Anne McClain
| Anne Charlotte McClain | |
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| Född | 7 juni 1979 Spokane, Washington  USA |
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| Andra yrken | Pilot |
| Urvalsgrupp | Astronautgrupp 21 |
| Antal rymdpromenader | 1 st |
| Rymdpromenadtid | 6 tim, 39 min |
| Uppdrag | Sojuz MS-11, Expedition 58 / 59 |
| Uppdragsemblem |   |
Anne Charlotte McClain, född 7 juni 1979 i Spokane i Washington, är en amerikansk astronaut, pilot och överstelöjtnant i USA:s armé. McClain togs ut till astronautgrupp 21 i juni 2013[1].
10 december 2020 valde Nasa ut henne till en av 18 personer till deras Artemisprogram. Det är tänkt att Nasa ska placera en människa på månen år 2024. Och kanske blir Anne första kvinnan på månen.[2] I ett första skede handlar det dock om att vara NASAs representanter, i NASAs samarbete med de olika företagen som utvecklar utrustning för Artemisprogrammet.
Biografi
McClain påbörjade ROTC-program vid Gonzaga University i väntan på utnämning till United States Military Academy (West Point). Hon tog 2002 bachelorexamen från United States Military Academy med maskinteknik som huvudämne och erhöll då officersfullmakt i USA:s armé. Hon erhöll ett Marshallstipendium och fick då möjlighet till betalda studier i Storbritannien och tog då 2004 en masterexamen i flyg- och rymdteknik vid University of Bath, följt året därpå av en masterexamen i internationella relationer från University of Bristol. McClain är utbildad som helikopterpilot och har flygit blanda annat OH-58D Kiowa, C-12 Huron, UH-60 Blackhawk och UH-72 Lakota. Hon har tjänstgjort i Irakkriget.
Hon deltar i Expedition 58 / 59, Sojuz MS-11 på Internationella rymdstationen (ISS)[1].
Referenser
Noter
- ^ [a b] ”Anne C. McClain (Col, U.S. Army) NASA Astronaut” (på engelska). NASA. 2 oktober 2018. https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/anne-c-mcclain/biography. Läst 7 oktober 2018.
- ^ Sean Potter (9 december 2020). ”NASA Names Artemis Team of Astronauts Eligible for Early Moon Missions” (på engelska). NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-names-artemis-team-of-astronauts-eligible-for-early-moon-missions. Läst 10 december 2020.
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The official insignia for the three-member Expedition 58 crew with Anne McClain of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency.
- Thousands of people worldwide dedicate their lives to the human exploration of space. As one team, we strive to learn, discover and pioneer for the benefit of all mankind. The Expedition 58 patch is a crew tribute to those thousands who stand ready every day committed to supporting this mission.
- Central to the patch is the compass rose—a symbol of exploration past, present and future. The passing of the International Space Station from darkness into light suggests that we are only just peaking over the horizon, looking forward to advancing human understanding of our place in the universe.
- The crew of Expedition 58 are fortunate explorers … never alone in their journey. Among the night lights on the Earth are glints of brightness – the global team and major control facilities that keep the space station on orbit and its inhabitants on track.
- And as the explorers from centuries past used stars to guide their way, so too does the crew of Expedition 58. The stars on the Expedition 58 patch are their families, one star for each member. They shine on as a beacon of strength and a guiding light home.
The Expedition 59 crew insignia
- The Expedition 59 patch celebrates the International Space Station’s role as a microgravity science laboratory. The crew, made up of scientists, doctors, engineers and pilots, will conduct hundreds of experiments for the benefit of mankind and our fragile environment on planet Earth.
- The patch shape depicts the cupola windows. Through these windows, astronauts have made many significant observations of Earth’s ecosystems and they have discovered and documented real-time events like volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
- The position of the Earth at the top of the patch depicts where the Earth would be seen by an astronaut from the cupola. It represents the explorers’ unique perspective on his or her home. The image at the center of the patch is the station itself, the largest single structure humans have ever put into space, an engineering marvel.
- The station is overlaid on an atom, the basic building block of all matter. The atom has three electron orbits with the flags of Russia, the United States of America and Canada, representing the home countries of the Expedition 59 crew. Like electrons in an atom, international cooperation is the basic stabilizing force that enables large scale space exploration.
- To achieve great deeds, humans from all across the globe must work together in peace with a shared vision. The Expedition 59 patch celebrates the massive scientific accomplishments of the space station while highlighting the importance of global teamwork in understanding our planet and continuing with bold exploration in the future.
JSC2014-E-008049 (16 Jan. 2014) --- Anne C. McClain, NASA astronaut candidate class of 2013.