Steven Lee Smith

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Steven Smith
Steven Smith
Country: United States
Organization: NASA
selected on March 31, 1992
( 14th NASA Group )
Calls: 4 space flights
Start of the
first space flight: 		September 30, 1994
Landing of the
last space flight: 		April 19, 2002
Time in space: 40d 0h 16min
EVA inserts: 7th
EVA total duration: 49h 48min
retired on January 2005
Space flights

Steven Lee Smith (born December 30, 1958 in Phoenix , Arizona , USA ) is a former American astronaut .

Smith received in 1981 a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering , in 1982 a Master in Electrical Engineering and in 1987 a master's in business administration . All three degrees are from Stanford University . From 1982 to 1985 Smith worked for IBM in the Large Scale Integration Technology Group in San José (California) . Until 1989 he was product manager for the Hardware and Systems Management Group at IBM.

Astronaut activity

In 1989, Smith came to NASA, where he worked in the Mission Operations Directorate on payload preparation and assisted the teams in the control center. In 1992 he was selected as an astronaut candidate. In September 1993, Smith was assigned to a space flight as the first of his astronaut selection group. He worked for the astronauts office on the main engines, the solid fuel rocket, the outer tank and on the safety for the space shuttles . Smith was also assigned to the support teams for shuttle launches and landings at the Kennedy Space Center for a year and a half .

After his active work as an astronaut, he worked as a management astronaut until mid-2015, responsible for cooperation with ESA on the International Space Station (ISS) and, among other things, for the flights of the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV). Since then he has worked as deputy director for the ISS in Ames Research Center in Moffett Field ( California ).

STS-68

On his first mission, STS-68 , he flew into space on the space shuttle Endeavor on September 30, 1994. It was the Space Radar Laboratory's second flight. The two main instruments on board were the SIR-C / X-SAR (Shuttle Imaging Radar-C / X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar) and MAPS (Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellites). On October 11th, the space shuttle landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California .

STS-82

Smith flew on the space shuttle Discovery on February 11, 1997 on the second maintenance mission for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Smith took part in three of the five space exits (EVA) required to repair the telescope. In addition to a tape recorder, which was replaced by a core memory, the HST received the NICMOS infrared camera and the STIS spectroscope . Two spectrographs have been expanded for this purpose.

STS-103

On December 20, 1999, Smith embarked on the next maintenance mission for the Hubble Space Telescope on the space shuttle Discovery. New instruments and system extensions were installed during this mission. As the payload commander, Smith was involved in two of the three outboard activities this time.

STS-110

On his last mission, Smith flew to the International Space Station (ISS) on April 8, 2002 on the space shuttle Atlantis . The lattice structure element S0 and a rail car were brought to the ISS. The sledge known as the “Mobile Transporter” uses the rail system laid on the grid elements. Again Smith made two space exits, making a total of seven exits into space.

Private

Steven Smith is married and claims to have two children. His hobbies are flying, diving, basketball, camping and traveling.

See also

Web links

Commons : Steven Smith  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ NASA biography of Steven L. Smith , April 2017, accessed January 30, 2016 (PDF).
  2. ^ Preflight Interview: Steven Smith. NASA, 2002, accessed June 18, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Smith, Steven Lee
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American astronaut
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Phoenix , Arizona , Arizona