Biographies of U.S. Astronauts
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 16.08.1958 |
| Birthplace: | Norfolk / Virginia |
| Marital status: | married |
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| Selection date: | 17.01.1990 |
| Selection group: | NASA-13 |
| Position: | MSP |
| Status: | Ret. 21.09.2001 |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | STS-57 | MSP | 21.06. - 01.07.1993 | 9d 23h 44m |
| 2 | STS-68 | MSP | 30.09. - 11.10.1994 | 11d 05h 46m |
| 3 | STS-81 | MSP | 12.01. - 22.01.1997 | 10d 04h 55m |
| 4 | STS-92 | MSP | 11.10. - 24.10.2000 | 12d 21h 42m |
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| Total | 44d 08h 07m | |||
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Additional information
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Bachelor of science in physics from the
University of Virginia, 1980; master of science and
Ph.D. in applied physics from Stanford University,
1982 and 1986, respectively; worked at Rice University; unsuccessful
application for
NASA
astronaut group 12;
hobbies: Scuba diving, racquetball, swimming, sailing; since end 1999 married
to astronaut Tamara Jernigan;
joins the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in northern California.
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