Daniel C. Burbank

Daniel C. Burbank
NASA Astronaut
Nationality	American
Status	Active
Born	July 27, 1961 (1961-07-27) (age 50) Manchester, Connecticut
Other occupation	Coast Guard
Rank	Captain, USCG
Time in space	23d 14h 18m
Selection	1996 NASA Group
Missions	STS-106, STS-115
Mission insignia

Daniel Christopher Burbank (born July 27, 1961) is an American astronaut and a veteran of two space shuttle missions. Burbank, a Captain in the United States Coast Guard, is the second Coast Guard astronaut after Bruce Melnick.

Burbank, born in Manchester, Connecticut, and raised in Tolland, Connecticut, where he graduated from Tolland High School. He attended Fairfield University his freshman year before transferring to the United States Coast Guard Academy, where he earned his commission in 1985. In 1987, he went through flight training and became an instructor pilot, serving at various Coast Guard stations in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and Sitka, Alaska.

Burbank is listed as a member of the astronaut band "Max Q", and a former member of The Idlers.

He has a master's degree in aeronautical science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

He is a licensed amateur radio operator (ham) with Technician License KC5ZSX.

NASA career

Selected by NASA in April 1996, Burbank reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1996. After completing two years of training and evaluation, Burbank worked technical issues for the Astronaut Office Operations Planning Branch, and the International Space Station (ISS) Branch, and served as CAPCOM (spacecraft communicator) for both Space Shuttle and ISS missions. He was also a member of the Space Shuttle Cockpit Avionics Upgrade design team. Twice flown, he served as a mission specialist on STS-106 and STS-115 logging over 23 days in space, and 7 hours and 11 minutes of EVA time. From January 2007 to December 2009 Burbank served as a Professor of Engineering at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy where he taught Astronomy, Aerodynamics, and Statics & Engineering Design. Currently he is assigned to ISS Expedition 29/30, scheduled for a six-month tour of duty aboard ISS beginning September 2011.

Spaceflight experience

STS-106 Atlantis (September 8–20, 2000). During the 12-day mission, the crew successfully prepared the ISS for the arrival of the first permanent crew. The five astronauts and two cosmonauts delivered more than 6,600 pounds of supplies and installed batteries, power converters, oxygen generation equipment and a treadmill on the ISS. A space walk was performed to connect power and data cables between the newly arrived Service Module and the ISS.

STS-115 Atlantis (September 9–21, 2006) successfully restarted assembly of the ISS. During the 12-day mission, the crew delivered and installed the massive P3/P4 truss, and two sets of solar arrays that provide one quarter of the station’s electrical power. The crew also performed unprecedented robotics activity using the Shuttle and ISS robotic arms. Burbank made a E seven-hour EVA that completed P3/P4 truss installation, activated the solar alpha rotary joint and enabled the solar arrays to be deployed.^[1]

Awards

Ribbon	Description	Notes
	Defense Superior Service Medal	with one award star
	Legion of Merit
	Air Medal
	Coast Guard Commendation Medal	with one award star
	Coast Guard Achievement Medal
	National Defense Service Medal	with two award star
	NASA Exceptional Service Medal
	NASA Space Flight Medal	with award stars

References

1. ^ "Daniel C. Burbank (CAPTAIN, USCG)". NASA. http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/burbank.html. Retrieved 2009-03-17. 

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External links

• NASA biography
• Spacefacts biography of Daniel C. Burbank
• QRZ.com Ham License information for Daniel Burbank
• Story: Five Radio Amateurs Now Aboard ISS
• Reservist Magazine

Persondata
Name	Burbank, Daniel C.
Alternative names
Short description	Astronaut, pilot
Date of birth	July 27, 1961
Place of birth	Manchester, Connecticut
Date of death
Place of death