Biographies of U.S. Astronauts
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 19.12.1957 |
| Birthplace: | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | four |
| Selection date: | 04.06.1998 |
| Selection group: | NASA-17 |
| Position: | MSP |
| Status: | Ret. 07.01.2017 |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | STS-121 Discovery | MS | 04.07. - 17.07.2006 | 12d 18h 36m |
| 2 | STS-124 Discovery | MS | 31.05. - 14.06.2008 | 13d 18h 13m |
| 3 | Soyuz TMA-02M / ISS-28 / ISS-29 | Flight Engineer / ISS-CDR | 07.06. - 22.11.2011 | 167d 06h 12m |
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| Total | 193d 19h 01m | |||
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Backup assignments
| No. | Mission | Position |
| 1 | Soyuz TMA-20 | Flight Engineer |
Additional information
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Colonel,
USAF
Reserve; bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M
University 1980; master of science in systems engineering from
USAF
Institute of Technology, 1981; master of science in physical science from the
University of Houston-Clear Lake, 1997; until his selection he was X-38 Flight
Test Engineer at
NASA's
JSC;
unsuccessful application for
NASA
astronaut groups 12,
13,
14 and
15; hobbies: family
activities, jogging, fishing, and backpacking. |
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