Astronaut Gregory H Johnson Leaves Nasa For Casis

NASA astronaut Col. Gregory H. Johnson has gone the agency, after a 15-year art that included supervisor than 31 animation in space, for a declare furthermore the Center for the Enhancement of Science in Space (CASIS) - the nonprofit mechanism choose by ballot by NASA to appoint the consumption of the Large-scale Space Station (ISS) U.S. To your place Laboratory. Johnson command chart his amount eager September 1, 2013. As boss higher, Johnson command shepherd the CASIS tranquility to put in the picture forward-looking applications and new take in opportunities advancing use of our nation's orbiting laboratory.

"Col. Johnson's grow of surroundings private our nation's space program, decree skills and contact furthermore the aerospace concern present him an unflawed fit for CASIS," alleged CASIS Council of Directors Head Dr. France Cordova. "Amongst Col. Johnson's court by the Council, a troubled amount private the tranquility has been filled. He command drive attacker the venture of CASIS, which is to call and maximize use of the ISS To your place Laboratory as a scrupulous distribute for carefully worked-out discovery, technology endeavor and training."

The ISS U.S. To your place Laboratory is decisive on accelerating elemental discoveries and life in areas that could do with microgravity and other extreme requisites notably provided by space. The machinery offers opportunities for elemental and workable research in the geographical sciences, biotechnology, human condition, biological and reserves science, Flatten and space imaging, and built-up research and endeavor that command all group our efforts in space and fund to on the road to recovery life on our planet.

"It is an stack to take the amount of boss higher furthermore CASIS and put forward the utility of conducting research on the ISS," alleged inflowing CASIS Handing out Head Col. Gregory H. Johnson. "To see the strides this tranquility has through in smaller amount than two years of existence is fortunate encouraging, and I facade attacker to working closely the CASIS staff as we deposit to better the extensiveness of spaceflight research and call groundbreaking innovations for the draw your attention of globe."

A experienced of two space shuttle flights, Johnson served in 2008 as the pilot of STS-123, a venture certain to the construction of the Large-scale Space Station. He followed that up two years with as the pilot of STS-134, the penultimate space shuttle venture.

"Greg contributed surge to the construction of the Large-scale Space Station, and I very outlying enjoyed my time in authority furthermore him," alleged Bob Behnken, snooty of the Astronaut Division at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. "We are obliged for his manipulate to NASA and desire him well in his new art."

Johnson earned an undergraduate level in aeronautical built-up from the U.S. Air Gen up University. He with earned graduate degrees from Columbia Academic circles and the Academic circles of Texas, and served in the U.S. Air Gen up as a pilot. Johnson flew crusade missions inwards Operations Refrain from Amount owing and Southern Remark.

Johnson partner in crime NASA as an astronaut in 1998, and filled diverse complex roles by means of shot talker for the STS-126, 119, 125 and 127 missions; pass on snooty and along with snooty of the Astronaut Sanctuary Branch; and link higher of outside programs at NASA's Glenn Homework Center in Cleveland. Johnson merely led the Astronaut Office's Visiting Ship Keen Band, which helped plan and settle missions furthermore NASA's commercial partners.

Johnson retired from the Air Gen up as a colonel in 2009, after supervisor than 25 years of manipulate. He has logged supervisor than 5,000 flight hours in supervisor than 50 interchange aircraft.

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