Jerome Apt
Jay Apt | |
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NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 35d 7h 10min |
Selection | NASA Group 11 (1985) |
Missions | STS-37 STS-47 STS-59 STS-79 |
Mission insignia |
Jerome "Jay" Apt III (born April 28, 1949 in
Biography
Apt was a resident of
In 1991, Apt flew on the
In 2003, Apt joined the faculty of
He is the author of the book Orbit: NASA Astronauts Photograph the Earth, published by the National Geographic Society. The book has been printed in eleven languages; more than 600,000 copies have been sold. His book Variable Renewable Energy and the Electricity Grid was published in 2014. He is the author of a large number of technical scientific publications.[9] He received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal in 1997 and the Metcalf Lifetime Achievement Award for significant contributions to engineering in 2002. His paper with PhD student Adam Newcomer, "Near term implications of a ban on new coal-fired power plants in the US" was cited as one of the top environmental policy papers of 2009 by the American Chemical Society. In 2012, the International Astronomical Union approved the name "Jeromeapt" for the main-belt asteroid 116903, as suggested by its discoverer, James Young. Apt is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Personal life
Apt has two children.
References
- ^ A son who learned to fly, web: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1996, retrieved 13 March 2023
- ^ a b c Spacefacts Biography of Jerome Apt. Spacefacts. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
- ^ Ryba, Jeanne (11 April 2013). "STS-37". Mission Archives. NASA. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "STS-37 Space Shuttle Mission Report May 1991 - NASA-CR-193062", Extravehicular Activity Evaluation, Page 16, accessed online 4 Jan, 2011
- ^ Ryba, Jeanne (2 April 2010). "STS-47". Mission Archives. NASA. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Ryba, Jeanne (23 November 2007). "STS-59". Mission Archives. NASA. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Ryba, Jeanne (23 November 2007). "STS-79". Mission Archives. NASA. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Jay Apt cv" (PDF).
- ^ "Jay Apt Google Scholar page".
External links
Media related to Jerome Apt at Wikimedia Commons