Terry Wayne Virts
Terry Virts | |
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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: |
February 8, 2010 |
Landing of the last space flight: |
June 11, 2015 |
Time in space: | 213d 10h 48min |
EVA inserts: | 3 |
EVA total duration: | 19h 02min |
retired on | 23rd August 2016 |
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Terry Wayne Virts (born December 1, 1967 in Baltimore , Maryland ) is a retired American astronaut .
Astronaut activity
STS-130
On December 5, 2008, his participation in the STS-130 mission as a pilot was announced. The take-off took place on February 8, 2010, the landing on February 22.
ISS expedition 42 and 43
Virts flew the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft to the International Space Station on November 23, 2014. He initially worked as a flight engineer for ISS Expedition 42 before taking command of ISS Expedition 43 on March 11, 2015 . He returned to Earth on June 11, 2015. During the second spacecraft mission of Expedition 42 , there was a slight accumulation of water in his EMU helmet. A similar space suit accident happened on July 16, 2013 during the 3rd disembarkation of the ISS expedition 36 in a considerably larger amount with the astronaut Luca Parmitano .
Virts left NASA on August 23, 2016.
Summary
No. | mission | function | Flight period | Flight duration |
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1 | STS-130 | pilot | February 8-22, 2010 | 13d 18h 06min |
2 | Soyuz TMA-15M ( ISS 42 and 43 ) | Flight engineer / ISS commander | November 23, 2014 - June 11, 2015 | 199d 16h 42min |
Private
Virts is married and has two children.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ NASA biography of Terry Wayne Virts , accessed September 23, 2009 (PDF).
- ↑ NASA Assigns Astronaut Crews for Future Space Shuttle Missions. NASA, December 5, 2008, accessed September 23, 2009 .
- ↑ After 2nd spacewalk, astronaut reports water in helmet. AP / The Washington Times , February 25, 2015, accessed April 19, 2020 .
- ↑ NASA: Veteran astronaut Terry Virts Retires from NASA. In: Press Release J16-008. August 23, 2016, accessed September 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Astronaut biography: Terry Virts. www.spacefacts.de, July 5, 2009, accessed on September 23, 2009 .
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SURNAME | Virts, Terry Wayne |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1st December 1967 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Baltimore , Maryland , United States |