James van Hoften

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James van Hoften
NASA astronaut
Time in space
14d 1h 57m
SelectionNASA Group 8 (1978)
Total EVAs
4
Total EVA time
21h 57m[1]
MissionsSTS-41-C
STS-51-I
STS-61-G (not flown)
Mission insignia
RetirementAugust 1, 1986

James Dougal Adrianus "Ox" van Hoften (born June 11, 1944

NASA
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Personal data

Van Hoften was born June 11, 1944, in

Life Scout. He considers Burlingame, California, to be his hometown. He is of Dutch descent. Van Hoften is married to the former Vallarie Davis of Pasadena, with three children. He enjoys skiing, playing handball and racquetball, and jogging. In college, he was a member of the Alpha Sigma chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha
.

Education

Graduated from

in 1968 and 1976, respectively.

Flight experience

From 1969 to 1974, Van Hoften was a

Ellington Field
as a pilot in the F-4C.

He has logged 3,300 hours flying time, the majority in jet aircraft.

NASA career

Dr. Van Hoften was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in January 1978. He completed a 1-year training and evaluation period in August 1979.

From 1979 through the first flight,

EVA
flight time.

Spaceflight experience

Van Hoften's EVA during STS-51-I mission

Remote Manipulator System (RMS). The mission also included flight testing of Manned Maneuvering Units (MMU's) in two extra-vehicular activities (EVA's); operation of the Cinema 360 and IMAX Camera Systems, as well as a Bee Hive Honeycomb Structures student experiment. The mission was accomplished in 107 Earth orbits in 167 hours, 40 minutes, 7 seconds.[2]

AUSSAT, and American Satellite Company's ASC-1. The crew also performed the successful salvage of the ailing Navy Syncom IV-3 satellite. These tasks included two extravehicular activities (EVA's) in which Dr. Van Hoften attached to the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) performed the first manual grapple and manual deployment of a satellite in orbit. The mission also included the Physical Vapor Transport of Organic Solids (PVTOS), the second material processing experiment to be flown aboard a Shuttle for 3M. The mission was accomplished in 112 orbits of the Earth in 171 hours, 17 minutes, 42 seconds.[2]

Post-NASA career

Dr. Van Hoften is a former senior

Organizations

Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (

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Awards and honors

Physical description

  • Weight: 200 lb (91 kg)
  • Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
  • Hair: Brown
  • Eyes: Hazel[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ox" Van Hoften's EVA experience
  2. ^
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    .
  3. ^ Global Infrastructure Partners announces Board for London Gatwick Airport, Press release dated 23 November 2009 Archived July 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved December 30, 2012
  4. ^ Gatwick Airport Board of Directors Archived January 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved December 30, 2012
  5. ^ "James van Hoften's physical description". Archived from the original on December 23, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2015.

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