Sandra Magnus

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Sandra Magnus
Sandra Magnus
Country: United States
Organization: NASA
selected on May 1, 1996
( 16th NASA Group )
Calls: 3 space flights
Start of the
first space flight: 		October 7, 2002
Landing of the
last space flight: 		July 21, 2011
Time in space: 157d 08h 42min
retired on October 21, 2012
Space flights

Sandra Hall Magnus (born Sandra Hall on October 30, 1964 in Belleville , Illinois , USA ) is a former American astronaut .

Life

Magnus received a bachelor's degree in physics in 1986 and a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1990 .

Magnus from 1986 to 1991 as an engineer in the research and development department of McDonnell Douglas to improve the stealth technology, as well as in the program for the fighter aircraft A-12 Avenger II the US Navy , where she mainly worked on the propulsion system, set up the program has been.

Between 1991 and 1996, Magnus worked on her doctoral thesis, which by a grant from the Glenn Research Center of NASA was supported. In 1996 she received her PhD in Materials Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology .

Astronaut activity

In April 1996, she was selected as an astronaut aspirant by NASA. After her training as a mission specialist, she worked with the European, Japanese and Brazilian space agencies on the development of various payloads. In May 1998, she traveled to Russia to conduct tests and develop additional products. In August 2000 she worked as a liaison officer for the International Space Station . After her first flight into space , she worked with the Canadian Space Agency to prepare the Canadian robotic hand Dextre for installation on the ISS. After the Columbia disaster , she was also involved in the preparations for the resumption of the shuttle program. In July 2005, Magnus began training for a long-term stay on the International Space Station.

STS-112

On October 7, 2002, she flew as a mission specialist with the Space Shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station (ISS). The $ 390 million and 14 tonne lattice structure S1 was brought to the International Space Station (ISS). While their colleagues Sellers and Wolf on three spacewalks installed the grid element to the space station (EVAs), served Magnus the robotic arm of the space station.

ISS expedition 18

Magnus was on the backup team for ISS Expedition 15 .

On November 15, 2008, she took off for the International Space Station with STS-126 and worked for four months as a flight engineer for ISS Expedition 18 . She returned to Earth on March 28, 2009 with STS-119 .

STS-135

On September 14, 2010, Magnus was nominated as a mission specialist for the STS-135 shuttle mission . The launch took place on July 8th, the landing on July 21st, 2011. It was the last space flight of the space shuttle program.

According to NASA

Since October 22, 2012, Magnus has been a director at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics .

See also

Web links

Commons : Sandra Magnus  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ NASA Assigns Crew for Final Launch on Need Shuttle Mission. NASA, September 14, 2010, accessed May 6, 2011 .
  2. ^ AIAA Announces Sandra H. Magnus as Executive Director. In: Businesswire. AIAA, September 20, 2012, accessed September 20, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Magnus, Sandra
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Magnus, Sandra Hall; Hall, Sandra (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American astronaut
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Belleville , Illinois , Illinois