Skip to Main Content

UTSI Astronauts

UTSI is proud to count a number of astronauts among it's alumni.

Henry W. (Hank) Hartsfield

Henry W. (Hank) Hartsfield Year Selected: 1992

June 27, 1982 on space shuttle Columbia (STS-4) which was fourth flight of space shuttle; first DOD payload; additional scientific payloads. August 30, 1984 on space shuttle Discovery (STS 41-D) which was twelfth flight of space shuttle and also the first flight of a U.S. non-astronaut. October 30, 1985 on space shuttle Challenger (STS 61-A) which was 22 STS flight. Dedicated German Spacelab D-1 in shuttle cargo bay.
Received M.S. in Engineering Science from UTSI in 1971.

Chris Hadfield

Chris Hadfield Year Selected: 1992

November 1995 served as mission specialist on Atlantis (STS-74), NASA's second space shuttle mission to rendezvous and dock with the Russian Space Station Mir.
July 27, 2000, he will fly as mission specialist on space shuttle Atlantis (STS-100), International Space Station assembly Flight 6A in which the primary purpose of the flight will be to deliver and install the new Canadian Robot Arm (Space Station Remote Manipulator System), as well as a resupply Logistics Module. During this flight, Hadfield's will be one of 3 spacewalks planned.
Received M.S. in Aviation Systems from UTSI in 1992.

Jeffrey S. Ashby

Jeffrey S. Ashby Year Selected: 1994

Scheduled to serve as pilot on the crew of space shuttle Columbia (STS-93) in January 1999. Mission featured the deployment of the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) with enable scientists to conduct comprehensive studies of exotic phenomena in our universe including exploding stars, quasars and black holes.
Received M.S. in Aviation Systems from UTSI in 1993.

 

Dominic Pudwill Gorie

Dominic Pudwill Gorie Year Selected: 1994

June 2-12, 1998 as pilot on STS-91 which was the 9th and final Shuttle-Mir docking mission. Scheduled for September 1999 as pilot of STS-99, the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM).
Received M.S. in Aviation Systems from UTSI in 1990.

 

 

Joe F. Edwards, Jr.

Joe F. Edwards, Jr. Year Selected: 1994

January 22-31, 1998 on space shuttle Endeavor (STS-89) which was the 8th shuttle-Mir docking mission during which the crew transferred more than 9,000 pounds of scientific equipment, logistical hardware and water from Space Shuttle Endeavor to Mir. In the fifth and last exchange of a U.S. astronaut, STS-89 delivered Andy Thomas to Mir and returned with David Wolf.
Received M.S. in Aviation Systems from UTSI in 1994.

Scott Joseph Kelly

Scott Joseph Kelly Year Selected: 1996

No mission as of yet but after completing two years of training and evaluation, he is qualified for flight assignment as a pilot and is currently assigned technical duties in the Astronaut Office Spacecraft Systems/Operation Branch.
Received M.S. in Aviation Systems from UTSI in 1996.

 

William A. Oefelein

William A. Oefelein Year Selected: 1998

Reported to Johnson Space Center in August 1998. Having completed 2 years of training and evaluation, he is qualified for space flight assignment as a pilot. Recently assigned technical duties in the Astronaut Office Advanced Vehicles Branch and CAPCOM Branch. Currently assigned as Pilot on STS-116, an assembly and crew-rotation mission to the International Space Station scheduled in 2003.
Received M.S. in Aviation Systems from UTSI in 1998.

Barry E. Wilmore

Barry E. Wilmore Year Selected: 2000(Candidate)

Reported for training in August 2000. Candidate Training includes orientation briefings and tours, numerous scientific and technical briefings, intensive instruction in Shuttle and International Space Station systems, physiological training, ground school to prepare for T-38 flight training, as well as learning water and wilderness survival techniques. After initial training, will serve in technical assignments until assigned to a space flight.
Received M.S. in Aviation Systems from UTSI in 1994.


Contact Us

Shanna Relford
Office of Alumni Affairs
Univ. of Tn. Space Institute
411 B. H. Goethert Pkwy
Tullahoma, TN 37388

Phone
931.393.7319

Email
AlumniAffairs@utsi.edu