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Phillips, John Lynch
Phillips
Phillips
Credit: www.spacefacts.de
American physicist mission specialist astronaut 1996-2011.

Status: Inactive; Active 1996-2011. Born: 1951-04-15. Spaceflights: 3 . Total time in space: 203.73 days. Birth Place: Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona. Educated Annapolis. US Navy aviator.

Official NASA Biography as of June 2016:John L. Phillips (Ph.D.)
NASA Astronaut (FORMER)

PERSONAL DATA:  Born April 15, 1951, in Fort Belvoir, Virginia.  Married to the former Laura Jean Doell; they have one son and one daughter.  Enjoys skiing, swimming, kayaking and hiking.  Phillips retired from NASA in 2011 and now lives in Idaho.

EDUCATION:  Graduated from Scottsdale High School, Arizona, in 1966; received a B.S. degree in mathematics from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1972; an M.S. in aeronautical systems from the University of West Florida in 1974; and an M.S. and Ph.D. in geophysics and space physics from UCLA in 1984 and 1987, respectively.

SPECIAL HONORS:  National Merit Scholar; graduated second of 906 at USNA; awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the Gagarin Medal, the Russian Medal of Merit for Space Exploration, the Los Alamos National Laboratory Distinguished Performance Award and various military awards.

EXPERIENCE: Phillips received a U.S. Navy commission in 1972 and was designated a Naval Aviator in November 1974.  He flew the A-7 Corsair Aircraft and made overseas deployments with Attack Squadron 155 aboard the USS Oriskany and USS Roosevelt.  Subsequent tours of duty included Navy recruiting and flying the CT-39 Sabreliner aircraft.  Phillips has logged more than 4,500 flight hours and 250 carrier landings.  He served as a Navy reservist from 1982 to 2002 as an A-7 pilot and in various nonflying assignments.  He retired in 2002 with the rank of Captain, USNR.

After leaving the Navy in 1982, Phillips enrolled as a graduate student at UCLA.  While there, he carried out research involving observations by the Pioneer Venus Spacecraft.  Upon completing his doctorate in 1987, he was awarded an Oppenheimer Fellowship at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico.  He worked at LANL for 9 years, performing research on the sun and the space environment.  From 1993 to 1996, he was the Principal Investigator for the Solar Wind Plasma Experiment aboard the Ulysses Spacecraft as it executed a unique trajectory over the poles of the sun.  He has authored 156 scientific papers dealing with the plasma environments of the sun, Earth, other planets, comets and spacecraft.

NASA EXPERIENCE:  Phillips was selected by NASA and began astronaut candidate training in 1996.  He has held various jobs in the Astronaut Office, including systems engineering and CAPCOM for the International Space Station (ISS) and as a robotics specialist, supporting operations on missions.  Phillips has logged more than 203 days in space during three flights and has flown as Flight Engineer on three different spacecraft types:  shuttle, Soyuz and ISS.  Phillips was detailed to the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA, from 2009 to 2011 as the Smith/McCool NASA Chair Professor.

SPACEFLIGHT EXPERIENCE:  STS-100 Endeavour (April 19 to May 1, 2001).  During the 12-day, 187 orbit mission, the crew successfully delivered and installed the Canadarm-2 robotic arm.  They also delivered experiments and supplies aboard the Multi€‘Purpose Logistics Module, €śRaffaello€ťon its maiden flight.  Phillips was the Ascent/Entry Flight Engineer and was the Intravehicular Activity Coordinator during two spacewalks.

ISS Expedition 11 (April 15 to October 10, 2005).  Phillips launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard Soyuz TMA-6 and served as NASA Science Officer and Flight Engineer aboard ISS.  During their 6-month stay aboard ISS, the crew continued ISS maintenance, worked with scientific experiments, performed a spacewalk in Russian spacesuits from the Pirs Airlock and hosted the €śreturn to flight€ť visit of Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-114).  The ISS-11 crew landed in Kazakhstan on October 10, 2005.  In completing his second mission, Phillips logged 179 days and 23 minutes in space, including an EVA totaling 4 hours and 58 minutes.

STS-119 Discovery (March 15 to 28, 2009).  During the 13-day, 202 orbit mission, the crew delivered and installed the S6 integrated truss segment to the ISS, including the final two solar array wings.  Phillips operated the Canadarm-2 robotic arm to unberth and install the S6 truss.  He also served as Loadmaster, Rendezvous Mission Specialist and Crew Medical Officer.

AUGUST 2011


NASA Official Biography

NAME: John L. Phillips (Ph.D.)
NASA Astronaut Candidate (Mission Specialist)

PERSONAL DATA:
Born April 15, 1951 in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, but considers Scottsdale, Arizona to be his hometown. Married to the former Laura Jean Doell of Scotia, New York. They have two children. Enjoys alpine and Nordic skiing, hiking, family recreation and various fitness activities.

EDUCATION:
Graduated from Scottsdale High School, Scottsdale, Arizona, in 1966; received a bachelor of science degree in mathematics and Russian from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1972; a master of science degree in aeronautical systems from the University of West Florida in 1974; a master of science degree and a doctorate in geophysics and space physics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1984 and 1987 respectively.

ORGANIZATIONS:
American Geophysical Union, U.S. Naval Institute.

SPECIAL HONORS:
National Merit Scholar; graduated second of 906 in the class of 1972 at U.S. Naval Academy; awarded 2 Navy Unit Commendations, the National Defense Medal, 2 Sea Service Deployment Ribbons, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal, and 2 Battle "E" Ribbons; received 2 NASA Group Achievement Awards for contributions to the Ulysses Spacecraft Mission and the Los Alamos National Laboratory Distinguished Performance Award in 1996.

EXPERIENCE:
Phillips received a navy commission upon graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1972 and was designated a Naval Aviator in November, 1974. He trained in the A-7 Corsair Aircraft at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California and made overseas deployment with Attack Squadron 155 aboard the USS Oriskany and USS Roosevelt. Subsequent tours of duty included navy recruiting in Albany, New York, and flying the CT-39 Sabreliner Aircraft at Naval Air Station North Island, California.

After leaving the Navy in 1982, Phillips enrolled as a graduate student at UCLA. While at UCLA he carried out research involving observations by the NASA Pioneer Venus Spacecraft. Upon completing his doctorate in 1987, he was awarded a J. Robert Oppenheimer Postdoctoral Fellowship at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. He accepted a career position at Los Alamos in 1989. While there, Phillips performed research on the sun and the space environment. From 1993 through 1996 he was Principal Investigator for the Solar Wind Plasma Experiment aboard the Ulysses Spacecraft as it executed a unique trajectory over the poles of the sun. He has authored 150 scientific papers dealing with the plasma environments of the sun, earth, other planets, comets and spacecraft.

Phillips has logged over 4,000 flight hours and 250 carrier landings. He has been a Navy reservist since 1982, serving as an A-7 pilot, commanding officer of a merchant ship convoy unit and, most recently, as a science and technology officer for the Office of Naval Research.

NASA EXPERIENCE:
Phillips was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in April 1996. He reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1996 to begin two years of training and evaluation. Successful completion of initial training will qualify him for various technical assignments leading to selection as a mission specialist on a Space Shuttle flight crew.

JANUARY 1997


More at: Phillips.

Family: Astronaut. Country: USA. Spacecraft: ISS. Flights: STS-71-E, STS-100, STS-121A, Soyuz TMA-6, STS-119. Agency: USN. Bibliography: 12, 5890.

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