Michael Reed Barratt
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| Country: | United States |
| Organization: | NASA |
| selected on | July 26, 2000 ( 18th NASA Group ) |
| Calls: | 2 space flights |
| Start of the first space flight: |
March 26, 2009 |
| Landing of the last space flight: |
March 9, 2011 |
| Time in space: | 211d 11h 46min |
| EVA inserts: | 2 |
| EVA total duration: | 5h 6min |
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Michael Reed Barratt , MD (* 16th April 1959 in Vancouver , Clark County , Washington ) is an American physician and astronaut of NASA .
education
Barratt received a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology from the University of Washington in 1981 and a PhD in Medicine from Northwestern University in 1985 . He then specialized in internal medicine and aerospace medicine . Working with Wright State University , NASA, and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base , he achieved a Master of Science degree in aerospace medicine in 1991 .
Astronaut activity
After he had unsuccessfully applied for the 17th NASA group in 1997, he was considered for the next selection: On July 26, 2000 he was selected as a mission specialist of the 18th NASA group.
ISS expeditions 19 and 20
Michael Barratt was selected as the flight engineer for ISS Expeditions 19 and 20 .
The launch of this space flight took place on March 26, 2009 with Soyuz TMA-14 . On 5 June 2009 Barratt led his first spacewalk from where he and Gennady Padalka passive antennas for the course -Dockingsystem on Zvezda installed module. A second exit took place on June 10th and lasted 12 minutes. He and Padalka removed a cover in the docking system of the Zvezda module. Both exits were necessary for the docking of the Russian Poisk module, which docked with the ISS in November 2009. Barratt returned to Earth on October 11, 2009, along with Padalka and space tourist Guy Laliberté with Soyuz TMA-14.
STS-133
On September 18, while he was still a participant in Expedition 20, Barratt was nominated as a mission specialist for the STS-133 mission to the ISS. The take-off took place on February 24, 2011, the landing on March 9. This flight was the last of the Discovery space shuttle .
NASA management
From January 2012 to April 2013, Dr. Barratt Manager of the Human Research Program at NASA Johnson Space Center. The program included applied health science research and its space flight risks. He returned to the astronaut office in May 2013 and led scientific payload training.
Summary
| No. | mission | function | Flight period | Flight duration |
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| 1 | Soyuz TMA-14 ( ISS 19 and 20 ) | Flight engineer | March 26 - October 11, 2009 | 198d 16h 42min |
| 2 | STS-133 | Mission specialist | February 24 - March 9, 2011 | 12d 19h 04min |
Private
Michael Barratt is with Dr. Michelle Lynne Barratt (née Sasynuik) is married and has five children with her. His leisure interests include church and family activities, writing, geocaching , sailing, and boat restoration and maintenance.
Web links
- Michael Reed Barratt on the NASA website - biography, pictures and videos (English; PDF)
- Short biography on spacefacts.de
swell
- ↑ Katherine Trinidad, Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters: NASA Assigns Space Station Crews, Updates Expedition Numbering. NASA, November 21, 2008, accessed November 21, 2008 .
- ↑ ISS on-orbit status. NASA, June 5, 2009, accessed June 5, 2009 .
- ^ Russian "Internal" Spacewalk Complete. NASA, June 10, 2009, accessed June 10, 2009 . .
- ↑ NASA names crew for final space shuttle mission. Spaceflight Now, September 18, 2009, accessed September 19, 2009 .
- ↑ Travel Bug with 350 Million Miles to Return to Earth. Latitude 47, February 24, 2011, accessed October 8, 2012 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Barratt, Michael Reed |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut from NASA |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vancouver (Washington) , Clark County, Washington |