| Wilcutt | ||
Personal: Male, Married, Two children. Born in Russellville, Kentucky, USA. US Marine Corps US Marine Corps Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: NASA Group 13 - 1990. Active Entered space service: 17 January 1990. Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 42.00 days.
NASA Official Biography
Wilcutt Spaceflight Log
Wilcutt 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. 30 September 1994 - STS-68. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-68. Carried SIR-C SAR. Landed at Edwards Air Force Base on October 11. Payloads: Space Radar Laboratory (SRL) 2, five Getaway Special payloads, Chromosome and Plant Cell Division in Space (CHROMEX) 5, Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) 01, Cosmic Radiation Effects and Activation Monitor (CREAM), Military Application of Ship Tracks (MAST), Commercial Protein Crystal Growth (CPCG). 11 October 1994 - Landing of STS-68. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-68. STS-68 landed at 17:03 GMT. 16 September 1996 - STS-79. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-79, Mir NASA-2, Mir NASA-1, Mir EO-22. On September 19 Atlantis docked with the Russian Mir space station. Aboard Atlantis in the payload bay were the Orbiter Docking System, the modified Long Tunnel, and the Spacehab Double Module, containing supplies for the Mir. Astronaut John Blaha relieved Shannon Lucid as NASA resident on the complex. Atlantis undocked from the Mir complex on September 23 at 23:33 GMT. Valeriy Korzun, Aleksandr Kaleri and John Blaha remain on Mir. On September 26 Atlantis closed its payload bay doors, and at 11:06 GMT fired its OMS engines for a three minute long deorbit burn. After entry interface at 11:42 GMT the spaceship flew across Canada and the US for a landing at the Kennedy Space Center's Runway 15 at 12:13 GMT. 26 September 1996 - Landing of STS-79. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-79, Mir NASA-2, Mir NASA-1, Mir EO-22. STS-79 landed at 12:13 GMT with the crew of Lucid, Readdy, Wilcutt, Akers, Apt and Walz aboard. 23 January 1998 - STS-89. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: Mir NASA-5, Mir EO-24, STS-89, Mir NASA-6. Penultimate Shuttle mission to Mir. Andy Thomas replaced David Wolf as the resident NASA astronaut. Endeavour docked with the SO module on Mir at 20:14 GMT on January 24, 1998. Payloads included:
Despite fits problems with his Sokol emergency spacesuit, Andy Thomas replaced David Wolf as a Mir crew member on January 25. Endeavour undocked from Mir on January 29 at 16:57 GMT and made one flyaround of the station before departing and landing at Kennedy Space Center's runway 15 at 22:35 GMT on January 31. 31 January 1998 - Landing of STS-89. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: Mir EO-25, Mir Pegase, Mir NASA-5, Mir EO-24, STS-89, Mir NASA-6. STS-89 landed at 22:35 GMT with the crew of Wilcutt, Edwards, Reilly, Anderson, Wolf, Dunbar and Sharipov aboard. 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... 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... 8 September 2000 - STS-106. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-106. Atlantis was launched from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39B. Solid rocket boosters RSRM-75 and external tank ET-103 were used to loft the orbiter into space. The inital orbit of 72 x 328 km x 51.6 deg was circularised by the Shuttle's OMS engines at apogee. Atlantis docked with the PMA-2 adapter on the International Space Station at 05:51 GMT on September 10. The orbiter's small RCS engines were used to gently reboost the station's orbit several times. Astronauts Lu and Malenchenko made a spacewalk on September 11 beginning at 04:47 GMT. They rode the RMS arm up to Zvezda and began installing cables, reaching a distance of 30 meters from the airlock when installing Zvezda's magnetometer. Total EVA duration was 6 hours 21 minutes. During their 12-day flight, the astronauts spent a week docked to the International Space Station during which they worked as movers, cleaners, plumbers, electricians and cable installers. In all, they spent 7 days, 21 hours and 54 minutes docked to the International Space Station, outfitting the new Zvezda module for the arrival of the Expedition One crew later this fall. The Shuttle undocked from ISS at 03:44 GMT on September 18 and made two circuits of the station each lasting half an orbit, before separating finally at 05:34 GMT. The payload bay doors were closed at 04:14 GMT on September 20 and at 06:50 GMT the OMS engines ignited for a three minute burn lowering the orbit from 374 x 386 km x 51.6 deg to 22 x 380 km x 51.6 deg. After entry interface at 07:25 GMT, the orbiter glided to a landing on runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center with main gear touchdown at 07:56:48 GMT for a mission duration of 283 hr 11min. 8 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #02. Flight: STS-106. Once in orbit, the crew quickly packed up its ascent suits and unpacked equipment to ready the orbiter for the 11-day mission before turning in at 12:46 p.m. for its first sleep period. The crew will wake up at 8:46 this evening. During its first full day in space the crew will prepare for Sunday's rendezvous ...more... 8 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #01. Flight: STS-106. Space Shuttle Atlantis rocketed into space at 7:46 this morning and is on course to rendezvous and dock with the International Space Station shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday. At the time of Atlantis' launch, the 67-ton station was flying above Hungary, southwest of Budapest. The STS-106 launch countdown proceeded smoothly throughout the morning and the five ...more... 9 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #03. Flight: STS-106. Their first full day in space was a busy one for the astronauts and cosmonauts aboard Atlantis as they moved ever closer to an early Sunday morning linkup with the International Space Station. Docking is scheduled to occur at 12:52 a.m. central time Sunday as the two spacecraft soar high above Kazakhstan. In preparation for that linkup, the crew spent today readying a variety of tools ...more... 9 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #04. Flight: STS-106. STS-106 Mission Commander Terry Wilcutt along with his crew, Pilot Scott Altman and Mission Specialists Ed Lu, Rick Mastracchio, Dan Burbank, Yuri Malenchenko and Boris Morukov, were awakened at 5:46 p.m. CDT today. The wake up song from Mission Control was " I Say a Little Prayer" which was played for Wilcutt. All seven astronauts are now busy with final preparations for the docking with the International Space Station set for early tomorrow morning. Atlantis is planned to make the third docking with the station at 12:52 a.m. As of about 6:30 p.m. this evening, the Shuttle trailed the station by about 230 ...more... 10 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #05. Flight: STS-106. Commander Terry Wilcutt steered Space Shuttle Atlantis to a smooth link-up with the International Space Station at 12:51 a.m. CDT Sunday, setting the stage for six days of outfitting to make the orbiting outpost ready for its first residents in early November. The approach and docking went almost exactly as planned, with Pilot Scott Altman ...more... 11 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #08. Flight: STS-106. STS-106 Commander Terry Wilcutt along with Pilot Scott Altman and Mission Specialists Ed Lu, Rick Mastracchio, Dan Burbank, Yuri Malenchenko and Boris Morukov were awakened at 6:46 p.m. this evening to begin their third day of docked operations. The wake up song, The Hukilau Song by Big Kahuna and the Copa Cat Pack, was played for Lu at the request of his sister. Wilcutt and his crew will open the doors to the recently expanded International ...more... 11 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #07. Flight: STS-106. Astronaut Ed Lu and cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko took a 6 hour, 14 minute walk outside the shuttle this morning to complete final connections between the International Space Station's newest module, Zvezda and its first component, Zarya. The space walk was the sixth in support of ISS assembly and the 50th in Shuttle ...more... 12 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #10. Flight: STS-106. The additional mission day will give Wilcutt, Pilot Scott Altman and Mission Specialists Ed Lu, Rick Mastracchio, Dan Burbank, Yuri Malenchenko and Boris Morukov more time to prepare the orbiting facility for the arrival of the first station crew when it docks to the station in early November. The STS-106 crew was awakened at 6:46 p.m. to begin its fourth day of docked operations. ...more... 13 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #12. Flight: STS-106. The STS-106 astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis were awakened just before 7 p.m. Central to begin another day of electrical work and transfer activities as they near the halfway point of docked operations with the International Space Station. With 189 hours, 40 minutes of planned Atlantis-ISS docked time, the halfway point of docked operations will be reached at 11:45 p.m. this evening. This morning's wake up song from Mission Control was Kombaht by the group called ...more... 13 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #11. Flight: STS-106. Electrical work was the hallmark of the day as four of the mission specialists aboard Atlantis and the International Space Station replaced batteries inside the Zarya and Zvezda modules while supply transfer continued around them. To replace one component in Zarya, Mission Specialists Dan Burbank and Boris Morukov ...more... 14 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #13. Flight: STS-106. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station earlier today completed final electrical installations in both the Zvezda and Zarya modules and transferred another station-based experiment to demonstrate control technologies to suppress unwanted vibrations. Ed Lu and Yuri Malenchenko hooked up a third battery in the Zvezda module, bolstering ...more... 14 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #14. Flight: STS-106. The seven astronauts aboard the Atlantis-International Space Station will soon resume their transfer activities as they start their 5th day of docked operations inside the orbiting facility. As of the start of their workday today, approximately one third of the almost three tons of supplies and equipment have already been moved into the station. Commander Terry Wilcutt, Pilot Scott Altman along with Mission Specialists Ed Lu, ...more... 15 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #15. Flight: STS-106. The International Space Station got another boost overnight, as STS-106 Commander Terry Wilcutt and Pilot Scott Altman executed another hour-long series of thruster firings designed to raise the station's orbit by several more miles. Thirty-six pulses of Atlantis' reaction control system thrusters boosted the station ...more... 16 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #18. Flight: STS-106. STS-106 Mission Commander Terry Wilcutt and his crew were awakened at 6:46 p.m. Central to begin their final full day of docked operations with the International Space Station. By the end of their workday on Sunday morning, Atlantis' astronauts will have finished their efforts of making the orbiting facility a home for the arrival of the first permanent residents of the outpost and all of the hatches between Atlantis and the station will have been closed in preparation for the Shuttle's departure on Sunday evening. The wake up call for Wilcutt and his crew - Pilot Scott Altman along with Mission ...more... 17 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #20. Flight: STS-106. Following a successful week of docked operations, the seven astronauts aboard Shuttle Atlantis will depart the International Space Station later this evening, leaving behind the more than three tons (6,600 pounds) of supplies and equipment that was transferred to the orbiting facility. Commander Terry Wilcutt, Pilot Scott Altman along with Mission Specialists Ed Lu, ...more... 17 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #19. Flight: STS-106. The seven STS-106 astronauts and cosmonauts turned out the lights and closed the doors on a new home in space today after spending a week working as movers, cleaners, plumbers, electricians and cable installers. In all, more than 6,600 pounds of supplies were left behind for use by Expedition crews that will live aboard the International Space Station. The last hatch to the station was closed at 7 this morning, ending 5 days, 9 hours, ...more... 18 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #21. Flight: STS-106. Atlantis' seven astronauts and cosmonauts successfully undocked from the International Space Station after accomplishing all mission objectives in outfitting the station for the first resident crew. "We laid out the red carpet for the first crew to come aboard," said Bob Cabana, ...more... 18 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #22. Flight: STS-106. Having departed the 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 2:56 a.m. CDT landing on Wednesday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. STS-106 Mission Commander Terry Wilcutt along with Pilot Scott Altman and Mission ...more... 19 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #23. Flight: STS-106. Atlantis' crew turned its attention to checking shuttle systems and packing up equipment for the return home scheduled for 2:56 a.m. CDT, Wednesday back at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The weather forecast calls for scattered clouds, a light sea-breeze, and only a slight chance of rain off the coast. Winding down from the hectic pace of International Space Station outfitting, which ...more... 19 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #24. Flight: STS-106. The STS-106 astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis are preparing for their return to Earth with a planned predawn touchdown on the 3-mile long Shuttle Landing Facility runway at the Kennedy Space Center at 2:56 a.m. CDT Wednesday. The forecasted weather for early Wednesday shows essentially favorable conditions with some concern for rain showers in the vicinity of the Florida spaceport. Commander Terry Wilcutt, Pilot Scott Altman and Mission Specialists Ed Lu, Rick ...more... 20 September 2000 - STS-106 Mission Status Report #25. Flight: STS-106. Atlantis and its seven astronauts swooped to a predawn landing at the Kennedy Space Center Wednesday, wrapping up a mission to prepare the initial living quarters of the International Space Station for its first residents. Commander Terry Wilcutt guided Atlantis to a landing at 2:56 a.m. Central time, ...more... 20 September 2000 - Landing of STS-106. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-106. STS-106 landed at 07:56 GMT. 24 July 2003 - STS-116 (cancelled). Assignment: Proposed Prime Crew. Flight: STS-116A. Flight delayed after the Columbia disaster. STS-116 was to have flown ISS Assembly mission ISS-12A.1. It would have delivered the third left-side truss segment (ITS P5), logistics and supplies aboard a Spacehab single cargo module and carried out a crew rotation. Bibliography and Further Reading
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