James Halsell Jr
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James Halsell Jr

Col James D. Halsell Jr
Born 1950s.
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James Donald Halsell, Jr. (born September 29, 1956), is a retired United States Air Force officer and a former NASA astronaut.

Father: James Donald Halsell Sr
Mother: Roberta Jean Bower

1956 Born in West Monroe, Ouachita, Louisiana, USA.
1978 Graduated from United States Air Force Academy. During his Air Force career, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Distinguished
Flying Cross
1983 Master of Science in Management, Troy University.
1985 Master's degree in Space Operations, Air Force Institute of Technology.
1990 Selected by NASA in Astronauts Group 13. [1]
1994 Flew on Columbia STS-65 as Pilot with Robert Cabana, Richard Hieb, Carl E. Walz, Leroy Chiao, Donald A. Thomas and Chiaki Mukai. Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his first of 5. [2]
STS-65
NASA
Space Flight
1995 Flew on Atlantis STS-74 as Pilot with Kenneth D. Cameron, Chris Hadfield, Jerry L. Ross and William S. McArthur. Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his second of 5. [2]
STS-74
NASA
Space Flight
1996 Awarded the NASA Exceptional Service Medal. [2]
NASA
Exceptional
Service
1997 Flew on Columbia STS-83 as Commander with Susan Still Kilrain, Janice Voss, Michael Gernhardt, Donald A. Thomas, Roger K. Crouch and Gregory T. Linteris. Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his third of 5. [2]
STS-83
NASA
Space Flight
* Flew on Columbia STS-94 as Commander with Susan Still Kilrain, Janice Voss, Michael Gernhardt, Donald A. Thomas, Roger K. Crouch and Gregory T. Linteris.
STS-94
1997 Married Kathy Dawn Spooner on 30 Aug 1997 in Brevard, Florida, USA.[3]
1998 Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, his first of 2, the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, his first of 3 and the NASA Space Flight Medal, his fourth of 5. [2]
NASA
Distinguished
Service
NASA
Space Flight
2000 Flew on Atlantis STS-101 as Commander with Scott Horowitz, Mary Weber, Jeffrey Williams, James Voss, Susan Helms and Yury Usachov (Usachev). Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his fifth of 5. [2]
STS-101
NASA
Space Flight
2001 Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, his second of 2. [2]
NASA
Distinguished
Service
2002 Awarded the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, his second of 3. [2]
2004 Awarded the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, his third of 3. [2]
2006 Retired from NASA.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia List of Astronauts, by Year
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Agency Awards Historical Recipient List
  3. "Florida, Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001," Ancestry.com.

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