Garrett Reisman

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Garrett Reisman
NASA Astronaut
Status Active
Born February 10, 1968 (1968-02-10) (age 41)
Morristown, New Jersey
Other occupation Engineer
Time in space 3 months
Selection 1998 NASA Group
Missions STS-123, Expedition 16, Expedition 17, STS-124
Mission insignia

Garrett Erin Reisman (born February 10, 1968 in Morristown, New Jersey) is an American engineer and NASA astronaut. He was a backup crew member for Expedition 15 and joined Expedition 16 aboard the International Space Station for a short time before becoming a member of Expedition 17. He returned to Earth 14 June 2008 on board STS-124 on the space shuttle Discovery.

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[edit] Early life

Reisman attended Central Middle School,[citation needed] is a 1986 graduate of Parsippany High School,[1] a 1990 graduate of the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology at the University of Pennsylvania,[2] and received his Masters and Doctorate degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1992 and 1997, respectively.[3]

[edit] Career

Reisman was assigned as a long duration crewmember on the International Space Station. He launched as Mission Specialist 5 aboard the STS-123 Space Shuttle mission on March 11, 2008. After docking he stayed onboard as Flight Engineer 2 for part of Expedition 16 and part of Expedition 17. Having completed his mission, he has returned to Earth as Mission Specialist 5 aboard STS-124 on June 14, 2008.[4] During his time onboard the ISS he had seen two visiting Space Shuttles and the installation of the Special Purpose Dextrious Manipulator (SPDM) and the pressurized section of the Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo".[5]

Reisman is the first Jewish crew member on the International Space Station.[6] He sent a greeting from space to the people of Israel during the celebration of Israel's 60th Independence Day in May 2008.[7] He also did an entertaining, high definition video of 'A day in the life of a space station crew member' while on board as well as demonstrating in the large, and at the time empty Kibo section, that humans cannot 'swim' in the micro gravity of orbital space.[8]

[edit] In popular culture

A self-proclaimed member of the "Colbert Universe", Reisman was interviewed live from space on the May 8, 2008 episode of The Colbert Report after being seen wearing a "WristStrong" bracelet.[3][9] On July 24, 2008, after returning to Earth, Reisman appeared in person on The Colbert Report as that night's featured guest.[10] Reisman presented Stephen Colbert with the WristStrong bracelet he had worn while in space.[10]

Reisman filmed a cameo appearance as a Colonial Marine for the series finale episode of Battlestar Galactica.[11] Space.com reported that his scene, in which "someone throws up on him and then he dies", may not be in the final edit of the episode which airs March 20, 2009.[11]

In the podcast for the final (as aired) episode, Ron Moore confirms that one of the people seen in the background of a scene where a raptor arms its nuclear payload (shortly before being destroyed) is Reisman.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Astronaut Bio: Garrett E. Reisman". NASA Biographical Data. http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/reisman.html. Retrieved on 2007-05-14. 
  2. ^ Jagoda, Naomi (2008-03-25). "Astronaut's career was launched here". The Daily Pennsylvanian. http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2008/03/25/News/Astronauts.Career.Was.Launched.Here-3281339.shtml. 
  3. ^ a b Carreau, Mark (2008-05-08). "Astronaut trades jokes with Colbert in space interview". Houston Chronicle. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/5765021.html. 
  4. ^ "Space shuttle takes its place on the pad". MSNBC. 2008-05-03. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24442143/. "Chamitoff will remain behind on the station, replacing astronaut Garrett Reisman, who began his stint as a member of the station's live-aboard crew during the last shuttle mission in March. Reisman will be returning to Earth in Chamitoff's place." 
  5. ^ Dunn, Marcia (2008-06-02). "Shuttle makes big delivery to space station". MSNBC. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24931030/. 
  6. ^ Cashman, Greer Fay (2008-05-08). "Brown: Israel one of 20th century's 'greatest achievements'". Jerusalem Post. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1209627041375&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull. 
  7. ^ "Reisman sends greeting from space to Israel for Israel's 60th Independence Day celebration". Jerusalem Post. 2008-05-07. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1209627037060&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull. 
  8. ^ Malik, Tariq (2008-06-30). "NASA Astronaut Readapts to Life on Earth". Space.com. http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/080630-expedition17-reisman.html. 
  9. ^ "Garrett Reisman - May 8, 2008". The Colbert Report. Comedy Central. 2008-05-08. http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/167610/may-08-2008/garrett-reisman. 
  10. ^ a b "Episode #04094 - July 24, 2008". The Colbert Report. Comedy Central. 2008-07-24. http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?episodeId=176908. 
  11. ^ a b "Real-life astronaut dishes 'Battlestar Galactica'; Three months on real space station followed by one day on fake spaceship". MSNBC. March 19, 2009. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29774114/. 

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