MacLean

Steven Glenwood MacLean Canadian Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 14 December 1954.

Personal: Male, Married, Three children. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: Canada Group 1 - 1983, NASA Group 16 - 1996. Active Entered space service: 5 December 1983. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 21.67 days. Number of EVAs: 1.00. Total EVA Time: 0.30 days.

Selected Aug 1996; he had been Payload Specialist on STS-52 Mission LAGEOS-2 (responsible for the Space Visions System). NASA Official Biography

NAME: Steven (Steve) Glenwood MacLean (Ph.D.)

CSA Astronaut (Mission Specialist Candidate)

PERSONAL DATA:

Born December 14, 1954, in Ottawa, Ontario. Married to Nadine Wielgopolski of Hull, Quebec. They have three children. He enjoys hiking, canoeing, flying, parachuting, gymnastics.

EDUCATION:

Attended primary and secondary schools in Ottawa. Received a Bachelor of Science degree in Honors Physics in 1977 and a Doctorate in Physics in 1983 from York University in Toronto, Ontario.

ORGANIZATIONS:

Honorary Fellow of Norman Bethune College of York University (1988). President of the Board of Directors for the Mont Megantic Observatory project.

SPECIAL HONORS:

In 1977, he received the President's Award at York University (Murray G. Ross Award). He is recipient of a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Post Graduate Scholarship in 1980, two Ontario Graduate Scholarships, one in 1981 and the other in 1982, and a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship in 1983. In 1993, he received a doctorate (Honoris causa) from the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean in Quebec, a Doctorate of Science (Honoris causa) from York University in Toronto, and a Doctorate of Science (Honoris causa) from Acadia University in Halifax.

EXPERIENCE:

In 1974-76, Dr. MacLean worked in sports administration and public relations at York University. In 1976-77, he was a member of the Canadian National Gymnastics Team. He taught part-time at York University from 1980-83. In 1983, he became a visiting scholar at Stanford University under Nobel Laureate A.L. Shalow. He is a laser-physicist, and his research has included work on electro-optics, laser-induced fluorescence of particles and crystals and multi-photon laser spectroscopy.

In December 1983, Dr. MacLean was one of six astronauts selected by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). He began astronaut training in February 1984 and, in December 1985, was designated as the Canadian Payload Specialist to fly with the CANEX-2 set of Canadian experiments in space. His mission, STS-52, took place October 22 to November 1, 1992.

From 1988 to 1991, he was Astronaut Adviser to the Strategic Technologies in Automation & Robotics Program (STEAR).

From 1987 to 1993, he was Program Manager of the Advanced Space Vision System (SVS). In July 1992, NASA agreed to outfit the shuttle fleet with an operational version of the Orbiter Space Vision System (OSVS) which will give eyes to the Canadarm on board the space shuttle, and the Advanced Vision Unit (AVU) which will be used with the Mobile Servicing System (MSS). The MSS is Canada's contribution to the International Space Station. He was Program Manager for the OSVS until his interim assignment, in July 1993, to a collateral duty as Science Advisor for the International Space Station.

In 1993, he became an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies.

In April 1994, he was appointed Acting Director-General of the Canadian Astronaut Program. In July 1996 he was selected to attend NASA's Astronaut Candidate Training at Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas.

JANUARY 1997

MacLean Spaceflight Log

22 October 1992 Flight: STS-52. Flight Up: STS-52. Flight Back: STS-52. Flight Time: 9.87 days.

9 September 2006 Flight: STS-115. Flight Up: STS-115. Flight Back: STS-115. Flight Time: 11.80 days.

MacLean Chronology

1987 March - STS-71-F (cancelled). Assignment: Proposed Prime Crew. Flight: STS-71-F. Planned shuttle mission. Cancelled after Challenger disaster.

22 October 1992 - STS-52. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-52. Deployed Lageos 2, CTA. Payloads: Laser Geodynamic Satellite (LAGEOS) II/ Italian Research Interim Stage (IRIS), Canadian Experiments (CANEX) 2, United States Micro-gravity Payload (USMP) 1, Attitude Sensor Pack-age (ASP), Tank Pressure Control Experiment (TPCE), Physiological Systems Experiment (PSE), Heat Pipe Performance (HPP) experiment, Commercial Protein Crystal Growth (CPCG), Shuttle Plume Impingement Experiment (SPIE), Commercial Materials ITA Experiment (CMIX), Crystals by Vapor Transport Experiment (CVTE).

1 November 1992 - Landing of STS-52. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-52. STS-52 landed at 14:13 GMT.

22 April 2001 - STS-100 Mission Status Report #07. Flight: ISS EO-2, STS-100. Endeavour's astronauts extended the reach of the International Space Station today, successfully installing a 57.7 foot long Canadian-built robotic arm.

Mission Control Houston recognized the importance of today's activities sending ...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 #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...

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...

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...

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...

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 #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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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NASA Astronaut Biographies, Johnson Space Center, NASA, 1995-present. Accessed at: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/.

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