Sandra Magnus
Sandra Hall Magnus ( born October 30, 1964 as Sandra Hall in Belleville, Illinois, United States) is a former American astronaut.
Life
Magnus received a bachelor's degree in physics in 1990 and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri- Rolla in 1986.
Magnus from 1986 to 1991 as an engineer in the research and development division of McDonnell Douglas to improve the stealth technology as well as the program for the combat aircraft A-12 Avenger II of the U.S. Navy, where she mainly worked on the propulsion system until the program set been.
Between 1991 and 1996, Magnus worked on her doctoral thesis, which was supported by a grant from the NASA Glenn Research Center. In 1996 she received her PhD in materials science from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Astronauts activity
In April 1996, she was selected as a trainee astronauts from NASA. After training as a mission specialist, she has worked with the European, Japanese and Brazilian space agencies in the development of various payloads. In May 1998, she even traveled to Russia to perform testing and to develop additional products. In August 2000, she worked as a liaison officer for the International Space Station. After her first flight into space, they worked with the Canadian Space Agency to prepare for the Canadian Dextre robot hand for installation on the ISS. After the Columbia tragedy, she was also involved in the preparations for the resumption of the shuttle program. In July 2005, Magnus started training for a long stay on the International Space Station.
STS -112
On October 7, 2002, she flew as a mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station (ISS). This 390 million dollar and 14 -ton lattice structure S1 to the International Space Station (ISS ) has been implicated. While their colleagues Sellers and Wolf at three spacewalks ( EVAs ) mounted the grid element to the space station, Magnus operated the robotic arm of the space station.
ISS Expedition 18
Magnus was in the backup crew for the ISS Expedition 15
On 15 November 2008 she started with STS -126 to the International Space Station and worked for four months as a flight engineer for ISS expedition 18 On March 28, 2009, she returned with STS -119 back to Earth.
STS -135
On September 14, 2010 Magnus was nominated as a mission specialist of shuttle mission STS -135. The launch took place on 8 July, the landing on 21 July 2011. It was the last space flight of the Space Shuttle program.
According to the NASA
Since October 22, 2012 Magnus worked as a director at the U.S. professional association of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.