Michael Fossum
Michael Fossum | |
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NASA Astronaut | |
Statsborger | USA |
Nationalitet | Amerikaner |
Status | aktiv |
Født | 19. december 1957 South Dakota |
Andet arbejde | Maskiningeniør, Fysiker |
Uddannelses- sted | U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School Texas A&M University McAllen High School University of Houston–Clear Lake |
Tid i rummet | 12d 18t 36m |
Udvælgelse | Nasa-gruppen fra 1998 |
Mission(er) | STS-121, STS-124 |
Missionsemblemer |
Michael Edward Fossum (født 19. december 1957 i South Dakota) er NASA-astronaut og har fløjet to rumfærge-missioner.
Har er uddannet systemingeniør, maskiningeniør og fysiker.
Fossum var ledende rumvandrings-specialist på NASA-missionen STS-124; hvor han udførte tre rumvandringer.
Eksterne henvisninger
- – Michael Fossum (engelsk)
- STS 124 interview Arkiveret 13. maj 2008 hos Wayback Machine (engelsk)
Medier brugt på denne side
The STS-121 patch depicts the Space Shuttle docked with the International Space Station (ISS) in the foreground, overlaying the astronaut symbol with three gold columns and a gold star. The ISS is shown in the configuration that it will be in during the STS-121 mission. The background shows the nighttime Earth with a dawn breaking over the horizon. STS-121, ISS mission ULF1.1, is the final Shuttle Return to Flight test mission. This utilization and logistics flight will bring a multipurpose logistics module (MPLM) to the ISS with several thousand pounds of new supplies and experiments. In addition, some new orbital replacement units (ORUs) will be delivered and stowed externally on ISS on a special pallet. These ORUs are spares for critical machinery located on the outside of the ISS. During this mission the crew will also carry out testing of Shuttle inspection and repair hardware, as well as evaluate operational techniques and concepts for conducting on-orbit inspection and repair. The NASA insignia design for Shuttle space flights is reserved for use by the astronauts and other official use as the NASA Administrator may authorize. Public availability has been approved only in the form of illustrations by the various news media. When and if there is any change in this policy, which is not anticipated, such will be publicly announced.
Emblem of Nasa's STS-124 mission.
- The STS-124/1J patch depicts the Space Shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station (ISS). STS-124/1J is dedicated to delivering and installing the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) known as Kibo (Hope) to the ISS. The significance of the mission and the Japanese contribution to the ISS is recognized by the Japanese flag depicted on the JEM Pressurized Module (JPM) and the word Kibo written in Japanese at the bottom of the patch. The view of the sun shining down upon the Earth represents the increased "hope" that the entire world will benefit from the JEM's scientific discoveries. The JPM will be the largest habitable module on the ISS and is equipped with its own airlock and robotic arm for external experiments. In addition to delivering and installing the JPM, the STS-124 crew will relocate the JEM Logistics Pressurized (JLP) module to its permanent home on the zenith side of the JPM. During three planned space walks, the crew will perform external ISS maintenance and JPM outfitting, as well as extensive robotic operations by the ISS, space shuttle, and JEM robotic arms. It will be the first time that three different robotic arms will be operated during a single space flight mission.