John-David Francis Bartoe
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| Country: | United States |
| Organization: | NASA |
| selected on | August 9, 1978 |
| Calls: | 1 space flight |
| Begin: | July 29, 1985 |
| Landing: | August 6, 1985 |
| Time in space: | 7d 22h 45min |
| retired on | August 1985 |
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John-David Francis Bartoe (born November 17, 1944 in Abington , Pennsylvania ) is an American astrophysicist. He took part in a space shuttle flight as a payload specialist in 1985 , but was not a professional astronaut for NASA. Bartoe is married and has three children.
Bartoe graduated from Lehigh University with a bachelor's degree in physics in 1966 , followed by a master's degree in physics from Georgetown University in 1974. Two years later he also received a PhD in physics from Georgetown University. Bartoe is currently the International Space Station (ISS) manager at NASA's Johnson Space Center .
From 1966 to 1988 Bartoe was employed as an astrophysicist at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington and published over 60 papers in the field of solar physics during this time . Prior to his current position, Bartoe was chief scientist of the space station between 1987 and 1990 and then director of operations and use in the ISS office at NASA headquarters for four years.
STS-51-F
Bartoe flew as a civilian payload specialist for the US Navy aboard the Challenger on the space shuttle mission STS-51-F , which took place between July 29 and August 6, 1985. There he investigated astrophysical questions together with other scientists ( Spacelab 2 ). It was the first flight of the European space laboratory without a pressure module - the experiments, mainly in the disciplines of astronomy and astrophysics, had been installed on three pallets in the Challenger's hold. The crew worked in two shifts in order to achieve the maximum possible utilization of the experiments.
STS-71-O
This mission with the space shuttle Columbia should have brought the STS-71-O / Sunlab-1-Spacelab mission into space on September 28, 1987 . The flight was canceled after the Challenger disaster. The team also included payload specialists George Simon and one of the two other payload specialists, John-David Bartoe and Dianne Prinz.
STS-35
The Space Shuttle Columbia launched on December 2, 1990 for the STS-35 / Astro-1 mission . It was the first shuttle flight devoted exclusively to astronomy. Replacement payload specialists were John-David Bartoe and Kenneth Nordsieck.
Summary
| No. | mission | function | Flight date | Flight duration |
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| 1 | STS-51-F | Payload specialist | July 29 - August 6, 1985 | 7d 22h 45min |
Awards
- NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal
- Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award
- Flight Achievement Award from the American Astronautical Society
- NASA Space Flight Medal
- NASA Skylab Achievement Award
See also
Web links
- Short biography of John-David Francis Bartoe at spacefacts.de
- Biography of John-David Francis Bartoe in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
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| SURNAME | Bartoe, John-David Francis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American space shuttle astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Abington , Pennsylvania |