DR McMonagle - 14.05.1952

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69 lat kończy były astronauta NASA - Donald Ray McMonagle.

Odbył 3 loty wahadłowcami Atlantis, Discovery i Endeavour o łącznym czasie 025 dni 05 godzin 34 minuty i 40 sekund.

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_McMonagle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_R._McMonagle

http://www.april12.eu/usaastron/mcmonagle246ru.html

http://www.astronaut.ru/as_usa/text/mcmonagle.htm

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https://twitter.com/ASE_Astronauts/status/1393378108363902979

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Donald Ray McMonagle został wyselekcjonowany w ramach NASA grupa 12 (1987).

Jest 245. człowiekiem w kosmosie.

Odbył 3 loty kosmiczne, które trwały łącznie 25d 05h 34m 40s:
28.04.1991-06.05.1991 STS-39 Discovery/F-12 008:07:22:21
13.01.1993-19.01.1993 STS-54 Endeavour/F-3 005:23:38:17
03.11.1994-14.11.1994 STS-66 Atlantis/F-13 010:22:34:02

06.1974 ukończył USAF Academy, uzyskując tytuł licencjata w dziedzinie inżynierii kosmicznej.

12.1985 uzyskał tytuł magistra inżynierii mechanicznej na California State University we Fresno.

1975 ukończył szkolenie lotnicze w bazie lotniczej Columbus AFB w stanie Missisipi.

Po ukończeniu szkolenia na samolocie F-4 w 309. Eskadrze Myśliwców Taktycznych w Homestead AFB na Florydzie, został przydzielony do 35. Eskadry Myśliwców Taktycznych w bazie lotniczej Kunsan w Korei Południowej, gdzie przez rok latał na samolotach F-4.

1977 został przydzielony do 8. Eskadry Myśliwców Taktycznych w bazie Holloman AFB w Nowym Meksyku, gdzie w latach 1977–1979 przekwalifikował się na myśliwiec F-15.

1979 McMonagle został przydzielony do Luke AFB w Arizonie jako pilot instruktor F-15. w 550. Eskadrze Szkolenia Myśliwców Taktycznych.

1981 wstąpił do USAF Test Pilot School w Edwards AFB w Kalifornii i był najlepszym absolwentem w swojej klasie.

1982-1985 McMonagle był oficerem operacyjnym i pilotem testowym projektu samolotu Advanced Fighter Technology Integration F-16.

1985-1986 po ukończeniu Air Command and Staff College w Maxwell AFB w Alabamie został przydzielony jako oficer operacyjny do 6513th Test Squadron w Edwards AFB.

McMonagle ma ponad 5000 godzin nalotu na różnych samolotach, głównie T-38, F-4, F-15 i F-16.

1985 aplikował do NASA grupa 11.
Był jednym z 59 finalistów zaproszonych do Houston na badania lekarskie.

08.1988 po ukończeniu szkolenia podstawowego uzyskał kwalifikacje pilota wahadłowca i został przydzielony do Biura Astronautów NASA.

07.1989 został przydzielony do Centrum Kontroli Misji i pełnił funkcję operatora łączności (CAPCOM).

STS-39 Discovery była 8. misją dla Departamentu Obrony w ramach programu STS.

Misja STS-54 Endeavour wyniosła satelitę komunikacyjnego TDRS-6 (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-6).

1994 został mianowany pułkownikiem Sił Powietrznych Stanów Zjednoczonych.

Misja STS-66 Atlantis wyniosła ATLAS-3 (Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science).

Była to kontynuacja lotów laboratorium Spacelab w celu badania energii słońca i tego, jak wpływa ona na klimat i środowisko Ziemi.
Misja ATLAS -03 wykonała pierwsze szczegółowe pomiary z wahadłowca w środkowej atmosferze półkuli północnej późną jesienią.
Czas lotu, gdy dziura ozonowa nad Antarktydą się zmniejsza, pozwolił naukowcom zbadać możliwe skutki dziury ozonowej na średnich szerokościach geograficznych, sposób, w jaki powietrze Antarktydy się regeneruje, i jak północna atmosfera zmienia się wraz ze zbliżaniem się sezonu zimowego.

15.08.1997 został mianowany kierownikiem ds. integracji startów w KSC.

14.01.2000 opuścił NASA.

19.06.2006 został wiceprezesem ds. Quality and Mission Effectiveness of the Missile Systems firmy Raytheon w Tucson.

Obecnie jest na emeryturze.

https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mcmonagle_donald.pdf

http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/mcmonagle_donald.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/m/mcmonagle.html
https://www.worldspaceflight.com/bios/m/mcmonagle-d.php

https://mek.kosmo.cz/bio/usa/00244.htm
https://www.kozmo-data.sk/kozmonauti/mcmonagle-donald-ray.html

STS-66 KHW https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=800.msg137836#msg137836

Stephane SEBILE @spacemen1969
14 mai
Joyeux anniversaire (73) à Don McMonagle🎂🎂🎂
(3 missions navette spatiale, en tant que Spécialiste de Mission, Pilote et Commandant ; STS-39 / 54 / 66 - un des très très rares astronautes à avoir occuper ces trois fonctions)
https://spacemen1969.blogspot.com/2022/01/cest-tres-raresastronautes-qui-ont.html

https://twitter.com/spacemen1969/status/1922413912181334124
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Astronaut, Senior Shuttle Manager McMonagle Departs NASA
by January 12, 2000 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX (281) 483-5111

Release: J00-03

Veteran astronaut and senior Space Shuttle manager Donald R. McMonagle has announced his departure from NASA for a position in private industry effective Friday. McMonagle’s duties at the Kennedy Space Center, FL, as Shuttle Manager of Launch Integration will be temporarily assumed by Bill Gerstenmaier, Manager of Shuttle Program Integration at the Johnson Space Center, until a permanent replacement is named.

“Don has given tremendous service to NASA and this country,” said Ron Dittemore, Space Shuttle Program Manager. “His expertise, wisdom and contributions to the safe and successful exploration of space have been invaluable. He will be greatly missed.”

McMonagle has served at the Kennedy Space Center as Manager of Launch Integration for the Space Shuttle Program since 1997. His responsibilities included managing Shuttle launch preparations; overseeing launch of the Shuttle; and ensuring the safe return of the Shuttle to KSC following landings at remote locations. He also served as chairman of the Space Shuttle Mission Management Team for launch.

“The team that processes, launches and flies the Space Shuttle is composed of the most dedicated people with whom I have ever worked, and I have been deeply honored to count myself among them,” McMonagle said. “I am leaving NASA with the firm belief that the Space Shuttle today is safer than it has ever been. And I’m confident that the Shuttle team is more firmly committed to achieving excellence in their job now than ever before.”

McMonagle was selected as an astronaut by NASA in June 1987 and has flown on three Space Shuttle missions, logging more than 605 hours in space. He flew as a mission specialist aboard Discovery on mission STS-39 in April 1991; as pilot of Endeavour on STS-54 in January 1993; and commanded the crew of Atlantis on STS-66 in November 1994. Prior to assuming his current position, McMonagle was named in 1996 to establish a new Extravehicular Activity Project Office at NASA responsible for managing the resources, planning and execution of spacewalks in support of the Space Shuttle and International Space Station.

https://spacenews.com/astronaut-senior-shuttle-manager-mcmonagle-departs-nasa/

Association of Space Explorers @ASE_Astronauts 4:03 PM · May 14, 2024
#HappyBirthday to ASE Life Member Donald McMonagle, who flew to space three times between 1991 and 1994 (STS-39, STS-54, and STS-66)!

https://twitter.com/ASE_Astronauts/status/1790382449119097137
2024 https://x.com/spacemen1969/status/1790140714950496339

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Astronaut Donald McMonagle visits Flint elementary school named after him


Air Force Lt. Col. Donald R. McMonagle, 38; Discovery astronaut
By United Press International UPI Archives April 22, 1991

Air Force Lt. Col. Donald McMonagle, who gave up a career as a test pilot to become a NASA astronaut, says his first flight aboard the shuttle Discovery will go a long way toward turning the 'Star Wars' missile program into reality.

'I think that it's very important that we continue the effort to study possible defensive systems,' he said in an interview. 'I've heard that as many as 15 countries around the globe may have the capability for intercontinental ballistic missiles by the turn of the century. (...)
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/04/22/Air-Force-Lt-Col-Donald-R-McMonagle-38-Discovery-astronaut/7052672292800/

Astronaut Donald McMonagle returns to visit school now named after him
Oct. 01, 2010, 10:14 p.m.|Published: Oct. 01, 2010, 9:14 p.m. By Khalil AlHajal

FLINT, Michigan — For a veteran of three space flights, NASA astronaut Donald McMonagle is a pretty down-to-earth guy, the students who attend the elementary school named after him learned Friday.

McMonagle, the Hamady High School graduate for whom McMonagle Elementary School is named, toured classrooms and spoke to students all day Friday, answering questions and even lifting some students into the air sideways to demonstrate what a shuttle launch feels like.

"It's that kind of interplay that will capture their imagination and hopefully motivate them to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and our country is desperately in need of that," McMonagle said.

He said the visit is his way of repaying faculty and administrators there for his education.

The McMonagle building was once Hamady High School, from which he graduated in 1970.

The Westwood Heights School District renovated the building and combined its two elementary schools there three years ago, naming it after one of Hamady’s most notable alumnus.

School officials said McMonagle shows Westwood Heights students that the sky’s the limit for their ambitions.

“He was just the obvious choice for us because he’s kind of the epitome of what we want our kids to know: Even from little Flint, Michigan, they can do great things,” said Salli Stevens, principal of the elementary school and superintendent of the district.

“He encourages the kids so much. He’s such a good role model of what they can become.”

Eager hands popped up as students fired off questions on what it’s like to fly to space.

“It feels like a gorilla is starting to stand on your chest when those rocket boosters light up. They each produce 3 million pounds of thrust,” McMonagle told one group. “When the engines shut down, you can release your lap belt and float right up into space.”

That was third-grader Elicia Allen’s favorite part.

“It sounds really exciting,” said Elicia, 8. “That would be really fun.”

She said if she ever flew in space, she would eat and drink right out of the air.

“That would be fun, like a game. See who could get the most food,” she said.

She said she was proud to meet her school’s namesake.

“It’s really exciting because the school is named after him and I always wanted to meet him,” she said.

Jay Patel, 9, liked hearing about the speed and force of the flights.

“In space they could go 17,500 miles per hour and if they didn’t go that speed, they would fall back down to Earth,” he said. “It was awesome.”

One student asked how McMonagle slept with no gravity to hold his body down.

“I had a lot of fun sleeping. You could just sleep like this,” McMonagle said, holding his arms straight out in front of him, “and just float around in the cockpit. You could sleep on the ceiling if you wanted.”

He encouraged the students to pursue their dreams.

“You don’t have to give yourself limits that aren’t there," he said.

McMonagle said he had no idea what he wanted to do as a career when he was in high school. Then, one day a friend suggested he become an astronaut.

“It was right here in this hallway,” McMonagle said. “I looked at my friend Al and said ‘That can’t happen to me. That doesn’t happen to guys like me from my community with my knowledge and background.’ But he set that seed in my mind that said ‘Yeah, maybe I can do that.’”

“That could be you. Or you could be whatever you want to be... I sat right here in some of these classrooms. You just need to decide to make the effort and learn from these teachers. You can go wherever you want to go.”
https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2010/10/astronaut_donald_mcmonagle_ret.html

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