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Name: Steve Lindsey
Born: Aug. 24, 1960, Arcadia, Calif.
Family: Married, three children.
Education:
B.S., engineering sciences, U.S. Air Force Academy, 1982.
M.S., aeronautical engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, 1990.
Experience:
13 years in Air Force as pilot and instructor.
Air Force colonel.
NASA experience:
Astronaut class of 1995.
Veteran of three spaceflights, two as pilot and one as commander.
Has logged more than 896 hours in space.
In his own words:
Click here to watch an extended interview with NBC News' Tom Costello.";
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Name: Mark Kelly
Born: Feb. 21, 1964, Orange, N.J.
Family: Two daughters.
Education:
B.S., marine engineering and marine transportation, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, 1986.
M.S., aeronautical engineering, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, 1994.
Experience:
10 years in Merchant Marine and U.S. Navy.
Flew 39 combat missions in first Persian Gulf War as Navy pilot.
Logged more than 4,000 flight hours in more than 50 different aircraft, made more than 375 carrier landings.
U.S. Navy commander.
NASA experience:
Astronaut class of 1996.
One previous spaceflight, as pilot on STS-108 (Endeavour) in 2001.
Logged 283 hours in space.
In his own words:
Click here to watch an extended interview with NBC News' Tom Costello.";
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Spacewalker
Name: Mike Fossum
Born: Dec. 19, 1957, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Family: Married with four children.
Education:
B.S., mechanical engineering, Texas A&M, 1980.
M.S., systems engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, 1981.
M.S., physical science (space science), Univ. of Houston-Clear Lake, 1997.
Experience:
Commissioned in U.S. Air Force in 1980.
Served as flight test engineer and flight test manager.
Logged more than 1,000 flight hours in 34 different aircraft.
Colonel, USAF Reserves.
NASA experience:
Employed by NASA in 1993.
Became astronaut in 1998.
STS-121 is his first spaceflight.
In his own words:
Click here to watch an extended interview with NBC News' Tom Costello.";
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Spacewalker
Name: Piers Sellers
Born: April 11, 1955, Crowborough, England.
Family: Married with two children. Naturalized U.S. citizen.
Education:
B.S., ecological science, University of Edinburgh, 1976.
Doctorate in biometeorology, Leeds University, 1981.
Experience:
Research into how Earth's biosphere and atmosphere interact.
NASA experience:
Astronaut class of 1996.
One previous spaceflight, on STS-112 (Atlantis) in October 2002.
Logged more than 252 hours in space.
Performed three spacewalks during STS-112 to work on space station's S-1 truss.
In his own words:
Click here to watch an extended interview with NBC News' Tom Costello.";
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Shuttle robotics
Name: Lisa Nowak
Born: May 10, 1963, Washington, D.C.
Family: Married with three children.
Education:
B.S., aerospace engineering, U.S. Naval Academy, 1985.
M.S., aeronautical / astronautical engineering, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, 1992.
Experience:
Received commission from U.S. Naval Academy in 1985.
Served as Navy pilot, flight engineer, aircraft systems project officer.
Logged over 1,500 flight hours in more than 30 different aircraft.
Selected for promotion to Navy captain.
NASA experience:
Assigned by Navy to temporary duty at NASA in 1985.
Astronaut class of 1996.
STS-121 is her first spaceflight.
In her own words:
Click here to watch an extended interview with NBC News' Tom Costello.";
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Lead, cargo transfer
Name: Stephanie Wilson
Born: 1966 in Boston.
Family: Unmarried.
Education:
B.S., engineering science, Harvard University, 1988.
M.S., aerospace engineering, University of Texas, 1992.
Experience:
Worked as engineer for Martin Marietta, 1988-1990.
Joined NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 1992, as member of attitude and articulation control subsystem team for Galileo spacecraft.
NASA experience:
Astronaut class of 1996.
STS-121 is her first spaceflight.
In her own words:
Click here to watch an extended interview with NBC News' Tom Costello.";
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Space station crew
Name: Thomas Reiter
Born: May 23, 1958, in Frankfurt Main, Germany.
Family: Married with two sons.
Education:
Graduated from Armed Forces University in Neubiberg, 1982.
Graduated from Empire Test Pilots School in Boscombe Down, England, 1992.
Experience:
Pilot and test pilot in German air force.
Logged more than 2,300 hours in military combat jet aircraft of more than 15 types.
Joined European Space Agency's astronaut corps in 1992.
Spent 179 days in space during mission to Russia's Mir space station in 1995-96.
Conducted two spacewalks from Mir.
Will be space station's first long-duration crew member from a country other than U.S. or Russia.
In his own words:
Click here to watch an extended interview with NBC News' Tom Costello.";
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Space_STS121Crew[i-1].body = "KEY CONSOLE POSITIONS
Ascent: Flight director Steve Stich, Capcoms Steve Frick and Rick Sturckow.
Orbit 1 (lead): Flight director Tony Ceccacci, Capcom Rick Mastracchio.
Orbit 2: Flight director Norm Knight, Capcom Steve Swanson.
Entry: Flight director Steve Stich, Capcoms Steve Frick and Rick Sturckow.
ISS Orbit 1: Flight director Annette Hasbrook, Capcom Megan McArthur.
ISS Orbit 2: Flight director Rick LaBrode, Capcom Julie Payette.
ISS Orbit 3: Flight director Matt Abbott, Capcom Thadd Bowers.
NASA at Russian Mission Control: Flight director Cathy Koerner.LAUNCH MANAGERS
KSC launch director: Mike Leinbach
NASA launch test director: Jeff Spaulding";
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