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{{Infobox Astronaut
{{expand|date=September 2008}}
| name =Joseph Michael "Joe" Acaba
{{notability|Other|[[Wikipedia:Notability (music)|Music]]}}
| image =Joseph Acaba.jpg

| type =[[NASA]] Astronaut
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| Name = Days In Avalon
| status =Active
| nationality =[[United States|American]]
| Type = studio
| date_birth ={{birth date and age|1967|5|17}}
| Longtype =
| place_birth =Inglewood, California
| Artist = [[Richard Marx]]
| occupation =[[Hydrogeologist]]
| Cover = Days_In_Avalon.jpg
| selection =[[List of astronauts by selection#2004|2004 NASA Group 19]]
| Released = 2000
| Recorded =
| time =
| mission =
| Genre = [[Adult contemporary music|AC]], [[Country]]
| Length =
| insignia =
| Label = [[Signal 21 Records]]
| Producer = Richard Marx
| Reviews =
| Last album = ''[[Greatest Hits (Richard Marx album)|Greatest Hits]]'' <br/>(1997)
| This album = ''Days In Avalon'' <br/>(2000)
| Next album = ''[[My Own Best Enemy (Richard Marx album)|My Own Best Enemy]]'' <br/>(2004)
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'''Joseph Michael "Joe" Acaba''' (born [[May 17]], [[1967]]) is a [[Puerto Ricans in the United States|Puerto Rican-American]] [[teacher]], [[hydrogeologist]], and [[NASA]] [[astronaut]].<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/acaba-jm.html|title=Astronaut Bio: Joseph Acaba|month=February | year=2006|publisher=[[NASA|National Aeronautics and Space Administration]]|author=NASA|accessdate=2006-11-26}}</ref><ref name="bio2">{{cite web|url=http://oeop.larc.nasa.gov/hep/hep-astronauts.html|title=NASA Hispanic Astronauts
|publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration|author=NASA|accessdate=2006-11-26}}</ref> In May 2004 he became the first person of [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] heritage to be named as a NASA astronaut candidate when he was selected as a member of NASA Astronaut Training Group 19.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/04class.html|title=Astronaut Class of 2004 (Group 19)|publisher=NASA
|author=NASA|accessdate=2006-11-26}}</ref> He completed his training on [[February 10]], [[2006]] and is currently assigned to [[STS-119]], which is tentatively set to launch on [[December 4]], [[2008]] to deliver the final set of solar arrays to the [[International Space Station]].


==Early life==
'''''Days In Avalon''''' is an album by [[Richard Marx]], released in 2000 on the now defunct label [[Signal 21 Records|''Signal 21'']]. This was the one and only release on the label created by Marx and [[Blood, Sweat, and Tears]] [[drummer]] [[Bobby Colomby]]. "Days In Avalon" was the only single within the album to generate airplay. The track spent twelve weeks on the charts and peaked at #25 <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=341&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Adult+Contemporary+Tracks&ci=3040498&cdi=7675175&cid=02%2F03%2F2001 | publisher=Billboard.com | title=Richard Marx Chart History | accessdate=2008-06-7}}</ref> on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles Chart.
Acaba's parents, Ralph and Elsie Acabá, from [[Hatillo, Puerto Rico]], moved in the mid-1960s to [[Inglewood, California]].<ref>[http://astronomypr.com/articulos_acaba.html Astronomy PR]</ref> They later moved to [[Anaheim, California|Anaheim]] in the same state. <ref>{{cite news | first= Dena | last= Bunis | title= Teacher Is First Peace Corps Veteran To Be Named NASA Astronaut | url= http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/2004/vol8n37/TchrPeacCorps.html | work= Orange County Register | date= [[2004-05-10]] | accessdate=2008-03-31 }}</ref> Since his childhood, Acaba enjoyed reading, especially [[science fiction]]. In school, he excelled in both science and math. As a child, his parents constantly exposed him to educational films, but it was the 8-mm film showing astronaut [[Neil Armstrong]]'s [[Project Apollo|Moon landing]] which really intrigued him about [[outer space]]. During his senior year in high school, Acaba became interested in [[scuba diving]] and became a certified scuba diver through a job training program at his school. This experience inspired him to further his academic education in the field of [[geology]].<ref name="interview">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/features/F_Acaba_Interview_Text_E.html|title=Astronaut Candidate Interviews - Joseph Acaba|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=November 21|publisher=NASA|year=2006|author=NASA}}</ref> In 1985, he graduated with honors from [[Esperanza High School (Placentia, California)|Esperanza High School]] in Anaheim.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/preparingtravel/ascan_bio_acaba.html

|title= Joe Acaba, Mission Specialist-Educator |work=2004 Astronaut Class|date=[[May 6]], [[2004]]|publisher=NASA|author=NASA|accessdate=2006-11-26}}</ref>
==Track listing==
# "Days In Avalon"
# "Shine"
# "Someone Special"
# "Almost Everything"
# "The Edge Of Forever" (Duet with [[Chely Wright]])
# "Power Of You And Me"
# "One More Time"
# "Waiting On Your Love"
# "More Than A Mystery"
# "Boy Next Door"
# "Too Early Too Be Over"
# "Straight From My Heart"




{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Song
! <small>[[Adult Contemporary chart|US A.C.]]</small>

|-
| [[2000 in music|2000]]
| "Days In Avalon"
| 25
|}



== Album credits ==
===Personnel===
*Tim Akers - Keyboards, Loops
*Eddie Bayers - Drums
*David Cole - Producer
*Cliff Colnot - Arranged and conducted Strings
*J.T. Cornflos - Electric Guitar
*Eric Darkin - Percussion
*Paul Franklin - Slide Guitar, Sleet Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar
*Bruce Gaitsch - Writer, Arranger, Acoustic Guitar, Classical Guitar, Other Guitars
*George Hawkins - Bass Guitar
*[[Randy Jackson]] - Arranger, Bass Guitar
*Don Kirkpatrick - Arranger, Slide Guitar
*Michael Landau - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
*[[Richard Marx]] - Producer, Arranger, Writer, Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, 12 String Guitar, Synth Guitar, Acoustic Piano, Synth Strings
*Herman Matthews - Arranger, Drums
*Blue Miller - Acoustic Guitar
*Duncan Mullins - Bass Guitar
*Greg Phillanganes - Wurlitzer
*Michael Rhoades - Bass Guitar
*Matt Rollings - Arranger, B3
*Gary Smith - Keyboards
*Michael Thompson - Arranger, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Other Guitars
*Jeffery "C.J." Vanston - Arranger, Keyboards, Programming, Drum Programming, Keyboard Programming
*[[Fee Waybill]] - Writer
*Chely Wright - Writer, Lead Vocals

==Background Vocals==
*Anne Brent
*Shannon Brown
*Joan Collaso
*Constance Conway
*Yvonne Gage
*Peggy Hopkins
*Julie Lyons
*[[Alison Krauss]]
*[[Richard Marx]]
*Robin E. Robinson
*[[Fee Waybill]]

==Engineers==
*Craig Bauer
*[[David Cole]]
*Bill Drescher
*Mat Prock
*Luke Wooten


==Miscellaneous==
==Education==
In 1990, Acaba received his [[Bachelor's degree]] in [[Geology]] from the [[University of California, Santa Barbara|University of California - Santa Barbara]] and in 1992, he earned his [[Master's degree]] in Geology from the [[University of Arizona]]. Acaba was a Sergeant in the [[United States Marine Corps]] [[Marine Forces Reserve|Reserves]] where he served for six years. He also worked as a hydrogeologist in [[Los Angeles, California]]. Acaba spent two years in the United States [[Peace Corps]] and trained over 300 teachers in the [[Dominican Republic]] in modern teaching methodologies. He then served as Island Manager of the [[Caribbean]] Marine Research at [[Lee Stocking Island]] in the [[Bahamas|Exumas, Bahamas]]. Upon his return to the [[United States|U.S.]], Acaba moved to [[Florida]] where he became Shoreline Revegetation Coordinator in [[Vero Beach, Florida|Vero Beach]]. Acaba taught one year of science and math in high school and four years at the Dunnellon Middle School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/acaba-jm.html|title=Astronaut Bio: Joseph Acaba|month=February | year=2006|publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration|author=NASA|accessdate=2006-11-26}}</ref>
*The Japanese version of the album contained the following bonus tracks, "This I Promise You", "Until You Come Back To Me", "High" and "I Can't Help It".


==NASA career==
[[Image:STS-119 insignia.jpg|right|150px|thumb|STS-119 Mission Insignia]]
On [[May 6]], [[2004]], Acaba and ten other people where selected from 99 applicants by NASA as astronaut candidates. NASA's administrator, Sean O'Keefe, in the presence of [[John Glenn]], announced the members of the "19th group of Astronaut Candidates", an event which hasn't been repeated since 1958 when the original group of astronauts was presented to the world.
Acaba, who is an Educator Mission Specialist, completed his astronaut training on [[February 10]], 2006 along with the other ten Astronaut Candidates.<ref name="mse">{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/preparingtravel/ascan_bio_acaba.html
|title= Joe Acaba, Mission Specialist-Educator |work=2004 Astronaut Class|date=[[May 6]], 2004
|publisher=NASA|author=NASA|accessdate=2006-11-26}}</ref><ref name="announce">{{cite web
|url=http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/features/F_ASCAN_Acaba_Interview.html
|title=Meet NASA's Future Explorer - Joe Acaba|date=[[September 23]], 2004|publisher=NASA
|author=NASA|accessdate=2006-11-26}}</ref> Upon completion of his training, Acaba was assigned to the Hardware Integration Team in the [[International Space Station]] branch, working technical issues with [[European Space Agency]] (ESA) hardware.<ref name="bio"/><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/features/F_ASCAN_Acaba_Interview.html
|title=Meet NASA's Future Explorer - Joe Acaba|date=[[September 23]], 2004|publisher=NASA|author=NASA|accessdate=2006-11-26}}</ref>


Acaba is assigned to the crew of [[STS-119]] as Mission Specialist Educator, tentatively scheduled to launch on [[December 4]], [[2008]] to deliver the final set of solar arrays to the International Space Station.<ref name="crewlist">{{Cite web| url=http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/oct/HQ_07229_STS-119-Crew.html|title=NASA Assigns Crew for Final Solar Array Delivery to Station|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=October 19| publisher=NASA| year=2007| author=NASA| language=English}}</ref>
*Album was dedicated to [[Dick Marx]].


==References==
==Recognition==
On [[March 18]], [[2008]], Acaba was honored by the [[Senate of Puerto Rico]], which sponsored his first trip to that American territory since being selected for space flight.<ref>[http://www.elnuevodia.com/diario/noticia/puertoricohoy/noticias/aterriza_en_la_isla_astronauta_boricua/379376 ADENDI<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> During his visit, which was announced by the President of the Puerto Rican Senate, the Honorable [[Kenneth McClintock]], he met with schoolchildren at the Capitol, as well as at the [[Bayamón, Puerto Rico]] Science Park, which includes a planetarium and several surplus [[NASA]] rockets among its exhibits.


== See also ==
<references />
{{portalpar|Puerto Rico}}
{{portal|United States Marine Corps|USMC logo.svg}}
*[[List of famous Puerto Ricans]]
*[[Puerto Rican scientists and inventors]]


== References ==
{{reflist}}


== External links ==
*[http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/acaba_joseph.htm Spacefacts biography of Joseph Acaba]


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Revision as of 22:28, 10 October 2008

Joseph Michael "Joe" Acaba
StatusActive
NationalityAmerican
OccupationHydrogeologist
Space career
NASA Astronaut
Selection2004 NASA Group 19

Joseph Michael "Joe" Acaba (born May 17, 1967) is a Puerto Rican-American teacher, hydrogeologist, and NASA astronaut.[1][2] In May 2004 he became the first person of Puerto Rican heritage to be named as a NASA astronaut candidate when he was selected as a member of NASA Astronaut Training Group 19.[3] He completed his training on February 10, 2006 and is currently assigned to STS-119, which is tentatively set to launch on December 4, 2008 to deliver the final set of solar arrays to the International Space Station.

Early life

Acaba's parents, Ralph and Elsie Acabá, from Hatillo, Puerto Rico, moved in the mid-1960s to Inglewood, California.[4] They later moved to Anaheim in the same state. [5] Since his childhood, Acaba enjoyed reading, especially science fiction. In school, he excelled in both science and math. As a child, his parents constantly exposed him to educational films, but it was the 8-mm film showing astronaut Neil Armstrong's Moon landing which really intrigued him about outer space. During his senior year in high school, Acaba became interested in scuba diving and became a certified scuba diver through a job training program at his school. This experience inspired him to further his academic education in the field of geology.[6] In 1985, he graduated with honors from Esperanza High School in Anaheim.[7]

Education

In 1990, Acaba received his Bachelor's degree in Geology from the University of California - Santa Barbara and in 1992, he earned his Master's degree in Geology from the University of Arizona. Acaba was a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps Reserves where he served for six years. He also worked as a hydrogeologist in Los Angeles, California. Acaba spent two years in the United States Peace Corps and trained over 300 teachers in the Dominican Republic in modern teaching methodologies. He then served as Island Manager of the Caribbean Marine Research at Lee Stocking Island in the Exumas, Bahamas. Upon his return to the U.S., Acaba moved to Florida where he became Shoreline Revegetation Coordinator in Vero Beach. Acaba taught one year of science and math in high school and four years at the Dunnellon Middle School.[8]

NASA career

STS-119 Mission Insignia

On May 6, 2004, Acaba and ten other people where selected from 99 applicants by NASA as astronaut candidates. NASA's administrator, Sean O'Keefe, in the presence of John Glenn, announced the members of the "19th group of Astronaut Candidates", an event which hasn't been repeated since 1958 when the original group of astronauts was presented to the world. Acaba, who is an Educator Mission Specialist, completed his astronaut training on February 10, 2006 along with the other ten Astronaut Candidates.[9][10] Upon completion of his training, Acaba was assigned to the Hardware Integration Team in the International Space Station branch, working technical issues with European Space Agency (ESA) hardware.[1][11]

Acaba is assigned to the crew of STS-119 as Mission Specialist Educator, tentatively scheduled to launch on December 4, 2008 to deliver the final set of solar arrays to the International Space Station.[12]

Recognition

On March 18, 2008, Acaba was honored by the Senate of Puerto Rico, which sponsored his first trip to that American territory since being selected for space flight.[13] During his visit, which was announced by the President of the Puerto Rican Senate, the Honorable Kenneth McClintock, he met with schoolchildren at the Capitol, as well as at the Bayamón, Puerto Rico Science Park, which includes a planetarium and several surplus NASA rockets among its exhibits.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b NASA (2006). "Astronaut Bio: Joseph Acaba". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Retrieved 2006-11-26. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  2. ^ NASA. "NASA Hispanic Astronauts". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Retrieved 2006-11-26.
  3. ^ NASA. "Astronaut Class of 2004 (Group 19)". NASA. Retrieved 2006-11-26.
  4. ^ Astronomy PR
  5. ^ Bunis, Dena (2004-05-10). "Teacher Is First Peace Corps Veteran To Be Named NASA Astronaut". Orange County Register. Retrieved 2008-03-31. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ NASA (2006). "Astronaut Candidate Interviews - Joseph Acaba". NASA. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ NASA (May 6, 2004). "Joe Acaba, Mission Specialist-Educator". 2004 Astronaut Class. NASA. Retrieved 2006-11-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ NASA (2006). "Astronaut Bio: Joseph Acaba". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Retrieved 2006-11-26. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  9. ^ NASA (May 6, 2004). "Joe Acaba, Mission Specialist-Educator". 2004 Astronaut Class. NASA. Retrieved 2006-11-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ NASA (September 23, 2004). "Meet NASA's Future Explorer - Joe Acaba". NASA. Retrieved 2006-11-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ NASA (September 23, 2004). "Meet NASA's Future Explorer - Joe Acaba". NASA. Retrieved 2006-11-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ NASA (2007). "NASA Assigns Crew for Final Solar Array Delivery to Station". NASA. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ ADENDI

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