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Antonelli, Dominic Anthony 'Tony'
Antonelli
Antonelli
Credit: www.spacefacts.de
American test pilot astronaut, 2000-2015.

Status: Inactive; active 2000-2015. Born: 1967-08-23. Spaceflights: 2 . Total time in space: 24.58 days. Birth Place: Detroit, Michigan.

Educated MIT; Washington.

Official NASA Biography as of June 2016:Dominic A. Antonelli (Commander, USN)
NASA Astronaut

PERSONAL DATA: Born in Detroit, Michigan. Raised in Indiana and North Carolina. Married with two children. Interests include snowboarding and NASCAR.

EDUCATION: Graduated from Douglas Byrd High School, Fayetteville, North Carolina; B.S., Aeronautics & Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.S., Aeronautics & Astronautics, University of Washington.

SPECIAL HONORS: Navy Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal, NASA Return-to-Flight Award, and various service awards.

EXPERIENCE: Antonelli served as a fleet Naval Aviator and Landing Signal Officer aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz with the Blue Diamonds, Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-146, flying F/A-18C Hornets in support of Operation Southern Watch.

Antonelli has accumulated over 3,200 hours in 41 different kinds of aircraft and has completed 273 carrier arrested landings. He is a Distinguished Graduate of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School (Navy Exchange Pilot).

NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected as a pilot by NASA in 2000. He completed 18 months of training and evaluation as an Astronaut Candidate. Antonelli initially served in various technical assignments in support of the Astronaut Office. A veteran of two space flights, Antonelli has logged a total of 24 days, 3 hours, 57 minutes and 35 seconds in space.

SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: Antonelli flew his first mission in space as the pilot of STS-119 aboard Space Shuttle Discovery in March 2009. The flight delivered the S6 Integrated Truss Segment and the final pair of power-generating solar array wings to the International Space Station.

Antonelli also served as pilot on STS-132 Atlantis (May 14-26, 2010) the 32nd Shuttle flight to the International Space Station. STS-132 delivered an Integrated Cargo Carrier and a Russian-build Mini Research Module to the Station. The STS-132 mission was completed in 186 orbits, traveling 4,879,978 miles in 11 days, 18 hours, 28 minutes and 2 seconds.

MAY 2012

OFFICIAL NASA BIOGRAPHY

NAME: Dominic A. Antonelli, Lieutenant, USN, Pilot

BIRTHDATE/PLACE: August 23, 1967 - Detroit, MI

RESIDENCE WHEN RECRUITED: Ridgecrest, CA

EDUCATION: Douglas Byrd High School, Fayetteville, NC, 1985; B.S., Aeronautics & Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989; M.S., Aeronautics & Astronautics, University of Washington, 2000 (expected).

POSITION WHEN RECRUITED: Project Officer/Weapons Test Pilot F/A-18 Advanced Weapons Laboratory Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, CA


More at: Antonelli.

Family: Astronaut. Country: USA. Flights: STS-119, STS-132. Agency: USN. Bibliography: 12, 5114.

1967 August 23 - .
2000 July 27 - .
2009 March 15 - . 23:43 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC39A. LV Family: Shuttle. Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle.
2010 May 14 - . 18:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC39A. LV Family: Shuttle. Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle.

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