Terry Wayne Virts

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Terry Virts
Terry Virts
Country: United States
Organization: NASA
selected on July 26, 2000
( 18th NASA Group )
Calls: 2 space flights
Start of the
first space flight: 		February 8, 2010
Landing of the
last space flight: 		June 11, 2015
Time in space: 213d 10h 48min
EVA inserts: 3
EVA total duration: 19h 02min
retired on 23rd August 2016
Space flights

Terry Wayne Virts (born December 1, 1967 in Baltimore , Maryland ) is a retired American astronaut .

Astronaut activity

STS-130

On December 5, 2008, his participation in the STS-130 mission as a pilot was announced. The take-off took place on February 8, 2010, the landing on February 22.

ISS expedition 42 and 43

Virts flew the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft to the International Space Station on November 23, 2014. He initially worked as a flight engineer for ISS Expedition 42 before taking command of ISS Expedition 43 on March 11, 2015 . He returned to Earth on June 11, 2015. During the second spacecraft mission of Expedition 42 , there was a slight accumulation of water in his EMU helmet. A similar space suit accident happened on July 16, 2013 during the 3rd disembarkation of the ISS expedition 36 in a considerably larger amount with the astronaut Luca Parmitano .

Virts left NASA on August 23, 2016.

Summary

No. mission function Flight period Flight duration
1 STS-130 pilot February 8-22, 2010 13d 18h ​​06min
2 Soyuz TMA-15M ( ISS 42 and 43 ) Flight engineer / ISS commander November 23, 2014 - June 11, 2015 199d 16h 42min

Private

Virts is married and has two children.

See also

Web links

Commons : Terry Virts  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ NASA biography of Terry Wayne Virts , accessed September 23, 2009 (PDF).
  2. ↑ NASA Assigns Astronaut Crews for Future Space Shuttle Missions. NASA, December 5, 2008, accessed September 23, 2009 .
  3. ↑ After 2nd spacewalk, astronaut reports water in helmet. AP / The Washington Times , February 25, 2015, accessed April 19, 2020 .
  4. ↑ NASA: Veteran astronaut Terry Virts Retires from NASA. In: Press Release J16-008. August 23, 2016, accessed September 7, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Astronaut biography: Terry Virts. www.spacefacts.de, July 5, 2009, accessed on September 23, 2009 .
personal data
SURNAME Virts, Terry Wayne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American astronaut
DATE OF BIRTH 1st December 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Baltimore , Maryland , United States