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- Joe Frank Edwards, Jr. ,, (Commander, USN, Ret. ) is a former NASA Astronaut. Edwards was born in Richmond, Virginia, and considers Lineville, Alabama, and Roanoke, Alabama, to be his hometowns. He is married to the former Janet Leigh Ragan of Leonardtown, Maryland. He enjoys basketball, running, football and softball. His parents, Joe Frank and Jane McMurray Edwards, reside in Roanoke, Alabama. He graduated from Lineville High School, Lineville, Alabama, in 1976. Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the United States Naval Academy, 1980. Master of Science degree in Aviation Systems from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1994. He is a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, Association of Naval Aviation, and U.S. Naval Institute. He has received the Distinguished Flying Cross, Defense Superior Service Medal, Air Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Daedalian Superior Airmanship Award 1992, Fighter Squadron 143 Fighter Pilot of the Year, 1984, 1985, Fighter Squadron 142 Fighter Pilot of the Year, 1990, 1991, 1992. Carrier Airwing Seven Pilot of the Year, 1985, 1990, 1991. He was designated a Naval Aviator in February 1982. Assigned to Fighter Squadron 143 in 1983 after completion of F-14 Tomcat training. Flew fighter escort and reconnaissance combat missions over Lebanon in 1983 and graduated from U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School in 1984. Graduated from U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in 1986 and subsequently worked as project flight test officer and pilot for F-14A(PLUS) and F-14D Full Scale Development. Flew the first Navy flight of the F-14D and a high angle of attack/departure from controlled flight test program for the F-14 airframe/F110 engine integration. Served as Operations and Maintenance Officer in Fighter Squadron 142 1989-1992. Worked as Operations Officer in the Operations Directorate of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C. from 1992-1994. He has flown 4000 hours in over 25 different aircraft and logged over 650 carrier-arrested landings. In 1991, while serving as maintenance officer of VF-142, he was flying in the Persian Gulf at 0.9 IMN at 29,000 feet when the radome separated from his airplane, impacted, and destroyed his canopy. With a blinded eye, collapsed lung, broken arm and no communications or flight instruments, he recovered his "convertible" Tomcat with his NORDO RIO hunkered down in the rear cockpit aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for this superior display of airmanship under grave circumstances. He was selected as an astronaut by NASA in December 1994. Edwards reported to the Johnson Space Center in March 1995. He has worked on technical issues for the Space Shuttle and Space Station in the Safety Department of the Astronaut Office. He also served as Technical Assistant to the Director, Flight Crew Operations Directorate, NASA Director of Operations (DOR), Russia, and Astronaut CAPCOM representative in Mission Control for Shuttle ascent and entry. He flew on STS-89 (January 22–31, 1998), the eighth Shuttle-Mir docking mission, during which the crew transferred more than 9,000 pounds (4,000 kg) of scientific equipment, logistical hardware and water from Space Shuttle Endeavour to Mir. In the fifth and last exchange of a U.S. astronaut, STS-89 delivered Andy Thomas to Mir and returned with David Wolf. Mission duration was 8 days, 19 hours and 47 seconds, traveling 3.6 million miles (5.8 million km) in 138 orbits of the Earth. Edwards retired from NASA and the U.S. Navy on April 30, 2000. He is currently involved with several companies around the country in the areas of technology, aviation, and business development.
- Joe Frank Edwards Jr. ist ein ehemaliger US-amerikanischer Astronaut. Edwards erhielt 1980 einen Bachelor in Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik von der United States Naval Academy und 1994 einen Master in Luftfahrttechnik von der University of Tennessee. Bei der United States Navy wurde Edwards 1982 Marineflieger. 1983 absolvierte er mehrere Begleit- und Aufklärungsflüge über dem Libanon. 1984 schloss er seine Ausbildung auf der U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School ab, 1986 auf der U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. 1991 verlor er sein Flugzeug über dem Persischen Golf in knapp 10.000 m Höhe die Radaranlage. Diese durchschlug das Cockpit seiner F-14 Tomcat. Schwer verletzt schaffte er jedoch, mit seiner schwer beschädigten Maschine noch die Landung auf dem Flugzeugträger USS Eisenhower.
- Joe Frank Edwards je americký vojenský pilot a astronaut, který absolvoval na palubě raketoplánu osmidenní let a pobyt na orbitální stanici Mir.
- Joe Frank Edwards, Jr. est un astronaute américain né le 3 février 1958.
- Joe Frank Edwards, Jr. é um ex-astronauta norte-americano. Formado em engenharia aeroespacial pela Academia Naval dos Estados Unidos em 1980, foi qualificado com aviador-naval em fevereiro de 1982 e serviu em esquadrões de combate de F-14 Tomcat no Líbano em 1983. Em 1986, formou-se na prestigiada Escola de Piloto de Teste Naval dos Estados Unidos, atuando depois em testes de novos protótipos modernizados do Tomcat e de novos ângulos de ataque em combate proporcionados pela modernização do desenho da aeronave. Em 1991, ele foi condecorado com a Distinguished Flying Cross, por grande coragem e discernimento em missão, depois que, com um olho temporariamente cego, um braço quebrado, sem instrumentos nem comunicação e um pulmão avariado, conseguiu levar seu jato a pousar no porta-aviões USS Eisenhower, após sua cabine ser despedaçada por um pedaço da fuselagem do avião que se soltou a dez mil metros de altura, durante patrulha sobre o Golfo Pérsico. Depois deste acidente, assumiu posição no departamento de operações da força aérea no estado-maior em Washington D.C.. Edwards acumulou na carreira militar mais de 4000 horas de vôo em diferentes aeronaves com 650 pousos em porta-aviões. Em dezembro de 1994 ele foi selecionado para o curso de astronauta da NASA, e após treinamento regulamentar serviu primeiramente em terra no Centro Espacial Johnson, trabalhando em áreas técnicas do programa do ônibus espacial e da Estação Espacial Internacional (ISS) e comunicador de vôo no Centro de Controle. Foi ao espaço em janeiro de 1991 na STS-89 Endeavour, oitava missão de acoplamento com a estação orbital soviética Mir, que teve a duração de oito dias. Em 30 de abril de 2000, Edwards retirou-se da NASA e da Marinha dos Estados Unidos, passando a trabalhar em empresas privadas ligadas à tecnologia espacial e à aviação. Lista geral de astronautas Programa espacial dos Estados Unidos Exploração espacial
- Joe F. Edwards, född 3 februari 1958, är en amerikansk astronaut uttagen i astronautgrupp 15 den 9 december 1994.
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- Joe Frank Edwards, Jr. ,, (Commander, USN, Ret. ) is a former NASA Astronaut. Edwards was born in Richmond, Virginia, and considers Lineville, Alabama, and Roanoke, Alabama, to be his hometowns. He is married to the former Janet Leigh Ragan of Leonardtown, Maryland. He enjoys basketball, running, football and softball. His parents, Joe Frank and Jane McMurray Edwards, reside in Roanoke, Alabama. He graduated from Lineville High School, Lineville, Alabama, in 1976.
- Joe Frank Edwards Jr. ist ein ehemaliger US-amerikanischer Astronaut. Edwards erhielt 1980 einen Bachelor in Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik von der United States Naval Academy und 1994 einen Master in Luftfahrttechnik von der University of Tennessee. Bei der United States Navy wurde Edwards 1982 Marineflieger. 1983 absolvierte er mehrere Begleit- und Aufklärungsflüge über dem Libanon. 1984 schloss er seine Ausbildung auf der U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School ab, 1986 auf der U.S.
- Joe Frank Edwards je americký vojenský pilot a astronaut, který absolvoval na palubě raketoplánu osmidenní let a pobyt na orbitální stanici Mir.
- Joe Frank Edwards, Jr. est un astronaute américain né le 3 février 1958.
- Joe Frank Edwards, Jr. é um ex-astronauta norte-americano. Formado em engenharia aeroespacial pela Academia Naval dos Estados Unidos em 1980, foi qualificado com aviador-naval em fevereiro de 1982 e serviu em esquadrões de combate de F-14 Tomcat no Líbano em 1983.
- Joe F. Edwards, född 3 februari 1958, är en amerikansk astronaut uttagen i astronautgrupp 15 den 9 december 1994.
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