John L. Phillips

John L. Phillips

Infobox Astronaut
name =John Lynch Phillips


type =Astronaut
nationality =American
date_birth =April 15, 1951
place_birth =Fort Belvoir, Virginia
occupation =Scientist
rank =Captain, USN
selection =1996 NASA Group
time =190d 21h 54m
mission =STS-100, Soyuz TMA-6, Expedition 11
insignia =|

John Lynch Phillips, PhD (born April 15, 1951) is a NASA astronaut.

Biography

Born April 15, 1951 in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, but considers Scottsdale, Arizona to be his hometown. He is married to the former Laura Jean Doell of Scotia, New York. They have two children. John Phillips enjoys skiing, kayaking, hiking, family recreation and various fitness activities.

Graduated from Scottsdale High School, Scottsdale, Arizona, in 1966; received a bachelor of science degree in mathematics and Russian from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1972; a master of science degree in aeronautical systems from the University of West Florida in 1974; a master of science degree and a doctorate in geophysics and space physics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1984 and 1987 respectively.

A National Merit Scholar; he graduated second of 906 in the class of 1972 at U.S. Naval Academy; received 2 NASA Group Achievement Awards for contributions to the Ulysses Spacecraft Mission and the Los Alamos National Laboratory Distinguished Performance Award in 1996. Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal and various military awards.

Phillips received a navy commission upon graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1972 and was designated a Naval Aviator in November, 1974. He trained in the A-7 Corsair aircraft at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California and made overseas deployment with Attack Squadron 155 aboard the "Oriskany" (CV-34) and "Roosevelt" (CV-42). Subsequent tours of duty included navy recruiting in Albany, New York, and flying the CT-39 Sabreliner aircraft at Naval Air Station North Island, California.

After leaving the Navy in 1982, Phillips enrolled as a graduate student at UCLA. While at UCLA he carried out research involving observations by the NASA Pioneer Venus Spacecraft. Upon completing his doctorate in 1987, he was awarded a J. Robert Oppenheimer Postdoctoral Fellowship at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. He accepted a career position at Los Alamos in 1989. While there, Phillips performed research on the sun and the space environment. From 1993 through 1996 he was Principal Investigator for the Solar Wind Plasma Experiment aboard the Ulysses Spacecraft as it executed a unique trajectory over the poles of the sun. He has authored 156 scientific papers dealing with the plasma environments of the sun, earth, other planets, comets and spacecraft.

Phillips has logged over 4,400 flight hours and 250 carrier landings. He has been a Navy reservist since 1982, serving as an A-7 pilot, and in various non-flying assignments. He holds the rank of Captain, USNR.

NASA

Selected by NASA in April 1996, Phillips reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1996. After completing astronaut candidate training, he held various jobs in the Astronaut Office, including systems engineering and CAPCOM for the International Space Station. He flew aboard STS-100 in 2001, logging nearly 12 days and 5 million miles in space. He served as a backup to ISS Expedition-7, completing that assignment in February 2003, and trained for a long-duration mission on the ISS in 2005.

pace Flight Experience

STS-100 Endeavour (April 19 to May 1, 2001). During the 12-day, 187 orbit mission, the crew successfully delivered and installed the Canadarm2 Robotic Arm. They also delivered experiments and supplies aboard the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello on its maiden flight. Phillips was the Ascent/Entry Flight engineer and was the intravehicular activity coordinator during two space walks.

On April 15, 2005, he flew on Soyuz TMA-6 to the ISS for a six-month mission (Expedition 11).

On June 14, 2005, John became the first person ever to testify before congress from the International Space Station, or outer space in general. He gave testimony to the United States House of Representatives Science Space Subcommittee via a live video feed. The hearing was to evaluate the space station's usefulness as an orbiting laboratory.

On August 18, 2005, Phillips and Sergei Krikalev completed a five hour spacewalk to retrieve several experiments and install a video camera for the new docking procedure.

On October 19, 2007, NASA announced that Phillips will fly on STS-119 mission, scheduled for 2008.Cite web| url=http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/oct/HQ_07229_STS-119-Crew.html|title=NASA Assigns Crew for Final Solar Array Delivery to Station|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=October 19| publisher=NASA| year=2007| author=NASA]

References

External links

* [http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/phillips.html Source document]
* [http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/06/14/space.witness.reut/index.html CNN report on House testimony]
* [http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/phillips_john.htm Spacefacts biography of John L. Phillips]


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