Gregory T. Linteris
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| Country: | United States |
| Organization: | NASA |
| selected on | February 1996 ( MSL-1 ) |
| Calls: | 2 space flights |
| Start of the first space flight: |
April 4, 1997 |
| Landing of the last space flight: |
July 17, 1997 |
| Time in space: | 19d 15h 48min |
| retired on | July 17, 1997 |
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Gregory Thomas Linteris (born October 4, 1957 in Demarest , New Jersey ) is a retired American astronaut .
Linteris received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Princeton University in 1979 and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University in 1984 . In 1990 he received his PhD in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering from Princeton University . He worked as a researcher from 1985 to 1990 at Princeton University and then until 1992 at the University of California in San Diego.
Linteris has worked as a mechanical engineer with the Materials and Product Group of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) since 1992 .
STS-83
On April 4, 1997, Linteris launched into space as a payload specialist on the Columbia space shuttle . The payload was the Microgravity Science Laboratory (MSL-1). Due to a problem with one of the shuttle's fuel cells , the mission had to be shortened and the landing took place after just under four days. NASA decided to repeat the mission three months later with the same crew.
STS-94
On July 1, 1997, Columbia started again on the MSL-1 mission, which was prematurely terminated on the first attempt. This time the experiments in the Microgravity Science Laboratory could be carried out successfully. This included, above all, experiments to research the physical properties of supercooled liquid mixtures and the combustion processes on solid and liquid materials as well as the production of pure protein crystals .
See also
Web links
- Short biography of Gregory T. Linteris at spacefacts.de
- NASA biography of Gregory T. Linteris (English; PDF)
- Biography of Gregory T. Linteris in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
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| SURNAME | Linteris, Gregory T. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Linteris, Gregory Thomas (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th October 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Demarest , New Jersey |