Garrett Erin Reisman
| Garrett Reisman | |
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| Country: | United States |
| Organization: | NASA |
| selected on | June 4, 1998 ( 17th NASA Group ) |
| Calls: | 2 space flights |
| Start of the first space flight: |
March 11, 2008 |
| Landing of the last space flight: |
May 26, 2010 |
| Time in space: | 107d 03h 15min |
| EVA inserts: | 3 |
| EVA total duration: | 21h 12min |
| retired on | March 2011 |
| Space flights | |
Garrett Erin Reisman (born February 10, 1968 in Morristown , New Jersey , USA ) is a former American astronaut .
education
Reisman graduated from Parsippany High School in New Jersey in 1986 . He then studied economics and mechanical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania . In 1991 he earned a bachelor's degree in both fields. He then moved to the California Institute of Technology , where he continued his mechanical engineering studies. He finished this with a master’s degree in 1992 and a doctorate in 1997 .
Astronaut activity
In June 1998, Reismann was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA. This was followed by the assignment for the long-term crew ISS Expedition 16 to the International Space Station .
NEEMO 5
In June 2003, Dr. Reisman as an aquanaut on the NEEMO -5 mission in the Aquarius underwater laboratory and worked there for 14 days.
ISS expedition 16
On March 11, 2008, he took off with STS-123 to the International Space Station , which brought part of the Japanese Kibō module and the Canadian robotic hand Dextre to the ISS. After the coupling, he replaced Léopold Eyharts as the second flight engineer of the 16th long-term crew. With the arrival of the STS-124 mission on June 2, 2008, his US colleague Gregory Chamitoff finally took over the job of second flight engineer on the ISS, so that he could return safely to Earth on June 14, 2008.
STS-132
On May 6, 2009, Reisman was nominated as a mission specialist for the STS-132 mission . This was the penultimate flight of the space shuttle Atlantis . Launch was on May 14, 2010. Reisman performed two spacecraft missions : one on May 17 with Stephen Bowen , the other on May 21 with Michael Timothy Good .
According to NASA
In March 2011 Reisman moved to the US space company SpaceX . He is working there to make the Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon spaceship safe enough for manned missions.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Astronaut Garrett Reisman Joins SpaceX. (No longer available online.) SpaceX March 4, 2011, archived from the original on May 18, 2011 ; accessed on January 10, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
See also
Web links
- Short biography of Garrett Erin Reisman at spacefacts.de
- NASA biography of Garrett Erin Reisman (English; PDF)
- Biography of Garrett Erin Reisman in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Reisman, Garrett Erin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Morristown , New Jersey |