Michael T. Good

• STS- 125 (2009)
• STS- 132 (2010)

Michael Timothy Good ( born October 13, 1962 in Parma, Ohio, USA) is an American astronaut.

Start of career

Good graduated in 1980 at the Brecksville - Broadview Heights High School. Then he studied aviation and aerospace engineering at the University of Notre Dame and graduated in 1984 with a bachelor, master's degree, he earned just there in 1986.

He worked then as a test pilot in the U.S. Air Force and was involved in this activity in the development of the F- 111 and the B-2 bomber.

NASA

In 2000 he was elected to the 18th group of NASA astronauts and two years trained as a mission specialist. His specialty is the technical support of space operations.

STS -125

Good participated as a mission specialist participated in the Space Shuttle mission STS -125, which launched to the last servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope on May 11, 2009. The landing took place on 24 May 2009 at Edwards Air Force Base.

STS -132

On August 11, 2009 Good was re-nominated in the team of STS- 132. He replaced Karen Nyberg, who was taken out of unexplained medical reasons from the team .. The launch took place on 14 May 2010 Good performed two spacewalks by: . One on May 19 with Stephen Bowen, the other on May 21 with Garrett Reisman. This was the penultimate flight of the space shuttle Atlantis.

Summary

Private

Good is married and has three children. His hobbies include family activities, golf and jogging.