Nicholas Patrick
| Nicholas Patrick | |
|---|---|
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Statsborger | USA |
| Nationalitet | Amerikansk  |
| Status | Aktiv |
| Født | 19. november 1964 Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England |
Andet arbejde | Ingeniør |
| Uddannelses- sted | Harrow School Trinity College Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Tid i rummet | 12 dage 20 timer 45 minutter |
| Udvælgelse | NASA-gruppen fra 1998 |
| Mission(er) | STS-116 STS-130 |
| Missionsemblemer |   |
Nicholas James MacDonald Patrick (født 19. november 1964) er en britisk-født amerikansk ingeniør og NASA-astronaut. Under STS-116 missionen blev han den fjerede brite til at komme i rummet.
Han blev født i 1964 i Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire, England, og voksede op i London. Han blev amerikansk statsborger i 1994, og er gift med en peruviansk-født børnelæge sammen har de tre børn.
Uddannelse og karriere
Han blev uddannet på Harrow School og på Trinity College, i Cambridge. Da han gik på universitet fik han flyvetræning som medlem af Royal Air Force. Efter det arbejdede han i fire år som ingeniør i Lynn, Massachusetts i USA.
Derefter kom han til Massachusetts Institute of Technology, og fik sin kandidatgrad i 1990 og Ph.d. i 1996. Bagefter blev han ansat ved Boeings Commercial Airplane Group i Seattle.
NASA karriere
Han blev udvalgt af NASA som astronautkandidat i juni 1998 og blev indberettet til NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) til astronautuddannelse i august 1998.
Hans første mission var om bord på STS-116 i 2006, hvor de syv besætningsmedlemmer skulle fortsætte en udbygning af Den Internationale Rumstation. Missionen varede 12 dage, 20 timer og 45 minutter. Yderligere arbejdede Nicholas Patrick på at tilføje Tranquility modulet og Cupola modulet under STS-130 missionen[1].
Nicholas Patrick har været over 308 timer i rummet i alt.
Eksterne henvisninger
- NASA Biografi af Nicholas Patrick (engelsk)
Referencer
- ^ "ISS crew in third spacewalk to fit new Tranquility Node". BBC News. 2010-02-17. Hentet 2010-02-17.
Medier brugt på denne side
NASA astronaut Nicholas Patrick, STS-130 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 48-minute spacewalk, Patrick and astronaut Robert Behnken (out of frame), mission specialist, completed all of their planned tasks, removing insulation blankets and removing launch restraint bolts from each of the Cupola's seven windows.
The STS-116 patch design signifies the continuing assembly of the International Space Station (ISS). The primary mission objective is to deliver and install the P5 truss element. The P5 installation will be conducted during the first of three planned spacewalks, and will involve use of both the shuttle and station robotic arms. The remainder of the mission will include a major reconfiguration and activation of the ISS electrical and thermal control systems, as well as delivery of Zvezda Service Module debris panels, which will increase ISS protection from potential impacts of micro-meteorites and orbital debris. In addition, a single expedition crewmember will launch on STS-116 to remain onboard the station, replacing an expedition crewmember that will fly home with the shuttle crew. The crew patch depicts the space shuttle rising above the Earth and ISS. The United States and Swedish flags trail the orbiter, depicting the international composition of the STS-116 crew. The seven stars of the constellation Ursa Major are used to provide direction to the North Star, which is superimposed over the installation location of the P5 truss on ISS. 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.
The official patch for STS-130. The shape of the patch represents the Cupola, which is the windowed robotics viewing station, from which astronauts will have the opportunity not only to monitor a variety of ISS operations, but also to study our home planet. The image of Earth depicted in the patch is the first photograph of the Earth taken from the moon by Lunar Orbiter I on August 23, 1966. As both a past and a future destination for explorers from the planet Earth, the moon is thus represented symbolically in the STS-130 patch. The Space Shuttle Endeavour is pictured approaching the ISS, symbolizing the Space Shuttle's role as the prime construction vehicle for the ISS.
Astronaut Nicholas J. M. Patrick, mission specialist