David Alexander Wolf
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| Country: | United States |
| Organization: | NASA |
| selected on | Jan 17, 1990 ( 13th NASA Group ) |
| Calls: | 4 space flights |
| Start of the first space flight: |
October 18, 1993 |
| Landing of the last space flight: |
July 31, 2009 |
| Time in space: | 168d 08h 57min |
| EVA inserts: | 7th |
| EVA total duration: | 44h 43min |
| retired on | December 2012 |
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David Alexander Wolf (born August 23, 1956 in Indianapolis , Indiana , USA ) is a former American astronaut .
Wolf received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University in 1978 and a doctorate in medicine from Indiana University in 1982 . His medical internship, he completed in 1983 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis and then at the basic training for flight surgeon at the Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio ( Texas ).
Wolf joined the Medical Sciences Division at the Johnson Space Center in Houston in 1983 .
Astronaut activity
In January 1990, Wolf was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA. After his training as a mission specialist, he worked on the maintenance of the space shuttles at the Kennedy Space Center and as a liaison officer in the control center. He also trained for his long-term stay on the Mir space station at the Yuri Gagarin cosmonaut training center in Star City near Moscow . Later he worked as head of spacewalks of the Astronaut Office. Wolf left NASA in December 2012.
STS-58
On October 18, 1993, Wolf, who is called "Bluto" by his colleagues, started as a mission specialist with the space shuttle Columbia on his first space flight. This was the Spacelab mission SLS-2 and served to research the effects of weightlessness on the human body.
Me stay
On September 26, 1997, he flew on the space shuttle Atlantis ( STS-86 ) for a four-month long stay to the Mir space station. During this time, the crew worked, among other things, on the repair of the damaged Spektr module , which was rammed by an unmanned Progress transporter in June 1997 . Wolf undertook his first spacecraft mission on January 14, 1998 to inspect the Mir from the outside. With the space shuttle Endeavor ( STS-89 ) he landed again on January 31, 1998 at the Kennedy Space Center .
STS-112
On October 7, 2002, he flew as a mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station (ISS). The $ 390 million and 14 tonne lattice structure S1 was brought to the International Space Station (ISS). Wolf and his colleague Sellers mounted at three spacewalks the grid element (EVAs).
STS-127
In February 2008, Wolf was assigned to his fourth space flight. Under the command of Mark Polansky , he took part in the STS-127 mission, during which Japanese modules were brought to the ISS. The launch took place on July 15, 2009, the landing on July 31, 2009. Wolf carried out three space exits.
Individual evidence
- ^ NASA astronaut David Wolf Leaves Agency. In: NASA Press Release J12-023. NASA, December 19, 2012, accessed January 4, 2013 .
- ↑ NASA Assigns Crews for STS-127 and Expedition 19 Missions. In: News release 08-052. NASA, February 11, 2008, accessed July 13, 2009 .
See also
Web links
- Short biography of David Alexander Wolf at spacefacts.de
- NASA biography of David Alexander Wolf (English; PDF)
- Biography of David Alexander Wolf in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
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| SURNAME | Wolf, David Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 23rd August 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Indianapolis , Indiana |