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Steve Landsey quitte la Nasa...
Historique de ses vols:
STS-87 : lancée le 19 novembre 1997.
STS-95 : lancée le 29 octobre 1998.
STS-104 : 10e mission vers la Station spatiale internationale, lancée le 12 juillet 2001.
STS-121 : lancée le 17 juillet 2006.
STS-133 : lancée le 24 février 2011, dernière mission de la navette spatiale Discovery.
L'info Nasa originale du départ de Lindsey:
RELEASE: 11-230
NASA ASTRONAUT STEVE LINDSEY LEAVES THE AGENCY
HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Steve Lindsey announced he will leave the
agency to pursue a career within the aerospace industry. His last day
with NASA will be Friday, July 15.
Lindsey, a retired colonel in the U.S. Air Force, is a veteran of five
space shuttle missions. He also served as chief of the NASA Astronaut
Office from September 2006 to October 2009.
"Steve's a consummate leader and has been a great role model within
the corps," said Peggy Whitson, chief of the Astronaut Office. "His
calm demeanor and steady presence has been invaluable to not only his
shuttle mission crews but also our office as a whole. I know he will
be a great asset to the next team privileged to work with him."
As chief of the Astronaut Office, Lindsey was responsible for
spacecraft development; crew selection and training; flight test and
crew operations in support of the Space Shuttle and the International
Space Station Programs.
Lindsey commanded the STS-133 flight in February 2011, STS-121 in 2006
and STS-104 in 2001. He served as the pilot on STS-95 in 1998 and
STS-87 in 1997. He joined NASA as an astronaut candidate in 1994.
Lindsey logged more than 1500 hours in space.
For Lindsey's complete biography, visit:
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lindsey.html