Jay C. Buckey
Jay C. Buckey | |
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Dartmouth Payload Specialist | |
Time in space | 15d 21h 50m |
| Missions | STS-90 |
Mission insignia |  |
Jay Clark Buckey, Jr. (born June 6, 1956, in
Payload Specialist.[1] Buckey briefly ran for the Democratic nomination to challenge New Hampshire Senator John E. Sununu, a first term Republican, when he was up for re-election in 2008. Buckey withdrew from the race when former Governor Jeanne Shaheen entered the race.[2]
Education
Buckey holds a
U.S. Air Force Reserve for 8 years.[1]
Spaceflight experience
microgravity on the brain and nervous system. The STS-90 flight orbited the Earth 256 times, covered 6.3 million miles, and logged him over 381 hours in space.[3]
Politics
Research
In 2018, Buckey was part of research using virtual reality, at the Australian Antarctic Division’s Mawson Station, wherein the expeditioners used VR headsets to view Australian beach scenes, European nature scenes, and North American nature scenes of forests and urban environments, which were different from the isolation of the whiteness and silence of Antarctica. The research will inform psychological techniques to support long duration spaceflight such as for astronauts going to Mars.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Biographical Data: Jay Clark Buckey, Jr. M.D. Paylaod Specialist" (PDF). NASA. May 1998. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- ^ "Buckey withdraws, clearing Dem field for Shaheen in Senate race". Fosters Daily Democrat. February 12, 2008. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- ^ "STS-90 Columbia". spacefacts.de. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- ABC News Online, 2018-10-10
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