STS-51-F/Spacelab 2 payload specialists
Signed in-person by John-David F. Bartoe, prime payload specialist, STS-51-F/Spacelab 2. I guess now I'll have to get Loren W. Acton (prime, bottom right) to sign this - Dianne K. Prinz died in 2002, 44th Space Congress, Cape Canaveral, Fla., 25 May 2016.
Bartoe flew as a civilian Navy payload specialist. A physicist by training, Bartoe was co-investigator on two solar physics investigations aboard Spacelab 2 that were designed to study features of the sun’s outer layers. In completing this flight, Bartoe traveled over 2.8 million miles in 126 Earth orbits and logged over 190 hours in space.
From 1966 to 1988, Bartoe worked as an astrophysicist at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., and published over 60 papers in the field of solar physics observations and instrumentation. He received his B.S. in physics from Lehigh University (1966) and his M.S. and Ph.D. in physics from Georgetown University (1974 and 1976).
In May 1999, Bartoe became Research Manager for the International Space Station (ISS) at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. He provides oversight for the Program Manager concerning the research capability, research hardware, and research plans of the ISS.
Prior to tha position, Bartoe was Director of Operations and Utilization in the Space Station Office of NASA Headquarters from 1990 to 1994. He also served as Chief Scientist for the Space Station from 1987 to 1990.
Sent to George Simon 7 April 2017; received 17 April 2017.
Simon was a U.S. Air Force Research scientist at the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory on August 9, 1978 when he was selected by NASA to be an astronaut. He was as a backup Space Shuttle Payload Specialist for the Spacelab 2 mission Mission 51F/Challenger), flown from July 29 to August 6, 1985.
Simon had devised one of the experiments performed during the mission, the Solar Optical Universe Polarimeter (SOUP). This observed the strength, structure, and evolution of magnetic fields in the sun's photosphere to determine the relationship between these magnetic elements and other solar features. Simon also served as communicator to the astronaut crew during that mission, ensuring the success of the SOUP experiment.
He was scheduled to fly aboard Sunlab 1, the follow-up mission to Spacelab 2, and according to written accounts scheduled for STS-71-O, a Columbia flight in 1987, however, that mission was postponed indefinitely following the Challenger accident.
STS-51-F/Spacelab 2 payload specialists
Signed in-person by John-David F. Bartoe, prime payload specialist, STS-51-F/Spacelab 2. I guess now I'll have to get Loren W. Acton (prime, bottom right) to sign this - Dianne K. Prinz died in 2002, 44th Space Congress, Cape Canaveral, Fla., 25 May 2016.
Bartoe flew as a civilian Navy payload specialist. A physicist by training, Bartoe was co-investigator on two solar physics investigations aboard Spacelab 2 that were designed to study features of the sun’s outer layers. In completing this flight, Bartoe traveled over 2.8 million miles in 126 Earth orbits and logged over 190 hours in space.
From 1966 to 1988, Bartoe worked as an astrophysicist at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., and published over 60 papers in the field of solar physics observations and instrumentation. He received his B.S. in physics from Lehigh University (1966) and his M.S. and Ph.D. in physics from Georgetown University (1974 and 1976).
In May 1999, Bartoe became Research Manager for the International Space Station (ISS) at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. He provides oversight for the Program Manager concerning the research capability, research hardware, and research plans of the ISS.
Prior to tha position, Bartoe was Director of Operations and Utilization in the Space Station Office of NASA Headquarters from 1990 to 1994. He also served as Chief Scientist for the Space Station from 1987 to 1990.
Sent to George Simon 7 April 2017; received 17 April 2017.
Simon was a U.S. Air Force Research scientist at the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory on August 9, 1978 when he was selected by NASA to be an astronaut. He was as a backup Space Shuttle Payload Specialist for the Spacelab 2 mission Mission 51F/Challenger), flown from July 29 to August 6, 1985.
Simon had devised one of the experiments performed during the mission, the Solar Optical Universe Polarimeter (SOUP). This observed the strength, structure, and evolution of magnetic fields in the sun's photosphere to determine the relationship between these magnetic elements and other solar features. Simon also served as communicator to the astronaut crew during that mission, ensuring the success of the SOUP experiment.
He was scheduled to fly aboard Sunlab 1, the follow-up mission to Spacelab 2, and according to written accounts scheduled for STS-71-O, a Columbia flight in 1987, however, that mission was postponed indefinitely following the Challenger accident.