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Space Forum / Shuttle / November 2007NASA Amends Crew Assignment for STS-126 Mission
Nov. 21, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 John.yembrick-1@nasa.gov James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james.a.hartsfield@nasa.gov RELEASE: 07-259 NASA AMENDS CREW ASSIGNMENT FOR STS-126 MISSION WASHINGTON - NASA has replaced a crew member assigned to space shuttle mission STS-126. Astronaut Donald R. Pettit will take the place of astronaut Joan E. Higginbotham, who has left NASA to accept a position in the private sector. The mission is targeted to launch in September 2008 and will deliver equipment to the International Space Station enabling larger crews to reside aboard the complex. Higginbotham flew as a mission specialist on STS-116 in December 2006. She began her career at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., in 1987, contributing to 53 space shuttle launches. She was selected as an astronaut in 1996. "Joan has done a tremendous job as an astronaut during the past 11 years," said Steve Lindsey, chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston. "She contributed her expertise to nearly every space shuttle and International Space Station mission. She will be missed, but we wish her the very best in her future endeavors." The STS-126 mission will be Pettit's second spaceflight. Pettit will serve as a mission specialist aboard shuttle Endeavour. He joins previously named crew members Commander Christopher J. Ferguson, Pilot Eric A. Boe and mission specialists Stephen G. Bowen, Robert S. Kimbrough and Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper. Pettit first flew as a crew member of Expedition 6, logging more than 161 days in space, including more than 13 hours during two spacewalks. He launched to the station aboard shuttle mission STS-113 in November 2002 and returned to Earth on the Soyuz TMA-1 spacecraft in May 2003. He was selected as an astronaut in 1996. For complete astronaut biographical information, visit: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios For more information about NASA's Space Shuttle Program, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle -end- baalke@earthlink.net plaatste dit op zijn scherm : > Nov. 21, 2007 > [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] > > -end- What about this info: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/oct/HQ_07217_STS-126_Crew.html Higginbotham is still on the crew list here... André André wrote: > baalke@earthlink.net plaatste dit op zijn scherm : >> Nov. 21, 2007 [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/oct/HQ_07217_STS-126_Crew.html > Higginbotham is still on the crew list here... What about it? Check the dates. That press release is older. The newer one supercedes it. Simple as that. Interesting that an astronaut, less than a year from a flight, would accept a job somewhere else. You'd think they would stick around until just after the flight. Seems to me that such a flight is an opportunity of a lifetime. Was the job offered to her absolutely so fantastic that she gave up the opportunity to go to space ? Or is there some background story that isn't revealed in the press release ? > Interesting that an astronaut, less than a year from a flight, would accept a job somewhere else. You'd think they would stick > around until just after the flight. Seems to me that such a flight is an opportunity of a lifetime. > > Was the job offered to her absolutely so fantastic that she gave up the opportunity to go to space ? Or is there some background > story that isn't revealed in the press release ? If I was in her position, I would probably make the same decision to go and work in a nice higher paid job. Especially if I've already been in space once already, as she has. Maybe she just wants to settle down and start a nice safe life. The astronauts know the dangers of space flight more than any of us I would guess. > Interesting that an astronaut, less than a year from a flight, would > accept a job somewhere else. You'd think they would stick around until [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > opportunity to go to space ? Or is there some background story that > isn't revealed in the press release ? It also might have been a time sensitive offer from the company. Do you think, that with the demise of the shuttle, a lot more of this is going to happen, particularly among those mission speciallists involved in robotic ops and other tasks which will not be required on Orion etc. If you were getting older and needed something stimulating to do, fiddling about with capsules etc, might be considered pretty boring stuff, no matter what the eventual goal might be. Brian  SignatureBrian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc: email. graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them Email: briang1@blueyonder.co.uk ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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