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Joan E. HIGGINBOTHAM
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Rank:                                                                                    Civilian

Born:                                                                                   3 August 1964, ChicagoIllinois, USA

Family:                                                                  Unmarried

Education:                                                                             1982:   Graduated from high school in ChicagoIllinois

1987:   BS degree in electrical engineering Southern Illinois University

1992: MS degree in Management Florida Institute of Technology

1996: MS degree in Space Systems Florida Institute of Technology

CAREER

1987-1996: Employed by NASA at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Initially she worked as a payload electrical engineer; became lead for the Orbiter Experiments on OV-102; worked on Shuttle payload bay reconfiguration for all Orbiters; Executive Staff Assistant to the Director of Shuttle Operations and Management working on analysing Shuttle flow and processing procedures; Orbiter Project Engineer OV-104 for two years; Lead Orbiter Project Engineer OV-102;  Technical Lead Government Engineering position in Firing Room supporting and managing integration of OV testing and troubleshooting

ASTRONAUT ASSIGNMENTS

1996: (01.05) Selected as one of 35 Group 16 astronaut candidates (Mission Specialist); (12.08-08.1998) completed a two year Ascan training and evaluation programme

1997: Ascan training; assigned Shuttle avionics and integration Laboratory (SAIL)

Mission support assignments: STS-85; 87

1998: Ascan training; (Aug) graduated Ascan training; CB mission support assignments: STS-89; 90; 95; 88

1999: [Her CB technical assignments have included: SAIL; Payloads & Habitability Branch; KSC Operations Support Branch; Capcom; Robotics Branch and Lead for the ISS Crew Interface Section]

2000:   CB technical assignments

2001:   CB technical assignments; Mission support assignments: STS-105

2002:   CB technical assignments; (15.08) named as MS STS-117 (13A); shuttle mission training

2003:   Shuttle mission training; (Feb) stood down due to loss of Columbia; Shuttle generic mission training

2004:   generic shuttle training

2005: (09.02) Named to resume training reassigned as MS STS-116 (12A.1); Shuttle mission training

2006:   Shuttle mission training; (9-22.12) flew as MS STS-116 (308 hrs 45 min); 20th Shuttle ISS mission (12A.1); CB technical assignments

2007: (01.10) Named MS STS-126; shuttle mission training; (21.11) replaced on STS-126 by Don Pettit due to her decision to leave NASA

SPACEFLIGHT RECORD

Mission

Vehicle

Position

   Date:   (dd/mm/yy)

Duration (dd:hh:mm:ss)

Orbits

EVA’s

STS-116

OV-103

MS

09.12-22.12.2006

12.20:45:16

206

0

TOTAL FLIGHT TIME

12:20:45:16

206

0

MISSIONS FLOWN - 1

POST ASTRONAUT EXPERIENCE

2007 – date:      (Nov 2007) retired NASA to accept a position in the private sector
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