James S. Voss
- STS -44 (1991)
- STS -53 (1992)
- STS -69 (1995)
- STS- 101 (2000)
- STS-102/STS-105 (2001) ISS Expedition 2
James Shelton "Jim" Voss (born 3 March 1949 in Cordova, Alabama ) is a former American astronaut.
Voss studied after high school aviation and aerospace engineering at Auburn University in Alabama, in 1972 a Bachelor degree awarded him. He then joined the U.S. Army and continued his engineering studies, supported by a scholarship from the University of Colorado continues. In 1974, he earned a master.
After graduating from the military base courses, Voss was transferred in 1975 in the Federal Republic of Germany. Here he served for four years as a platoon leader and company commander and an intelligence officer.
Astronauts activity
Voss worked since November 1984 until his retirement from NASA in 2003 at the Johnson Space Center. He worked on the shuttle and payload testing at Kennedy Space Center for the missions STS -51- D, 51 -F, 61 -C and 51 -L. He was involved in the investigation to the Challenger disaster and worked in the light of the test results to the resumption of space shuttle flights. He was selected as an astronaut candidate in June 1987 and trained mission specialist and then as CapCom worked. Voss was in the backup crew for two missions to the Russian space station Mir. Worked at that time and he coached two years at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia.
On November 24, 1991, he launched the Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS - 44th It was a mission for the U.S. Department of Defense. The non-secret payload contained, besides other military experiments, a DSP satellite and its upper-stage engine to carry the satellite into a higher orbit.
STS -53 was the second spaceflight of Voss, which launched with the Space Shuttle Discovery on 2 December 1992. Also, this mission was carried out on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense, but this time with a secret payload.
On September 7, 1995 Voss started as a mission specialist aboard the space shuttle Endeavour on mission STS -69. The team placed a SPARTAN satellite and the Wake Shield facilitiy from successful and caught it on again. Also on board was the " International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker" payload and numerous other payloads and medical experiments. Voss conducted an outboard activity that lasted 6 hours and 46 minutes, in which he tested modifications to space suits, processes and tools tried, are provided for the construction of the International Space Station ( ISS).
With the mission STS -101 Voss flew on 19 May 2000 with the space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station. It was brought over 1.5 tons of equipment and supplies to the ISS and there were repairs to the electrical system as well as to the life-support systems performed. Voss worked in 6 hours and 44 minutes during his second outboard activity to further build the station.
Last Voss launched on 8 March 2001 as a flight engineer of the second long-term crew of the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS -102) to the ISS. Other members of the second ISS crew were Juri Usachyov and Susan Helms. On March 11, 2001 Voss prepared along with Helms, in 8 hours and 56 minutes so far longest outboard activity at all, the coupling of multi-purpose logistics module Leonardo ago. In a further outboard activity Voss exchanged together with Usachyov in only 19 minutes inside the Zvezda module a hatch against a guide cone, which is required for coupling maneuvers of Progress transporters from. Voss served as the first with the mission STS -100 newly arrived Canadian robotic arm, Canadarm2 ( SSRMS ). Other highlights of the mission were further construction work on the ISS, 18 scientific experiments, a flight to the space station with the Soyuz spaceship, the arrival of the Quest airlock and the visit of five spaceships on the station. After 163 days on the ISS Voss returned on board the Space Shuttle Discovery with the STS- 105 on 22 August 2001 back ground.
According to the NASA
Voss left NASA in June 2003 and went to Auburn University. In May 2005, he joined Transformational Space Corporation (t / Space ), who took part at this time at the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services ( COTS ) program and NASA developed a spacecraft that could transport passengers and cargo to the ISS. In November 2007, he went to the company SpaceDev. Again, two years later, in September 2009, he was Professor of Human Spaceflight and Space Technology at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
Private
Voss is married and has one daughter.
Special features and Records
- Longest EVA insert with 8 h 56 min (STS -102)