Steven Lindsey

  • STS -87 (1997)
  • STS -95 ( 1998)
  • STS- 104 (2001)
  • STS- 121 (2006)
  • STS- 133 (2011)

Steven Wayne "Steve" Lindsey ( born August 24, 1960 in Arcadia, California, USA) is an American astronaut.

Training

Steve Lindsey has its roots in the south of the U.S. state of California: born in Arcadia, close to San Diego, he grew up in the neighboring town of Temple City. After receiving his diploma in 1978 at the Temple City High School Lindsey studied in Colorado Springs (Colorado ) to the United States Air Force Academy ( USAFA ), which he finished in 1982 with a bachelor's degree in engineering sciences.

Military career

Lindsey joined after attending the USAFA his active duty in the U.S. Air Force and was initially formed on the Reese Air Force Base in Texas to the pilot. In 1984 he was transferred to Bergstrom Air Force Base, which is also located in Texas, and was assigned to the 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing. Here he served the next three years as an instructor until he at the Air Force Institute of Technology ( AFIT ), whose campus is located at 1987 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, his studies continued. His last university year posed a particular challenge for Lindsey because he was " passing" the United States Air Force Test Pilot School visited in California. In 1990, he then made his Master's degree in aeronautical engineering as well as for his test pilot exam (with distinction).

Then Lindsey was transferred to the Eglin Air Force Base in Florida for 3247th Test Squadron. There he was deputy for the next three years as Head of the Advanced Tactical Air Reconnaissance System Joint Test Force and commander of an F-16 squadron. In the fall of 1993 he attended the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, a ten-month officer training course. Back on the Air Force Base Eglin, he was responsible until he moved to NASA for weapons certification of aircraft types F -16 " Fighting Falcon " F -111 " Aardvark " A-10 " Thunderbolt II" and F -117 " Nighthawk".

Astronauts activity

Steven Lindsey was selected as one of ten pilot candidates selected with the 15th astronaut group in December 1994. From a total of 2,962 applicants who met the formal selection criteria, 121 finalists had emerged. These were in the summer of 1994, the Johnson Space Center (JSC ) to Houston in Texas to tests, interviews and medical examinations invited. The one-year basic training began astronaut group in March 1995.

Lindsey worked after his basic training on the software of the shuttle main computer and has been involved in the development of the "glass cockpit ". The Multifunction Electronic Display Subsystem ( MEDS ), as it is called, NASA replaced the originated in the 1970s, the cockpit of the space shuttle: the old monochrome screens are replaced by modern displays, also the energy consumption is low and individual components can, if required by the astronauts be replaced during the flight.

On July 14, 2011, NASA announced that Lindsey, NASA will leave July 15.

STS -87

Mid- November 1996 Lindsey was nominated as a pilot for its first flight and went into training for STS -87. It was a Spacelab flight, which began on 19 November 1997 and the term " United States Microgravity Payload 4 " bore. The two Mission Specialists Winston Scott and Takao Doi performed two spacewalks ( EVAs ). In the first EVA, they began a the exposed at the beginning of the flight research satellites SPARTAN, who had run into an uncontrolled tumble. In addition, the first time you tried the so-called AERCam, a 40 -centimeter ball that comes with a position control, and a camera system, can explore inaccessible structures. Scott levitated him out of the payload bay and Lindsey AERCam controlled by remote control from the cockpit.

After his first flight into space Lindsey took over from the beginning of 1998, the training of his fellow astronaut. For three months he taught landing techniques and showed where the optimum touchdown is or needs as the correct rolling out the Orbiter look.

STS -95

STS -95 was Lindsey's second use as a pilot. The training began after his appointment in mid-February 1998. The 9- day mission, which began on 29 October 1998, presented the 25th flight of the orbiter Discovery dar. In addition to the renewed use of the SPARTAN satellite STS - 87, which in year previously showed problems with the position control, also the Spacehab module was with a series of experiments in the cargo bay. Above all, however, the entire attention turned to a crew member. The first person in the USA who has circled the Earth, the now 77 -year-old Senator John Glenn, flew as a payload specialist. It was started in February 1962 with " Friendship 7 " into space and landed after only three orbits of again. At his own request he was recruited for STS -95, found to be airworthy and completed the entire workout with the rest of the crew.

At the beginning of 1999, following his second mission, Lindsey was Vice Chairman of the so-called Space Shuttle Cockpit Council, the design and function of indicators, switches and other controls in the Orbiter deals.

STS -104

End of September 2000 was Steve Lindsey transferred his first command. STS -104 was the tenth mission (ISS -7A ) of the Space Shuttle to the International Space Station (ISS). The Atlantis brought in July 2001, the Quest airlock for the ISS, which was installed during three EVAs.

After Lindsey worked as a manager in the astronaut office for the ISS. In this capacity, he coordinated the training and operations of his colleagues, was point of contact for suppliers and the like.

His second assigned as commander should be STS- 119. In mid-December 2002, the NASA announced that he would fly with Mark Kelly and Mission Specialists Carlos Noriega and Michael Gernhardt the beginning of 2004 to the ISS. In addition to three other mission specialists a fresh three-person ISS crew on board should be. The Department should therefore include ten people, because the detached ISS guards should return to earth with Lindsey & Co. again.

STS -121

Half a year after the Columbia crash Lindsey was assigned to a new mission in December 2003. Instead of STS -119, he should now command STS -121. This flight was also recorded by STS -107 to the flight manifest. Since STS -119 should be carried out much later, but were not as many trained astronauts available at the time Lindsey was reshuffled. STS -121 was performed after several postponements in July 2006. Main tasks were once prove that the angegangenen after STS- 107 and STS -114 Space Shuttle improvements to the work and secondly, to supply the ISS with goods and to increase their two -man crew by Thomas Reiter. Thus, since the ISS Expedition 6 three astronauts back to work on the station. In addition, the shuttle crew conducted three extravehicular activities through before the flight came to an end after two weeks.

STS -133

On 1 October 2006 Lindsey took over the post of chief NASA astronauts. On September 18, 2009 Lindsey was nominated as commander for the mission STS -133 to the ISS. The launch took place on 24 February 2011, landing on 9 March. Lindsey was thus the last commander of the space shuttle Discovery.

Private

Lindsey, who until October 2009, directs the Office of NASA astronauts in October 2006, is married and has three children. In October 2009, Peggy Whitson went to the office of chief NASA astronauts. Steven Lindsey prepared, at which time the command of the shuttle mission STS -133.

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