Gregory T. Linteris

Infobox Astronaut
name =Gregory Thomas Linteris
type =NIST Payload Specialist
nationality =American
date_birth =October 4, 1957
place_birth =Demarest, New Jersey
occupation =Scientist
selection =
time =19d 15h 58m
mission =STS-83, STS-94
insignia =|

Gregory Thomas Linteris, Ph.D. (born October 4, 1957 in Demarest, New Jersey) is an American scientist who flew as a payload specialist on two NASA Space Shuttle missions in 1997.

Education

Linteris grew up in Demarest, New Jersey, where he attended Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest. [ [http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/PS/linteris.html Biographical Data: Gregory T. Linteris] , NASA. Accessed December 26, 2007.] He received a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from Princeton University in 1979 and a master of science degree from the design division of the mechanical engineering department at Stanford University in 1984; he was awarded a doctorate in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton in 1990. Linteris is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the American Physical Society, the Combustion Institute and Sigma Xi. He has over 40 publications in the areas of combustion, chemical kinetics, spectroscopy, and heat transfer.

paceflight experience

Linteris was a payload specialist on STS-83 (April 4-8, 1997) and STS-94 (July 1-17, 1997) and logged over 471 hours in space. STS-83, the Microgravity Science Laboratory (MSL-1) Spacelab mission, was cut short because of problems with one of the Space Shuttle's three fuel cell power generation units. STS-94 was a re-flight of the Microgravity Science Laboratory (MSL-1) Spacelab mission, and focused on materials and combustion science research in microgravity.

References

External links

* [http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/PS/linteris.html Bio at nasa.gov]
* [http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/linteris_gregory.htm Spacefacts biography of Gregory T. Linteris]