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10/19/07: Space Shuttle Mission STS-119 - the Final Solar Array Delivery Mission to the International Space Station: NASA Assigns Crew.
Mission: STS-119 - International Space Station Flight 15A
NASA has assigned the space shuttle crew for Discovery's STS-119 mission, targeted for launch in the fall of 2008. The flight will deliver the final pair of power- generating solar array wings and truss element to the International Space Station. Air Force Col. Lee J. Archambault will command Discovery. Navy Cmdr. Dominic A. Antonelli will serve as the pilot. The mission specialists are Joseph Acaba, Richard R. Arnold II, John L. Phillips and Steven R. Swanson. Antonelli, Acaba and Arnold will be making their first spaceflight. STS-119 will be the second spaceflight for Archambault and Swanson, who flew together on STS-117 in June. Phillips will be making his third spaceflight. Discovery will carry the S6 truss segment to complete the 361-foot-long backbone of the space station. The truss includes the fourth pair of solar array wings and electronics that convert sunlight to power for the orbiting laboratory.
Archambault considers Bellwood, Ill., his hometown. He was the pilot
for STS-117. He earned a bachelor's and a master's in aeronautical
and astronautical engineering from the University of Illinois-Urbana.
He was selected as an astronaut in 1998.
Antonelli grew up in Indiana and North Carolina. He earned a
bachelor's and a master's in aeronautics and astronautics from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, and the University
of Washington, Seattle, respectively. He has been a CAPCOM, or
capsule communicator, during launch and landing of space shuttle
missions. He was selected as an astronaut in 2000.
Acaba was raised in Anaheim, Calif. He earned a bachelor's and a
master's in geology from the University of California, Santa Barbara,
and the University of Arizona, Tucson, respectively. He has middle
school and high school math and science teaching experience. He was
selected as an astronaut in 2004.
Arnold, raised in Bowie, Md., earned a bachelor's degree in science
and completed the teacher certification program at Frostburg State
University, Md. He earned a master's in marine, estuarine and
environmental science from the University of Maryland, College Park.
He has teaching experience at middle schools and high schools around
the world. He served as a mission specialist for the 13th NASA
Extreme Environments Mission Operations, known as NEEMO, in August
2007. He was selected as an astronaut in 2004.
Phillips considers Scottsdale, Ariz., his hometown. He has logged more
than 190 days in space, including STS-100 and Expedition 11 on the
space station. He earned a bachelor's in mathematics and Russian from
the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., a master's in aeronautical
systems from the University of West Florida, Pensacola, and a
master's and a doctorate in geophysics and space physics from the
University of California, Los Angeles. He retired as a Navy reservist
captain in 2002. He was selected as an astronaut in 1996.
Swanson grew up in Steamboat Springs, Colo. He earned a bachelor's in
engineering physics from the University of Colorado, Boulder, a
master's in applied science in computer systems from Florida Atlantic
University, Boca Raton, and a doctorate in computer science from
Texas A&M University, College Station. He joined NASA as a systems
engineer for the shuttle training aircraft in 1987 and was selected
as an astronaut in 1998.
Members of the STS-119 crew were originally announced in 2002, but as
a result of changes in the flight manifest, new crew assignments were
necessary.
- courtesy of John Yembrick, NASA Headquarters, Washington DC; Kylie Clem, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Tx.
Attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, these seven astronauts take a break from training to pose for the STS-119 crew portrait. From the right (front row) are NASA astronauts Lee Archambault, commander, and Tony Antonelli, pilot. From the left (back row) are NASA astronauts Joseph Acaba, John Phillips, [...]
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NASA has assigned the space shuttle crew for Discovery's STS-119 mission, targeted for launch in the fall of 2008. The flight will deliver the final pair of power- generating solar array wings and truss element to the International Space Station. - NASA
