Gregory H. Johnson

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Gregory Harold Johnson
Gregory Harold Johnson
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: 		June 1, 2011
Time in space: 31d 11h 50min
retired on August 2013
Space flights

Gregory Harold "Box" Johnson (born May 12, 1962 in South Ruislip , Middlesex , Great Britain ) is a former American astronaut . He must not be confused with his colleague Gregory Carl Johnson .

education

He attended Park Hills High School in Fairborn , Ohio until 1980. He then made his bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering at the US Air Force Academy in 1984 . In 1985 he received his Master of Science at Columbia University in flight mechanics. He received an MBA from the University of Texas in 2005 .

Military training

Johnson joined the United States Air Force Academy in May 1984 and became an Air Force pilot at Reese Air Force Base , Texas in May 1986 . He became a flight instructor on the Northrop T-38 until he switched to the McDonnell Douglas F-15 in 1989 . After training on the F-15E, Johnson went to the 335th Fighter Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base , North Carolina . In December 1990 Johnsen was deployed as part of Operation Desert Storm in Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia and flew 34 combat missions in the Second Gulf War . Two years later, in December 1992, he went to Saudi Arabia again for three months to fly an additional 27 combat missions with Operation Southern Watch .

In 1993 he was selected as a US Air Force test pilot and went to Edwards Air Force Base in California, which he successfully left in December 1994. After successfully completing his training as a test pilot, he was transferred to the 445th Flight Test Squadron, where he tested various types of aircraft, including the F-15C / D, NF-15B and T-38A / B. In August 1997, he went to Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base , Alabama .

Johnson has flown more than 4,000 hours on more than 40 aircraft.

Astronaut activity

Johnson was selected for NASA's 17th Astronaut Group in June 1998. From 1998 to 2000 he completed his basic training. He then became technical assistant to the director of the Flight Crew Operations Directorate (FCOD). As part of this activity, he worked on the Shuttle Avionics Cockpit Upgrade, the redesign of the cockpit displays for future Space Shuttle missions. In 2001 he moved to the space shuttle department and supported the crews of the STS-100 and STS-108 missions . He also worked on the Columbia crash investigation and was the astronaut's representative testing the impact of the foam chunks on the wing edge.

Johnson's first space flight took place in March 2008. He was the pilot of the STS-123 mission , which brought the ELM-PS logistics module , which is part of the Japanese Kibō module, and the Canadian robotic hand to the International Space Station . On August 11, 2009, Johnson was nominated for the STS-134 shuttle mission . The launch of this last mission of the space shuttle Endeavor took place on May 16, 2011, the landing on June 1.

Johnson left NASA in August 2013.

Private

Johnson is married with three children.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ NASA Assigns Crew for STS-134 Shuttle Mission, Change to STS-132. NASA, August 11, 2009, accessed August 12, 2009 .

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Web links and receipts

Commons : Gregory H. Johnson  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files
personal data
SURNAME Johnson, Gregory H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johnson, Gregory Harold (full name); Johnson, Box (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American astronaut
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH South Ruislip , Middlesex