Daniel Brandenstein
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| Country: | United States |
| Organization: | NASA |
| selected on | January 16, 1978 ( 8th NASA Group ) |
| Calls: | 4 space flights |
| Start of the first space flight: |
August 30, 1983 |
| Landing of the last space flight: |
May 16, 1992 |
| Time in space: | 32d 21h 03min |
| retired on | October 1, 1992 |
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Daniel Charles Brandenstein (born January 17, 1943 in Watertown , Wisconsin ) is a retired American astronaut .
Brandenstein received a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics from the University of Wisconsin in 1965 . In September 1965 he joined the US Navy and was trained as a naval aviator. Between 1968 and 1970 he was deployed on the aircraft carriers USS Constellation and USS Ranger and flew 192 combat missions in the Vietnam War . He then worked as a test pilot and pilot instructor for the Navy.
Astronaut activity
In January 1978, Brandenstein was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA . He was the liaison spokesman ( CAPCOM ) and member of the support teams for the first two space shuttle flights ( STS-1 and STS-2 ). After his second space flight in the summer of 1985, he worked as deputy director of the so-called Flight Crew Operations Directorate, which decides on the crew composition of space flights. From April 1987 to September 1992 Brandenstein was head of the astronauts office.
STS-8
On August 30, 1983, Brandenstein flew into space for the first time as a pilot of the Challenger space shuttle . This mission was the first space shuttle flight that had both take-off and landing at night. The cargo consisted of the Indian multi-purpose satellite Insat 1-B .
STS-51-G
Brandenstein flew into space on June 17, 1985 as the commander of the space shuttle Discovery . In this communication satellites for Mexico ( Morelos ), the Arab League ( Arabsat ) and the US ( AT & T Telstar ) suspended. In addition, the SPARTAN satellite was released and caught again after 17 hours with the robot arm .
STS-32
Brandenstein flew the STS-32 mission with the Columbia space shuttle on January 9, 1990 . The main tasks of the flight included the successful launch of the Syncom IV-F5 communications satellite and the recovery of the LDEF research platform with the robotic arm.
STS-49
From May 7 to 16, 1992 Brandenstein commanded the maiden flight of the space shuttle Endeavor . The aim of this mission was to salvage the Intelsat VI-F3 communications satellite , which had been launched two years earlier, for repair. It was not until the third external mission (EVA) that the satellite could finally be captured by hand. As a result, Intelsat received a new apogee motor so that it could enter a designated geostationary orbit . Structures and tools were tested at another EVA.
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According to NASA
On October 1, 1992, he resigned from NASA and the Navy.
- In 1996 he became Vice President of Kistler Aerospace Corporation in Seattle
- Since August 1999, Vice President of Lockheed Martin Space Operations in Houston
- On September 28, 2007 he succeeded Richard Covey as Deputy Managing Director and Head of Operations at United Space Alliance (USA).
Private
Daniel Brandenstein and his wife Jane have a daughter.
See also
Web links
- Short biography of Daniel Brandenstein at spacefacts.de
- NASA biography of Daniel Brandenstein (English; PDF)
- Biography of Daniel Brandenstein in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
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| SURNAME | Brandenstein, Daniel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brandenstein, Daniel Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Watertown , Wisconsin |