AW England - 15.05.1942

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79 lat kończy były astronauta NASA - Anthony Wayne England.

Odbył jedyny lot kosmiczny na pokładzie wahadłowca Challenger podczas misji STS-51F (29.07-06.08.1985) o łącznym czasie trwania - 7 dni 22 godziny 45 minut i 26 sekund.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_W._England

http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/england_anthony.htm

http://www.april12.eu/usaastron/england175ru.html

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

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Dziś astronauta kończy 81 lat.
Mając zaledwie 25 lat został wybrany do NASA grupa 6.
Opuścił NASA w 1972 roku i spędził 7 lat w US Geological Survey jako geofizyk badawczy.
Wrócił do NASA w 1979.
W wieku 43. lat odbył jedyny lot kosmiczny.
Jest 176. człowiekiem w kosmosie.

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/england_anthony.pdf

http://www.astronautix.com/e/england.html
https://www.worldspaceflight.com/bios/e/england-a.php

https://mek.kosmo.cz/bio/usa/00175.htm
https://www.kozmo-data.sk/kozmonauti/england-anthony-wayne.html

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_W._England

Legacy, Fall 2012 - Meet Tony England

Joyeux anniversaire (81) à Anthony W. ''Tony'' England🎂🎂🎂
Sélection en août 1967 avec Groupe 6 de la NASA (il est le + jeune astronaute sélectionné par la NASA, à 25 ans) - un vol : STS-51F  Un des invités de Space Quotes - Souvenirs d'espace

https://spacemen1969.blogspot.com/2011/02/interview-danthony-w-england-astronaute.html
https://x.com/spacemen1969/status/1657990443207122944

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Anthony England, former NASA astronaut, professor, and dean, retires
Hayley Hanway • September 21, 2021


Prof. Anthony England (left) and fellow astronaut John Bartoe are controlling the solar astronomy and plasma physics payloads through computer interfaces on aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Challenger during late July and early August of 1985.
https://ece.engin.umich.edu/stories/anthony-england-former-nasa-astronaut-professor-and-dean-retires

Lecture by Former NASA Astronaut Anthony England
2019-06-12 University News



The 50th anniversary of the moon landing has reignited interest and nostalgia in NASA's Apollo programme. And many of those involved in the missions that sent men to the moon have been sharing their inspiring stories around the world.

Dr. Anthony England, who is currently the Dean of Engineering at the University of Michigan Dearborn, was the youngest astronaut ever hired at NASA, and was among the last to work on the Apollo missions.




He gave a special lecture at Tohoku University on June 6, speaking of the ups and downs at NASA during its early years, and his work as a mission scientist on Apollo 13 and 16.

Apollo 13 was to be the third manned mission to land on the moon, but was perhaps best known for the dramatic rescue of its crew after an oxygen tank explosion crippled the service module two days after the craft was launched. The event was detailed in the 1995 Ron Howard movie Apollo 13, which England described as "surprisingly, very accurate."




In his lecture, England spoke of how Mission Control spent six days trying to bring the crew safely back to Earth. When there was critical need to repair the carbon dioxide removal system, England was the one who wrote the procedure to build the CO2 scrubber that enabled the astronauts to have enough oxygen to stay alive.

England also spoke of his life-long love of science, and his own journey into space as a mission specialist on the Challenger Space Shuttle Mission 51-F (Spacelab 2) in 1985, focusing on solar astronomy and plasma physics.




In the lively Q&A that followed the lecture, England answered questions ranging from his favourite food in space ("I craved spicy food") to how he felt the first time he saw Earth from above ("The view was just fantastic. You see the Earth in 3D, not like a map, and it's really truly beautiful.")

Perhaps unsurprising from an audience of some 150 students, England was asked what they should do to land a job at a space agency. His advice was to "get some hands-on experience." Rather than a Ph.D., he said, it is more important to have genuine passion for the work. He gave the example of working with enthusiastic students in the university and building satellites in the Arctic. "People say life must be dull after NASA, but I don't find that at all. As long as you work on things that you are passionate about, you don't have to be an astronaut to have an interesting life."



Aside from the lecture, England met briefly with University President Hideo Ohno, and also visited the Graduate School of Engineering where he toured several laboratories and heard about the research currently being done in antennae and spintronics.

He also spent some time at the Space Robotics Lab where he saw lunar rovers, planetary cliff-climbing robots and listened to a presentation on the lab's micro-satellite development activities.




"He was interested in the application of the climbing robot and the wheeled lunar rover tether for exploration of lava tunnels on the surface of the moon. He asked about the location of the entrances to the tunnels, and our mission design and approach for their exploration," said William Jones, a Ph.D. student at the Space Robotics Lab.

"It's a privilege to meet anyone who has been to space, and Dr. England is no exception," Jones added. "I've been interested in space exploration for as long as I can remember and the Apollo programme played a large part in that. Like Dr. England, my passion for space exploration has led me on a fantastic path through life, working with inspirational people who share the same goal - to explore the universe!"


https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/news/university_news/nasa_lecture_england.html

Astro Info Service @aisoffice 9:24 AM · May 15, 2023
Congrats to 1967 (NASA Group 6) scientist astronaut Tony England who turns 81 today. A support crew member for Apollo 13 & 16 he left NASA for 7 years returning in 1979. Tony made his only spaceflight as MS on STS-51F (Spacelab 2/Challenger) in 1985, retiring a 2nd time in 1988.

https://twitter.com/aisoffice/status/1658010377211322370

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Uniwersytet Michigan w Dearborn zmienił nazwę swojego flagowego budynku Engineering Lab Building na cześć Anthony'ego Englanda.
Tony England Engineering Lab Building

UM-Dearborn Engineering Lab Building renamed for former dean
Byline: By Kristin Palm UM-Dearborn February 15, 2024

UM-Dearborn will rename its signature Engineering Lab Building for Anthony England, a former College of Engineering and Computer Science dean and NASA astronaut who was on the team that helped three stranded Apollo 13 astronauts return home safely in 1970.

The Board of Regents voted Feb. 15 to name the building the Tony England Engineering Lab Building, in honor of the man who worked on two Apollo missions, flew on the Space Shuttle Challenger and served U-M’s Ann Arbor and Dearborn campuses for more than three decades before retiring in 2021.(...)
https://record.umich.edu/articles/um-dearborn-engineering-lab-building-renamed-for-former-dean/

The remarkable life of Tony England
April 16, 2024


Credit: Levi Hutmacher/Michigan Engineering

An adventurer to the core, Tony England’s uncommon achievements extend far beyond his time in space. We take a look at the life and legacy of the former dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science, to whom the Engineering Lab Building is being formally dedicated on Friday. (...)
https://umdearborn.edu/news/remarkable-life-tony-england