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Personal: Male, Married. Born in West Monroe, Louisiana, USA. US Air Force US Air Force Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: NASA Group 13 - 1990. Inactive Entered space service: 17 January 1990. Left space service: November 2006. Number of Flights: 5.00. Total Time: 52.44 days.
NASA Official Biography
Halsell Spaceflight Log
Halsell Chronology 17 January 1990 - NASA Astronaut Training Group 13 selected.. The group was selected to provide pilot, engineer, and scientist astronauts for space shuttle flights.. Qualifications: Pilots: Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics. Advanced degree desirable. At least 1,000 flight-hours of pilot-in-command time. Flight test experience desirable. Excellent health. Vision minimum 20/50 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20 vision; maximum sitting blood pressure 140/90. Height between 163 and 193 cm. Mission Specialists: Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics and minimum three years of related experience or an advanced degree. Vision minimum 20/150 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20. Maximum sitting blood pressure of 140/90. Height between 150 and 193 cm.. Reported to the Johnson Space Center in late July 1990 to begin their year long training. Chosen from 1945 qualified applicants, then 106 finalists screened between September and November 1989. 8 July 1994 - STS-65. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-65. Carried IML-2; microgravity, biology experiments. Payloads: International Microgravity Laboratory (IML) 2, Orbital Acceleration Research Experiment (OARE), Commercial Protein Crystal Growth (CPCG), Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS), Military Applications of Ship Tracks (MAST), Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX). 23 July 1994 - Landing of STS-65. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-65. STS-65 landed at 10:39 GMT. 12 November 1995 - STS-74. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-74, Mir EO-20. Rendezvoused and docked with Mir space station on November 15. Delivered the Russian-built 316GK Shuttle-Mir docking module to Mir.Payloads: Shuttle-Mir Mission 2; docking module with two attached solar arrays; IMAX Cargo Bay Camera (ICBC); Glow Experiment (GLO-4)/ Photogrammetric Appendage Structural Dynamics Experiment (PASDE) Payload (GPP); Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) II. 20 November 1995 - Landing of STS-74. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-74, Mir EO-20. STS-74 landed at 17:02 GMT. 4 April 1997 - STS-83. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-83. The launch of STS-83, the first Microgravity Science Laboratory (MSL-1) mission, was postponed for a day to replace some insulation around a water coolant line in Columbia's payload bay. Liftoff was further delayed 20 minutes due to anomalous oxygen readings in the orbiter's payload bay. STS-83 was cut short due to a problem with one of the three fuel cells that provide electricity and water to Columbia (flight rules required that all three must be operating). At 14:30 GMT on April 6 the crew were ordered to begin a Minimum Duration Flight (MDF). On April 8 the OMS engines ignited at 17:30 GMT for the deorbit burn, and Columbia landed on Runway 33 at Kennedy Space Center at 18:33 GMT. With delays in International Space Station construction leaving ample room in the shuttle schedule, NASA made the unique decision to leave the equipment installed in Columbia and refly this mission with the same crew later in 1997 as STS-94. 8 April 1997 - Landing of STS-83. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-83. STS-83 landed at 18:33 GMT. 1 July 1997 - STS-94. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-94. STS-94 was the reflight, with the same equipment and crew, of the curtailed STS-83 mission. Cargo Bay Payloads:
The mission this time went for its full two week duration and the crew completed the full list of experiments. The deorbit burn was on July 17, 1997 at 09:44 GMT and Columbia landed on KSC's Runway 33 at 10:46:34 GMT. 17 July 1997 - Landing of STS-94. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-94. STS-94 landed at 10:46 GMT. 24 February 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-08. The International Space Station continues to orbit quietly without any significant problems hampering its operation as it awaits the arrival of a Space Shuttle crew to perform maintenance tasks while delivering logistics and supplies for use by future astronaut crews. The next Shuttle crew to visit the ISS was finalized last week and includes Jim ...more... 6 April 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-14. Shuttle and Station managers yesterday selected April 24 as the launch target date at the conclusion of the Flight Readiness Review, while engineers evaluate an issue with the power drive unit (PDU) for Atlantis' rudder speed brake. Following a hydraulic system test, a higher than normal pressure reading in the suspect PDU was identified. Ongoing analysis will confirm if the PDU needs to be replaced. Managers are evaluating plans to perform the work at the launch pad and currently expect no impact to the launch date. Launch is set to occur at about 4:15 p.m. Eastern time to perform life-extension ...more... 13 April 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-15. Atlantis' STS-101 mission remains scheduled for launch at about 4:15 p.m. Eastern time on April 24 with the mission's major goals to accomplish the complete restoration of the electrical power system on the Zarya module and raising the Station's altitude in preparation for Zvezda's arrival in late July. Workers at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida have completed a swap-out of the ...more... 20 April 2000 - ISS Status Report: ISS 00-16. If all goes as planned, this time next week the International Space Station will house visitors for the first time since the visit by the crew of STS-96 last year. All continues to go smoothly with preparations for the launch of Atlantis to start the STS-101 mission on Monday. Final processing of the Shuttle is underway with the seven-member scheduled to arrive ...more... 19 May 2000 - STS-101. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-101. ISS Logistics flight. Launch delayed three times by weather. Objective of mission STS-101 was repair, resupply and construction tasks aboard the international space station. This was the first launch with new electronic cockpit displays and other upgrades. The solid boosters separated at 10:13 GMT and the main engines cutoff at 10:19 GMT. The external tank, ET-102 then separated, with both orbiter and ET-102 in a 52 x 320 km initial orbit. At 10:54 GMT the OMS engines fired to raise perigee to 159 x 329 km x at 51.6 deg. Atlantis docked with the International Space Station's PMA-2 docking adapter on the Unity node at 04:31 GMT on May 21. At that time the ISS was in a 332 x 341 km orbit. On May 22 mission specialists Jeff Williams and James carried out external maintenance work on the ISS. On May 23 at 00:03 GMT the Atlantis crew opened the first hatch to PMA-2 and entered the Station. The crew replaced a set of batteries in Zarya, installed fans and ducting to improve airflow, and delivered supplies and equipment. Three hour-long orbit raising burns on May 24 and 25 by the RCS engines on Atlantis raised the station to a 372 x 380 km x 51.6 deg orbit. The STS-101 crew left the station on May 26, closing the PMA-2 hatch at 08:08 GMT and undocking at 23:03 GMT. Atlantis performed a 180 degree flyaround of the station and departed the vicinity around 23:44 GMT. Atlantis closed its payload bay doors around 02:30 GMT on May 29 and fired the OMS engines for deorbit at 05:12 GMT. The vehicle landed on RW15 at Kennedy Space Center at 06:20 GMT. Atlantis was to be turned around for the next ISS shuttle flight, STS-106. Left in orbit was the renovated International Space Station, equipped with an upgraded electrical system, new fans, filters, fire extinguishers, smoke detectors and communications gear. 19 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #02. Flight: STS-101. The crew of STS-101 was awakened just after 6 p.m. to Tom Petty's song "Free Fallin'," played for Mission Specialist Susan Helms. Once awake, Atlantis' seven-member crew began preparing for its first full day on orbit to ready the vehicle for tomorrow night's docking with the International Space Station and a space walk Sunday night. Commander Jim Halsell, Pilot Scott Horowitz and Mission Specialists Mary Ellen Weber, ...more... 19 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #01. Flight: STS-101. With dawn's first light glimmering above, six American astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center to pay a "home improvement" house call on the fledgling International Space Station. Riding aboard the upgraded and refurbished space Shuttle Atlantis, Commander Jim ...more... 20 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #04. Flight: STS-101. Atlantis' astronauts were awakened at 4:11 p.m. Central today to the song "Still Shining" by Bob Seger in honor of tonight's rendezvous with the International Space Station. STS-101 Mission Commander Jim Halsell will guide Atlantis to the second Shuttle docking with the International Space Station late this evening. Atlantis is planned to dock with the station at 11:31 p.m. Central. As of about 6:30 p.m. this evening, the Shuttle trailed the station by about 70 ...more... 20 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #03. Flight: STS-101. Atlantis' crew spent a smooth day in space checking equipment in preparation for upcoming activities: docking with the International Space Station late tonight; a spacewalk planned for late Sunday; and the transfer of over a ton of equipment to the station that will begin late Monday. Atlantis' Commander Jim Halsell and Pilot Scott Horowitz tested the navigation equipment ...more... 21 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #05. Flight: STS-101. Flying five miles a second above the Ukraine, Commander Jim Halsell gently pulled the Shuttle Atlantis into port last night, flawlessly latching his 100-ton spacecraft to the 35-ton International Space Station for a five-day stay. Halsell and his crew performed the rendezvous and docking with the station by the ...more... 22 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #08. Flight: STS-101. Atlantis' seven member crew was awakened just before 4 p.m. CDT to begin its fifth day in space and is now preparing to enter the International Space Station to perform maintenance work and transfer supplies for future station crews. Today's wakeup call was "Haunted House" by Ray Buchanan since the opening lyrics say "I just moved into a new house today...." in honor of the STS-101 crew entering what will be a new home for astronauts and cosmonauts later this year. Commander Jim Halsell and his crew have begun to open the various hatches between ...more... 23 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #10. Flight: STS-101. The STS-101 astronauts aboard Atlantis were awakened at 3:41 p.m. CDT to begin their sixth day in space and third day of docked operations with the International Space Station. Today's wake up song from Mission Control was a long distance dedication from Kathy Halsell to her husband, Mission Commander Jim Halsell, the Flamingoes tune "I Only Have Eyes for You." Halsell along with Pilot Scott Horowitz and Mission Specialists Mary Ellen Weber, ...more... 23 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #09. Flight: STS-101. Atlantis' crew ventured into the International Space Station for the first time last night, finding the 35-ton outpost comfortable, clean and in overall good condition as they completed a series of maintenance tasks well ahead of schedule. Astronaut Susan Helms and Cosmonaut Yury Usachev were the first crew members to ...more... 24 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #11. Flight: STS-101. Atlantis' astronauts continued a smooth pace of work aboard the International Space Station today, breezing through tasks ranging from standard home maintenance such as replacing smoke detectors to successfully conducting the first in a series of orbital boosts for the outpost. Commander Jim Halsell and pilot Scott Horowitz fired Atlantis' steering jets 27 ...more... 24 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #12. Flight: STS-101. STS-101 Commander Jim Halsell and his crew are continuing their efforts aboard the International Space Station as they begin their fourth day of docked operations. The seven astronauts were awakened at 3:28 p.m. CDT with the music, "I'm Gonna Fly" by Amy Grant which was requested by Pilot Scott Horowitz's wife. Halsell, Horowitz and Mission Specialists Mary Ellen Weber, Jeff Williams, Susan ...more... 25 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #14. Flight: STS-101. The seven STS-101 astronauts are spending their final full day docked to the International Space Station as they prepare for undocking Friday evening. When Atlantis undocks tomorrow evening, it will leave behind a refurbished orbiting facility, operating at a higher altitude and featuring new electrical and communications components. The station is now primed and ready to receive the next major piece of the station, the Zvezda Service Module, when it is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan between July 8-14. Commander Jim Halsell, Pilot Scott Horowitz and Mission Specialists Mary Ellen Weber, Jeff Williams, Susan Helms, Jim Voss and Yury Usachev were awakened at 3:11 p.m. CDT. Today's wakeup song -- "Don't It Make You Wanna Dance" by Jerry Jeff Walker -- was played at the request of Williams' son and family. The main task of the day will be completing the transfer of gear and supplies to ...more... 25 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #13. Flight: STS-101. As their seventh day in space draws to a close this morning, the astronauts aboard Atlantis have virtually completed their maintenance work on the International Space Station, installing equipment that is planned to leave the space outpost in flawless condition. Late Wednesday, Astronauts Susan Helms and Jim Voss along with Cosmonaut Yury Usachev ...more... 26 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #16. Flight: STS-101. With a gentle push, Atlantis and the International Space Station parted company this evening as the two spacecraft flew 237 miles over Kazakhstan concluding five days of work to prepare the outpost for its first resident crew. Undocking occurred at 6:03 p.m. Central time, as Pilot Scott Horowitz slowly backed ...more... 26 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #15. Flight: STS-101. With all of their mission's objectives met or exceeded, Atlantis' crew shut the doors to the International Space Station early this morning in preparation for bidding the rejuvenated outpost farewell this evening. "I couldn't be happier with the way this mission has gone," Lead Flight Director ...more... 27 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #18. Flight: STS-101. With all major mission objectives successfully completed, Atlantis' crew turned its attention to a planned return trip home, with a landing scheduled for 1:20 a.m. Central time on Monday at the Kennedy Space Center. Shortly after 7 p.m. today, Commander Jim Halsell, Pilot Scott Horowitz and Flight ...more... 27 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #17. Flight: STS-101. Having departed a rejuvenated International Space Station last night, Atlantis' crew will now spend a day checking the shuttle's equipment and stowing away gear in preparation for the trip home, aiming for a 1:20 a.m. CDT landing on Monday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis undocked at 6:03 p.m. CDT, leaving behind a pristine space station after ...more... 28 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #19. Flight: STS-101. The astronauts aboard Atlantis have packed their bags and checked out their spacecraft in preparation for a return home and a planned touchdown at 1:20 a.m. Central time Monday at the Kennedy Space Center. Saturday evening, Commander Jim Halsell, Pilot Scott Horowitz and Flight Engineer ...more... 29 May 2000 - STS-101 Mission Status Report #21. Flight: STS-101. Atlantis' astronauts glided to a ghostly pre-dawn landing this morning at the Kennedy Space Center to wrap up a successful refurbishment and resupply mission to the International Space Station. Commander Jim Halsell flew Atlantis to a nighttime touchdown at the Florida spaceport ...more... 29 May 2000 - Landing of STS-101. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-101. STS-101 landed at 06:20 GMT. 19 February 2004 - STS-120 (cancelled). Assignment: Proposed Prime Crew. Flight: STS-120A. Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. STS-120 was to have flown ISS Assembly mission ISS-10A. It would have delivered to the station the second of three station connecting modules, Node 2. With this mission the redefined ISS US Core would have been completed. Bibliography and Further Reading
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