Stephen S. Oswald
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| Country: | United States |
| Organization: | NASA |
| selected on | June 4, 1985 ( 11th NASA Group ) |
| Calls: | 3 space flights |
| Start of the first space flight: |
January 22, 1992 |
| Landing of the last space flight: |
March 18, 1995 |
| Time in space: | 33d 22h 30min |
| retired on | January 2000 |
| Space flights | |
Stephen Scot Oswald (born June 30, 1951 in Seattle , Washington state , USA ) is a former American astronaut .
Oswald received a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1973 .
Oswald joined the United States Navy in 1973 and, after completing his training as a naval aviator, was stationed on the aircraft carrier USS Midway from 1975 to 1977 . He was then trained as a test pilot and used as such until 1981. He worked as a pilot instructor and catapult officer on the USS Coral Sea . He then retired from active service in the Navy and moved to Westinghouse Electric Corporation as a civil test pilot .
Astronaut activity
In November 1984 Oswald joined NASA as a pilot trainer and aerospace engineer. After an unsuccessful application for the tenth astronaut group, he was selected in June 1985 as a candidate for astronauts with the eleventh NASA group. He was Head of Operations Development at the astronauts office and Assistant Director of Engineering at the Johnson Space Center . After his third space flight, he became Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Operations at NASA Headquarters in Washington. In July 1998 he returned to the astronaut office. In January 2000 he left NASA.
STS-42
On January 22, 1992, Oswald took off into space for the first time as a pilot of the Discovery . The microgravity laboratory IML-1 was located in the space shuttle's payload bay . The Spacelab module contained experiments to explore the complex effects of weightlessness on living organisms and other materials. In order to be able to carry out experiments around the clock, the crew worked in shifts. Oswald formed the blue team together with the astronauts Grabe , Thagard and Bondar , while Hilmers , Readdy and the German Ulf Merbold formed the red team.
STS-56
On April 8, 1993, Oswald took off into space as a pilot of the space shuttle Discovery . The nine-day mission called ATLAS-2 (Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science) explored the interrelationships between the sun and the earth's atmosphere. The SPARTAN satellite, which examined the solar corona, was released and recaptured.
STS-67
On his third space mission, Oswald flew into space on March 2, 1995 as commander of the space shuttle Endeavor . It was the astro-observatory's second flight with three ultra-violet telescopes on board. The flight lasted over 16 days and ended with landing on March 18, 1995 at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
According to NASA
In December 2001, Oswald became Space Shuttle Vice President and Program Director at Boeing .
Private
Stephen Oswald has three children from his first marriage. His second marriage is to the politician Mary Bono .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Emily Heil: Former congresswoman Mary Bono weds former astronaut. Washington Post, September 29, 2015, accessed October 19, 2015 .
See also
Web links
- Short biography of Stephen S. Oswald at spacefacts.de
- NASA biography of Stephen S. Oswald (English; PDF)
- Biography of Stephen S. Oswald in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
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| SURNAME | Oswald, Stephen S. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Oswald, Stephen Scot |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seattle , Washington, USA |