul J. USA 33 d 01:12:42 Skylab 1, STS-6
Blaha, John E. USA 32 d 21:19:33 STS-29, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58
Brandenstein, Daniel C. USA 32 d 21:05:50 STS-8, STS-51G, STS-32, STS-49
Ivins, Marsha S. USA 32 d 19:32:21 STS-32, STS-46, STS-62
Chretien, Jean-Loup F 32 d 15:59:00 Soyuz T-6, Soyuz TM-7
Hieb, Richard J. USA 31 d 22:35:00 STS-39, STS-49, STS-65
Brand, Vance D. USA 31 d 02:03:28 ASTP, STS-5, STS-41B, STS-35
Gorbatko, Viktor V. RUS 30 d 12:49:00 Soyuz 7, Soyuz 24, Soyuz 37
Seddon, M. Rhea USA 30 d 02:22:15 STS-51D, STS-40, STS-58
Nagel, Steven R. USA 30 d 01:36:27 STS-51G, STS-61A, STS-37, STS-55
Baker, Michael A. USA 30 d 00:03:48 STS-43, STS-52, STS-68
Lovell, James A. USA 29 d 19:05:23 Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, Apollo 13
Low, G. David USA 29 d 18:06:56 STS-32, STS-43, STS-57
Meade, Carl J. USA 29 d 16:14:28 STS-38, STS-50, STS-64
Wetherbee, James D. USA 29 d 00:25:06 STS-32, STS-52, STS-63
Volkov, Vladislav N. RUS 28 d 17:03:00 Soyuz 7, Soyuz 11
Bluford, Guion S. USA 28 d 16:35:42 STS-8, STS-61A, STS-39, STS-53
Baker, Ellen L. USA 28 d 14:31:42 STS-34, STS-50, STS-71
Bolden, Charles F. USA 28 d 08:38:44 STS-61C, STS-31, STS-45, STS-60
Kerwin, Joseph P. USA 28 d 00:49:00 Skylab 1
Chang-Diaz, Franklin R. USA 27 d 08:07:37 STS-61C, STS-34, STS-46, STS-60
Thuot, Pierre J. USA 27 d 06:52:41 STS-36, STS-49, STS-62
Ross, Jerry L. USA 27 d 05:23:10 STS-61B, STS-27, STS-37, STS-55
Covey, Richard O. USA 26 d 21:10:53 STS-51I, STS-26, STS-38, STS-61
Foale, C. Michael USA 26 d 10:45:59 STS-45, STS-56, STS-63
Grabe, Ronald J. USA 26 d 03:40:44 STS-51J, STS-30, STS-42, STS-57
Cabana, Robert D. USA 26 d 03:24:52 STS-41, STS-53, STS-65
Henricks, Terence T. USA 25 d 20:50:47 STS-44, STS-55, STS-70
Durrance, Samuel T. USA 25 d 14:13:54 STS-35, STS-67
Parise, Ronald A. USA 25 d 14:13:54 STS-35, STS-67
McMonagle, Donald R. USA 25 d 05:35:10 STS-39, STS-54, STS-66
Apt, Jerome USA 25 d 03:52:38 STS-37, STS-47, STS-59
Thornton, Kathryn C. USA 24 d 17:22:57 STS-33, STS-49, STS-61
Bowersox, Kenneth D. USA 24 d 15:28:37 STS-50, STS-61
Walz, Carl E. USA 24 d 14:06:08 STS-51, STS-65
Casper, John H. USA 24 d 09:13:50 STS-36, STS-54, STS-62
Gemar, Charles D. USA 24 d 05:38:42 STS-38, STS-48, STS-62
Harbaugh, Gregory J. USA 24 d 02:23:25 STS-39, STS-54, STS-71
Akers, Thomas D. USA 23 d 19:26:15 STS-41, STS-49, STS-61
Dobrovol'sky, Georgiy T. RUS 23 d 18:22:00 Soyuz 11
Patsayev, Viktor I. RUS 23 d 18:22:00 Soyuz 11
Thomas, Donald A. USA 23 d 16:15:06 STS-65, STS-70
Cernan, Eugene A. USA 23 d 14:16:23 Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo 17
Crippen, Robert L. USA 23 d 13:48:31 STS-1, STS-7, STS-41C, STS-41G
Lee, Mark C. USA 22 d 22:16:48 STS-30, STS-47, STS-64
Scott, David R. USA 22 d 18:53:47 Gemini 8, Apollo 9, Apollo 15
Jones, Thomas D. USA 22 d 11:35:39 STS-59, STS-68
Shaw, Brewster H. USA 22 d 05:52:20 STS-9, STS-61B, STS-28
Sullivan, Kathryn D. USA 22 d 04:49:04 STS-41G, STS-31, STS-45
Leestma, David C. USA 22 d 04:33:06 STS-41G, STS-28, STS-45
Allen, Andrew M. USA 21 d 22:31:44 STS-46, STS-62
Nikolayev, Andriyan G. RUS 21 d 15:21:00 Vostok 3, Soyuz 9
Wisoff, Peter J.K. USA 21 d 05:31:03 STS-57, STS-68
Mattingly, Thomas K. USA 21 d 04:34:10 Apollo 16, STS-4, STS-51C
Stafford, Thomas P. USA 21 d 03:43:23 Gemini 6A, Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, ASTP
Bursch, Daniel W. USA 21 d 01:57:16 STS-51, STS-68
Bykovsky, Valery F. RUS 20 d 17:48:00 Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, Soyuz 31
Makarov, Oleg G. RUS 20 d 17:23:00 Soyuz 12, Soyuz 18A, Soyuz 27, Soyuz T-3
Haignere, Jean-Pierre F 20 d 16:09:02 Soyuz TM-17
Hilmers, David C. USA 20 d 14:17:56 STS-51J, STS-26, STS-36, STS-42
Buchli, James F. USA 20 d 10:24:38 STS-51C, STS-61A, STS-29, STS-48
Gutierrez, Sidney M. USA 20 d 08:03:50 STS-40, STS-59
Ochoa, Ellen L. USA 20 d 04:42:21 STS-56, STS-66
Chilton, Kevin P. USA 20 d 03:07:08 STS-49, STS-59
Hartsfield, Henry W. USA 20 d 02:50:37 STS-4, STS-41D, STS-61A
Lounge, John M. USA 20 d 02:23:00 STS-51I, STS-26, STS-35
Walker, Charles D. USA 19 d 21:56:16 STS-41D, STS-51D, STS-61B
Borman, Frank USA 19 d 21:35:42 Gemini 7, Apollo 8
Precourt, Charles J. USA 19 d 19:02:17 STS-55, STS-71
Savitskaya, Svetlana Ye. RUS 19 d 17:06:00 Soyuz T-7, Soyuz T-12
Walker, David M. USA 19 d 08:01:10 STS-51A, STS-30, STS-53
Coats, Michael L. USA 19 d 07:57:15 STS-41D, STS-29, STS-39
Parker, Robert A. USA 19 d 06:52:30 STS-9, STS-35
Hammond, L. Blaine USA 19 d 06:12:18 STS-39, STS-64
Lichtenberg, Byron K. USA 19 d 05:56:48 STS-9, STS-45
Gregory, Frederick D. USA 18 d 23:06:14 STS-51B, STS-33, STS-44
Currie, Nancy J. USA 18 d 22:04:59 STS-57, STS-70
Duffy, Brian USA 18 d 21:54:19 STS-45, STS-57
Brown, Curtis L. USA 18 d 21:04:26 STS-47, STS-66
Nicollier, Claude CH 18 d 19:13:36 STS-46, STS-61
Kubasov, Valery N. RUS 18 d 17:59:00 Soyuz 6, Soyuz 19, Soyuz 36
Popovich, Pavel R. RUS 18 d 16:27:00 Vostok 4, Soyuz 14
Clifford, Michael R.U. USA 18 d 13:09:17 STS-53, STS-59
Sheperd, William M. USA 18 d 08:11:55 STS-27, STS-41, STS-52
Voss, Janice E. USA 18 d 06:13:09 STS-57, STS-63
Harris, Bernard A. USA 18 d 06:08:15 STS-55, STS-63
Veach, Charles L. USA 18 d 04:18:35 STS-39, STS-52
Hauck, Frederick H. USA 18 d 03:09:06 STS-7, STS-51A, STS-26
Readdy, William F. USA 17 d 21:25:52 STS-42, STS-51
Glazkov, Yuri N. RUS 17 d 17:26:00 Soyuz 24
Godwin, Linda M. USA 17 d 05:22:14 STS-37, STS-59
Hawley, Steven A. USA 17 d 04:16:01 STS-41D, STS-61C, STS-31
Nelson, George D. USA 17 d 02:44:09 STS-41C, STS-61C, STS-26
Helms, Susan J. USA 16 d 22:28:44 STS-54, STS-64
Creighton, John O. USA 16 d 20:24:48 STS-51G, STS-36, STS-48
Gregory, William G. USA 16 d 15:08:47 STS-67
Grunsfield, John M. USA 16 d 15:08:47 STS-67
Lawrence, Wendy B. USA 16 d 15:08:47 STS-67
Davis, N. Jan USA 16 d 05:39:46 STS-47, STS-60
Shriver, Loren J. USA 16 d 02:04:32 STS-51C, STS-31, STS-46
Bobko, Karol J. USA 16 d 02:03:43 STS-6, STS-51D, STS-51J
O'Connor, Bryan D. USA 15 d 23:19:09 STS-61B, STS-40
Fullerton, C. Gordon USA 15 d 22:50:12 STS-3, STS-51F
Artyukhin, Yuri P. RUS 15 d 17:30:00 Soyuz 14
Cameron, Kenneth D. USA 15 d 05:41:03 STS-37, STS-56
Mullane, Richard M. USA 14 d 20:20:03 STS-41D, STS-27, STS-36
Culbertson, Frank L. USA 14 d 18:05:34 STS-38, STS-51
Chiao, Leroy USA 14 d 17:55:01 STS-65
Halsell, James D. USA 14 d 17:55:01 STS-65
Mukai, Chiaki JPN 14 d 17:55:01 STS-65
Ride, Sally K. USA 14 d 07:47:32 STS-7, STS-41G
Voss, James S. USA 14 d 06:10:29 STS-44, STS-53
McDivitt, James A. USA 14 d 02:56:54 Gemini 4, Apollo 9
van Hoften, James D. USA 14 d 01:57:49 STS-41C, STS-51I
Bagian, James P. USA 14 d 01:53:10 STS-29, STS-40
Gardner, Dale A. USA 14 d 00:53:39 STS-8, STS-51A
Fettman, Martin J. USA 14 d 00:12:32 STS-58
McArthur, William S. USA 14 d 00:12:32 STS-58
Searfoss, Richard A. USA 14 d 00:12:32 STS-58
Wolf, David A. USA 14 d 00:12:32 STS-58
Adamson, James C. USA 13 d 22:21:33 STS-28, STS-43
DeLucas, Lawrence J. USA 13 d 19:30:04 STS-50
Trinh, Eugene H. USA 13 d 19:30:04 STS-50
Tognini, Michel F 13 d 18:56:00 Soyuz TM-15
Reightler, Kenneth S. USA 13 d 15:36:56 STS-48, STS-60
Gardner, Guy S. USA 13 d 08:10:44 STS-27, STS-35
Fabian, John M. USA 13 d 04:02:51 STS-7, STS-51G
Gordon, Richard F. USA 13 d 03:53:25 Gemini 11, Apollo 12
Allen, Joseph P. USA 13 d 01:59:22 STS-5, STS-51A
Thornton, William E. USA 13 d 01:17:29 STS-8, STS-51B
McCandless, Bruce USA 13 d 00:32:01 STS-41B, STS-31
Melnick, Bruce E. USA 12 d 23:27:42 STS-41, STS-49
Runco, Mario USA 12 d 22:29:29 STS-44, STS-54
Evans, Ronald E. USA 12 d 13:52:00 Apollo 17
Schmitt, Harrison H. USA 12 d 13:52:00 Apollo 17
Schirra, Walter M. USA 12 d 07:12:58 Mercury 8, Gemini 6A, Apollo 7
Irwin, James B. USA 12 d 07:11:53 Apollo 15
Worden, Alfred M. USA 12 d 07:11:53 Apollo 15
Overmyer, Robert F. USA 12 d 02:23:12 STS-5, STS-51B
Aldrin, Edwin E. USA 12 d 01:53:35 Gemini 12, Apollo 11
Stewart, Robert L. USA 12 d 01:00:33 STS-41B, STS-51J
Williams, Donald E. USA 11 d 23:34:44 STS-51D, STS-34
Aksyonov, Vladimir V. RUS 11 d 20:13:00 Soyuz 22, Soyuz T-2
Malyshev, Yuri V. RUS 11 d 20:01:00 Soyuz T-2, Soyuz T-11
Volk, Igor P. RUS 11 d 19:14:00 Soyuz T-12
Smith, Steven L. USA 11 d 05:46:09 STS-68
Wilcutt, Terrence W. USA 11 d 05:46:09 STS-68
Collins, Michael USA 11 d 02:05:35 Gemini 10, Apollo 11
Duke, Charles M. USA 11 d 01:51:05 Apollo 16
Linenger, Jerry M. USA 10 d 22:49:57 STS-64
Clervoy, Jean-Francois F 10 d 22:34:02 STS-66
Parazynski, Scott E. USA 10 d 22:34:02 STS-66
Tanner, Joseph R. USA 10 d 22:34:02 STS-66
Cleave, Mary L. USA 10 d 22:01:16 STS-61B, STS-30
Filipchenko, Anatoly V. RUS 10 d 21:05:00 Soyuz 7, Soyuz 16
Cunningham, R. Walter USA 10 d 20:08:58 Apollo 7
Eisele, Donn F. USA 10 d 20:08:58 Apollo 7
Brown, Mark N. USA 10 d 09:27:42 STS-28, STS-48
Schweickart, Russell L. USA 10 d 01:00:54 Apollo 9
Schlegel, Hans W. D 9 d 23:40:00 STS-55
Walter, Ulrich D 9 d 23:40:00 STS-55
Shatalov, Vladimir A. RUS 9 d 21:57:00 Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, Soyuz 10
Springer, Robert C. USA 9 d 21:33:17 STS-29, STS-38
Rukavishnikov, Nikolay N. RUS 9 d 21:11:00 Soyuz 10, Soyuz 16, Soyuz 33
MacLean, Steven G. CDN 9 d 20:56:14 STS-52
Newman, James H. USA 9 d 20:11:07 STS-51
Aleksandrov, Aleksandr Pan. BG 9 d 20:10:00 Soyuz TM-5
Cooper, L. Gordon USA 9 d 09:15:00 Mercury 9, Gemini 5
Engle, Joseph H. USA 9 d 08:30:54 STS-2, STS-51I
Cockrell, Kenneth D. USA 9 d 06:08:19 STS-56
Gaffney, Francis A. USA 9 d 02:14:20 STS-40
Hughes-Fulford, Millie E. USA 9 d 02:14:20 STS-40
Slayton, Donald K. USA 9 d 01:28:00 ASTP
Mitchell, Edgar D. USA 9 d 00:01:57 Apollo 14
Roosa, Stuart A. USA 9 d 00:01:57 Apollo 14
Shepard, Alan B. USA 9 d 00:01:57 Mercury 3, Apollo 14
Yeliseyev, Alexey S. RUS 8 d 22:22:00 Soyuz 5, Soyuz 8, Soyuz 10
Kregel, Kevin R. USA 8 d 22:20:05 STS-70
Weber, Mary E. USA 8 d 22:20:05 STS-70
Frimout, Dirk D. B 8 d 22:09:25 STS-45
Ahad Mohmand, Abdul AFG 8 d 20:27:00 Soyuz TM-6
Armstrong, Neil A. USA 8 d 13:59:35 Gemini 8, Apollo 11
Truly, Richard H. USA 8 d 07:21:55 STS-2, STS-8
Sega, Ronald M. USA 8 d 07:09:22 STS-60
Collins, Eileen M. USA 8 d 06:28:15 STS-63
Garneau, Marc J. CDN 8 d 05:23:33 STS-41G
McBride, Jon A. USA 8 d 05:23:33 STS-41G
Scully-Power, Paul D. USA 8 d 05:23:33 STS-41G
Bondar, Roberta L. CDN 8 d 01:14:45 STS-42
Fisher, Anna L. USA 7 d 23:44:56 STS-51A
McNair, Ronald E. USA 7 d 23:15:55 STS-41B, STS-51L
Malerba, Franco I 7 d 23:15:03 STS-46
Faris, Muhammed A. SYR 7 d 23:05:00 Soyuz TM-3
Acton, Loren W. USA 7 d 22:45:26 STS-51F
Bartoe, John-David F. USA 7 d 22:45:26 STS-51F
Bridges, Roy D. USA 7 d 22:45:26 STS-51F
England, Anthony W. USA 7 d 22:45:26 STS-51F
Henize, Karl G. USA 7 d 22:45:26 STS-51F
Jemison, Mae C. USA 7 d 22:30:24 STS-47
Mohri, Mamoru JPN 7 d 22:30:24 STS-47
Remek, Vladimir CZ 7 d 22:17:00 Soyuz 28
Aubakirov, Toktar O. KAS 7 d 22:12:22 Soyuz TM-13
Viehb"ock, Franz A 7 d 22:12:22 Soyuz TM-13
Hermaszewski, Miroslaw PL 7 d 22:04:00 Soyuz 30
Flade, Klaus-Dietrich D 7 d 21:58:00 Soyuz TM-14
Levchenko, Anatoly S. RUS 7 d 21:58:00 Soyuz TM-4
Akiyama, Toyohiro JPN 7 d 21:52:00 Soyuz TM-11
Sharma, Rakesh IND 7 d 21:41:00 Soyuz T-11
Sharman, Helen P. GB 7 d 21:15:00 Soyuz TM-12
J"ahn, Sigmund D 7 d 20:49:00 Soyuz 31
Farkas, Bertalan H 7 d 20:46:00 Soyuz 36
Gurragcha, Judgerdemidiyin MON 7 d 20:43:00 Soyuz 39
Tamayo Mendez, Arnaldo C 7 d 20:43:00 Soyuz 38
Pham Tuan VN 7 d 20:42:00 Soyuz 37
Prunariu, Dumitru D. R 7 d 20:41:00 Soyuz 40
Fisher, William F. USA 7 d 02:17:42 STS-51I
Al-Saud, Salman Abdel Aziz SA 7 d 01:38:52 STS-51G
Baudry, Patrick F 7 d 01:38:52 STS-51G
Furrer, Reinhard D 7 d 00:44:51 STS-61A
Messerschmid, Ernst D 7 d 00:44:51 STS-61A
Ockels, Wubbo J. NL 7 d 00:44:51 STS-61A
Leonov, Alexei A. RUS 7 d 00:33:00 Voskhod 2, Soyuz 19
Lind, Don L. USA 7 d 00:08:46 STS-51B
van den Berg, Lodewijk USA 7 d 00:08:46 STS-51B
Wang, Taylor G. USA 7 d 00:08:46 STS-51B
Garn, E. Jacob USA 6 d 23:55:23 STS-51D
Griggs, S. David USA 6 d 23:55:23 STS-51D
Hart, Terry J. USA 6 d 23:40:07 STS-41C
Scobee, Francis R. USA 6 d 23:40:07 STS-41C, STS-51L
Hennen, Thomas J. USA 6 d 22:50:42 STS-44
Neri Vela, Rudolfo MEX 6 d 21:04:49 STS-61B
Spring, Sherwood C. USA 6 d 21:04:49 STS-61B
Anders, William A. USA 6 d 03:00:42 Apollo 8
Cenker, Robert J. USA 6 d 02:03:51 STS-61C
Nelson, C. William USA 6 d 02:03:51 STS-61C
Resnik, Judith A. USA 6 d 00:56:04 STS-41D, STS-51L
Haise, Fred W. USA 5 d 22:54:41 Apollo 13
Swigert, John L. USA 5 d 22:54:41 Apollo 13
Lenoir, William B. USA 5 d 02:14:26 STS-5
Peterson, Donald H. USA 5 d 00:23:42 STS-6
Carter, Manley L. USA 5 d 00:06:46 STS-33
McCulley, Michael J. USA 4 d 23:39:21 STS-34
Shonin, Georgiy S. RUS 4 d 22:42:00 Soyuz 6
White, Edward H. USA 4 d 01:56:00 Gemini 4
Pailes, William A. USA 4 d 01:44:38 STS-51J
Beregovoy, Georgiy T. RUS 3 d 22:51:00 Soyuz 3
Onizuka, Ellison S. USA 3 d 01:33:23 STS-51C, STS-51L
Payton, Gary E. USA 3 d 01:33:23 STS-51C
Tereshkova, Valentina V. RUS 2 d 22:50:00 Vostok 6
Komarov, Vladimir M. RUS 2 d 03:05:00 Voskhod, Soyuz 1
Dyomin, Lev S. RUS 2 d 00:12:00 Soyuz 15
Sarafanov, Gennady V. RUS 2 d 00:12:00 Soyuz 15
Rozhdestvensky, Valery I. RUS 2 d 00:06:00 Soyuz 23
Zudov, Vyacheslav D. RUS 2 d 00:06:00 Soyuz 23
Khrunov, Yevgeny V. RUS 1 d 23:46:00 Soyuz 5
Lazarev, Vasily A. RUS 1 d 23:16:00 Soyuz 12, Soyuz 18A
Ivanov, Georgi BG 1 d 23:01:00 Soyuz 33
Belyaev, Pavel I. RUS 1 d 02:02:00 Voskhod 2
Titov, Gherman S. RUS 1 d 01:18:00 Vostok 2
Feoktistov, Konstantin P. RUS 1 d 00:17:00 Voskhod
Yegorov, Boris B. RUS 1 d 00:17:00 Voskhod
Carpenter, M. Scott USA 0 d 04:56:00 Mercury 7
Glenn, John H. USA 0 d 04:56:00 Mercury 6
Grissom, Virgil I. USA 0 d 04:52:00 Mercury 4, Gemini 3
Gagarin, Yuri A. RUS 0 d 01:48:00 Vostok 1
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| 525.160 | Tidbit about Cosmonaut Strekalov | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Fri Sep 08 1995 19:07 | 32 |
| From: "Ashot W Bakunts" <ashot@alexbank.msk.su>
Subject: Gennadiy Strekalov flew his recent mission not being member of cosmonaut corps
Date: 6 Sep 1995 14:48:31 +0400
Organization: unknown
Novosti Kosmonavtiki No.8, 1995, p.42
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Gennadiy Strekalov flew his recent mission on bord of Soyuz TM-21/STS-71
after being resigned (!!!) from Energiya corps on January 17, 1995.
He was resigned due to his age, but since he signed a contract with Russian
Space Agency on Soyuz TM-21 flight, he flew the mission not being a member
of cosmonaut corps!!!
Strekalov was assigned to position of Head, Department No. 291 of NPO
Energiya on January 17, 1995, right after his formal departure from Energiya
cosmonaut corps. All Energiya cosmonauts except Krikalyov (or Krikalev :),
formally work in that department.
During Strekalov's flight on Mir his responsibilities were temporarily carried
out by Aleksandr Kaleri. Since there is no chief cosmonaut position at
Energiya, the head of department no. 291 position is equivalent to Energiya's
chief cosmonaut. BTW, previously published information on Aleksandr
Aleksandrov being Energiya's chief cosmonaut is incorrect -- Mr. Aleksandrov
just heads a unit, which incorporates Dept.-291 (i.e. Energiya cosmonaut
corps).
Ashot
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Ashot <ashot@alexbank.msk.su>
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| 525.161 | German Astronaut Reinhard Fuerrer dies | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Fri Sep 15 1995 20:46 | 36 |
|
From: andy@farpoint.sauerland.de (Andreas Hoerstemeier)
Subject: Reinhard Furrer died Saturday
Date: 10 Sep 1995 11:28:52 GMT
Obituary
--------
The german astronaut Reinhard Furrer died yesterday in a plane crash. During
an air show in Berlin the WorldWar II veteran Messerschmitt Me 108 crashed
down shortly after take off killing Furrer and the pilot. The reason for the
crash is still unknown, it is only known that the pilot was very experienced.
The Luftfahrtbundesamt (the german FAA) will investigate.
Furrer was born on November 25th 1940 in W"orgl, Austria. He studied physics
at the University of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein and Berlin, where he got his
Ph.D. in 1972. He worked as a postdoc at the institute of atom and condensed
matter physics at the Free University Berlin, where he became assistent
professor in 1974. In the time following he worked several times in the US -
at the university of Chicago and the Argonne National Laboratory. His main
research fields were condensed matter physics, physical chemistry and
photophysics.
In 1977 he applied to a job offer of the DFVLR for a payload specialist.
Amoung about 700 candidates he and Ernst Messerschmid were in the final
group, but Ulf Merbold was the one selected by ESA. As 1982 payload
specialists for the D1 mission were sought, the DFVLR looked back at the
finalists from the last selection and this time Furrer and Messerschmid
were selected. The Spacelab Mission D1 (D for Deutschland) took place as
STS-61A in 1985.
After the flight he became professor of space science at the university of
Berlin, which he was till his death yesterday. Several times he complained
publically that after Spacelab D2 (STS-55) no further german Spacelab mission
was planned due to financial reasons.
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| 525.162 | Astros Precourt and Lawrence head to Russia | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Thu Sep 28 1995 18:47 | 46 |
| Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, DC September 20, 1995
(Phone: 202/358-1778)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 95-156
ASTRONAUTS PRECOURT, LAWRENCE HEAD TO RUSSIA
Astronaut Charles J. Precourt (Lt. Col., USAF), will replace Michael A.
Baker (Captain, USN), as the NASA manager of operational activities at Star
City, Russia, near Moscow. In addition, Wendy B. Lawrence (Commander, USN),
will train in Star City as the backup to John E. Blaha, (Colonel, USAF, ret.)
who will fly aboard the Russian space station Mir on a future mission.
As Director of Operations, Russia, Precourt will support training and
preparations of NASA astronauts at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
(GCTC), Star City. He also will be the primary link between NASA and the GCTC
management, coordinating all training and other operations involving NASA or
contractor personnel in Star City.
Precourt, the fifth astronaut to serve in this rotational assignment will
continue to establish operational and personal relationships with Star City
management and the cosmonauts. These relationships are pivotal to successful,
long-term joint operations involving NASA, the Russian Space Agency and GCTC.
He also will participate in personal training designed to acquaint astronauts
with the operational aspects of Russian vehicles and training facilities.
Precourt and Lawrence will leave for Russia in early October and join
fellow astronauts Shannon W. Lucid, Ph.D., Jerry M. Linenger (Commander, USN)
and Dr. Scott E. Parazynski, who also are training in Star City for future
stays aboard Mir.
Precourt, 40, has flown aboard two Shuttle missions -- STS-55 on Columbia
in April/May 1993 and STS-71 on Atlantis in June 1995. The most recent flight
was the first Shuttle mission to dock with Mir. He received a master of
science degree in engineering management from Golden Gate University in 1988
and a master of arts degree in national security affairs and strategic studies
from the U.S. Naval War College in 1990.
Lawrence, 36, flew on STS-67 aboard Endeavour in March 1995. She received
a master of science degree in ocean engineering from Massachusetts Institute
of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in 1988.
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| 525.163 | Cosmo Khludeyev dies, Kolodin ill. | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Thu Sep 28 1995 18:50 | 34 |
| From: "Ashot W Bakunts" <ashot@alexbank.msk.su>
Subject: Cosmonaut Yevgeniy Khludeyev, RIP
Date: 23 Sep 1995 12:34:07 +0400
Igor Marinin from "Novosti Kosmonavtiki" told me yesterday evening
cosmonaut Yevgeniy Khludeyev died on September 20 (???), 1995.
Selected as group 3 cosmonaut of Soviet Air Force Corps in 1965,
Khludeyev never made it into space.
I will post more as soon as more details become available.
Ash
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Ashot <ashot@alexbank.msk.su>
From: "Ashot W Bakunts" <ashot@alexbank.msk.su>
Subject: Cosmonaut Kolodin had a heart attack.
Date: 26 Sep 1995 16:56:18 +0300
Sad news....
According to Igor Marinin cosmonaut Pyotr Kolodin had a heart attack.
Kolodin is reported to be in very bad condition. Doctors said Kolodin's
chances to recover are only 30 percent or so.
Also, a minor corretion to the information on Yevgeniy Khludeyev's death
I posted couple of days ago -- he died on September 19 (not 20).
Ashot
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Ashot <ashot@alexbank.msk.su>
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| 525.164 | Astro Veach dies | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Fri Oct 06 1995 13:47 | 55 |
| Ed Campion October 3, 1995
Headquarters, Washington, DC
(Phone: 202/358-1780)
Eileen Hawley
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 95-166
ASTRONAUT CHARLES LACY VEACH DIES
Space Shuttle Astronaut Charles Lacy Veach, 51, died today following a
lengthy illness.
Veach was selected to be an astronaut with the class of 1984 and flew as a
mission specialist on two Shuttle flights -- STS-39 in April/May 1991 and on
STS-52 in October 1992.
"Lacy Veach was an accomplished and beloved member of the NASA family,"
said NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin. "He was a skilled pilot and an
enthusiastic explorer. We will miss him."
On STS-39, an unclassified Department of Defense mission aboard Discovery,
Veach participated in various experiments, including working with an
ultraviolet astronomical camera, an X-ray telescope, and a liquid-helium-cooled
infrared telescope which performed observations of the Earth's atmosphere and
the Aurora Australis (Southern Lights).
During STS-52, Veach and the crew deployed the Laser Geodynamics Satellite,
a reflective spacecraft designed to measure movements of the Earth's crust.
Veach also operated the Shuttle's robot arm to test the Space Vision System
designed to improve perception of crew members while maneuvering payloads in
space.
Prior to becoming an astronaut, Veach was an engineer and research pilot
at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, with primary duty as an instructor pilot
in the Shuttle Training Aircraft. Veach also provided Astronaut Office
support to the Space Station Program.
A 1966 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Veach earned his pilot
wings at Moody Air Force Base, GA, in 1967 and spent the next 14 years as an
Air Force fighter pilot, flying the F-100, F-111 and the F-105, including a
275-mission combat tour in Southeast Asia. In 1976 and 1977, he was a member
of the Thunderbirds, the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron. He remained active
in the Texas Air National Guard based at Ellington Field in Houston, flying
F-16s.
During his service, Veach earned the Distinguished Flying Cross with Two
Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Medal with 13 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Force
Commendation Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, and the Purple Heart.
Veach was born in Chicago, IL, in 1944, but considers Honolulu, HI, his
hometown. He is survived by his wife and two children.
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| 525.165 | STS 78 Commander and Pilot named | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Sat Oct 07 1995 00:47 | 41 |
| Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, DC October 6, 1995
(Phone: 202/358-1780)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 95-173
COMMANDER, PILOT ROUND OUT STS-78 CREW
U.S. Air Force Colonel Terence T. "Tom" Henricks and Kevin R. Kregel
have been named commander and pilot, respectively, for a 16-day life and
microgravity science mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia scheduled
for launch in June 1996.
Henricks and Kregel join five others named in May for the mission
designated STS-78. Mission Specialists will be Susan J. Helms (Lt. Col.,
USAF), Dr. Richard M. Linnehan, and Dr. Charles E. Brady, Jr. (Commander,
USN). Payload Specialists will be Dr. Jean-Jacques Favier, of the French
Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and astronaut of the French Space Agency
(CNES), and Dr. Robert Brent Thirsk, of the Canadian Space Agency. Pedro
Duque of the European Space Agency and Dr. Luca Urbani of the Italian
Space Agency are alternates to Favier and Thirsk.
Henricks, 43, flew on the STS-44 mission of Atlantis in November 1991
and STS-55 on Columbia in April 1993 before he commanded this yearUs
STS-70 flight. He earned a master's degree in public administration from
Golden Gate University in 1982 after graduating from the Air Force Academy
in 1974 with a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering. He
considers Woodville, OH, his hometown.
Kregel, 39, will be making his second Shuttle flight following the
STS-70 mission where he was pilot. He received a bachelor of science
degree in astronautical engineering from the Air Force Academy in 1978 and
a master's degree in public administration from Troy State University in
1988. He considers Amityville, NY, his hometown.
STS-78's experiments will build on previous Space Shuttle Spacelab
flights dedicated to life sciences and microgravity investigations.
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| 525.166 | Astronaut Scott Parazynski removed from MIR training | skylab.zko.dec.com::FISHER | I've advocated term limits for 19 years! - Rep Bob Dornan | Wed Oct 18 1995 16:28 | 39 |
| Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Scott Parazynski is removed from MIR training
Date: 13 Oct 1995 14:56:04 +0300
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I had a phone conversation with Igor Marinin and Konstantin Lantratov from
Novosti Kosmonavtiki, who shared with the recent news from Star City:
NASA astronaut Scott Parazynski is forced to quit his training for MIR
mission, because he does not fit the standard Soyuz seat.
Parazynski, who turned to be 2 centineters taller than maximum allowed
body length to fit the seat, was selected as backup of Jerry Linenger, who
will fly to Mir on bord of STS-79 and return to the Earth on STS-81.
It's still a mystery why Parazynski, whose dimensions do not meet Russian
standard seat specifications, was selected. Cosmonaut training center
(Star City) officials state NASA was well informed about physical requirements
astronauts have to meet to to fly on Soyuz.
It's still uncertain who will replace Parazynski as Linenger's backup. Marinin
and Lantratov told me a woman astronaut (no name specified) was proposed,
but she turned to be shorter than minimum allowed body length. One of options
(just a suggestion) is Parazynski could remain on training, if NPO Zvezda
develops a special non-standard seat for him (as it was with Valeriy Korzun).
I will keep you posted as soon as more information becomes available.
Ash
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| 525.167 | Astro Lawrence to remain in US | TROOA::SKLEIN | Nulli Secundus | Thu Oct 26 1995 21:49 | 32 |
| Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, DC October 24, 1995
(Phone: 202/358-1780)
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
RELEASE: 95-191
ASTRONAUT LAWRENCE TO REMAIN IN UNITED STATES
Astronaut Wendy Lawrence, scheduled to begin one year of training in
Russia as backup to astronaut John Blaha, will remain in the United States
after a determination was made that she did not meet the minimum height
requirements to safely fit in a Soyuz descent vehicle.
Earlier this month, astronaut Scott Parazynski discontinued his Mir
training when sitting height parameters raised concerns over his ability to
fit safely in the Soyuz capsule. Lawrence was to begin her training in Russia
in early October but remained in Houston as discussions about possible
flexibility in the height requirements continued between U.S. and Russian
space flight experts.
Shuttle managers have reviewed all the astronauts currently assigned or
under consideration to be assigned to a Mir flight and are satisfied that the
crew members scheduled to fly on board Mir are well within the physical
requirements for the Soyuz capsule.
Replacements for both Parazynski and Lawrence will be named shortly.
"Both Scott and Wendy are now eligible for assignment to a Shuttle flight,"
said David Leestma, Director, Flight Crew Operations.
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| 525.168 | | skylab.zko.dec.com::FISHER | I've advocated term limits for 19 years! - Rep Bob Dornan | Fri Oct 27 1995 11:47 | 14 |
| BTW, Aviation Week's explanation for these height incidents is this:
The Soyuz specs are quite restrictive about astronaut height. This is quite a
concern since the Soyuz is to be the ACRV (emergency return vehicle) for the
space station, and with the current specs, that would disqualify half the US
astro corps from long-term station missions.
So NASA has been asking the Russians for some time to review the specs and do an
assessment of how to expand them. Russians have been saying, "Yeah, yeah, some
day." NASA sent Parazynski knowing that he exceeded the limit to try to get
them to make a decision. Unfortunately they made the *wrong* decision (from our
point of view).
Burns
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