Winston E. Scott

Win Scott
Win Scott
	NASA astronaut
Rank	Captain, USN
Time in space	24d 14h 35m
Selection	NASA Group 14 (1992)
Total EVAs	3
Total EVA time	19h 26m
Missions	STS-72; STS-87
Mission insignia
Retirement	July 1999

Winston Elliott "Win" Scott (born August 6, 1950) is a retired United States Navy Captain and former NASA astronaut. He served as a mission specialist on STS-72 in 1996 and STS-87 in 1997 logged a total of 24 days, 14 hours and 34 minutes in space, including three spacewalks totaling 19 hours and 26 minutes. Often known by his nickname of "Win", he was also a Naval Aviator and initially flew helicopters and later transitioned to fighter aircraft.

Education

Scott attended George Washington Carver Senior High School

Aeronautical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School

in 1980.

Experience

Scott entered

Naval Aviator in August 1974. He then served a four-year tour of duty with Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 33 (HSL-33) at the Naval Air Station North Island, California, flying the SH-2F Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System (LAMPS) helicopter

.

In 1978 Scott was selected to attend the Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, California, where he earned his master of science degree in aeronautical engineering with an emphasis in avionics.

After completing jet training in the

Warminster, Pennsylvania

. As a research and development project pilot, he flew the F-14, F/A-18 and A-7 aircraft.

Scott has accumulated more than 5,000 hours of flight time in 20 different military and civilian aircraft, and more than 200 shipboard landings.

Additionally, Scott was an associate instructor of electrical engineering at Florida A&M University and Florida Community College at Jacksonville. He currently serves as the Vice President of Florida Institute of Technology.^[3]

NASA career

Scott was selected by

spacewalks

totaling 19 hours and 26 minutes.

Scott retired from NASA and the U.S. Navy at the end of September 1999 to accept a position at his

governor and lieutenant governor

on all civil, commercial and military space matters. Scott urged then-Governor Jeb Bush to combine the three state space organizations; the Florida Space Authority, the Florida Aerospace Finance Corp and the Florida Space Research Institute, into a single organization. The combination became what is now Space Florida.

Scott subsequently served as the dean of the College of Aeronautics and senior vice president for External Relations and Economic Development at the

Melbourne, FL

. Scott is semi-retired and of this writing serves as the senior advisor to the president of the university.

Spaceflight experience

EVA

of 6 hours and 53 minutes.

STS-87 Columbia (November 19, 1997 – December 5, 1997) was the fourth US microgravity payload flight, and focused on experiments designed to study how the weightless environment of space affects various physical processes, and on observations of the Sun's outer atmospheric layers. Scott performed two spacewalks; the first, a 7-hour 43 minute EVA, featured the manual capture of a Spartan satellite, in addition to testing EVA tools and procedures for future Space Station assembly. The second spacewalk lasted five hours and also featured space station assembly tests. Testing of the AERCam Sprint was conducted during his EVA. The mission was accomplished in 252 Earth orbits, traveling 6.5 million miles in 376 hours and 34 minutes.

Scott has written a book about his experiences in space, Reflections From Earth Orbit, published by Apogee Books.

Organizations

Scott belongs to the

American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, National Naval Officers Association, Naval Helicopter Association, Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia

fraternity, Shotokan Karate Association, Association of International Tohgi Karate-Do, and Bronze Eagles Association of Texas.

In 2007, he received an honorary degree from Michigan State University for his work in space, which is regarded as a case study in leadership and expert communications. He also spoke at the 2007 commencements at Michigan State, encouraging students to believe in themselves and follow their dreams.

Personal life

Scott was born August 6, 1950, in

hobbyist

.

References

^ Strachan, Richard (7 March 2012). "Chatter That Matters". The Miami Times. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
^ "Faculty and Staff Profiles". www.fit.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08.
^ "Winston Scott". fit.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
^ "Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2".

External links

"Biography: Capt. Winston Scott (USN, ret.), Executive Director" (PDF). Florida Space Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 8, 2006. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
"Biographical Data: Winston E. Scott" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved May 18, 2021.

[Chatter-1] Strachan, Richard (7 March 2012). "Chatter That Matters". The Miami Times. Retrieved 19 November 2018.

[2] "Faculty and Staff Profiles". www.fit.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08.

[3] "Winston Scott". fit.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-28.

[4] "Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2".

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