- Stephen S. Oswald
Infobox Astronaut
name =Rear Admiral Stephen Scot Oswald
type =Astronaut
nationality =American
date_birth =June 30 ,1951
place_birth =Seattle, Washington
occupation =Test Pilot
rank =Rear Admiral , USN
selection =1985 NASA Group
time =33d 22h 30m
mission =STS-42 ,STS-56 ,STS-67
insignia =|Stephen Scot Oswald, a
NASA Astronaut .Personal data
Born
June 30 ,1951 , inSeattle, Washington , but considersBellingham, Washington , to be his hometown. Married to the former Diane K. Kalklosch ofFullerton, California . They have three children, Monique, Janna, and Scott.Education
Graduated from Bellingham High School, Bellingham, Washington, in
1969 ; received abachelor of science degree inaerospace engineering from theUnited States Naval Academy in1973 .Organizations/awards
Oswald is an Eagle Scout and recipient of the
Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from theBoy Scouts of America .Member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, the Association of Space Explorers, the Naval Reserve Association, and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Recipient of the Legion of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal (2), the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal (2), the NASA Space Flight Medal (3), and various service awards.
U.S. Navy Experience
Oswald graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in
1973 , and was designated anaval aviator in September1974 . Following training in theA-7 Corsair II aircraft , he flew aboard the USS "Midway" from1975 through1977 . In1978 , Oswald attended theU.S. Naval Test Pilot School atPatuxent River, Maryland . Upon graduation, he remained at theNaval Air Test Center conducting flying qualities, performance, and propulsion flight tests on the A-7 andF/A-18 Hornet aircraft through1981 . Following tours as an F/A-18flight instructor and as acatapult officer aboard theUSS Coral Sea , Oswald resigned from active Navy duty and joinedWestinghouse Electric Corporation as a civilian test pilot. As a reservist, Rear Adm. Oswald flew the RF-8 and the A-7 until 1988 when he transferred to the fledgling Naval Reserve space community. His assignments included three command tours, the last of which was at the Navy Space Systems Division in the Pentagon as Director, Naval Space Reserve Program. In 2000 and 2001, he served on active duty as Deputy Commander, Joint Task Force - Computer Network Operations based in the Washington, D.C. He is currently assigned as the Reserve Deputy to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfare Requirements and Programs (OPNAV N6/7) in the Pentagon. He has logged 7,000+ flight hours in over 40 different aircraft.NASA experience
Oswald joined NASA in November
1984 as an aerospace engineer and instructor pilot and was selected as an astronaut candidate in June1985 . His technical assignments within the Astronaut Office have included: flight crew representative toKennedy Space Center ; flight software testing with theShuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory ; crew representative to theMarshall Space Flight Center on solid rocket booster redesign; and spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) in theMission Control Center duringSpace Shuttle missions. He was also the Chief of the Operations Development Branch within the Astronaut Office and served as Assistant Director of Engineering atJohnson Space Center .Oswald has piloted two missions aboard the
Space Shuttle Discovery :STS-42 , theInternational Microgravity Laboratory -1 mission, flown in January1992 , andSTS-56 , the secondAtmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-2 ) mission, flown in April1993 . Oswald commandedSTS-67 , the second flight of the Astro observatory (Astro II), which flew on theSpace Shuttle Endeavour in March,1995 . This mission established a mission duration record for Space Shuttle at 17 days. With the completion of his third space flight, Oswald has logged over 33 days in space.After STS-67, Oswald was assigned to NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC as Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Operations. In this capacity, he was responsible for Space Shuttle,
Expendable launch vehicle s, and Space Communications for the Agency. After nearly two and a half years in Washington, Oswald returned to the Astronaut Office in July1998 .Oswald retired from NASA in January
2000 .Source: [http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/oswald.html A NASA biography page]
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