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Astronaut Candidate Class of 2000 to Be Named SPACE CENTER September 24, 1999 Roundup VOL. 38, NO. 18 L YNDON B. JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS Astronaut Candidate Class of 2000 to be named he tension is mounting as the JSC Teresa Gomez, NASA assistant man- of 22 people reviewed applications during responsibility for the coordination of Astronaut Selection Office enters the ager in the Astronaut Selection Office, July and August to determine highly qual- shuttle operations in the areas of crew T homestretch in naming the NASA reviewed this year’s batch of applications ified applicants. A total of 388 were activity planning, consumables usage, Astronaut Candidate Class of 2000. to ensure that the candidates met basic deemed to be from such individuals. experiment and payload operations, and This process takes place every other qualifications. A total of 2,644 applicants Upon completing this task, the panel is space station assembly and operations. year. This year 3,014 applications were qualified. “Once we determine that the disbanded and the center director Mission specialist and pilot astronaut received by the July 1 deadline. applicant meets the basic qualifications, appoints the Astronaut Candidate Selec- candidates must hold a bachelor’s degree “Our plan is to select candidates every then the information on the application is tion Board made up of astronauts and from an accredited institution in engineer- two years in the odd numbered years,” entered into a database,” said Gomez. The members of NASA management. In addi- ing, biological science, physical science, said Duane Ross, NASA manager, Astro- database is essential in managing the tion, at this point in the process, the or mathematics. Mission specialist candi- naut Selection Office. “We establish a enormous amount of information that the Astronaut Selection Office gathers infor- dates must possess at least three years of deadline for applications near the first of office receives. mation from references listed on applica- related, progressively responsible, July. At that time we consider all of the At this point in the process, the JSC tions from the highly qualified individu- professional experience. Pilot astronaut applications that we have received. We director establishes the Astronaut Candi- als. Additional medical information is candidates must have at least 1,000 hours continue to accept applications after that date Selection Rating Panel comprised also gathered as necessary. pilot-in-command time in jet aircraft. date, but they will be considered for the primarily of current astronauts who have The Astronaut Candidate Selection Mission specialist applicants must be able next selection.” space flight experience. This year’s panel Board reviewed applications from highly to pass a NASA Class II space physical. qualified applicants during the past two Pilot candidates must be able to pass a months to select candidates to be inter- NASA Class I space physical. viewed. The group of 388 highly qualified Mission specialist candidates must be individuals will be narrowed down to 120 between 58. 5 and 76 inches in height, applicants who will be brought to JSC for while pilot astronaut candidates must be interviews with the selection board. between 64 and 76 inches. There is no Narrowing the list from those applicants age limit. The average age of selected judged to be highly qualified to those who applicants is 35. will be interviewed is a difficult task. Selected applicants are designated “The key qualification we look for astronaut candidates and assigned to the is how related and how applicable a Astronaut Office at JSC. The astronaut person’s experience is to the kind of job candidates undergo a one- to two-year that astronauts do,” said Ross. “If the appli- training and evaluation period during cation and the references indicate that the which time they participate in a basic candidate is a team player and is adaptable astronaut training program designed to to different kinds of situations and environ- develop the knowledge and skills required ments, that information is as important as a for formal mission training upon selection person’s educational background.” for a flight. Pilot astronaut candidates The key is to have a background in maintain proficiency in NASA aircraft all areas. Academic achievement, during their candidate period. participation in athletics, volunteer work NASA accepts astronaut candidate in the community–all of these factors applications on a continuous basis and are considered. plans to make selections every two years Weeklong interviews and medical as needed. Military applicants must apply examinations will be conducted with through their respective military service. groups of 20 applicants. The Astronaut JSC has an agreement with the services Selection Office anticipates that all that active duty personnel will not be 120 interviews will be completed by the considered unless they have been end of January. nominated. Interviews indicate what the candidate is like as a person. “We’re selecting Application forms and other informa- people who will fly with each other and tion are available through the World Wide live together on orbit for long periods Web at the following address: of time,” said Ross. “They have to be http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/ah/jscjobs team players who can get along with /aso/ascan.htm others very well.” The next astronaut candidate class will Completed applications must be mailed be announced in March or April 2000. to NASA, Johnson Space Center, Astronaut The astronaut candidates will report for Selection Office, Mail Code AHX, 2101 duty to JSC next summer. NASA Road 1, Houston, TX 77058. Pilot astronauts serve as both space shuttle commanders and pilots, while For more information, contact JSC Photo S99E11915 by Robert Markowitz mission specialists, working with the the Astronaut Selection Office at Teresa Gomez and Duane Ross have managed the astronaut candidate selection commander and pilot, have overall 281-483-5907. process since 1984. Interim Control Nutritionists Open House Module nears examine role of photo contest completion. diet in space. winners. Page 2 Page 4 Page 7 2 September 24, 1999 SPACE CENTER Roundup Station ICM team completes first milestone By Nicole Cloutier system and “talked” to the ICM. Teams reconfigured for launch on a Titan both of the ISS Motion Control Systems from MOD, NRL, Goddard Space Flight launch vehicle and renamed the Titan Group, have been resident at NRL in Center, and White Sands Complex all Launch Dispenser. Some of its charac- Washington, D.C. for the past few months light controllers for the Interim participated in the week long test to try out teristics have been changed due to as the ICM flight controller representatives Control Module, in conjunction with the independent command system. NASA’s human space program. For for MOD. F Electronic Systems Test Laboratory “The command system used by the instance, to adapt to ISS’s changing cen- “It’s been a real education for me per- and Naval Research Laboratory engi- ICM in the MCC is completely indepen- ter of gravity and mass, the ICM uses a sonally, and for our team,” notes neers, recently completed successful test- dent of the existing command system three-axis stabilization system versus the Metrocavage, also ICM propulsion lead. ing of MCC-Houston’s ICM commanding used by the ISS or shuttle,” said Bryan spin-stabilization designed in the earlier “By being up at NRL, it’s given us the capability. ICM is a contingency propul- Lunney, group lead of ISS Motion Con- version. Because of that, the team also opportunity to have some good ‘hands-on’ sion module for the ISS that’s being trol Systems. “In fact many things about needed to incorporate propellant manage- experience with how the hardware oper- designed and built by the NRL in the ICM are quite unique.” ment devices for the tanks. And to meet ates. I’m really looking forward to this Washington, D.C. The ICM will provide The ICM is actually a modified the human space program redundancy fall when the ICM subsystem functional- attitude control and reboost capabilities version of the Shuttle Launch Dispenser, requirements, a new command and ity testing is in full swing.” for the International Space Station. a shuttle-deployed propulsion system control architecture was developed “Typically, you’re pretty well divorced “This was the first integrated test for originally designed by engineers at the and incorporated. from the engineers who build the systems,” the ICM communication system and a lot NRL for the National Reconnaissance “Within MCC the biggest difference said Smith of the current arrangement. was accom- Office. In the late 80s, the SLD was is the ICM’s dedicated front end proces- “But on this project we actually sit with plished,” said sor and command system,” said Eric the NRL engineers in the lab, in their Brian T. Gallagher, ICM flight controller for the meetings with them while they discuss Smith, ICM Command Telemetry and Data Handling problems, ideas or ways to make the flight con- system. “Additionally, unique MCC ICM safer and that is where we get a lot troller and hardware and software tools have been of our knowledge.” MOD lead for acquired to support ICM’s capability to Likewise, it’s rare that the engineers the test. “It process stored command sequences.” who design systems actually play a part was a very Another difference with the ICM is in the product’s actual manufacture, but well orches- that controllers need to be knowledgeable at the NRL, you’ll find the JSC design trated test.” with all of the subsystems, not specialized engineers are helping to build the ICM Although for one subsystem exclusively as with the at the site. the team com- station program. Lee Graham, the NASA deputy pleted a bat- “The cross training is fairly unique in the project manager resident at NRL, has tery of smaller flight control world,” added Smith.
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