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Reimar Lüst



Prof. Dr Reimar Lüst was the third Director General of ESA, serving from 1984 until 1990.

Prof. Lüst was born on 25 March 1923 in Wuppertal-Barmen, Germany. He began his studies in 1933 at the Humanistisches Gymnasium in Kassel, until these were interrupted by military service with the German navy in 1941. He served on submarines (Lt. Ing.) and became a prisoner-of-war in England and USA between 1943-46.

He resumed his studies in 1946 and was awarded a Diploma in Physics from the University of Frankfurt/Main in 1949, and a Doctorate in 1951 from the University of Göttingen.

In 1951, Lüst became Fellow and assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Physics, Göttingen, and was a Fulbright Fellow at the Enrico Fermi Institute of the University of Chicago and at Princeton University in 1955-56.

Then followed many distinguished academic positions, at the University of Munich, the University of New York, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena.

Prof. Lüst was involved with European space science administration from the very first days of the ‘Commission préparatoire européenne de recherches spatiales’ (COPERS). First as Secretary of the Scientific and Technical Working Group, then as Scientific Director of the European Space Research Organisation (ESRO) from 1962 to 1964, he helped to draw up the scientific programme for ESRO.

After a break at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, and the University of Munich, he became Vice President of ESRO in 1968-70. He was appointed Chairman of the German Science Council (Wissenschaftsrat) 1969-72.

Before joining ESA in 1984, Prof. Lüst was President of the Max Planck Society. Since leaving ESA, he has held a number of senior positions: President (then Honorary President) of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, Professor at the University of Hamburg, then Chairman and Honorary Chairman (2005) of the Board of Governors, International University, Bremen.

Prof. Lüst's research career has made contributions to our knowledge of the origins of our planetary system, solar physics, the physics of cosmic rays, plasma physics, hydrodynamics and to the physics of nuclear fusion. He was also closely involved the first ESRO sounding rocket launches and satellites to study the upper atmosphere and the planetary medium. He directed experiments on the ESRO-IV and HEOS-A satellites, and was an experiment group leader for the COS-B satellite.

The planetoid 4836 was named 'Lüst', an in 1995 Prof. Lüst received the Adenauer-de Gaulle Prize and the Weizman Award for Science and Humanities. He was also awarded the title of Officer of the French Légion d’Honneur and holds the Grand Federal Cross of Merit of the German Republic.

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#AtoZ L is Lüst: Prof. Reimar Lüst, ESA’s third Director General 1984-90, made an immeasurable contribution to European space activities from the 1960s to 1990s 👉 https://esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_news/Reimar_Luest #ESAarchives #SpaceGlossary (pics: portrait and with H. Neuss & G. Haerendel in 1966, MPE)
#AtoZ L is Lüst: Prof. Reimar Lüst, ESA’s third Director General 1984-90, made an immeasurable contribution to European space activities from the 1960s to 1990s 👉 https://esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_news/Reimar_Luest #ESAarchives #SpaceGlossary (pics: portrait and with H. Neuss & G. Haerendel in 1966, MPE)
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Reimar Lüst 1972-1984

Reimar Lüst - From U-Boat engineer to University founder
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People don't generally say that they have two dates of birth; however, physicist and science manager Professor Reimar Lüst is one who does. The first date of birth is his real one: 90 years ago, on 25 March 1923, is when he was born in Barmen (now a part of Wuppertal). He mentions his other birthday in the book Der Wissenschaftsmacher, a collection of conversations recorded between historian Paul Nolte and Lüst two years ago: that date is 11 May 1943. That's the day when Lüst, then an engineering officer, was the last man out of a submarine.

The U-boat had been severely damaged by depth charges and artillery fire, and was going to be sunk to prevent it from getting into the hands of the enemy. Lüst swam over to the English frigate that had attacked the sub and was heaved onto the deck – one of 45 crewmembers to be rescued (eleven died). That's why he sees this date as his second birthday.

But the day was to have a significance of another kind for Lüst, a mechanical engineer by background: He was taken into British captivity and later handed over to the Americans. They in turn put him in a prisoner-of-war camp where the inmates – all officers – had set up their own university. Here, the prisoners had the opportunity to listen to lectures given by their fellow prisoners, many of whom had highly specialised backgrounds. It was even possible to sit exams and have them marked. Lüst seized the opportunity and spent four semesters studying theoretical physics and mathematics. He was released from war imprisonment on 25 May 1946, his 23rd birthday. He then took up the studies he had begun in the camp at the University of Frankfurt. The university recognised two of the semesters he had completed in the camp, which enabled him to sit his degree examination as early as the beginning of 1949.

He obtained his PhD in Göttingen in May 1951 under Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, who had given him a problem from theoretical astrophysics for his dissertation topic. With his doctorate under his belt, he took up a post at the Max Planck Institute of Physics, which he interrupted in 1955/56 upon receipt of a one-year Fulbright Scholarship for the US and in 1959 when he was given a guest professorship in mathematics in New York. In 1960 he eventually obtained his postdoctoral lecturing qualification for physics at the Universität München. Lüst became a Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute of Physics and Astrophysics, which had since moved from Göttingen to Munich, and had added a separate department for extraterrestrial physics in 1963, of which he became Director.

An artificial comet's tail

Naturally, there was a back-story to this: Ludwig Biermann, a colleague of Lüst's from his Göttingen days, had discovered in the early 1950s that comets have a tail consisting of ionised particles which are affected and thrown off track by solar corpuscular radiation (the solar wind). He and Lüst discussed how an artificial comet's tail could be created to test the theory. A mixture of barium and copper oxide proved to be particularly suitable as the starting product for the artificial tail: when a chemical reaction was caused between them, the mixture evaporated and left a cloud of ionised barium atoms.

From the early 1960s onwards, barium containers, which had been developed at the institute, were shot up to great heights with the help of French rockets to produce artificial comet tails. These made the solar wind visible and in the Institute's later experiments also interacted with the Earth's magnetic field. From Earth, they were visible as elongated coloured clouds which aligned themselves with the lines of the Earth's magnetic field. These were the successful beginnings of German space research. And they are what led to Lüst acquiring the department mentioned above – his 'little institute', as it was known – which later became the MPI for Extraterrestrial Physics.

So much for Lüst the scientist. Much more multi-faceted is the life of Lüst the science manager. It began in 1961, when a planning committee was convened for the establishment of a European Space Research Organisation (ESRO), which Lüst charged with handling the entire coordination of the scientific programme in Paris. Lüst's policy consisted in giving the ESRO a remit to provide the technical resources only (rockets, satellites, payloads). The experiments done in the satellites, on the other hand, were to be built and supervised by the national institutes. Lüst eventually parted ways with the ESRO in 1964 to put all his efforts into building up his own institute. But he was called back into the world of science policy in 1969: The German Science Council, which at the time dealt mostly with the expansion of universities and the establishment of new ones, elected him chairman – a post he held until 1972.

"The no. 1 of the Scholar Republic"

That year a new challenge came his way: Adolf Butenandt's period of office as President of the Max Planck Society (MPG) was coming to an end after twelve years and a new President had to be elected. In search of a suitable successor, the Senate of the MPG had come across Reimar Lüst in late 1971: he had long since made a name for himself as a coordinator who could balance different interests and as a good organiser. After intensive talks with Werner Heisenberg, Lüst was prepared to put himself up for office. The Senate elected him the new President on 19 November 1971. His term in office, which was to last twelve years, began on 20 June 1972 at the General Meeting of the Max Planck Society in Bremen. He was now, as a newspaper dubbed him, "the no. 1 of the Scholar Republic".

The Max Planck Society was up in arms at the time. A structural committee which had been convened to amend the statutes took the view that the staff of the institutes should not only be in the Senate but that every institute should also be represented by a member in the respective Section – Chemistry, Physics & Technology, Biology & Medicine, and Human Sciences. The biologists rejected the proposal vehemently, the human scientists were a bit more open to the suggestion and the physicists thought it was a good idea. By way of compromise, Lüst recommended giving the staff a say in the Sections, but not the right to vote on appointment matters.

Under Lüst's presidency, the Senate Planning Committee was established – with a mandate to decide on the closure of institutes and the opening of new ones. Among the new institutes that came into being at that time are the Max Planck Institute of Mathematics in Bonn and the MPI for Psycholinguistics in the Dutch town of Nijmegen. One of the institutes that was closed is the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Living Conditions in the Scientific and Technical World, which had been founded in Starnberg at the end of the 1960s at the instigation of Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker and for which no suitable successor could be found after von Weizsäcker's retirement in the early 1980s. It was particularly painful for Lüst to have to inform his former PhD supervisor of the decision to close the Institute.

"A little sad to have to leave this wonderful office"

Lüst's second term of office as President of the Max Planck Society ended in 1984. At the time he was "a little sad to have to leave this wonderful office". However, a new challenge was just around the corner: he became Director General of ESA (the European Space Agency) in Paris, a post he held for six years and one of the many he was given without ever having applied for the job. It was a time when European space travel was in the ascendant: the Ariane III rocket was successfully launched, putting the Spacelab into orbit and carrying Ulf Merbold as the first astronaut to work in it. And in 1985 the European space probe, Giotto – though planned long before the start of Lüst's time in office – managed to get as close as 600 kilometres to Halley's Comet and take photos of the comet's nucleus. Another of the events that took place while Lüst was in office was the Conference of Ministers in The Hague, where the decision was made that Europe should make its own contribution for inclusion in the International Space Station.

By the time Lüst stopped working for the ESA in 1990, he had long since found something else to keep him busy. He had been appointed President of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in 1989, one of Germany's most important institutions for the advancement of excellent postdoctoral researchers from abroad up to the age of 40. He held this post for ten years. And after that, it should come as no surprise to hear that a new challenge was already awaiting him: the task of establishing a private university, the International University Bremen (IUB, now Jacobs University). Lüst, who had campaigned for German university reform back when he had been Chairman of the German Science Council, was asked by representatives of the Hanseatic City whether he would be prepared to work with them on the planning of the IUB. He consented, but only on several conditions: the Senate and the townspeople had to be fully behind the project, the IUB had to be a fully-fledged university offering courses of study in the natural sciences, humanities and social sciences, and it had to have a board that elected the university president. Other conditions were that it hold entrance exams and lectures in English and charge tuition fees. When he received confirmation that these conditions would be met, he agreed to take part in the planning.

The IUB was officially founded in February 1999. The office of president was assumed by Fritz Schaumann, formerly undersecretary in the Ministry of Education and Research; Lüst was elected Chairman of the Board of Governors, and remains Honorary Chairman to this day. On the advice of Lüst, the IUB was given two faculties: the School of Engineering and Science and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. September 2001 marked the official inauguration of the IUB, and a third faculty, the Jacobs Center for Lifelong Learning, was added in October 2003.

It's hard to believe that this would be the last challenge Lüst sets himself. The Max Planck Society, in any case, is preparing for further surprises.


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« Odpowiedź #32 dnia: Kwiecień 01, 2020, 03:09 »
Jacobs University's first honorary doctor: Reimar Lüst
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NASA Station Astronaut Record Holders
April 17, 2020 Editor: Mark Garcia


NASA astronaut Scott Kelly completed a single mission aboard the International Space Station of 340 days on March 1, 2016. NASA astronaut Christina Koch's first mission aboard the orbiting lab ended after 328 days on Feb. 6, 2020.


Peggy Whitson set the record on Sept. 2, 2017, for most cumulative days living and working in space by a NASA astronaut at 665 days.
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Zmarł prof. Adam Strzałkowski, pionier radioastronomii w Polsce
30.07.2020


Prof. dr hab. Adam Strzałkowski, fizyk i astronom, pionier radioastronomii w Polsce. Źródło: UJ.

W wieku 96 lat, 25 lipca, zmarł prof. dr hab. Adam Strzałkowski, fizyk i astronom, jeden z polskich pionierów obserwacji radioastronomicznych – poinformował Uniwersytet Jagielloński. Uroczystości pogrzebowe odbędą się w piątek o godz. 13.00 na cmentarzu Bronowickim w Krakowie.

Adam Strzałkowski urodził się 26 listopada 1923 roku w Tenczynku pod Krakowem. W 1948 roku ukończył fizykę na Uniwersytecie Jagiellońskim w Krakowie. Stopień doktora nauk fizycznych uzyskał w 1960 roku (za badania związane z rozpraszaniem deuteronów, czyli jąder atomowych deuteru, który jest izotopem wodoru), habilitację w 1963 roku, a tytuł profesora w 1971 roku.

Pracę naukową rozpoczął w Obserwatorium Astronomicznym UJ. Zbudował pierwszy w Polsce radioteleskop do obserwacji Słońca (wspólnie z Olegiem Czyżewskim i Jerzym de Mezerem). Jego doktoratem miała być praca dotycząca rozpraszania promieniowania w atmosferze Ziemi, która jest cytowana do dzisiaj.

Równocześnie z astronomią, zajmował się także fizyką, m.in. wznowił pomiary promieniowania kosmicznego prowadzone pod ziemią w kopalni soli w Wieliczce (wspólnie z Janem Wesołowskim i Jerzym Janikiem). Była to kontynuacja prac rozpoczętych przed wojną przez Mieczysława Jeżewskiego. W końcu lat 40. został zatrudniony w Zakładzie Fizyki Jądra Atomowego. Zajmował się budową cyklotronu oraz akceleratora elektrostatycznego w Instytucie Fizyki UJ.

Zasługą prof. Strzałkowskiego jest także wkład w stworzenie fizyki uniwersyteckiej na Śląsku. W 1963 roku zorganizował Studium Fizyki w Katowicach, które po przekształceniach stało się częścią Filii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Katowicach, później przekształconej w Uniwersytet Śląski. Za swoje zasługi otrzymał tytuł doktora honoris causa Uniwersytetu Śląskiego.

Opublikował ponad 160 prac naukowych, z których wiele było licznie cytowanych. Jest uważany za jednego z najbardziej zasłużonych naukowców dla rozwoju polskich badań jądrowych.

Prof. Adam Strzałkowski był w różnych latach profesorem Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, dyrektorem Instytutu Fizyki UJ, wicedyrektorem Instytutu Fizyki Jądrowej, prorektorem UJ. Był członkiem Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Polskiej Akademii Umiejętności, Polskiego Towarzystwa Fizycznego, Europejskiego Towarzystwa Fizycznego, komitetu Physics Letters.

Otrzymał także liczne odznaczenia, m.in.: Krzyż Kawalerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski, Krzyż Oficerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski, Krzyż Komandorski z Gwiazdą Orderu Odrodzenia Polski, Krzyż Zasługi I klasy Orderu Zasługi RFN, Odznaka Zasłużony dla Województwa Katowickiego, Medal Uniwersytetu Śląskiego.(PAP)

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« Odpowiedź #35 dnia: Sierpień 09, 2020, 19:39 »
Raymond Ronquillo Jr., engineer who helped design first lunar rover, dies at 81.

BY JOHN POPE | Contributing writer Aug 8, 2020 - 9:30 am

Raymond McCullum Ronquillo Jr., an engineer who helped design and build the first lunar rover, died July 24 at his Harvey home. He was 81.

That electric-powered vehicle, which resembles a high-tech dune buggy, was designed to extend the range that astronauts could explore once they landed on Earth’s closest neighbor in the solar system. The average jaunt for each manned moon mission has been about 20 miles.

The lunar rover is big – it weighs 460 pounds and measures 7½ feet by 10 feet by 3½ feet – but to get to the moon, all of its parts had to be carefully packed into the spacecraft’s lunar module, where every cubic inch counts, and then painstakingly unloaded and assembled after landing.

That was were Ronquillo came in, his daughter Rene Ronquillo said. “He was smart. He knew how things worked.”

Raymond Ronquillo was one of nine Boeing engineers assigned to manufacture ground equipment – the lunar rover, in other words – for the Saturn V rocket, first at the Michoud Assembly Center in New Orleans East and then in Huntsville, Alabama.

This was heady stuff, especially for a man in his mid-20s who had joined Boeing in 1963. “I don’t know if, as a young man, he realized what he was in,” said MaryTheresa Anne “Do-Bee” Plaisance, another daughter. “He was humble, but thrilled to be part of it.”

Years later, she said, “he would tear up when we talked about it. … When we would bring it up, he’d finish the story.”

His name, and those of his colleagues, is on the lunar rover, which is still on the moon. They are also in the Smithsonian Institution’s Air and Space Museum in Washington, the Space Needle in Seattle and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Despite this measure of far-flung fame and his lifelong love of travel, Ronquillo turned down an offer of a job in Seattle because he didn’t want to be so far from his family, Rene Ronquillo said.

“He was a family man, through and through,” she said. “He chose to stay in engineering, but he couldn’t fathom going so far from home.”

He was born in New Orleans on Oct. 14, 1938. He graduated from De La Salle High School, which has elected him to its athletic Hall of Fame.

Ronquillo lettered in track and field and football at the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette), where he earned a degree in mechanical engineering. He served in the Army.

He left Boeing in 1971 and worked for several companies until the mid-1970s, when he joined Gulf Engineering, where he worked about 30 years, Rene Ronquillo said.

Working with his son, Raymond McCullum Ronquillo III, he started GIT Services while he was at Gulf, Rene Ronquillo said, and he stayed there after leaving Gulf. GIT Services’ specialties include what is known as non-destructive testing, which is designed to fix defects before they become problems.

Survivors include his wife, Judith Babin Ronquillo; a son, Raymond McCullum Ronquillo III of Baton Rouge; four daughters, MaryTheresa Anne “Do-Bee” Plaisance of Marrero, Beth Ann Williams of Libertyville, Illinois, and Anna Marie Rawle and Rene Monique Ronquillo, both of Harvey; a sister, Mitzi Ronquillo Labadot of Harvey; and 10 grandchildren.

A Mass was said Saturday at St. Martha Catholic Church in Harvey. Burial was in McDonoghville Cemetery in Gretna.

Mothe Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

(October 14, 1938 - July 24, 2020)

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Jakob van Zyl (1957-2020)

Namibian-NASA Scientist Dr. Jakob van Zyl Dies
Science Techniz August 26, 2020 


Dr. Jakob 'Japie' van Zyl

Top Namibian-NASA scientist Dr Jakob ‘Japie’ van Zyl who made headlines with his work at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the USA, has died. Dr Van Zyl passed away today at the age of  63 on 26 August 2020 following a heart attack. He was rushed to Pasadena Huntington Hospital in California. He was found in the driveway to his house where he collapsed after returning from his morning jog. His wife Kalfie was with him, but she is not allowed to visit any more due to Covid-19 rules. We therefore don't have much information, but we urge friends and family to pray with us," his brother, Ben Van Zyl, said.

An untimely death of Dr. Japie van Zyl has robbed the nation of an icon, who served as an example to young Namibians of what can be achieved through hard work and dedication. President Hage Geingob in a message of condolence lauded Dr. van Zyl for his contribution as an outstanding scientist and said he was saddened by the news of his untimely death.

In a statement issued by the Namibian Presidency, Dr. Geingob said: “The passing of Dr. Japie van Zyl has robbed our nation of an outstanding Scientist whose contributions in space research advanced our understanding of the universe. My exchanges with the highly affable Dr. van Zyl during his visits to the country of his birth were always pleasant and illuminating.” Dr. Geingob said Dr. van Zyl had the unique ability to make the complex field of space science and his work at NASA accessible to many young Namibian learners and dared them to dream through his exchanges with them.

Namibians will remember him as one of them, born in the small town of Outjo, but who through sheer determination and a quest for excellence in research reached the summit by becoming a top engineer at NASA,” he said. The President on behalf of the Namibian Government and the people of the country expressed his deepest condolences with Dr. van Zyl’s wife, Kalfie, his family, and friends.

Jakob "Japie" van Zyl born in 1957 at Outjo in Namibia. He worked at NASA as electrical engineer and space manager. He was a high-ranking employee of NASA from 1986 to 2019 and was awarded the Outstanding Public Service Medal as part of the InSight - Mars mission by NASA in September 2019.

Education

Van Zyl earned degrees in engineering ( B. Hons. ) From Stellenbosch University in South Africa (1979) and M.Sc. and Ph.D. in the same subject from the California Institute of Technology in the United States (1983 and 1986). During this time he also taught there. From 1986 he worked in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and was responsible for setting up numerous synthetic aperture radar systems.

He holds two patents and 17 NASA certificates of recognition. Van Zyl's research interests include electromagnetic theory, wave propagation, diffraction and scattering, remote sensing techniques, radar polarimetry and interferometry, and antenna and sensor theory and techniques. He and his wife, Kalfie, are residents of Pasadena, CA in the United States.


Namibian University of  Science and Technology Chancellor, Peter Katjavivi poses picture with Dr. van Zyl.

He was most recently head of the exploration of the solar system of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and previously headed from 2006, the department astronomy and physics . Van Zyl worked with other scientists to improve a test device for the detection of COVID-19 diseases.
A street in his hometown Outjo has been named after Japie van Zyl since 2018.

Award

1997: Fred Nathanson Memorial Radar Award from the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society
2010: Distinguished Achievement Award from the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
2019: Outstanding Public Service Medal from NASA

InSight-Mission

InSight (Discovery Mission) was one of the space mission a robotic lander (Curiosity Rover ) the creative art designed by Dr. Jakob van Zyl to study the deep interior of the planet Mars. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory successfully landed at Elysium Planitia on Mars on 26 November 2018 at 19:52:59 InSight traveled 483 million km (300 million mi) during its journey to the red planet. InSight seeks to answer one of science's most fundamental questions: How did the terrestrial planets form?
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« Odpowiedź #37 dnia: Sierpień 31, 2020, 00:30 »
Jakob van Zyl, key Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineer, dies
ByThe Associated Press 28 August 2020, 00:48

Jakob van Zyl, an engineer who held crucial positions at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and was involved in numerous space exploration missions over decades, has died

PASADENA, Calif. -- Jakob van Zyl, an engineer who held crucial positions at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and was involved in numerous space exploration missions over decades, has died. He was 63.

Van Zyl, who retired in 2019 after a 33-year career, suffered a heart attack on Monday and died Wednesday at a hospital in Pasadena, California, said Veronica McGregor, a spokeswoman for JPL.

Van Zyl’s roles included director for astronomy and physics, director for solar system exploration and associate director on a project to formulate a vision for JPL’s future.

“JPL and NASA are richer for his many technical and managerial contributions, and for his unwavering dedication and engaging personality,” JPL Director Michael Watkins said in a statement.

Van Zyl was involved in missions that sent the Juno spacecraft to Jupiter, Dawn to the asteroid belt, Cassini to Saturn, and the InSight Mars lander and its tying accompanying CubeSat spacecraft. He was also involved in the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission currently en route to the red planet, as well as development of future missions.

His early work in Earth sciences led to roles designing and developing missions using synthetic aperture radar.

A native of Namibia, van Zyl received a degree in electronics engineering from Stellenbosch University in South Africa and earned his master’s and doctorate in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology, which manages JPL.

JPL said van Zyl was passionate about encouraging young people in Namibia and South Africa to pursue science.

“His legacy will inspire many generations to come,” Lisa Johnson, U.S. ambassador to Namibia, said in a video tribute posted to the embassy Facebook page.

Van Zyl is survived by his wife, Kalfie, and two siblings.
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Jürg Meister 1939-2020

Zum Tod von Jürg Meister
18.08.2020 Von Nicola von Greyerz

Vor gut einem Jahr hielt Jürg Meister einen Teil der Sonnenwind-Folie, die an Bord von Apollo 11 zum Mond geflogen war, wieder in den Händen – anlässlich eines Filmporträts zum 50. Jahrestag der Mondlandung. Als Doktorand an der Universität Bern beteiligte er sich massgeblich am weltberühmten Sonnenwindexperiment. Am 7. August 2020 ist der Physiker im Alter von 81 Jahren verstorben.


Jürg Meister mit einer Folie für das weltberühmte Sonnenwindexperiment, das bei der ersten Mondlandung vor 50 Jahren durchgeführt wurde. Der Physiker starb am 7. August 2020 im Alter von 81 Jahren.

«Zwei Monate vor dem Apollo 11 Flug musste das Paket, das zum Mond fliegen sollte, nach Cape Canaveral gebracht werden. Dafür habe ich den Zuschlag bekommen. Ich nahm die Folie im Handgepäck mit, gab sie drüben ab. Jetzt, nach 50 Jahren, sehe ich sie zum ersten Mal wieder». Sichtlich gerührt hält Jürg Meister im Video den Bilderrahmen mit dem untersten Folienteil des Sonnenwindsegels in den Händen und erzählt weiter. Dass seine Frau und er extra ein TV Gerät gemietet hätten, um die erste Mondlandung live mitzuerleben und dass es ihn sehr freue, dass auch nach 50 Jahren immer noch so grosses Interesse an dem Berner Sonnenwindsegel bestehe.

Guido Schwarz, Kommunikationsverantwortlicher vom Nationalen Forschungsschwerpunkt NFS PlanetS, produzierte im Vorfeld von «Bern im All», den Feierlichkeiten rund um das Jubiläum der ersten Mondlandung im Sommer 2019, eine Serie von Videoporträts mit Pionierinnen und Pionieren der Berner Weltraumforschung. Jürg Meister ist als wichtiger Zeitzeuge einer der acht Kurzfilme gewidmet.

Sein Porträt ist geprägt von der ruhigen, präzisen und unaufdringlichen Art, in der Meister beispielsweise den Mechanismus der Teleskopstangen beschreibt, an denen das Segel befestigt wurde, oder das Experiment erklärt, mit dem Partikel des Sonnenwindes eingefangen werden und später im Berner Labor ausgewertet sollten: «Das ist ungefähr so, wie wenn man mit Schrot auf einen Baum schiesst. Die Kügelchen bleiben stecken. Wenn man das Holz verbrennt, kommen die Kugeln wieder zum Vorschein und man kann sie zählen. Etwa so ging das mit den Sonnenwindionen.»

Jürg Meister hat als junger Doktorand sowohl an der Entwicklung des Sonnenwindsegels als auch an der Konstruktion des Sonnenwindsimulators mitgearbeitet. In diesem Simulator wurde künstlicher Sonnenwind mittels irdischer Edelgase erzeugt. So konnte der Nachweis erbracht werden, dass die Teilchen des Sonnenwindes tatsächlich in der Folie stecken bleiben würden. Dieses Experiment brauchte es, um die NASA zu überzeugen, das Berner Sonnenwindsegel mit zum Mond fliegen zu lassen. Jürg Meister hatte dafür mehr als tausend Tests durchgeführt.



Jürg Meister anlässlich von Feierlichkeiten rund um die Ionenbeschussanlage im ExWi in den 60er Jahren. Foto: zvg

Bei allen Erzählungen schwingt auch Stolz mit, Teil des Teams rund um Physikprofessor Johannes Geiss gewesen zu sein. Sein Sonnenwindsegel begründete den weltweit exzellenten Ruf der Universität Bern in der Weltraumforschung. «Zum Mond raufschauen und sich vorstellen, dass dort oben fünf von diesen Teleskopstangen, an denen das Sonnenwindsegel aufgehängt war, liegen und wahrscheinlich auf Zeit und Ewigkeit dort bleiben werden, das macht mich stolz und gibt mir ein richtig gutes Gefühl», sagte Jürg Meister im Video.

Im Sommer 2019 schien es für ihn daher wohl eine Selbstverständlichkeit, sich aktiv an den «Bern im All»-Feierlichkeiten rund um das 50-Jahr-Jubiläum der ersten Mondladung zu beteiligen. Mit Freude kam er den vielen Medienanfragen nach und erzählte mit grosser Geduld – und dem ihm eigenen Schalk in den Augen – Zeitungen, Radio- und TV-Stationen, aber auch bei der grossen Jubiläumsveranstaltung im Berner Kursaal immer wieder von den vielen Herausforderungen, die sich dem Team von der ersten Idee bis hin zur Realisierung des Sonnensegel-Experiments stellten. «Das verlangte uns schon sehr viel Hirnschmalz ab», fügte Meister an. Einen besseren Botschafter für das Festival konnte sich das Team von «Bern im All» nicht vorstellen!



Jürg Meister bei Feierlichkeiten im Berner Kursaal im Juni 2019 anlässlich des 50-Jahr-Jubiläums der Mondlandung. Foto: Ramon Lehmann

Jürg Meister wurde 1939 geboren. Er wuchs in Köniz auf und studierte an der Universität Bern Experimentalphysik und doktorierte bei Prof. Johannes Geiss. In den frühen 1970er Jahren absolvierte er ein Postdoktorat an der Rice-University in Texas und beschäftigte sich dort mit der Analyse von Daten eines anderen Monddetektors. Nach seiner Rückkehr nach Bern wechselte er bald in die Munitionsfabrik Thun und zog mit seiner Familie nach Steffisburg. Seit jeher hat ihn alles, was flog, in den Bann gezogen. So hat er zum Beispiel mit seiner Frau Susanne zu Hause Schwalbenschwanz-Schmetterlinge gezüchtet. Am vergangenen 7. August hat auf einer Wanderung zu den Gastlosen sein Herz aufgehört zu schlagen.

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Nicola von Greyerz arbeitet als Verantwortliche für gesamtuniversitäre Anlässe in der Abteilung Kommunikation & Marketing an der Universität Bern und war Projektleiterin der Feierlichkeiten von «Bern im All» zum 50-jährigen Jubiläum der Mondlandung.

https://www.uniaktuell.unibe.ch/2020/zum_tod_von_juerg_meister/index_ger.html

https://www.ruag.com/en/news/piece-bern-switzerland-moon

Oral History: Dr. Jürg Meister
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_3QCSnATnk&feature=youtu.be



The flag-like Solar Wind Composition Experiment was the first experiment set up by the Apollo 11 astronauts on the lunar surface, and its Principal Investigator was Johannes Geiss, the world-leading Swiss physicist.

Manufactured by the University of Bern and the Swiss National Science Foundation, this experiment was both simple and of great scientific value. It was one of the only experiments to be carried on every lunar landing mission, and it was the only non-American experiment to be part of the Apollo landings. It consisted of an aluminium foil sheet, 1.4 m by 0.3 m, fixed to a pole facing the Sun.
http://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2009/07/The_Apollo_11_Solar_Wind_Composition_Experiment

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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/picture-of-the-weekapollo-11-solar-wind-composition-experiment-14334095/
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_11/experiments/swc/

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Z dniem 03.09.2020 astronauta amerykański Richard R. Arnold II trafił do Management Astronauts.

Ciekawe czy będzie jakiś oficjalny release NASA?

Wg aktualnego stanu jest 47 aktywnych astronautów NASA, a w roli astronautów-menadżerów NASA jest 14 osób.
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Aktywni astronauci NASA wg grup.
Na 03.09.2020 jest 47. (w tym 16 kobiet) astronautów aktywnych w 7. grupach.
Sześcioro (w tym 2 panie) z nich urodziło się w okresie lotów księżycowych programu Apollo.
11. ( w tym 6 kobiet) ma już przydział do przyszłych załóg.
Obecnie lot kosmiczny odbywa 1 amerykański astronauta.

1996 NASA grupa 16 (4)

Edward Michael 'Mike' Fincke 1967 (2004, 2008, 2011) Starliner CFT F2 2021
Donald Roy Pettit 1955 (2002, 2008, 2011)
Jeffrey Nels Williams 1958 (2000, 2006, 2009, 2016)
Stephanie Diana Wilson 1966 (2006, 2007, 2010)

1998 NASA grupa 17 (3)

Tracy Ellen Caldwell-Dyson 1969 (2007, 2010)
Douglas Harry Wheelock 1960 (2007, 2010)
Sunita Lyn 'Suni' Williams 1965 (2006, 2012) Starliner -1/USCV-4 2021

( Były astronauta  Grupy 17):
Christopher John 'Fergie' Ferguson 01.09.1961 (2006, 2008, 2011) Starliner CFT F2 2021

2000 NASA grupa 18 (8 )

Michael Reed Barratt 1959 (2009, 2011)
Robert Louis Behnken 1970 (2008, 2010, 2020)
Eric Allen Boe 1964 (2008, 2011) odsunięty z przyczyn medycznych z lotu Starliner CFT F2, 2021
Stephen Gerard Bowen 1964 (2008, 2010, 2011)
Andrew Jay Feustel 1965 (2009, 2011, 2018)
Douglas Gerald 'Chunky' Hurley 1966 (2009, 2011, 2020)
Megan McArthur Behnken 1971 (2009) Dragon F3 USCV-2/Crew-2 2021
Barry Eugene 'Butch' Wilmore 1962 (2009, 2014)

2004 NASA grupa 19 (6)

Joseph Michael Acaba 1967 (2009, 2012, 2017)
Randolph James 'Randy' Bresnik 1967 (2009, 2017)
Christopher John 'Chris' Cassidy 1970 (2009, 2013, 2020)
Robert Shane Kimbrough 1967 (2008, 2016) Dragon F3 USCV-2/Crew-2 2021
Thomas Henry 'Tom' Marshburn 1960 (2009, 2012)
Shannon Walker 1965 (2010) Dragon F2 USCV-1/Crew-1 2020

2009 NASA grupa 20 (7)

Jeanette Jo Epps 1970 Starliner-1/USCV-4 2021
Michael Scott Hopkins 1968 (2013) Dragon F2 USCV-1/Crew-1 2020
Kjell Norwood Lindgren 1973 (2015)
Kathleen Hallisey Rubins 1978 (2016) Sojuz MS-17 2020
Scott David Tingle 1965 (2017) z-ca szefa Oddziału Astronautów
Mark Thomas Vande Hei 1966 (2017)
Gregory Reid Wiseman 1975 (2014)

2013 NASA grupa 21 (8 )

Josh Aaron Cassada 1973 Starliner-1/USCV-4 2021
Victor Jerome Glover, Jr. 1976 Dragon F2 USCV-1/Crew-1 2020
Tyler Nicklaus 'Nick' Hague 1975 (2018, 2019)
Christina Hammock-Koch 1979 (2019)
Nicole Aunapu Mann 1977 Starliner CFT F2 2021
Anne Charlotte McClain 1979 (2018)
Jessica Ulrika Meir 1977 (2019)
Andrew Richard Morgan 1976 (2019)

2017 NASA grupa 22 (11)

Kayla Sax Barron 1987
Zena Maria Cardman 1987
Raja Jon Vurputoor 'Grinder' Chari 1977
Matthew Stuart Dominick 1981
Robert Thomas 'Bob' Hines, Jr. 1975
Warren Woodrow 'Woody' Hoburg 1985
Jonathan Yong 'Jonny' Kim 1984
Jasmin Moghbeli 1983
Loral Ashley O'Hara 1983
Francisco Carlos 'Frank' Rubio 1975
Jessica Andrea Watkins 1988
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Oleg Grigorjewicz  Kononienko 1938-1980



Олег Григорьевич Кононенко

Испытательная работа:

В 1966 окончил вертолётное отделение Школы лётчиков-испытателей Летно-исследовательского института (ЛИИ) Министерства авиационной промышленности (МАП).

С марта 1966 - на лётно-испытательной работе в ЛИИ имени М.М.Громова. Провёл ряд сложных испытаний на вертолётах Ми-2, Ми-4, Ми-6, Ми-8, а также на самолёте Як-38 по тематике института. 27 декабря 1979 года в ходе отработки взлета с коротким разбегом с палубы авианесущего крейсера "Минск" в акватории Уссурийского залива самолет Як-38У, пилотируемый О.Кононенко и М.Дексбахом, потерпел аварию и рухнул в море из-за отказа системы поворота сопел. Летчикам удалось катапультироваться.

8 сентября 1980 года в 6 часов 13 минут по московскому времени, в Южно-Китайском море при взлете самолета вертикального взлета и посадки (СВВП) Як-38 с палубы тяжелого авианесущего крейсера «Минск» при отработке методики укороченного взлета на предельных режимах не переложились створки сопла подъемно-маршевого (заднего) двигателя, самолет «просел», ударившись колесами об ограничительный брус. Выйдя за обрез палубы, самолет стал полого снижаться. Кононенко не катапультировался, до последнего пытаясь спасти самолет. Перед ударом о воду в 150 м впереди корабля бурлящими струями воды, поднятыми работающими двигателями, от самолета оторвало закрылок, машину крутануло на 180 градусов. Як-38 с номером 45 на борту еще минуту находился на плаву, но никаких движений в кабине не было. Самолет ударился о воду не сильно - вертикальная скорость была 3 м/сек. Но сочетание боковой (машину в момент потери закрылка резко развернуло) и вертикальной перегрузок могло вызвать у летчика внезапную потерю сознания, и поэтому катапультироваться он не смог.

Космическая подготовка:

12 июля 1977 года приказом №630 начальника ЛИИ зачислен в группу специальной подготовки по программе «Буран». 3 августа 1978 года получил положительное заключение Главной медицинской комиссии (ГМК).
1 февраля 1979 года приказом №34 Министерства авиационной промышленности (МАП) зачислен в головную группу для подготовки по теме 11Ф35 («Буран»).
С апреля 1979 по сентябрь 1980 года проходил общекосмическую подготовку в ЦПК им.Ю.А.Гагарина методом сборов. 30 июля 1980 года решением ГМВК рекомендован для зачисления в группу космонавтов-исследователей.
(...)
http://www.astronaut.ru/as_rusia/lii/text/kononenko.htm?reload_coolmenus

https://testpilot.ru/base/2009/10/kononenko-o-g/

22.05.2017 Андрей Синицын: Як, обогнавший F-35

(...)
— Мог режим висения на высоте, скажем, 2000 метров использоваться для решения боевых задач?

— Он опробовался, в частности в ходе испытаний в Афганистане. Но там в придачу к высокогорью (а в этих условиях падает тяга) было еще и очень жарко, машина с трудом поднималась, имея всего пару ракет. Поэтому испытания провели, возможность использования “вертикалки“ в таких условиях доказали, но убедились, что боевая эффективность классических штурмовиков Су-25 в высокогорье значительно выше.

В чем смысл использования “вертикалки“? Практически не нужна полоса. Дайте огрызок длиной 120–150 метров, и мы взлетим. ВПП во время боевых действий становятся едва ли не основными целями. А мы с любого уцелевшего кусочка бетонки взлетим. Прорабатывались программы взлета прямо из бетонных укрытий, что при нужде позволяло поднять в воздух одновременно все имеющиеся самолеты без ожидания своей очереди на ВПП. Существовал проект, когда Як-38 взлетал с трейлера и садился на него же, причем трансформируемая посадочная площадка одновременно являлась и контейнером, в котором перевозился самолет. Эти испытания успешно провел Олег Кононенко в 1980 году. Для облегчения ориентации создали специальную оптическую систему визуальной посадки, позволявшую летчику видеть пространство под самолетом.

Получается, первое огромное преимущество “вертикалок“ — работа вне аэродромов, это на суше. Как следствие — скрытное перемещение в любую точку, взлет с любой площадки. А на море — возможность использовать для базирования и взлета-посадки практически любые суда, проводились испытания старта с контейнеровозов. Эту программу отлично отработали инструкторы из Сакского центра, доказав тем самым, что с самолетами вертикального взлета любую баржу можно превратить в авианосец. (...)
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Rimantas Antanas Stankjawicius (26.07.1944-09.09.1990)

http://lk.astronautilus.pl/astros/buran1.htm

http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/english/stankyavichus_rimantas.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/s/stankevicius.html

http://www.kozmo-data.sk/kozmonauti/stankiavicus-rimantas-antanas-antano.html
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Станкявичюс, Римантас Антанас
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimantas_Stankevi%C4%8Dius



Римантас Антанас-Антано Станкявичюс

(...)
Космическая подготовка:

12 июля 1977 года приказом №630 начальника ЛИИ зачислен в группу специальной подготовки по программе «Буран». 19 января 1979 года получил положительное заключение Главной медицинской комиссии (ГМК).

1 февраля 1979 года приказом №34 Министерства авиационной промышленности (МАП) зачислен в головную группу для подготовки по теме 11Ф35 («Буран»).

С апреля 1979 по декабрь 1980 года проходил общекосмическую подготовку в ЦПК им.Ю.А.Гагарина методом сборов. 30 июля 1980 года решением ГМВК рекомендован для зачисления в группу космонавтов-исследователей.

26 сентября 1980 года приказом MOM №345 включен в состав отряда космонавтов-исследователей (без указания названия отряда).

10 августа 1981 года приказом №26 начальника ЛИИ был зачислен в созданный в ЛИИ МАП отряд космонавтов-испытателей.

12 февраля 1982 года после сдачи всех зачетов по общекосмической подготовке решением МВКК присвоена квалификация «космонавт-испытатель».
 
С сентября 1982 по май 1983 года готовился к космическому полету в составе резервного экипажа с А.Викторенко и В.Севастьяновым. Был выведен из экипажа в связи с изменением программы полетов на ДОС «Салют-7».
 
С сентября 1984 года по программе подготовки к космическому полету на МТКК «Буран» проводил отработку систем ручного управления и автоматической посадки на самолетах-лабораториях Ту-154 и МиГ-25, оснащенных системой управления «Бурана».
 
По планам МАП и ЛИИ Р.Станкявичюс должен был стать вторым пилотом основного экипажа первого космического полета МТКК «Буран» вместе с И.Волком. Однако по планам НПО «Энергия» он проходил подготовку в качестве командира экипажа вместе с А.Баландиным из НПО «Энергия», а с 1988 года - вместе с В.Заболотским.

Выполнил шесть рулежек по ВПП и четырнадцать полетов на специальном экземпляре корабля «Буран» для горизонтально-летных испытаний ОК-ГЛИ (самолет-аналог БТС-02) в качестве командира экипажа и второго пилота: (...)

Дата и причина смерти:

Погиб 9 сентября 1990 года во время показательного выступления на Су-27 на международном авиасалоне в городе Сальгареда (Salgareda), Италия. Похоронен на Военном мемориальном кладбище г.Каунас в Литве. На Быковском кладбище в г.Жуковском поставлен мемориальный знак.
(...)
http://www.astronaut.ru/as_rusia/lii/text/stankyavichus.htm?reload_coolmenus

https://testpilot.ru/base/2010/04/stankyavichus-r-a-a/
https://inzhukovskiy.ru/news/iz-istorii-aviagrada/26-iyulya-1944-goda-rodilsya-rimantas-antanas-stankyavichyus
Станкявичюс Римантас-Антанас Антано

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СМИ: Турция предоставила гражданство первому сирийскому космонавту Мухаммеду Фарису

Он покинул Сирию восемь лет назад из-за начавшегося в стране противостояния между правительственными войсками и вооруженной оппозицией

АНКАРА, 12 сентября. /ТАСС/. Власти Турции предоставили гражданство первому сирийскому космонавту Мухаммеду Ахмеду Фарису, который на протяжении последних лет проживает в республике. Об этом сообщил в субботу телеканал TRT.

Фарис покинул Сирию восемь лет назад из-за начавшегося в стране противостояния между правительственными войсками и вооруженной оппозицией, требующей ухода Башара Асада с поста президента. Бывший космонавт ранее неоднократно высказывал в адрес Турции слова благодарности за то, что Анкара "поддерживает Сирию и ее народ".

Между тем сирийский военный летчик Фарис в 1987 году в течение недели участвовал в работе экспедиции на орбитальном научно-исследовательском комплексе "Мир", за что был удостоен звания Героя Советского Союза.


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Władimir Jewgienjewicz Preobrażenskij (03.02.1939-25.10.1993)

Władimir Jewgienjewicz Preobrażenskij został wyselekcjonowany w ramach  WWS grupa 3 (1965).

Studiował systemy statków kosmicznych „Wostok”, „Woschod”, „Sojuz” wszystkich modyfikacji.

1977-1979 odbył szkolenie kosmonautyczne w ramach programu Almaz.

Planowany lot kosmiczny nie odbył się ze względu na zamknięcie programu załogowego OPS i TKS Almaz.

18.11.1980 został na własną prośbę usunięty z korpusu kosmonautów.

Po opuszczeniu korpusu kosmonautów służył na różnych stanowiskach w Centrum Szkolenia Kosmonautów.

25.06.1982 ukończył studia na wydziale korespondencyjnym Akademii Wojskowo-Politycznej im. K.E. Woroszyłowa, uzyskując stopień „oficera z wyższym wykształceniem wojskowym, pracownik polityczny”.

1986 brał udział w 3. wyprawach mających na celu usunięcie skutków awarii w Czarnobylu, sporządził mapę skażeń, najpierw jako asystent, a następnie jako lider grupy.

13.04.1989 został zwolniony z Sił Zbrojnych do rezerwy ze względu na wiek.

04.1989-10.1993 pracował jako starszy pracownik naukowy w Centrum Kształcenia Pedagogicznego po odejściu .

25.10.1993 podpułkownik rezerwy Władimir Jewgienjewicz Preobrażenskij zmarł w wieku 54. lat w wyniku potrącenia przez samochód.

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https://www.worldspaceflight.com/bios/p/preobrazhensky-v.php

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https://www.astronaut.ru/index/in_pers/14_064.htm

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Space Station 20th: Hispanic Heritage Month (1)
Sept. 15, 2020

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we recognize Hispanic astronauts who have flown to the International Space Station (ISS) and contributed to its assembly, operations, and research activities. They were preceded in space by other pioneers. The first person in space of Hispanic heritage was Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez of Cuba who spent eight days aboard the Salyut-6 space station in 1980 as part of the Soviet Union’s Interkosmos program to fly cosmonauts from friendly socialist countries. The first Hispanic-American in space was Franklin R. Chang-Díaz when he flew as a mission specialist aboard Space Shuttle Columbia’s STS-61C mission in 1986. He flew in space a record-tying six more times, including one visit to the Russian space station Mir and one to ISS.


Left: Portrait of Tamayo Méndez. Right: Portrait of Chang-Díaz.

In this article, we recognize the American astronauts of Hispanic heritage who have flown aboard ISS, contributing to its construction and operation and conducting the world-class research for which the station is known. The table below lists these individuals and others of different nationalities who have similarly shared in this remarkable international adventure.


Table of Hispanic astronauts who have visited ISS.

The honor of being the first Hispanic astronaut to fly to ISS belongs to Ellen L. Ochoa, selected by NASA in 1990 as the first female Hispanic astronaut. She had already completed two spaceflights, STS-56 in 1993 and STS-66 the following year, before making her first visit to ISS in 1999 as a mission specialist aboard Discovery’s STS-96. The goals of the mission, only the second shuttle flight to ISS that at the time comprised only two modules, included the transfer of two tons of logistics to the station, launched inside a Spacehab double module, and the delivery of the Russian Strela cargo crane.


Left: ISS as seen from STS-96.
Middle: Ochoa, lower right, with the STS-96 crew in the Unity Node 1.
Right: Ochoa, bottom, with fellow STS-96 crewmembers Julie Payette in the Zarya module.


Ochoa returned to a much-enlarged ISS aboard Atlantis in April 2002 during the STS-110 mission that delivered the 13-ton S0 truss, the center segment section to which future truss segments were attached. Ochoa operated the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) also known as Canadarm2 to lift S0 from the shuttle’s payload bay and attach it atop the Destiny module. The S0 truss also contained the Mobile Transporter to allow the SSRMS to translate up and down the trusses. Ochoa was named as the Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Deputy Director in 2007, then as JSC’s first Hispanic Director in 2013.  She served in that position until her retirement from NASA in 2018.


Left: Ochoa operating Canadarm2 in the Destiny module.
Middle:  ISS as seen from the departing STS-110, showing the S0 truss mounted on Destiny.
Right: Ochoa as JSC Director.

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