Dec 14 2010
From The Space Library
RELEASE: 10-123
VETERAN ASTRONAUTS GORIE AND OLIVAS LEAVE NASA
HOUSTON -- Veteran astronauts Dominic Gorie and John Danny Olivas are leaving NASA. Olivas' last day with the agency was Tuesday, May 25 and Gorie's is June 4. Gorie, a retired U.S. Navy captain, is a veteran of four space shuttle flights. He has traveled more than 18 million miles in space during his missions, serving as pilot and commander. Gorie served as pilot on shuttle mission STS-91 in 1998 and STS-99 in 2000. He served as commander on STS-108 in 2001 and STS-123 in 2008. "Dom is a superlative leader of people who consistently treats others with respect and professionalism, said Peggy Whitson, chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. We will sincerely regret the loss of his candor, humor and professionalism. Olivas has flown on two shuttle flights and has accumulated more than 668 hours in space. He served as a mission specialist on STS-117 in 2007 and on STS-128 in 2009 and conducted five spacewalks. Olivas accumulated more than 34 hours of extravehicular time in space. "Danny's expertise in spacewalking and materials engineering will be sorely missed with his departure, Whitson said.
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RELEASE: 10-209
NASA AND ITS PARTNERS ANNOUNCE A NEW SPACE STATION CREW
HOUSTON -- NASA and its international partners have assigned three new International Space Station crew members. They are targeted to launch to the station in November 2012 aboard the Russian Soyuz 33 spacecraft. NASA astronaut and Statesville, N.C., native Tom Marshburn, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko will serve as flight engineers for the Expedition 34 mission. NASA astronaut Kevin Ford and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin were previously announced as the other crew members for Expedition 34, which begins when Soyuz 31 undocks from the station in October 2012. Expedition 35 will begin with the undocking of Soyuz 32 in March 2013. At that time, Hadfield will serve as station commander, with Marshburn and Romanenko continuing as flight engineers. Three additional crew members for Expedition 35 have yet to be assigned. They will travel to the station aboard Soyuz 34 in March 2013 For complete astronaut biographical information, visit: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios
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