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Fischer, Jack David '2fish'

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Fischer, Jack
Fischer, Jack
Fischer, Jack David '2fish'
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American test pilot astronaut, 2009-2018.

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Family
Astronaut
Country
USA
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Chronology

5 events

1974 January 23

  • Birth of Jack David "2fish" Fischer - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Fischer. American test pilot astronaut, 2009-2018. 1 spaceflight, 135.8 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz MS-04 (2017)..

2016 November 17

20:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-FG.
  • Soyuz MS-03 - . Call Sign: Kazbek. Crew: Novitskiy, Pesquet, Whitson. Backup Crew: Yurchikhin, Fischer, Nespoli. Return Crew: Novitskiy, Pesquet. Nation: Russia. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz MS-03. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz MS. Decay Date: 2017-06-02 . USAF Sat Cat: 41864 . COSPAR: 2016-070A. Apogee: 228 km (141 mi). Perigee: 195 km (121 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Soyuz MS-03 was launched with the crew of Oleg Novitskiy (Roskosmos), Thomas Pesquet (ESA) and Peggy Whitson (NASA). The Soyuz docked with the ISS Rassvet module at 2158 UTC Nov 19..

2017 April 20

07:13 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-FG.
  • Soyuz MS-04 - . Call Sign: Olympus. Crew: Yurchikhin, Fischer. Backup Crew: Ryazansky, Bresnik. Return Crew: Yurchikhin, Fischer, Whitson. Nation: Russia. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz MS-04. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz MS. Decay Date: 2017-09-03 . USAF Sat Cat: 42682 . COSPAR: 2017-020A. Apogee: 409 km (254 mi). Perigee: 399 km (247 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 92.66 min.

    See Soyuz-MS 04. Soyuz MS-04 docked with the ISS Poisk module 6hr 4min after launch. Soyuz commander was Fyodor Yurchikin and flight engineer was Jack Fischer. This was the first two-person Soyuz mission in 14 years (Soyuz TMA-2 in Apr 2003), as Russia scaled back its ISS crew pending completion of the delayed Nauka module.

2017 May 12

  • EVA ISS US EVA-39 - . Crew: Whitson, Fischer. EVA Duration: 0.18 days. Nation: USA. Program: ISS.

    Replaced ExPRESS Carrier Avionics (ExPCA), Installed Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 (PMA-3) Forward Shield, Installed Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) MIL-1553 Terminator, Secured Multilayer Insulation (MLI) on Japanese Manipulator System, Relocated a Portable Foot Restrain to PMA-3

2017 May 23

  • EVA ISS US EVA-40 - . Crew: Whitson, Fischer. EVA Duration: 0.12 days. Nation: USA. Program: ISS. Replace failed Multiplexer-Demultiplexer (MDM), Installed two Wireless Communication Anntennae..