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Personal: Male, Married, Three children. Born in Lincoln, Illinois, USA. US Navy US Navy Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: NASA Group 15 - 1995. Active Entered space service: 9 December 1994. Number of Flights: 3.00. Total Time: 38.63 days. Official NASA Biography - 1998
Altman Spaceflight Log
Altman Chronology 9 June 1995 - NASA Astronaut Training Group 15 selected.. The group was selected to provide pilot, engineer, and scientist astronauts for space shuttle flights.. Qualifications: Pilots: Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics. Advanced degree desirable. At least 1,000 flight-hours of pilot-in-command time. Flight test experience desirable. Excellent health. Vision minimum 20/50 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20 vision; maximum sitting blood pressure 140/90. Height between 163 and 193 cm. Mission Specialists: Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics and minimum three years of related experience or an advanced degree. Vision minimum 20/150 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20. Maximum sitting blood pressure of 140/90. Height between 150 and 193 cm.. 10 pilots and 9 mission specialists, 6 civilians and 13 military officers, chosen from 2,962 applicants, of which 122 screened in June-August 1994. 4 additional international astronauts. 17 April 1998 - STS-90. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-90. Columbia rolled out to pad 39B on March 23. Payloads:
The Neurolab mission was managed by NASA-Johnson at Houston, unlike earlier Spacelab flights which were NASA-Marshall/Huntsville's responsibility. Landed at Kennedy Space Center May 3 1998. 3 May 1998 - Landing of STS-90. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-90. STS-90 landed at 16:09 GMT. 24 February 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-08. The International Space Station continues to orbit quietly without any significant problems hampering its operation as it awaits the arrival of a Space Shuttle crew to perform maintenance tasks while delivering logistics and supplies for use by future astronaut crews. The next Shuttle crew to visit the ISS was finalized last week and includes Jim ...more... 8 September 2000 - STS-106. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-106. Atlantis was launched from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39B. Solid rocket boosters RSRM-75 and external tank ET-103 were used to loft the orbiter into space. The inital orbit of 72 x 328 km x 51.6 deg was circularised by the Shuttle's OMS engines at apogee. Atlantis docked with the PMA-2 adapter on the International Space Station at 05:51 GMT on September 10. The orbiter's small RCS engines were used to gently reboost the station's orbit several times. Astronauts Lu and Malenchenko made a spacewalk on September 11 beginning at 04:47 GMT. They rode the RMS arm up to Zvezda and began installing cables, reaching a distance of 30 meters from the airlock when installing Zvezda's magnetometer. Total EVA duration was 6 hours 21 minutes. During their 12-day flight, the astronauts spent a week docked to the International Space Station during which they worked as movers, cleaners, plumbers, electricians and cable installers. In all, they spent 7 days, 21 hours and 54 minutes docked to the International Space Station, outfitting the new Zvezda module for the arrival of the Expedition One crew later this fall. The Shuttle undocked from ISS at 03:44 GMT on September 18 and made two circuits of the station each lasting half an orbit, before separating finally at 05:34 GMT. The payload bay doors were closed at 04:14 GMT on September 20 and at 06:50 GMT the OMS engines ignited for a three minute burn lowering the orbit from 374 x 386 km x 51.6 deg to 22 x 380 km x 51.6 deg. After entry interface at 07:25 GMT, the orbiter glided to a landing on runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center with main gear touchdown at 07:56:48 GMT for a mission duration of 283 hr 11min. 8 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #01. Flight: STS-106. Space Shuttle Atlantis rocketed into space at 7:46 this morning and is on course to rendezvous and dock with the International Space Station shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday. At the time of Atlantis' launch, the 67-ton station was flying above Hungary, southwest of Budapest. The STS-106 launch countdown proceeded smoothly throughout the morning and the five ...more... 8 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #02. Flight: STS-106. Once in orbit, the crew quickly packed up its ascent suits and unpacked equipment to ready the orbiter for the 11-day mission before turning in at 12:46 p.m. for its first sleep period. The crew will wake up at 8:46 this evening. During its first full day in space the crew will prepare for Sunday's rendezvous ...more... 9 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #04. Flight: STS-106. STS-106 Mission Commander Terry Wilcutt along with his crew, Pilot Scott Altman and Mission Specialists Ed Lu, Rick Mastracchio, Dan Burbank, Yuri Malenchenko and Boris Morukov, were awakened at 5:46 p.m. CDT today. The wake up song from Mission Control was " I Say a Little Prayer" which was played for Wilcutt. All seven astronauts are now busy with final preparations for the docking with the International Space Station set for early tomorrow morning. Atlantis is planned to make the third docking with the station at 12:52 a.m. As of about 6:30 p.m. this evening, the Shuttle trailed the station by about 230 ...more... 9 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #03. Flight: STS-106. Their first full day in space was a busy one for the astronauts and cosmonauts aboard Atlantis as they moved ever closer to an early Sunday morning linkup with the International Space Station. Docking is scheduled to occur at 12:52 a.m. central time Sunday as the two spacecraft soar high above Kazakhstan. In preparation for that linkup, the crew spent today readying a variety of tools ...more... 10 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #05. Flight: STS-106. Commander Terry Wilcutt steered Space Shuttle Atlantis to a smooth link-up with the International Space Station at 12:51 a.m. CDT Sunday, setting the stage for six days of outfitting to make the orbiting outpost ready for its first residents in early November. The approach and docking went almost exactly as planned, with Pilot Scott Altman ...more... 11 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #07. Flight: STS-106. Astronaut Ed Lu and cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko took a 6 hour, 14 minute walk outside the shuttle this morning to complete final connections between the International Space Station's newest module, Zvezda and its first component, Zarya. The space walk was the sixth in support of ISS assembly and the 50th in Shuttle ...more... 11 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #08. Flight: STS-106. STS-106 Commander Terry Wilcutt along with Pilot Scott Altman and Mission Specialists Ed Lu, Rick Mastracchio, Dan Burbank, Yuri Malenchenko and Boris Morukov were awakened at 6:46 p.m. this evening to begin their third day of docked operations. The wake up song, The Hukilau Song by Big Kahuna and the Copa Cat Pack, was played for Lu at the request of his sister. Wilcutt and his crew will open the doors to the recently expanded International ...more... 12 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #10. Flight: STS-106. The additional mission day will give Wilcutt, Pilot Scott Altman and Mission Specialists Ed Lu, Rick Mastracchio, Dan Burbank, Yuri Malenchenko and Boris Morukov more time to prepare the orbiting facility for the arrival of the first station crew when it docks to the station in early November. The STS-106 crew was awakened at 6:46 p.m. to begin its fourth day of docked operations. ...more... 13 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #11. Flight: STS-106. Electrical work was the hallmark of the day as four of the mission specialists aboard Atlantis and the International Space Station replaced batteries inside the Zarya and Zvezda modules while supply transfer continued around them. To replace one component in Zarya, Mission Specialists Dan Burbank and Boris Morukov ...more... 13 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #12. Flight: STS-106. The STS-106 astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis were awakened just before 7 p.m. Central to begin another day of electrical work and transfer activities as they near the halfway point of docked operations with the International Space Station. With 189 hours, 40 minutes of planned Atlantis-ISS docked time, the halfway point of docked operations will be reached at 11:45 p.m. this evening. This morning's wake up song from Mission Control was Kombaht by the group called ...more... 14 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #14. Flight: STS-106. The seven astronauts aboard the Atlantis-International Space Station will soon resume their transfer activities as they start their 5th day of docked operations inside the orbiting facility. As of the start of their workday today, approximately one third of the almost three tons of supplies and equipment have already been moved into the station. Commander Terry Wilcutt, Pilot Scott Altman along with Mission Specialists Ed Lu, ...more... 14 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #13. Flight: STS-106. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station earlier today completed final electrical installations in both the Zvezda and Zarya modules and transferred another station-based experiment to demonstrate control technologies to suppress unwanted vibrations. Ed Lu and Yuri Malenchenko hooked up a third battery in the Zvezda module, bolstering ...more... 15 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #15. Flight: STS-106. The International Space Station got another boost overnight, as STS-106 Commander Terry Wilcutt and Pilot Scott Altman executed another hour-long series of thruster firings designed to raise the station's orbit by several more miles. Thirty-six pulses of Atlantis' reaction control system thrusters boosted the station ...more... 15 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #16. Flight: STS-106. With one full day of docked operations remaining to complete its work on the International Space Station (ISS), the seven-member crew of Space Shuttle Atlantis continued setting up equipment for the station's first inhabitants. The astronauts began their sixth day attached to the Space Station this evening, ...more... 16 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #17. Flight: STS-106. In the final hours of docked operations between Atlantis and the International Space Station the seven member crew continued transferring supplies and equipment, including an exercise treadmill, for use by the first resident crew later this year. In an activity that occupied much of their work day, Pilot Scott Altman and Mission ...more... 16 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #18. Flight: STS-106. STS-106 Mission Commander Terry Wilcutt and his crew were awakened at 6:46 p.m. Central to begin their final full day of docked operations with the International Space Station. By the end of their workday on Sunday morning, Atlantis' astronauts will have finished their efforts of making the orbiting facility a home for the arrival of the first permanent residents of the outpost and all of the hatches between Atlantis and the station will have been closed in preparation for the Shuttle's departure on Sunday evening. The wake up call for Wilcutt and his crew - Pilot Scott Altman along with Mission ...more... 17 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #19. Flight: STS-106. The seven STS-106 astronauts and cosmonauts turned out the lights and closed the doors on a new home in space today after spending a week working as movers, cleaners, plumbers, electricians and cable installers. In all, more than 6,600 pounds of supplies were left behind for use by Expedition crews that will live aboard the International Space Station. The last hatch to the station was closed at 7 this morning, ending 5 days, 9 hours, ...more... 17 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #20. Flight: STS-106. Following a successful week of docked operations, the seven astronauts aboard Shuttle Atlantis will depart the International Space Station later this evening, leaving behind the more than three tons (6,600 pounds) of supplies and equipment that was transferred to the orbiting facility. Commander Terry Wilcutt, Pilot Scott Altman along with Mission Specialists Ed Lu, ...more... 18 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #21. Flight: STS-106. Atlantis' seven astronauts and cosmonauts successfully undocked from the International Space Station after accomplishing all mission objectives in outfitting the station for the first resident crew. "We laid out the red carpet for the first crew to come aboard," said Bob Cabana, ...more... 18 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #22. Flight: STS-106. Having departed the International Space Station last night, Atlantis' crew will now spend a day checking the shuttle's equipment and stowing away gear in preparation for the trip home, aiming for a 2:56 a.m. CDT landing on Wednesday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. STS-106 Mission Commander Terry Wilcutt along with Pilot Scott Altman and Mission ...more... 19 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #23. Flight: STS-106. Atlantis' crew turned its attention to checking shuttle systems and packing up equipment for the return home scheduled for 2:56 a.m. CDT, Wednesday back at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The weather forecast calls for scattered clouds, a light sea-breeze, and only a slight chance of rain off the coast. Winding down from the hectic pace of International Space Station outfitting, which ...more... 19 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #24. Flight: STS-106. The STS-106 astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis are preparing for their return to Earth with a planned predawn touchdown on the 3-mile long Shuttle Landing Facility runway at the Kennedy Space Center at 2:56 a.m. CDT Wednesday. The forecasted weather for early Wednesday shows essentially favorable conditions with some concern for rain showers in the vicinity of the Florida spaceport. Commander Terry Wilcutt, Pilot Scott Altman and Mission Specialists Ed Lu, Rick ...more... 20 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #25. Flight: STS-106. Atlantis and its seven astronauts swooped to a predawn landing at the Kennedy Space Center Wednesday, wrapping up a mission to prepare the initial living quarters of the International Space Station for its first residents. Commander Terry Wilcutt guided Atlantis to a landing at 2:56 a.m. Central time, ...more... 20 September 2000 - Landing of STS-106. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-106. STS-106 landed at 07:56 GMT. 18 February 2001 - STS-98 Mission Status Report #23. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-98. Atlantis' homecoming was delayed today until Monday as gusty winds at the Kennedy Space Center forced a waveoff of the Shuttle's landing at the Florida spaceport. Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Mark Polansky and Mission Specialists Bob Curbeam, ...more... 1 March 2002 - STS-109. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-109. Hubble Servicing Mission 3B. STS-109 main engine cutoff came at 1130 UTC with Columbia in a 55 x 574 km x 28.5 deg transfer orbit. The OMS-2 burn at about 1207 UTC raised perigee to about 195 km. There was a problem with a freon cooling loop on the Orbiter, but it wasn't quite bad enough to affect the mission. The Hubble Space Telescope closed its aperture door on March 2 in preparation for the rendezvous. Columbia got within 100m of HST by 0852 UTC on March 3 and grappled it with the RMS at 0931 UTC. HST was berthed on the FSS in Columbia's payload bay by 1032 UTC. In the course of five spacewalks, the crew installed new equipment on HST. This was the first flight of Columbia since the launch of Chandra in 1999 following refurbishment. In the first two spacewalks, two new solar arrays were installed, and the two old arrays stowed on the RAC carrier. The RWA-1R reaction wheel assembly on the MULE carrier replaced the faltering RWA-1 in the telescope. The third spacewalk was the most difficult, as HST was entirely powered down while astronauts replaced its power controller unit, not designed for on-orbit replacement. On the fourth spacewalk the astronauts removed the European FOC camera, aboard HST since launch in 1990, and replaced it with the new ACS (Advanced Camera for Surveys). They also installed the CASH wire harness, part of the aft shroud cooling system. On the final spacewalk, the astronauts installed the NCS (NICMOS cooling system) cryocooler in the aft shround and the associated NCS radiator on the telescope's exterior. The NICMOS infrared camera had been idle since its original thermal control system failed. With the removal of FOC, the COSTAR device (which deployed contact lenses for the original instruments) became obsolete, since the newer instruments made the corrections to the incorrect HST mirror internally. Cargo manifest:
1 March 2002 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #02. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-109. Following Columbia's on-time launch from the Kennedy Space Center this morning, flight controllers in Mission Control noticed a degraded flow rate in one of two freon cooling loops that help to dissipate heat from the orbiter. There are two freon cooling loops that are part of the shuttle's active thermal ...more... 1 March 2002 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #03. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-109. The crew of Columbia was awakened for its first full day in space at 8:22 p.m. CST with the song "Blue Telescope" by John Hiatt. In its morning mail, the crew received news that mission managers are optimistic the full mission will go forward as planned in spite of low flow in a shuttle cooling line. Commander Scott Altman, Pilot Duane Carey, Flight Engineer Nancy Currie and spacewalkers ...more... 1 March 2002 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #01. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-109. With the Hubble Space Telescope orbiting high overhead, the shuttle Columbia lifted off this morning on a complex mission to replace and upgrade key telescope systems through five challenging spacewalks. Commander Scott Altman, Pilot Duane Carey, Flight Engineer Nancy Currie and spacewalkers ...more... 2 March 2002 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #04. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-109. As Columbia's crew completed preparations today for the capture of the Hubble Space Telescope, mission managers confirmed that a degraded shuttle cooling system will pose no problems for Columbia's flight. Following an extensive analysis, managers determined that, although operating at ...more... 2 March 2002 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #05. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-109. To the theme of "Mission Impossible," Columbia's astronauts awakened this morning to the news that all systems are go for their mission, a week characterized as the most challenging flight ever to maintain and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. Columbia's capture of the telescope is planned for 3:13 a.m. Sunday. The shuttle's ...more... 3 March 2002 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #07. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-109. The crew of the space shuttle Columbia awoke for its first spacewalking day in orbit to "Five Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star," performed by Jeno Jando. It was played for John Grunsfeld. Spacewalkers Grunsfeld and Rick Linnehan will step out into space for the first time during this mission at about 12:30 a.m. tomorrow morning. Within hours of awakening Grunsfeld and Linnehan, with the assistance of crewmates ...more... 3 March 2002 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #06. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-109. The Hubble Space Telescope is secure in Columbia's payload bay following its capture at 3:31 a.m. central time today, as the two spacecraft soared 350 miles above the Pacific Ocean southwest of the Mexican Coast. Columbia's chase of the telescope ended with Commander Scott Altman and Pilot Duane ...more... 4 March 2002 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #09. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-109. Rested and ready for another day of spacewalking, the crew of the space shuttle Columbia was awakened at 7:53 p.m. by the children's song "Floating in the Bathtub," by Tonya Evetts Weimer. It was played for Jim Newman who is to step out into space for the second spacewalk of this mission at about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday. Newman, making his fifth spacewalk, will work closely with crewmate, Mike Massimino, ...more... 5 March 2002 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #11. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-109. Columbia's crew is preparing tonight for the third space walk of the mission, a complex, seven-hour excursion that will include the unprecedented step of turning off the Hubble Space Telescope to replace the heart of its power system. Controllers at the Space Telescope Operations Control Center in Greenbelt, MD, will ...more... 5 March 2002 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #10. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-109. The crew of Columbia completed the second of five planned spacewalks this morning with the successful installation of a new port solar array and a new Reaction Wheel Assembly (RWA) on the Hubble Space Telescope. Spacewalkers Jim Newman and Mike Massimino spent seven hours 16 minutes installing ...more... 6 March 2002 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #13. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-109. With a new heart beating strong and new power generating arrays ready to convert sunlight into energy, the Hubble Space Telescope is poised for Columbia's astronauts to improve its vision. Spacewalkers Jim Newman and Mike Massimino are ready to begin the first science ...more... 7 March 2002 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #15. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-109. The crew of the space shuttle Columbia will give Hubble a way to open one of its slumbering eyes during the fifth and final scheduled spacewalk of this mission. An experimental cooling system will be installed on a camera that has been dormant since 1999 in hopes of bringing it back to life. The crew onboard Columbia was awakened at 9:52 p.m. CST by the Mission Impossible: ...more... 7 March 2002 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #14. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-109. Following today's successful installation of the new Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists will be able to see farther into our universe and with greater clarity and speed than ever before. Columbia's spacewalkers, Jim Newman and Mike Massimino, began the first science ...more... 8 March 2002 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #16. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-109. TThe crew of the space shuttle Columbia completed the last of its five ambitious spacewalks this morning with the successful installation of an experimental cooling system for Hubble's Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS). The NICMOS has been dormant since January 1999 when its original coolant ran out. Astronauts John Grunsfeld and Rick Linnehan began their third spacewalk of the mission ...more... 8 March 2002 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #17. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-109. Columbia's crew is preparing to bid a rejuvenated Hubble Space Telescope farewell following five days of spacewalks that have updated and enhanced the world's greatest observatory. The crew completed five spacewalks on consecutive days, installing equipment that ...more... 9 March 2002 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #19. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-109. After five days of successful spacewalks to rejuvenate the Hubble Space Telescope, the crew of Columbia will enjoy a Sunday off. The crew was awakened at 8:50 p.m. CST Saturday by "Fly Me to the Moon" by Frank Sinatra. The song was played for Commander Scott "Scooter" Altman. The crewmembers onboard Columbia - Altman, Pilot Duane Carey and Mission Specialists ...more... 9 March 2002 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #18. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-109. "Good luck Mr. Hubble," was the call from on board Columbia this morning as the newly rejuvenated telescope was released from the grasp of the shuttle's robotic arm at 4:04 a.m. central time today. From the flight deck, spacewalker John Grunsfeld expressed the sentiments of the ...more... 10 March 2002 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #21. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-109. After a day off and a good night's rest, the seven-member crew of Columbia will focus on the end of a mission featuring five successful spacewalks to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. Landing is scheduled for 3:32 a.m. CST Tuesday at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The ...more... 12 March 2002 - Landing of STS-109. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-109. Columbia deorbit was at 0822 UTC with landing on runway 33 at Kennedy Space Center at 0931 UTC. 12 March 2002 - STS-109 Mission Status Report #23. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-109. The space shuttle Columbia landed at Kennedy Space Center early Tuesday after a 10-day, 22-hour and 10-minute mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. Columbia astronauts conducted five successful spacewalks during their STS-109 mission to improve the orbiting observatory. Columbia's main landing gear touched down at 3:32 a.m. CST, completing a mission ...more... Bibliography and Further Reading
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