Biographies of U.S. Astronauts

Tani

Daniel Michio

USA

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Daniel Tani

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Personal data

Birthdate:  01.02.1961
Birthplace:  Ridley Park / Pennsylvania
Marital status:  married
Children:  
Selection date:  01.05.1996
Selection group:  NASA-16
Job:  MSP
Status:  active

Spaceflights

No. Mission Job Time Duration
1  STS-108  MSP  05.12.2001 - 17.12.2001 11d 19h 36m 
2  STS-120 / ISS-16 / STS-122  Flight Engineer  23.10.2007 - 20.02.2008 119d 22h 29m 
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Total  131d 18h 05m 
Patch STS-108 Patch STS-120 Patch ISS-16 Patch STS-122      

EVA's

Backup assignments

No. Mission Job
1  Soyuz TMA-6  Flight Engineer

Additional information

Bachelor and master of science in mechanical engineering from MIT, 1984 and 1988, respectively; engineer with Orbital Sciences Corporation, Dulles, Virginia; hobbies: Golf, flying, running, tennis, music, cooking.

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