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| Born | Carlos Ismael Noriega (1959-10-08)October 8, 1959 (age 66) |
| Education | University of Southern California (BS) Naval Postgraduate School (MS) |
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| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel,USMC |
Time in space | 20d 1h 18m |
| Selection | NASA Group 15 (1994) |
TotalEVAs | 3 |
Total EVA time | 19h 20m[1] |
| Missions | STS-84 STS-97 |
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Carlos Ismael Noriega (born 8 October 1959) is aPeruvian-AmericanNASA employee, a former NASAastronaut and a retiredU.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel.[2] Carlos became the first born Peruvian astronaut that went to space.[3]
Noriega was a member of theNaval ROTC unit at the University of Southern California and received his commission in theUnited States Marine Corps in 1981. Following graduation from flight school, he flewCH-46 Sea Knight helicopters withHMM-165 from 1983 to 1985 atMarine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay,Hawaii. Noriega made two 6-month shipboard deployments in theWest Pacific/Indian Ocean, including operations in support of theMultinational Peacekeeping Force inBeirut, Lebanon. He completed his tour in Hawaii as the Base Operations Officer for Marine Air Base Squadron 24. In 1986, he was transferred toMCAS Tustin,California, where he served as the aviation safety officer and instructor pilot withHMT-301. In 1988, Noriega was selected to attend the Naval Postgraduate School inMonterey, California, where he earned two master of science degrees. Upon graduation in September 1990, he was assigned toUnited States Space Command inColorado Springs, Colorado. In addition to serving as a Space Surveillance Center Commander, he was responsible for several software development projects and was ultimately the command representative for the development and integration of the major space and missile warning computer system upgrades forCheyenne Mountain Air Force Station. At the time of his selection, he was serving on the staff of the1st Marine Aircraft Wing inOkinawa, Japan.
He has logged approximately 2,200 flight hours in variousfixed-wing androtary-wing aircraft.
Selected by NASA in December 1994, Noriega reported to theJohnson Space Center in March 1995. He completed a year of training and evaluation, and was qualified for assignment as a mission specialist in May 1996. He held technical assignments in the Astronaut Office EVA/Robotics and Operations Planning Branches. Noriega flew onSTS-84 in 1997 andSTS-97 in 2000. He has logged over 461 hours in space including over 19 EVA hours in 3 spacewalks. Following STS-97, Noriega trained as the backup commander for ISSExpedition 6 and later as a member of the crew ofSTS-121. In July 2004, Noriega was replaced byPiers Sellers on the crew of STS-121 due to a temporary medical condition. While awaiting future flight assignment Noriega served as Chief, Exploration Systems Engineering Division, Engineering Directorate, Johnson Space Center. In January 2005, Noriega retired from theNASA Astronaut Corps, but continues to serve as the Manager, Advanced Projects Office,Constellation Program, Johnson Space Center.
STS-84 (May 15–24, 1997), was NASA's sixthSpace Shuttle mission to rendezvous and dock with the Russian Space StationMir. During this 9-day mission the crew aboard Space ShuttleAtlantis conducted a number of secondary experiments, and transferred nearly 4 tons of supplies and experiment equipment betweenAtlantis and the Mir station. During STS-84, Noriega logged approximately a total of 239 hours and 20 minutes in space traveling 3.6 million miles in 144 orbits of the Earth.[4]
STS-97Endeavour (November 30 to December 11, 2000) was the fifth Space Shuttle mission dedicated to the assembly of theInternational Space Station. While docked to the Station, the crew installed the first set of U.S. solar arrays, performed three spacewalks (STS-97 EVA 1, STS-97 EVA 2, and STS-97 EVA 3),[5] in addition to delivering supplies and equipment to the station's first resident crew. Mission duration was 10 days, 19 hours, 57 minutes, and traveled 4.5 million miles.[6]
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromCarlos I. Noriega(PDF).National Aeronautics and Space Administration. August 2011. Retrieved19 April 2021.NASA Astronaut Group 14 ← NASA Astronaut Group 15 →NASA Astronaut Group 16 | |||||||
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