BH Shaw, Jr. - 16.05.1945

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76 lat kończy były astronauta NASA Brewster Hopkinson Shaw, Jr..
Odbył on trzy loty w kosmos na pokładzie dwóch wahadłowców Columbia (STS 9 Co/F-6 - 1983 i STS-28 Co/F-8) i Atlantis (STS-61B At/F-2 -1985). Łączny czas tych 3 misji to 22 dni 5 godzin 52 minuty i 19 sekund.

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster_H._Shaw

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

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

http://www.april12.eu/usaastron/shaw128en.html

https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/브루스터-h-쇼/m02m0dh?hl=ko

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https://twitter.com/ASE_Astronauts/status/1394042487484911617

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Stephane SEBILE @spacemen1969
16 mai

Joyeux anniversaire (80) à Brewster J. Shaw🎂🎂🎂
(3 missions : STS-9 comme pilote et STS-61B et STS-28 comme commandant)

https://x.com/spacemen1969/status/1923137368090870246

https://twitter.com/spacemen1969/status/1923137368090870246

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Brewster Hopkinson Shaw, Jr. został wyselekcjonowany w ramach NASA grupa 8 (1978).

Jest 128. człowiekiem w kosmosie.

Odbył 3 loty kosmiczne, jako pilot i dowódca, które trwały łącznie 22d 05h 52m 19s:
28.11.1983-08.12.1983 STS-9 Columbia/F-6 010:07:47:24
27.11.1985-03.12.1985 STS-61B Atlantis/F-2 006:21:04:49
08.08.1989-13.08.1989 STS-28 Columbia/F-8 005:01:00:06

1968 ukończył studia na University of Wisconsin w Madison, uzyskując tytuł licencjata w zakresie mechaniki teoretycznej.

1969 uzyskał tytuł magistra mechaniki teoretycznej na University of Wisconsin.

1969 wstąpił do U.S. Air Force, ukończył Officer Training School i podstawowe szkolenie lotnicze w bazie lotniczej Craig w Alabamie.

1970 został pilotem wojskowym i przydzielono go do jednostki szkoleniowej F-100 Replacement Training Unit w bazie Luke AFB w Arizonie.

03.1971-08.1971 był przydzielony jako pilot F-100 do 352d Tactical Fighter Squadron stacjonującej w Phan Rang Air Base w Wietnamie.
Brał udział w operacjach wojskowych.

Ukończył przekwalifikowanie w jednostce szkoleniowej ds. samolotów F-4 (F-4 Replacement Training Unit) w USA w George AFB w Kalifornii.

Następnie został przydzielony do 25th Tactical Fighter Squadron w Ubon RTAFB, gdzie służył do 04.1973 r. jako pilot F-4.

Po powrocie do USA został przydzielony jako pilot-instruktor do 20th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron w George Air Force Base w Kalifornii.

07.1975-07.1976 odbył szkolenie w USAF Test Pilot School w Edwards AFB w Kalifornii.

08.1976-07.1977 był pilotem testowym w 6512th Test Squadron w Edwards AFB.

08.1977-07.1978 był instruktorem w USAF Test Pilot School.

08.1978 ukończył szkolenie podstawowe w NASA i został przydzielony do Biura Astronautów jako pilot.

Był członkiem załogi pomocniczej i pełnił funkcję operatora łączności załogi (CapCom) podczas fazy lądowania misji STS-3 i STS-4.

STS-9 Columbia/F-6

Podczas lotu STS-61B Atlantis załoga umieściła drugiego satelitę (Morelos-B) dla Secretariat of Communications and Transportation Meksyku w ramach programu STS.

Załoga rozmieściła jeszcze dwa satelity: australijskiego Aussat-2 i amerykańskiego RCA Satcom K-2.

Podczas dwóch EVA dokonano udanej demonstracji technik konstrukcyjnych do budowy struktur na orbicie.

12.1985 został przydzielony jako dowódca do misji STS-61N.

Zasiadał w komisji badającej katastrofę wahadłowca Challenger.

Pełnił funkcję koordynatora między Biurem Astronautów a Departamentem Obrony w kwestiach dotyczących ładunku wojskowego.

STS-28 Columbia była czwartą misją wahadłowca dedykowaną Departamentowi Obrony.
Załoga umieściła na orbicie satelity wojskowe KH-12 i Ferret.

10.1989 odszedł na emeryturę z korpusu astronautów NASA.

Jego nalot wynosi ponad 5000 godzin na ponad 30 typach samolotów, w tym 644 godziny podczas lotów bojowych na samolotach F-4 i F-100.

10.1989 został zastępcą dyrektora Space Shuttle Operations następnie zastępcą kierownika programu ds. wahadłowców kosmicznych i później dyrektorem Space Shuttle Operations.

1996 przeszedł na emeryturę z United States Air Force w randze pułkownika.

02.1996-12.1996 pracował w Rockwell International.

12.1996 został dyrektorem programów głównych w Boeing Space and Defense Group, a następnie został wiceprezesem i kierownikiem programu ds. systemu zasilania elektrycznego ISS w Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power.

Następnie pracował jako szef programu tworzenia modułów i podsystemów ISS (ISS Flight Elements and Subsystems).

Pełnił funkcję wiceprezesa i dyrektora zarządzającego całego programu ISS w Boeing Corporation, koordynując działania podwykonawców korporacji w kwestiach związanych z ISS.

Następnie pracował na tym samym stanowisku, ale w NASA Systems Integrated Defense Systems.

05.2003 został mianowany Dyrektorem Operacyjnym United Space Alliance - USA (United Space Al Corporation).

01.2006 został mianowany wiceprezesem i dyrektorem generalnym działu systemów NASA w firmie Boeing Company (obecnie dział Space Exploration).

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

http://www.astronautix.com/s/shaw.html
https://www.worldspaceflight.com/bios/s/shaw-b.php

https://mek.kosmo.cz/bio/usa/00128.htm
https://www.kozmo-data.sk/kozmonauti/shaw-jr-brewster-hopkins.html

STS-9 https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=5576.msg187651#msg187651
61B AA https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4301.msg153283#msg153283

Association of Space Explorers @ASE_Astronauts 5:01 PM · May 16, 2024
#HappyBirthday to ASE Life Member Brewster Shaw, who flew to space three times between 1983 and 1989 (STS-9, STS-61-B, and STS-28)!

https://twitter.com/ASE_Astronauts/status/1791121804011983096

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Association of Space Explorers @ASE_Astronauts
#ASEspotlight: Brewster Shaw 💫
During STS-9, ASE Life Member Shaw excitedly posed for the camera while floating in the Spacelab module aboard Space Shuttle Columbia in 1983.
Fun fact: He enjoys skiing and sailing!
Happy 80th birthday, Brewster! 🎉

https://twitter.com/ASE_Astronauts/status/1923453663843844411

Personality SpotlightAir Force Col. Brewster H. Shaw, Jr.:Columbia commander
UPI Archives Aug. 8, 1989

Astronaut Brewster H. Shaw Jr., the youthful-looking commander of the shuttle Columbia, is a former rock 'n' roller who traded his motorcycle for a space suit and went on to become a veteran shuttle pilot.

'Flying in space is not a routine thing,' he said before his second shuttle mission in 1985. 'It likely will never be routine because the environment is unforgiving.

'Anything that takes as much energy as it does to get something into space like the space shuttle, you're sitting on a bomb. There's no question about it.'

Shaw, a colonel in the Air Force, and four crewmates were scheduled to blast off Tuesday on the fifth post-Challenger flight and only Columbia's second mission in six years. The payload of the military mission is classified as is the exact launch time and flight duration.

Shaw, 44, joined the Air Force in 1969. He served as a fighter pilot in the Vietnam War before becoming a test pilot and later a test pilot instructor at fabled Edwards Air Force Base in California.

He earned more than 20 academic and flying awards during a military career that led him to the rank of major at the time of his first spaceflight as co-pilot on the shuttle Columbia November 1983.

He later served as commander of the shuttle Atlantis for its second flight, which took off Nov. 26, 1985. It was the 23rd flight in the shuttle program and a highly successful mission to study space station construction techniques.

Just two months after his second mission, on Jan. 28, 1986, the shuttle Challenger exploded, grounding the nation's manned space program for what turned out to be 32 months.

During NASA's accident recovery, Shaw served as a staff member of the presidential commission that investigated the Challenger disaster and head of the NASA team responsible for implementing safety modifications to the remaining three space shuttles.

Appropriately enough, he also was named Astronaut Office Liaison with the Department of Defense for military payloads.

In February 1988, Shaw was named to serve as commander of Columbia for its upcoming military mission. His crewmates are co-pilot Richard 'Dick' Richards, 42, David Leestma, 40, Mark Brown, 37, and James Adamson, 43.

Because of the clandestine nature of the flight, pre-launch interviews with the astronauts were forbidden.

Shaw became a member of the astronaut corps in 1978. He was part of the support crew for the third and fourth shuttle missions, including working as the capsule communicator, before being assigned as pilot of Columbia, which took off Nov. 28, 1983.

Shaw grew up in the small town of Cass City, Mich., where his mother taught school and his father, a contractor, flew airplanes as a hobby.

In the mid-'60s Shaw paid his way through the University of Wisconsin at Madison by playing rhythm guitar and singing in a rock band called 'The Gentlemen.'

Shaw admitted he 'tore around and raised hell' on a motorcycle during his college days.

'We all had long hair. Long hair was worth money those days. Long hair was in and if you had long hair, you got more bookings,' Shaw recalled.

The drummer in the band taught Shaw to fly, and they, along with a third partner, bought an old airplane.

Simultaneously, the manned space program was flourishing and the war in Vietnam was raging.

'The Apollo program was building up towards a lunar landing. And, coincidentally, the draft board said, 'After you finish your master's, we're not going to defer you any longer.'

'I had a choice. I could sit around and get drafted into the Army or I could join a military service. I decided to join the Air Force with the idea in mind that I would go to pilot training and if I could, I'd get a fighter out of pilot training and if I could get into test pilot school, maybe I'd be lucky enough to get into this (the space program),' Shaw said.

'Sometimes I lost sight of (the goal to become an astronaut), but I always managed to get back on track and ended up where I am now. All those things influenced my decision to try and get into this program.'

Married to the former Kathleen Ann Mueller of Madison, Wis., Shaw has three children -- Brewster Hopkinson III, born Aug. 6, 1970; Jessica Hollis, born Feb. 3, 1975; and Brandon Robert, born Aug. 15, 1976.
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/08/08/Personality-SpotlightAir-Force-Col-Brewster-H-Shaw-JrColumbia-commander/8292618552000

Astronaut Brewster Shaw returns to Cass City
Sep 2, 2013 By Tyler R. Perry


Astronaut Brewster Shaw Courtesy photo

CASS CITY — Few people return to their hometown to find their name emblazoned on the village limits sign welcoming visitors to the community. Even fewer will man shuttles into space. Cass City native Brewster Shaw, Jr. has had both experiences.

A recent visit home for his 50th high school class reunion provided some time for Shaw to reminisce about his early life in the Cass City area and his illustrious career with NASA.

For many young people, leaving their small hometown after high school is a top priority. It wasn’t for Brewster Shaw. In fact, he credits the life lessons and experiences he had in Cass City with forming a solid “launch pad” for his future.

“We lived on a farm. When you live on a farm, you learn a good work ethic,” he said. “You know, it’s just part of growing up, part of your existence. Cass City was a very comfortable community … it was a great place to grow up.”

Shaw’s greatest role models were his parents. His mother, Ione Shaw, was a teacher in the Cass City public school system for many years and his father was a farmer.

“I still hear my mother correcting my English and telling me what the proper way to speak is,” he says. “I still feel the presence of my father offering me the opportunity to do hard work, but then feeling good about what I accomplished.”

Shaw, a 1963 graduate of Cass City High School, took an active role in the life of the community. For him, school athletics was a way to burn energy and make friends.

“I’m not a big guy, I’m not a great athlete, but at Cass City High School I was able to play athletics,” Shaw says. “I played football for Mike Yedinak until senior year, and then the coaching staff changed. I played basketball for a couple of years for Irv Claseman, but I was short and slow, and so senior year I didn’t even go out. And I ran track.”

In addition to athletics, Shaw dabbled in the music world — a hobby that paid off…literally. While his junior high trombone career was short-lived, playing in a rock band for his senior trip turned out to be beneficial.

“(Playing for the senior trip) was a good primer, because I paid for the majority of my college education by playing in a rock band at the University of Wisconsin, which was relatively lucrative,” he said.

When it came time to make plans for college, Shaw says he was a typical high school senior.

“I wanted to go to school out of state, because I felt like I needed some space between myself and my parents at that particular time, not unlike a lot of 18-year-old guys. My mother and my three older sisters had all gone to the University of Michigan; my father had gone to the University of Wisconsin, so it was a fairly easy sell to get my parents to support me going to the University of Wisconsin,” he said.

For Shaw, going to space was not an early aspiration.

“When I was growing up here…I didn’t know what I wanted to do,” he says. “Math was something that was relatively easy for me, and I liked physics, so I got a University of Wisconsin catalog and started flipping through. My dad had an engineering degree, so I looked into engineering and I found this thing called ‘engineering mechanics’ and read all the courses for the four-year program. I thought those looked OK, so that’s what I signed up for without having a clue what I would do with it.”

It wasn’t until college that Shaw began to think about a career with NASA.

“There were three or four things that created this perfect storm of an idea.” The first “ingredient” for that storm was a love for flying planes. “One of the drummers in our band was a private pilot,” Shaw says. “He took me flying one day and I’ve never stopped flying since that day. I got a private pilot’s license while I was in college.”

The second component was a celestial mechanics course at the University of Wisconsin.

“I enjoyed that course a lot,” Shaw says. “(It was taught by) a professor who did become a role model, sort of a mentor, that I liked very much.”

The third contributing factor to Shaw’s pursuit of his career was a sense of awe at man’s rapid development of space technology and exploration.

“That was in the mid-60’s and I was watching, like everybody else in this country, us getting ready to go to the moon. And all of those guys that were involved in Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo were military test pilots. So, it seemed like the only avenue to do what they were doing, which intrigued me, was to be a military test pilot.”

The final part of the equation stemmed from current events. The Vietnam War was in full swing and the call of the draft was inevitable.

“We had gone recently to a lottery system,” Shaw says. “I had a very low lottery number. It was pretty clear I was going to be drafted.”

Faced with compulsory recruitment, Shaw had a decision to make.

“I could allow myself to be drafted into the Army, or I could choose to fly and maybe someday get to get to test pilot school…maybe someday I would be able to do what those guys were doing, those guys who were getting ready to go to the moon.”

When those four components came together, Shaw’s “perfect storm” began brewing. In 1969, after his completion of Officer Training School and attending undergraduate pilot training, Shaw entered the U.S. Air Force. He served during the Vietnam War, attended USAF Test Pilot School, and realized his dream of becoming a test pilot.

In 1978, NASA selected Shaw to be a United States astronaut. For four years, he was involved in various technical assignments. But in 1982, Shaw was “tapped on the shoulder” and assigned to a flight. Three years later, Shaw boarded STS-9 Columbia, which he piloted.

“Like a sledge hammer hitting the back of your seat.” That’s how Shaw describes the initial jolt of the rockets attached to the shuttle, as it lifts off the ground. He says he knew that the ascent into orbit would be rough, because of the accounts of other astronauts. As he spoke, tears welling up in his eyes, it was apparent that he did not expect the beauty and sense of awe he would feel as he caught his first glimpse of earth from space.

“It’s an experience everyone should have a right to,” he said.

The years since that first extraterrestrial trip have been anything but boring for the astronaut. In 1985, Shaw was shuttle commander for STS-61B Atlantis. Four years later, he was shuttle commander yet again, this time for STS-28 Columbia.

Following his career as an astronaut, Shaw served in various NASA management positions. He retired from NASA in 1996, choosing to work in the private sector. His career path took him to Rockwell International, a leading manufacturer for the aircraft/space craft industry. Rockwell was soon acquired by Boeing, where Shaw worked as a senior executive official until his retirement, in 2011. In 2006, the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation inducted Brewster Shaw, Jr. into the Astronaut Hall of Fame.

Today, Shaw and his wife, Kathy, live in Houston, Texas. They enjoy traveling, visiting their children and grandchildren, and making occasional trips home to Cass City.

Shaw has by no means abandoned his love for adventure. On any given day, you may find him riding his motorcycle cross country, or flying his plane — yes, his own plane — in the Texas skies.

https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/Astronaut-Brewster-Shaw-returns-to-Cass-City-7294338.php

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Profile: Brewster H. Shaw, Vice President and General Manager, Boeing Space Exploration
by Amy Svitak May 16, 2011



Boeing Space Exploration appears positioned for a piece of the action no matter which direction NASA’s human spaceflight program ultimately takes. {...}
https://spacenews.com/brewster-h-shaw-vice-president-and-general-manager-boeing-space-exploration/

Boeing Space Exploration Vice President Brewster Shaw to Retire

Shaw leaves legacy of dedication to human spaceflight
John Elbon named to lead division

HOUSTON, Aug. 25, 2011 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced the retirement of Brewster H. Shaw, vice president and general manager of the Space Exploration division, effective Aug. 26. Shaw has contributed to aeronautics and astronautics with significant accomplishments as a combat pilot, flight instructor, test pilot, shuttle pilot and commander, as well as in senior leadership roles in the Space Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS) programs with NASA and Boeing.

Shaw has led all of Boeing’s civil space programs since 2006. Under his guidance, Boeing completed the on-orbit assembly of the ISS and concluded its support of the space shuttle after 30 years of operations, ensuring the final flights were executed with the same safety, discipline and attention to detail as the first mission in 1981.

John Elbon, Space Exploration vice president and program manager of Commercial Programs, will succeed Shaw in leading the Space Exploration division. Most recently, Elbon managed Boeing's efforts on NASA's Commercial Crew Space Act Agreements, including the first two phases of the Commercial Crew Development program. He has gathered innovations and capabilities from across Boeing in the development of crew transportation systems that will support NASA and commercial customers in accessing destinations in Low Earth Orbit.

"As NASA identifies new approaches for human space exploration, Brewster has continued to influence America's space program, ensuring the path forward for the nation’s next human spaceflight program beyond Earth's orbit," said Boeing Network & Space Systems President Roger Krone. "Throughout his career with the U.S. Air Force, NASA and Boeing, Brewster has been dedicated to the nation's national security and aerospace prominence. I thank him for his years of service. I also thank John for taking the helm of our Space Exploration programs. I am confident he will be successful in charting our course as the space industry continues to evolve."

Shaw's career achievements began with the Air Force, where he logged more than 5,000 hours of flying time in more than 30 types of aircraft, including 644 hours of combat in F-100 and F-4 aircraft and 533 hours of spaceflight. Selected as an astronaut in 1978, Shaw flew three space shuttle missions -- as pilot of STS-9 in November 1983, and as commander of STS-61B in November 1985 and STS-28 in August 1989. He played a key role in returning the shuttle to flight following the Challenger accident and led NASA's Space Shuttle team in the 1990s.

Before his position with Commercial Programs, Elbon served as Boeing program manager for NASA programs including Constellation, ISS, and the Checkout, Assembly and Payload Processing Services contracts. Previously, he was Boeing vice president of System of Systems Integration for the Future Combat Systems program. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Boeing will name Elbon's successor in the coming weeks.

A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is one of the world's largest defense, space and security businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world's largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is a $32 billion business with 64,000 employees worldwide. Follow us on Twitter: @BoeingDefense.
https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2011-08-25-Boeing-Space-Exploration-Vice-President-Brewster-Shaw-to-Retire