John Bennett Herrington
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| Country: | United States |
| Organization: | NASA |
| selected on | May 1, 1996 (16th NASA Group) |
| Calls: | 1 space flight |
| Begin: | November 24, 2002 |
| Landing: | December 7, 2002 |
| Time in space: | 13d 18h 47m |
| EVA inserts: | 3 |
| EVA total duration: | 19h 55min |
| retired on | 2005 |
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John Bennett Herrington (born September 14, 1958 in Wetumka , Hughes County , Oklahoma ) is a retired American astronaut . He was the first Indian to fly into space.
Herrington, a Chickasaw Indian tribe , received a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics from the University of Colorado in 1983 . From 1984 he was a naval aviator, pilot instructor and test pilot before being selected as an astronaut. In 1995 he earned a Masters in Aerospace Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School .
Astronaut activity
In April 1996 he was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA . At the Johnson Space Center , he worked for the astronaut office, where he helped with the launch and landing maneuvers of the space shuttles as a member of the astronaut support teams.
STS-113
On November 24, 2002, he flew to the International Space Station on the Space Shuttle Endeavor . STS-113 was the last shuttle mission in 2002 and also the last successful flight before the Columbia space shuttle crashed two months later. The Endeavor transported the lattice structure P1 for further expansion of the space station. In three space exits , Herrington and Michael López-Alegría assembled the 12-tonne structure on the ISS. In addition, the ISS crew from Expedition 5 was replaced by three new astronauts from Expedition 6 .
According to NASA
In September 2005, Herrington left NASA and became Vice President and Flight Director at Rocketplane Global. After two years, he left the company in December 2007.
See also
- List of spacemen
- List of space shuttle missions
- List of manned space flights
- List of manned missions to the International Space Station
Web links
- Short biography of John Bennett Herrington at spacefacts.de
- NASA biography of John Bennett Herrington (English; PDF)
- Biography of John Bennett Herrington in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
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| SURNAME | Herrington, John Bennett |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wetumka , Oklahoma |