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Personal: Male, Married, Two children. Born in Amarillo, Texas, USA. Perished in Columbia shuttle disintegration during re-entry. US Air Force US Air Force Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: NASA Group 15 - 1995. Deceased Entered space service: 9 December 1994. Left space service: 1 February 2003. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 25.74 days.
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Husband Spaceflight Log
Husband 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. 2 November 1998 - STS-95 Mission Status Report # 09. Flight: STS-95. Discovery's astronauts were awakened at 6 a.m. Central time this morning by Andy Williams' rendition of the 1962 Academy Award winning song, "Moon River." Annie Glenn requested the song as a tribute to the longstanding friendship between Williams and her husband, Payload Specialist John Glenn. The seven crew members are looking forward to some free time today, following yesterday's successful deployment of the Spartan solar physics satellite, which will study the outer layers of the sun's atmosphere until it is retrieved by Discovery tomorrow. Work will continue today with a wide variety of science experiments on board, although ...more... 10 December 1998 - STS-88 Mission Status Report # 16. Flight: STS-88. Endeavour's six astronauts awoke at 10:41 a.m. CST today and are preparing for a historic day - entry into the International Space Station for the first time. The crew was awakened to Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA," played for Mission Specialist-2, Nancy Currie at the request of her husband, David. After opening the hatch between Unity and the Pressurized Mating Adapter that connects ...more... 27 May 1999 - STS-96. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-96. Discovery docked at the PMA-2 end of the International Space Station PMA-2/Unity/PMA-1/Zarya stack. The crew transferred equipment from the Spacehab Logistics Double Module in the payload bay to the interior of the station. Tammy Jernigan and Dan Barry made a space walk to transfer equipment from the payload bay to the exterior of the station. The ODS/EAL docking/airlock truss carried two TSA (Tool Stowage Assembly) packets with space walk tools. The Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC), built by Energia and DASA-Bremen, carried parts of the Strela crane and the US OTD crane as well as the SHOSS box which contains three bags of tools and equipment to be stored on ISS's exterior. The STS-96 payload bay manifest:
On May 30 at 02:56 GMT Tammy Jernigan and Dan Barry entered the payload bay of Discovery from the tunnel adapter hatch, and made a 7 hr 55 min space walk, transferring equipment to the exterior of the station. On May 31 at 01:15 GMT the hatch to Unity was opened and the crew began several days of cargo transfers to the station. Battery units and communications equipment were replaced and sound insulation was added to Zarya. Discovery undocked from ISS at 22:39 GMT on June 3 into a 385 x 399 km x 51.6 degree orbit, leaving the station without a crew aboard. On June 5 the Starshine satellite was ejected from the payload bay. The payload bay doors were closed at around 02:15 GMT on June 6 and the deorbit burn was at 04:54 GMT. Discovery landed on runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center at 06:02 GMT. 27 May 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report # 02. Flight: STS-96. The crew of STS-96 was awakened just before 7 p.m. by the Beach Boys' version of "California Dreamin," played for Mission Specialist Tammy Jernigan. Once awake, Discovery's seven-member crew began preparing for its first full day on orbit to ready the vehicle for tomorrow night's docking with the International Space Station and a spacewalk the night after. Commander Kent Rominger, Pilot Rick Husband and Mission Specialists Ellen Ochoa, ...more... 27 May 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report # 01. Flight: STS-96. Discovery and its multi-national crew of seven astronauts blasted off this morning from the Kennedy Space Center, lighting up the early morning skies as they sped to orbit on the first shuttle mission of the year for the first shuttle docking to the International Space Station. Commander Kent Rominger, Pilot Rick Husband and Mission Specialists Tammy Jernigan, ...more... 28 May 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report # 04. Flight: STS-96. At wake-up, the Shuttle trailed the station by about 120 nautical miles and was closing in by about 41 nautical miles with each orbit of Earth. The final phase of rendezvous will begin when Discovery reaches a point about eight nautical miles directly behind the station and fires its engines in a terminal phase initiation burn at 8:35 p.m. Central. The TI burn, as it is called, will put the Shuttle on a course directly toward the station during the next orbit of Earth. As Discovery moves within about a half-mile of the station, Rominger will take over manual control of the Shuttle's approach, flying Discovery from controls in the aft cockpit. Discovery will arrive at a point about 600 feet directly below the station at about 10:05 p.m. Central, and Rominger will then begin a half-circle of the orbiting outpost. Discovery will pass about 350 feet in front of the station and then move to a point about 250 feet directly above it at about 10:32 p.m. Central. Rominger will then begin to descend toward the station and, at about 10:37 p.m. ...more... 28 May 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report # 03. Flight: STS-96. With the Shuttle trailing the station by less than 500 nautical miles and moving closer every orbit, Commander Kent Rominger twice fired Discovery's steering jets to fine tune the Shuttle's approach to the new station. The engine firings were the first in a series that will culminate in a docking with the station planned for 11:24 p.m. Central time today. Down on Discovery's middeck, Flight Engineer Ellen Ochoa and Canadian astronaut Julie Payette opened the tunnel and hatches leading to the Spacehab module in the payload bay. Spacehab is loaded with equipment, clothes and food to be stored aboard the new orbital outpost. Later, Payette and Russian cosmonaut Valery Tokarev temporarily stowed some equipment in the module to free up room in Discovery's cabin. In preparation for Saturday's spacewalk, astronauts Tammy Jernigan and Dan Barry, ...more... 29 May 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report # 06. Flight: STS-96. Having completed the first space shuttle docking with the International Space Station late last night, Discovery's astronauts will go to sleep at 8:50 a.m. Central time to rest up for a space walk late tonight to install a pair of cranes and other gear to the exterior of the orbital complex. Commander Kent Rominger completed a textbook rendezvous and docking with the station ...more... 30 May 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report #09. Flight: STS-96. Discovery's astronauts are preparing to enter the International Space Station for the first time in six months following a rousing wakeup call from Mission Control in honor of Memorial Day. The crew is scheduled to climb inside the Unity and Zarya modules mid evening to ...more... 31 May 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report #10. Flight: STS-96. For the first time in six months, astronauts entered the International Space Station delivering supplies and preparing the outpost to receive its first resident crew, scheduled to arrive in early 2000. Mission Specialists Tammy Jernigan and Russian Space Agency cosmonaut Valery Tokarev ...more... 31 May 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report #11. Flight: STS-96. Discovery's crew of seven awoke to the country and western tune "Amarillo by Morning" to begin flight day six on orbit. The George Strait version was played in honor of Pilot Rick Husband, who is from Amarillo, Texas. Today, most of the crew will be involved in logistics transfer activities within ...more... 1 June 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report #13. Flight: STS-96. Discovery's crew awakened this afternoon to the classical music selection "Exultate Jubilate" by Mozart. The selection is a favorite of Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette. Logistics transfer activities will dominate the on-orbit day as all crew members ...more... 2 June 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report #15. Flight: STS-96. Discovery's astronauts will finish their work inside the International Space Station tonight and are scheduled to have all the hatches closed by about 4 a.m. Thursday. Shortly thereafter, the shuttle's small thrusters will be fired to raise the entire complex's orbit in preparation for the undocking and departure set for late tomorrow afternoon. The crew was awakened at 3:50 this afternoon by the Russian song "Vasha Blagarodye" ...more... 3 June 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report #17. Flight: STS-96. Discovery departed the International Space Station at 5:39 p.m. Central today as the two spacecraft flew 245 miles above northwest Mongolia, leaving the new outpost stocked with more than two tons of supplies and equipment for future crews. Pilot Rick Husband backed Discovery away after astronaut Tammy Jernigan commanded ...more... 3 June 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report #16. Flight: STS-96. Discovery's astronauts closed the hatches leading into the International Space Station early this morning and boosted the station into a higher orbit to set the stage for a planned arrival of the Russian-built Zvezda Service Module later this year. After moving the last items from Discovery into the station, the crew closed the ...more... 4 June 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report #18. Flight: STS-96. After leaving the International Space Station behind, Discovery's astronauts were rewarded with several hours of scheduled off-duty time in recognition of their ambitious pace of activities over the past several days. Discovery undocked from ISS at 5:39 p.m. central time yesterday, having delivered ...more... 5 June 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report #21. Flight: STS-96. Discovery and its seven-member crew are preparing to return home tonight with landing planned for 1:03 a.m. Central time following a flight that will go into the books as the first docking of a shuttle with the International Space Station. Weather permitting, Discovery's computers will ignite the twin breaking rockets ...more... 6 June 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report #22. Flight: STS-96. Discovery's astronauts glided to the 11th night landing in shuttle program history early Sunday, landing at 1:03 a.m. Central time to wrap up a 4 million mile mission to resupply the International Space Station. Discovery swooped out of darkness as Commander Kent Rominger set the shuttle and ...more... 6 June 1999 - Landing of STS-96. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-96. STS-96 landed at 06:02 GMT. 23 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #10. Flight: STS-101. The STS-101 astronauts aboard Atlantis were awakened at 3:41 p.m. CDT to begin their sixth day in space and third day of docked operations with the International Space Station. Today's wake up song from Mission Control was a long distance dedication from Kathy Halsell to her husband, Mission Commander Jim Halsell, the Flamingoes tune "I Only Have Eyes for You." Halsell along with Pilot Scott Horowitz and Mission Specialists Mary Ellen Weber, ...more... 16 October 2002 - STS-112 MCC Status Report #18. Flight: ISS EO-5, STS-112. With their week's worth of work completed, astronauts and cosmonauts aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station bid farewell to one another and closed the hatches in preparation for the shuttle's undocking scheduled for 8:13 this morning. Following undocking, Atlantis will back away from the ISS to a distance of about ...more... 16 January 2003 - STS-107. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-107. The last solo shuttle earth orbit mission ended in tragedy when the shuttle Columbia disintegrated during re-entry at an altitude of 63.15 km and a speed of Mach 18. Launch delayed from May 23, June 27, July 11 and 19, November 29, 2002. 16 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #02. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Columbia's crewmembers unstowed equipment and began activation of the Spacehab Research Double Module in the shuttle's cargo bay, setting the stage for 24-hour-a-day science during the shuttle's 16-day research mission. Columbia lifted off at 9:39 a.m. CST from the Kennedy Space Center in near-perfect ...more... 16 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #01. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Columbia lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center this morning on the first shuttle mission of the year, carrying the first Israeli astronaut into orbit along with six crewmates on a marathon international scientific research flight. Commander Rick Husband, Pilot Willie McCool, Mission Specialists Dave Brown, Kalpana ...more... 17 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #03. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. In their first full day in orbit, Columbia's seven crewmembers completed activation of the SPACEHAB Research Double Module in the shuttle's cargo bay and all of its scientific experiments. Red Team members Commander Rick Husband, Mission Specialists Kalpana Chawla and ...more... 18 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #04. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts pointed two Israeli cameras over the Atlantic and the Mediterranean today in search of small dust particles that might impact the weather and began experiments in human life sciences in the third day of the STS-107 scientific research flight. Red Team members Commander Rick Husband, Mission Specialists Kalpana Chawla and ...more... 19 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #05. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Columbia's astronauts studied combustion properties and the response of their own bodies in weightlessness and the behavior of soot in space one-quarter of the way through their marathon scientific research mission. Red Team members Commander Rick Husband, Mission Specialists Kalpana Chawla and ...more... 20 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #06. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Columbia's astronauts conducted scientific studies ranging from the behavior of granular materials in weightlessness to the effects of microgravity on fungi, and filmed the sprites associated with thunderstorms across the globe as their scientific research flight continued in its fifth day. Red team members Commander Rick Husband, Mission Specialists Kalpana Chawla and ...more... 21 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #07. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. The seven astronauts aboard Columbia continued to conduct scientific studies 24-7 today, concentrating their efforts on combustion in weightlessness, the growth of cell cultures, and measurements of the ozone layer. The Blue Team was awakened at 3:39 p.m. CDT to the sounds of "The Wedding Song" ...more... 22 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #08. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. The seven astronauts aboard Columbia beamed down television views of their smallest companions in orbit today, including insects, spiders, fish, bees and silk worms that are part of the Space Technology and Research Students package of experiments designed and developed by students in six countries. The television pictures showed ants busily creating and moving about tunnels in ...more... 23 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #09. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. The STS-107 scientific research mission aboard Columbia passed the halfway mark today as the 80 microgravity investigations continue on schedule. Highlighting the investigations today for both the Blue and Red Teams were the SOFBALL ...more... 24 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #10. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Research continued aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia today as the seven astronauts aboard continued to work in shifts, coordinating work with investigators on the ground. Commander Rick Husband, Mission Specialists Kalpana Chawla and Laurel Clark, and ...more... 25 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #11. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts completed an experiment studying the activity of bone cells in microgravity and began final tests with a technology demonstration designed to investigate the behavior of capillary-pumped loops in space as the 16-day international science mission completed Flight Day 10. Toward the end of their workday at 1 a.m. CST this morning, Pilot Willie McCool ...more... 26 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #12. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Scientific research continued aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia today as the STS-107 mission headed into the homestretch with a variety of experiments in multiple disciplines. The Red team of astronauts, working by day, and the Blue team, working by night, ...more... 27 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #13. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Some experiments have run their course aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, but there is more in store as STS-107 science continues around the clock in the Spacehab Research Double Module. The Structures of Flame Balls experiment, looking at ways of improving engine combustion ...more... 28 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #14. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. The Red team of astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia accomplished repairs on the third and final combustion experiment of STS-107 this afternoon, and support scientists on the ground were looking forward to working with the Blue team on the first scientific runs. Mission Specialist Kalpana Chawla reported a good leak check of the Combustion Module-2 ...more... 29 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #15. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Columbia's seven astronauts took a break from their around-the-clock scientific research today to answer reporters' questions in the traditional on-orbit crew news conference. Commander Rick Husband, Pilot Willie McCool, Mission Specialists Dave Brown, Kalpana ...more... 30 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #16. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia are completing their final runs on experiments in the Spacehab Research Double Module and beginning preparations for Saturday's landing. Most of the 80 experiments already have completed their data collection, and today ...more... 31 January 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #17. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Columbia crewmembers deactivated experiments and began stowing gear to prepare for their scheduled Saturday landing at the Kennedy Space Center. Commander Rick Husband, Pilot Willie McCool, Mission Specialists Dave Brown, Kalpana ...more... 1 February 2003 - Loss of STS-107. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-107. The shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas during re-entry at an altitude of 63.15 km and a speed of Mach 18. All hands aboard were lost. The loss grounded the shuttle fleet pending a failure investigation and left the crew of Bowersox, Pettit and Budarin aboard the International Space Station with a Soyuz emergency return vehicle but without means of major station resupply. 1 February 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #19. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. The Space Shuttle Columbia and its seven astronauts were lost today when the vehicle broke up over north central Texas during its reentry from orbit. Communications were lost with Columbia and its crew at around 8:00 a.m. CST, while ...more... 2 February 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #20. Flight: ISS EO-6, STS-107. Aided by federal and local agencies, NASA stepped up its inquiry into the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia and its seven astronauts. Multiple investigative teams continue to pore over engineering data in an effort to uncover the cause of the breakup of the orbiter over Texas on Saturday 16 minutes from landing. Space Shuttle Program Manager Ron Dittemore told an afternoon briefing that a Mishap ...more... 3 February 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #21. Flight: ISS EO-6. NASA engineers continued to review data and recover debris from the Space Shuttle Columbia today as the analysis of what caused the orbiter to break up Saturday en route to landing continued. Space Shuttle Program Manager Ron Dittemore told an afternoon briefing that several ...more... 4 February 2003 - STS-107 MCC Status Report #22. Flight: ISS EO-6. As NASA paused to pay tribute to Columbia's astronauts, the agency reported making "considerable progress" in recovering debris from the Space Shuttle and analyzing data in the search for clues to what caused the orbiter to breakup 16 minutes before its landing last Saturday. President and Mrs. Bush joined NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe in honoring astronauts ...more... Bibliography and Further Reading
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