NASA Assigns Crew for STS-134 Shuttle Mission, Change to STS-132
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WASHINGTON -- NASA has assigned the crew for space shuttle mission
STS-134 to the International Space Station. The flight will deliver
the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, or AMS, to the station. The AMS is a
state-of-the-art cosmic ray particle physics detector designed to
examine fundamental issues about matter and the origin and structure
of the universe.
Navy Capt. Mark Kelly will command the STS-134 mission. Retired Air
Force Col. Gregory H. Johnson will serve as the pilot. Mission
Specialists are Air Force Col. Michael Fincke, Greg Chamitoff and
Andrew Feustel. European Space Agency astronaut and Italian Air Force
Col. Roberto Vittori also will serve as a mission specialist.
The flight will include three spacewalks and the installation of the
AMS to the exterior of the space station using both the shuttle and
station arms. The AMS will be attached to the right side of the
station's truss, or backbone.
NASA also has named Air Force Col. Michael Good to replace Karen
Nyberg on shuttle Atlantis' STS-132 mission, targeted to launch in
May 2010. Nyberg is being replaced due to a temporary medical
condition. Nyberg will be assigned to a technical role while she
awaits a future assignment.
Kelly previously served as the pilot of STS-108 in 2001 and STS-121 in
2006, and commander for STS-124 in 2008. He was born in Orange, N.J.,
and considers West Orange, N.J., to be his hometown. Kelly has a
bachelor's degree from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, King's
Point, N.Y., and a master's degree from the Naval Postgraduate School
in Monterey, Calif.
Johnson previously flew as a pilot on STS-123 in 2008. He was born in
South Ruislip, Middlesex, United Kingdom, but graduated from Park
Hills High School in Fairborn, Ohio. Johnson has a bachelor's from
the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., and master's
degrees from Columbia University and the University of Texas, Austin.
Fincke is a veteran of two long-duration missions aboard the space
station. He served as the NASA science officer and flight engineer on
Expedition 9, and commander for Expedition 18. He was born in
Pittsburgh and considers Emsworth, Pa., his hometown. He has an
Associate Science degree from El Camino College in Torrance, Calif.,
two bachelor's degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, and master's degrees from Stanford University and the
University of Houston - Clear Lake.
Chamitoff, also a veteran of a long-duration spaceflight, served as
NASA science officer and a flight engineer on Expeditions 17 and 18.
He was born in Montreal and grew up in San Jose, Calif. He holds a
bachelor's degree from California Polytechnic State University, a
master's degree from the California Institute of Technology, a second
master's degree from UHCL and a doctorate from MIT.
STS-134 is the second mission for Feustel, who flew as a mission
specialist on STS-125 in May. He has an Associate Science degree from
Oakland Community College, Mich., a bachelor's and a master's degree
from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., and a doctorate from
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Feustel considers Lake
Orion, Mich., his hometown.
Vittori is a veteran of two prior spaceflights to the space station
aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. He was born in Viterbo, Italy.
He received his bachelor's degree from the Italian Air Force Academy
and earned master's degrees from the University of Naples and
University of Perugia.
This will be the second mission for Good, who flew on STS-125. He was
born in Parma, Ohio, and considers Broadview Heights, Ohio to be his
hometown. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the
University of Notre Dame.
For complete astronaut biographical information, visit:
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/bios
Video of the STS-134 crew members will air on NASA Television's Video
File. For downlink and scheduling information and links to streaming
video, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
For more information about NASA's Space Shuttle Program, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle
For more information about AMS, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_
