KOPRA


	Timothy L. KOPRA


	Rank: Colonel US Army Born: April 9, 1963 in Austin Texas Family: Married. 2 children Education: 1981: Graduated McAllumHigh School, Austin Texas 1985: BS degree in Computer Sciences, US Military Academy, West Point, New York 1995: MS degree in Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology 2006: Master of Strategic Studies, US ArmyWarCollege

CAREER

1981-1985: Attended US Military Academy, West Point; BS degree

1985-1986: Army Aviator training

1986-1995: US Army aviator 101^st Airborne Division Air Calvary squadron; subsequently reassigned to 3^rd Armoured Division, Hanau, Germany and completed deployments to Southwest Asia and participated in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in the first Gulf war; Completed graduate studies earned MS degree

1995-1998: Completed USN Test Pilot School training; assigned USATechnicalTestCenter as an experimental test pilot

1998-2000: Assigned US Army detachment, NASA JSC Houston Texas where he served as a vehicle integration test engineer

ASTRONAUT ASSIGNMENTS

2000: (26.07) Named one of 17 NASA Group 18 astronaut candidates; (Aug) commenced a two year Ascan training and evaluation programme; Ascan training

2001: Ascan training ; (Dec) CB technical assignment in Station Operations Branch (Crew Interfaces); participated in testing two ISS modules and operational Local Area Network on ISS; Ascan training

2002: Ascan training; (Aug) completed Ascan training programme

2003: (Feb) Member T-38 formation flight for STS-107 memorial at JSC; (Mar) ‘Airboss’ during airborne debris search activities for Columbia debris; CB technical assignments

2004: CB technical assignment

2005: Completed a Russian language course in Moscow; (Jul) commenced ISS long duration training

2006: ISS long duration training

2007: ISS long duration training; (13.02) assigned as a FE to ISS-16 BUp crew (to Reisman) ; ISS expedition training; (summer) preliminary assigned to prime crew FE ISS-18 to be launch in Jan 2009 (launch delayed); ISS expedition crew training

2008: (11.01) updated as BUp FE ISS-17 (to Chamitoff); (11.02) named MS5 STS-127 (up only) for assignment to ISS-19 (launch delayed); training includes STS-ascent training); ISS expedition crew training; (21.11) crew assignments refined to reflect 6 person capability; confirmed as FE ISS-19/20; ISS expedition training

2009: ISS expedition training; launch delayed (15.07) launched as MS5 STS-127 (up only); (17.07) became FE ISS-20 replacing Wakata; EV2 STS-127; 1^st EVA (18.07) 5hr 32 min; IV STS-127 EVA4; (18.07) EVA 5 hr 32 min; (30.08) handed over to Stott joined STS-128 crew (44 days as ISS crew member; 53 days aboard ISS; 58 days in space); (12.09) landed aboard STS-128 ; ISS postflight adaptation


	SPACEFLIGHT RECORD

Mission	Vehicle	Position	Date: (dd/mm/yy)	Duration (dd:hh:mm:ss)	Orbits	EVA’s
ISS-20	STS-127	Flight Engineer	15.07-12.09.2009	58:02:50:00	920	1 (5 hr 32 min)
TOTAL:				58:02:50:00	920	1 (5 hr 32 min)
MISSIONS FLOWN - 1


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