Nicholas Patrick

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Nicholas Patrick
Nicholas Patrick
Country: United States
Organization: NASA
selected on June 4, 1998
(17th NASA Group)
Calls: 2 space flights
Start of the
first space flight: 		December 10, 2006
Landing of the
last space flight: 		February 22, 2010
Time in space: 26d 14h 50min
EVA inserts: 3
EVA total duration: 18h 14min
retired on May 31, 2012
Space flights

Nicholas James MacDonald "Nick" Patrick (born March 22, 1964 in Saltburn by the Sea , North Yorkshire , Great Britain ) is a former American astronaut who is also a British citizen.

education

Patrick grew up in London . After finishing primary school, he went to Harrow School in 1978, a private boys' school in the British capital. He then studied engineering at Trinity College of Cambridge University and achieved degrees as Bachelor (1986) and Master (1990).

At the beginning of his studies, Patrick had already traveled to the east coast of the USA in the summer months and worked there as a civil engineer. After passing in 1986 his bachelor's exam, he left England and moved to Boston ( Massachusetts ). He took a job as an engineer at General Electric and worked on the aircraft engines that the company manufactures, but continued his studies. In 1990 he received a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) . He then switched sides and stayed at MIT as a lecturer and research assistant. During this time he was also a flight instructor at a nearby air sports club and programmer for medical devices.

Patrick received his PhD in mechanical engineering in 1996 , left MIT and moved to Washington State in the northwestern United States. He took up a position at the aircraft manufacturer Boeing in Seattle and worked in the development department on cockpit systems for traffic machines. Two of the three patents he was granted date from this time .

Astronaut activity

Patrick was introduced by NASA in June 1998 as one of 17 candidates for the post of Mission Specialist four years after his naturalization. 101 finalists emerged from a total of 2,618 applicants who met the formal selection criteria. In the fall of 1997 they were invited to the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston , Texas for tests, discussions and medical examinations.

Patrick completed his two-year basic training in autumn 2000. He then worked on the further development of the shuttle cockpit and received an award for it. He then looked after the crew of Expedition 8 while preparing for their mission on the International Space Station (ISS).

In the summer of 2004, Patrick, who is a trained sport and rescue diver, went into the water for NASA. Together with two other astronauts and other volunteers, he spent a week and a half in the underwater laboratory "Aquarius" in July. This excursion took place as part of the NEEMO program (NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations).

STS-116

From February 2005, Patrick trained for STS-116 , his first space flight, which began on December 10, 2006 and in which he participated as a mission specialist. The landing took place on December 22nd.

NEEMO-13

In August 2007 he was a commander of the NEEMO-13 mission, a submarine research habitat of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) off the coast of Florida, where he worked for ten days.

STS-130

On December 5, 2008, his participation in the STS-130 mission as a mission specialist was announced. The launch took place on February 8, 2010. Together with Robert Behnken , Patrick carried out three spacecraft missions . The landing took place on February 22nd.

Patrick left NASA on May 31, 2012.

See also

Web links

Commons : Nicholas Patrick  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erik Seedhouse: Tim Peake and Britain's Road to Space . Springer International Publishing, Cham 2017, ISBN 978-3-319-57907-8 (English, limited preview in the Google book search).
  2. ↑ NASA Assigns Astronaut Crews for Future Space Shuttle Missions. NASA, December 5, 2008, accessed December 7, 2008 .
  3. ^ NASA Astronauts Kenneth Ham and Nicholas Patrick Leave Agency. Space Ref, June 15, 2012, accessed June 17, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Patrick, Nicholas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Patrick, Nicholas James MacDonald; Patrick, Nick (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American astronaut
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Saltburn-by-the-Sea , North Yorkshire , United Kingdom