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Personal: Male, Married, Two children. Born in Manchester, Connecticut, USA. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: NASA Group 16 - 1996. Active Entered space service: 1 May 1996. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 23.60 days. Number of EVAs: 1.00. Total EVA Time: 0.30 days.
NASA Official Biography
Burbank Spaceflight Log
Burbank Chronology 5 December 1983 - NASA Astronaut Training Group 16 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 25 mission specialists selected from over 2,400 applicants. 9 additional international astronauts. 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 #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... 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... 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... 10 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #06. Flight: STS-106. The seven member STS-106 crew was awakened just before 7 p.m. CDT to begin its fourth day of orbital activities and its first full day of docked operations with the International Space Station. The main focus of today's efforts will be a 6 ½ hour space walk conducted by Mission Specialists Ed Lu and Yuri Malenchenko. Today's wake up call was "All Star" by the band Smash Mouth. The song was played ...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... 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... 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... 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 #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 #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. 7 February 2001 - STS-98 Mission Status Report #01. Flight: ISS EO-1, STS-98. Atlantis' five astronauts blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center at sunset tonight to deliver the U.S. Laboratory Destiny to the International Space Station (ISS), the cornerstone of scientific research on the complex and the new command and control center for Station operations. Commander Ken Cockrell, Pilot Mark Polansky and Mission Specialists Bob Curbeam, ...more... 23 May 2003 - STS-115 (cancelled). Assignment: Proposed Prime Crew. Flight: STS-115A. Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. STS-115 was to have flown a ten-day ISS Assembly mission ISS-12A. 9 September 2006 - STS-115. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13. Atlantis docked with the International Space Station at the PMA-2 port at 10:48 GMT on 11 September. At the Shuttle RMS robot arm connected to the enormous P3/P4 truss in the payload pay and handed it off to the Station's robot arm between 14:52 and 15:03 GMT the same day. The station arm then connected to the P3/P4 truss to the station's P1 truss at 07:27 on 12 September. Three EVA's were made by the shuttle crew over the next three days to complete installation of the truss and deply its solar panels. The Shuttle undocked from the station at 12:50 GMT on 20 September. There was a one-day delay in landing due to weather at the Cape and some concern about several small objects seen floating near the spacecraft. These were believed to be plastic shims that had worked loose from between the tiles and were not a concern. Atlantis landed at Kennedy Space Center at 10:21 GMT on 21 September. 9 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #01. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. Atlantis launched into an almost clear Florida sky this morning for an 11-day mission that marks the return to assembly of the International Space Station. Today marks the first time in almost four years that a major new space station component ...more... 10 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #02. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-13. After days of waking up in quarantine, the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis woke up in weightlessness for its first full day in space. The six-person crew of Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Chris Ferguson and Mission Specialists ...more... 10 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #03. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-13. It was a productive day for the six astronauts onboard Atlantis. The crew inspected the shuttle's heat shield, prepared for docking to the International Space Station and readied spacesuits for the upcoming three spacewalks. The crew thoroughly examined Atlantis with the Orbiter Boom Sensor System, the 50-foot-long ...more... 11 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #04. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-13. The Space Shuttle Atlantis crew has begun a busy and exciting day. The shuttle and the International Space Station are scheduled to dock at 5:46 a.m. CDT and begin seven days of joint operations. The crew awoke at 11:15 p.m. to a solo cello performance by Dan Burbank’s children. ...more... 11 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #05. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-13. The Space Shuttle Atlantis crew entered the International Space Station complex this morning at 7:35 a.m. CDT giving a wave and smiles to Mission Control operators on the ground in Houston. "Station, we see you have visitors. Tell them to give us a wave", said astronaut ...more... 12 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #07. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-13. It is home improvement time onboard the International Space Station. Assembly of the orbiting space lab officially resumed this morning at 4:17 a.m. CDT. Mission specialists Joe Tanner and Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper focused on bolts, connectors ...more... 12 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #06. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. It's installation day on the International Space Station. The Atlantis and Expedition 13 crews will attach the P3/P4 truss and do the first of three spacewalks by shuttle crew members. Atlantis' astronauts were awakened at 11:15 p.m. CDT Monday with "My Friendly Epistle," ...more... 13 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #09. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-13. The crews of Atlantis and Expedition 13 had a busy fifth day together in space as they brought to life the new addition to the International Space Station they had attached on Tuesday. During the second spacewalk of the STS-115 mission, first-time spacewalkers Dan ...more... 13 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #08. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The Atlantis and Expedition 13 crews are getting ready for the second spacewalk of the STS-115 mission to the International Space Station. They will continue preparations for activation of the P3/P4 truss segment attached ...more... 14 September 2006 - EVA STS-115-2. Assignment: EVA Crew. Flight: STS-115. The crew continued work on the P3/P4 truss, which allowed the truss' solar arrays to be deployed on 14 September. 14 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #10. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. With several busy days including two successful spacewalks behind them, the Atlantis and International Space Station crews were looking forward to deployment of new station solar arrays and preparing for the mission's third spacewalk. The ground teams completed the checkout of the Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ) early ...more... 15 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #12. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The Atlantis and International Space Station crews today will focus on the third and final spacewalk of the mission. The STS-115 crew, Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Chris Ferguson and Mission Specialists ...more... 15 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #13. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-13. Astronauts Joe Tanner and Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper finished the third and final spacewalk of Atlantis' mission today, powering up a cooling radiator for the new solar arrays unfolded Thursday on the International Space Station. After about a 45-minute delay in the airlock due to a depressurization pump power ...more... 16 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #15. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. Astronauts on board Space Shuttle Atlantis today got a much deserved day off having completed three highly successful space walks that put the International Space Station back under construction. After seven days in space, the STS-115 crew -- Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Chris ...more... 16 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #14. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Atlantis crew gets some well deserved time to relax today. After the successful addition of new components to the International Space Station, ...more... 17 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #17. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Atlantis left a space station today markedly different than the one to which it docked less than a week ago. Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station at 7:50 a.m. CDT, completing ...more... 17 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #16. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. It's undocking day. The Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to begin moving away from the International Space Station at 7:50 a.m. CDT. Crew members will get a look at the results of their STS-115 mission, which resumed ...more... 18 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #19. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The crew of the International Space Station worked through an emergency procedure this morning after an oxygen generation unit apparently overheated. The overheating is believed to have melted a rubber seal, causing a small amount ...more... 18 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #18. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The International Space Station is a busy place these days. Sunday saw the departure of the space shuttle visitors who had been working from the orbiting complex the past six days with a 7:50 a.m. CDT undocking of Atlantis. Hours later, three more explorers launched toward the station in a Soyuz spacecraft. Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin and ...more... 19 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #21. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. Space Shuttle managers today decided to extend Atlantis' stay in space to allow for additional inspections of the spacecraft to be performed. The decision to pursue additional inspections was made this morning after video ...more... 19 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #20. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. A space-age conference call linked three orbiting crews early Tuesday. Three people aboard the Soyuz TMA 9 talked with the six Atlantis astronauts and ...more... 20 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #22. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The Space Shuttle Atlantis crew began another survey of the spacecraft's heat shield late Tuesday after mission managers decided the orbiter would spend another day in space. That decision was made after cameras detected a piece of debris near the shuttle ...more... 21 September 2006 - STS-115 MCC Status Report #24. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-13. After resuming the expansion of humanity's only outpost in space, Space Shuttle Atlantis came home this morning, gliding to a perfect pre-dawn landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis touched down on Runway 33 of Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility at 5:21:30 ...more... Bibliography and Further Reading
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