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MIT Alums In Space – Four, At
The Same Time!
(updated 10-11-2008)
There have been many times in
which two MIT astronauts have been in space at the same time
(6 Space Shuttle missions and 1 Apollo mission), but for the
first time in NASA history, four MIT astronauts will be in
space simultaneously in November, 2008:
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Greg Chamitoff
PhD Course 16, ‘92 |
E. Mike Fincke (Colonel USAF)
SB Course 16, ‘89
SB Course 12, ‘89
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Stephen Bowen (Lt Commander USN)
OCE
Course 13W, ‘93 |
Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (Captain USN)
SB Course 2, ‘84
SM Course 2, ‘85
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Mission
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ISS Expedition 17
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ISS Expedition 18
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STS-126 |
STS-126 |
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Current Status |
Greg Chamitoff
is currently on the International Space Station (ISS)
Check the
ISS Expedition 17
website for the latest mission status |
Mike Fincke will fly to the ISS on
Oct 12, 2008 via a Soyuz spacecraft
Check the
ISS Expedition 18 website for the latest mission
status |
Stephen Bowen will fly to the ISS
on Shuttle Mission
STS-126
Check the
Shuttle website for the latest mission status |
Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper will fly to the ISS
on Shuttle Mission
STS-126
Check the
Shuttle website for the latest mission status |
Launch
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STS-124
May 31, 2008 |
Oct 12,
2008 |
Nov 14,
2008 |
Nov 14,
2008 |
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Landing |
STS-126
Nov, 2008 |
April,
2009 |
approx 15
days after launch |
approx 15
days after launch |
From
May 2008 to May 2009,
a MIT Astronaut will be a member of every Shuttle and ISS
Expedition mission
A total of nine MIT Astronauts
will be in space from May 2008 to May 2009, and four of the
nine will be going to space for the first time:
Greg Chamitoff,
Stephen Bowen,
Dominic Antonelli, and
Christopher Cassidy
Click here
for a graphical timeline of the May 2008 - May 2009
timeframe....
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Greg Chamitoff
PhD Course 16, ‘92 |
MIT Alum
Greg Chamitoff Flew to the International Space Station
(ISS)
as a mission specialist on
Shuttle Mission
STS-124.
He replaced Garrett Reisman as Expedition 17 flight engineer
and will return to Earth on shuttle mission STS-126 after working on the ISS
for 6 months (STS-126 is targeted to
launch Nov 10, 2008.) Chamitoff, who was born in Montreal, Canada, grew
up in San Jose, Calif. He has a doctorate in aeronautics and
astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
STS-124 Launched on May 31, 2008
and Landed on June 14, 2008
Check the NASA Website for
Pictures from the STS-124 mission
Greg is a member of the
ISS Expedition Crew 17 and will work on the
ISS for 6 Months!
Astronaut Greg
Chamitoff, Expedition 17 flight engineer, floats in the newly
installed Kibo Japanese Pressurized Module of the International
Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-124) is docked with
the station.
Pictures Courtesy of
NASA |
The International Space Station is now the 3rd brightest object in
the sky. You can use the
NASA SkyWatch application to find out when it
will be visible with the unaided eye over your location.
Click here for Houston viewing data.
July/August Technology Review Article on MIT Astronauts (updated Nov, 2007)
June
6, 2001 Tech Talk Article on MIT Astronauts
all photos
on this page courtesy of
NASA
NOTE: All MIT Astronaut information is obtained from
the following NASA websites:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/PS/
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