Michael Barratt | |
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| Born | Michael Reed Barratt (1959-04-16)April 16, 1959 (age 66) Vancouver, Washington, U.S. |
| Education | University of Washington (BS) Northwestern University (MD) Wright State University (MS) |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 446 days, 15 hours, 21 minutes[1] |
| Selection | NASA Group 18 (2000) |
TotalEVAs | 3 |
Total EVA time | 5 hours, 37 minutes[1] |
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Mission insignia |        |
Michael Reed Barratt (born April 16, 1959) is an Americanphysician and aNASA astronaut.Board certified ininternal andaerospace medicine, he served as aflight surgeon for NASA before his selection as an astronaut and has played a role in developing NASA's space medicine programs for both theShuttle–Mir program andInternational Space Station. His first spaceflight was a long-duration mission to the International Space Station as a flight engineer on theExpedition 19 and20 crew. In March 2011, Barratt completed his second spaceflight as a crew member ofSTS-133. Barratt made a second long-duration mission to the International Space Station as a flight engineer on theExpedition 70,71, and72 crew and also served as the pilot on theSpaceX Crew-8 mission.
Barratt graduated from Camas High School in 1977. He graduated from theUniversity of Washington in 1981 with aBachelor of Science degree inzoology, going on to earn anM.D. fromNorthwestern University in 1985. He completed a three-year residency ininternal medicine at Northwestern University in 1988; his Chief Residency year was at Veterans Administration Lakeside Hospital in Chicago in 1989. In 1991, Barratt completed both a residency and aMaster of Science inaerospace medicine jointly run byWright State University,NASA, andWright-Patterson Air Force Base.[2] He is board certified in Internal and Aerospace Medicine.
Barratt holds a private pilot's license and has been qualified on NASA'sT-38 Talons.[2]
Barratt first came to NASA'sJohnson Space Center in May 1991 as a project physician working forKRUG Life Sciences, serving on the Health Maintenance Facility Project as manager of the Hyperbaric and Respiratory Subsystems for theSpace Station Freedom project. In July 1992, he was hired by NASA as anaviation medical examiner working in Space Shuttle Medical Operations.
In July 1993, Barratt was one of a team of the first three Americans invited to witness the recovery of aSoyuz spacecraft. Asked to help evaluate the potential of the Soyuz as aCrew Return Vehicle for a NASA space station, he flew with the recovery team that picked up the crew ofSoyuz TM-16 after they landed in Kazakhstan.[2][3] (The Soyuz was ultimately chosen as the return vehicle for the International Space Station).
In January 1994, he was assigned to theShuttle-Mir Program. He spent over 12 months working and training in theGagarin Cosmonaut Training Center inStar City, Russia as one of two flight surgeons supportingNorman Thagard and his backupBonnie Dunbar, a role that often included negotiations to resolve different approaches to medicine by NASA and Russian doctors. Barratt and fellow flight surgeon David Ward developed a Mir Supplemental Medical Kit to augment Russian equipment on Mir and developed a program of training for its use, taught to both NASA astronauts and Russian cosmonauts.[2][3]
Thagard launched to Mir aboardSoyuz TM-21 and returned to earth onSTS-71; during the 115-day flight, Barratt and Ward effectively served asCAPCOMs for the NASA Shuttle-Mir team in addition to their duties as flight surgeons.[2][3]
From July 1995 through July 1998, Barratt served as Medical Operations Lead for the International Space Station (ISS). A frequent traveler to Russia, he worked with counterparts at Star City and theInstitute of Biomedical Problems and other ISS partner centers, developing medical procedures, training, and equipment for ISS. Barratt served as lead crew surgeon for ISSExpedition 1 from July 1998 until selected as an astronaut candidate. He serves as Associate Editor for Space Medicine for the journalAviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine and is senior editor of the textbookPrinciples of Clinical Medicine for Space Flight.[4]
Barratt was selected by NASA to joinAstronaut Group 18 as amission specialist in July 2000. Barratt reported for training in August 2000. Following the completion of two years of training and evaluation, he was assigned technical duties in the Astronaut Office Station Operations Branch.[4]
In October 2004, Barratt served as anaquanaut during theNEEMO 7 mission aboard theAquariusunderwater laboratory, living and working underwater for eleven days. During NEEMO 7 the crew tested technologies and procedures for remote surgery, as well as using virtual reality for telemedicine.[5][6]
Barratt was assigned to theExpedition 19 crew in February 2008[7] and launched to the International Space Station in March 2009 aboardSoyuz TMA-14. His stay aboard the ISS continued until the end ofExpedition 20 in October 2009.[8]
During Expedition 20, Barratt performed both an EVA and IVA together withGennady Padalka. The first EVA, on June 5, 2009, lasted for 4 hours and 54 minutes and prepared theZvezda service module transfer compartment for the arrival of thePoisk module, installed docking antenna for the module, photographed an antenna for evaluation on the ground, and photographed the Strela-2 crane.[9][10]The second was an internal spacewalk (IVA) in the depressurizedZvezda transfer compartment to replace one of theZvezda hatches with a docking cone in preparation for the docking of thePoisk module later in 2009. This IVA lasted 12 minutes.[11][12]
Barratt returned to Earth on October 11, 2009 after spending 198 days, 16 hours, and 42 minutes in space[1] on Soyuz TMA-14 along with Padalka and space touristGuy Laliberté.[13]
Barratt next flew to space as amission specialist onSTS-133, the final flight ofSpace ShuttleDiscovery. The mission launched on February 24, 2011, and landed on March 9, 2011. The mission transported several items to the space station, including thePermanent Multipurpose ModuleLeonardo, which was left permanently docked at one of the station's ports. The shuttle also carried the third of fourExPRESS Logistics Carriers to the ISS, as well as ahumanoid robot calledRobonaut.[14] During the mission Barratt was in charge of robotics activities. The total duration of STS-133 was 12 days, 19 hours, and 4 minutes.[1]
From January 2012 through April 2013, Barratt was manager of the Human Research Program atNASA Johnson Space Center, researching the health and performance risks associated with long-duration human spaceflight and mitigating them.[4]
In 2013, Barratt served as cavenaut during theESA CAVES training inSardinia, alongside fellow NASA astronautJack Fisher, CSA astronautJeremy Hansen, JAXA astronautSatoshi Furukawa, ESA astronautPaolo Nespoli, and Roscosmos cosmonautAleksey Ovchinin.[15]
Barratt made a second long-duration mission to the International Space Station as a flight engineer on theExpedition 70,71, and72 crew and also served as the pilot on theSpaceX Crew-8 mission, which launched on March 4, 2024.[16][17] The mission successfully splashed down on October 25, 2024, concluding a nearly eight-month science mission.[4]
Born inVancouver, Washington, Barratt considersCamas, Washington to be his hometown. He is married to Dr. Michelle Lynne Barratt (née Sasynuik); they reside inLeague City, Texas, and have five children. His father and mother, Joseph and Donna Barratt, reside in Camas. His personal and recreational interests include family and church activities, writing, sailing,[18] and boat restoration and maintenance.[4]
Aerospace Medical Association; American College of Physicians; Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society; American Institute for the Advancement of Science.[4][clarification needed][failed verification]
Barratt has received several awards and honors:[4]
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromNASA Biography of Michael R. Barratt.National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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