Christopher John Cassidy
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| Country: | United States |
| Organization: | NASA |
| selected on | May 6, 2004 ( 19th NASA Group ) |
| Calls: | 3 space flights |
| Start of the first space flight: |
July 15, 2009 |
| Landing of the last space flight: |
11th September 2013 |
| Time in space: | 181d 23h 00min |
| EVA inserts: | 10 |
| EVA total duration: | 54h 51min |
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Christopher John "Chris" Cassidy (born January 4, 1970 in Salem , Massachusetts ) is an American astronaut from NASA .
Military career
Cassidy was a member of the United States Navy and its special unit United States Navy SEALs for ten years . Among other things, he was trained for operations with the small submarine SEAL Delivery Vehicle and spent over 200 hours under water with it. In autumn 2001 he was ordered to go to Afghanistan. For his combat missions there he received various awards, including twice the Bronze Star Medal with the addition of V for bravery. He achieved the rank of commander .
Spaceman activity
On May 6, 2004, Cassidy was selected by the NASA space agency and trained as a mission specialist.
On February 11, 2008 he was nominated for the crew of the STS-127 mission . During this flight, Japanese modules were brought to the International Space Station ISS . The launch took place on July 15, 2009, the landing on July 31, 2009. Cassidy carried out three space exits with a total duration of over 18 hours.
Cassidy was the flight engineer on ISS expeditions 35 and 36 . The launch with the Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft took place on March 28, 2013. On May 11, Cassidy and Thomas Marshburn exchanged a pump control box on the P6 solar module during an unscheduled EVA . He conducted two further EVAs on July 9th and July 13th together with Luca Parmitano . During the second, a large amount of water accumulated in Parmitano's helmet, so that the work was ended prematurely. In the airlock, Parmitano could neither see nor hear because water seeped into his eyes, ears and nose, so that he was completely dependent on Cassidy. The return to earth took place on September 11, 2013.
On July 9, 2015, Cassidy became Chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA. On June 2, 2017, Cassidy passed the office to Patrick Forrester and went back to normal astronaut flight status.
On April 9, 2020, he started the Soyuz MS-16 mission to the International Space Station , where he took command of ISS Expedition 63 .
Summary
| No. | mission | function | Flight date | Flight duration |
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| 1 | STS-127 | Mission specialist | 2009 | 15d 16h 45m |
| 2 | Soyuz TMA-08M ( ISS 35 & 36 ) | Flight engineer | 2013 | 166d 06h 15m |
| 3 | Soyuz MS-16 ( ISS 62 & 63 ) | Flight engineer / ISS commander | 2020 |
Private
Cassidy is married with three children.
Web links
- Christopher John Cassidy on the NASA website - biography, pictures and videos (English; PDF)
- Spacefacts: short biography
Individual evidence
- ↑ NASA assigns crews for STS-127 and Expedition 19 missions. NASA, February 11, 2008, accessed April 9, 2009 .
- ↑ Astronauts Complete Spacewalk to Repair Ammonia Leak. NASA, May 11, 2013, accessed May 12, 2013 .
- ↑ Pete Harding: EVA-23 terminated due to Parmitano EMU issue. nasaspaceflight.com, July 16, 2013, accessed July 17, 2013 .
- ^ Expedition 36th NASA, accessed on September 16, 2013 (English).
- ^ NASA: NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy New Chief of Astronaut Office. In: NASA Press Release J15-015. July 9, 2015, accessed July 9, 2015 .
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| SURNAME | Cassidy, Christopher John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cassidy, Christopher; Cassidy, Chris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th January 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salem, Massachusetts |