James Voss
James Shelton Voss was born on March 3, 1949 in Cordova, Alabama. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering in 1972 he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Under the Army Graduate Fellowship Program, Voss was allowed to defer his entry into active duty in order to attend the University of Colorado. He graduated in 1974 with a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering Sciences. Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in June 1987, Voss completed a one-year training and evaluation program in August 1988, which qualified him for assignment as a mission specialist on Space Shuttle flights. He has worked as a flight crew representative in the area of Shuttle safety, as a CAPCOM, providing a communications interface between ground controllers and flight crews during simulations and Shuttle flights, and as the Astronaut Office Training Officer. After his third spaceflight Voss spent two years training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. After retiring from NASA in 2003, Voss became Associate Dean of Engineering for External Affairs at Auburn University,
Spaceflights:
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 STS-44 MSP 24.11. - 01.12.1991 6d 22h 50m
2 STS-53 MSP 02.12. - 09.12.1992 7d 07h 19m
3 STS-69 MSP 07.09. - 18.09.1995 10d 20h 28m
4 STS-101 MSP 19.05. - 29.05.2000 9d 20h 10m
5 STS-102 / ISS-02 / STS-105 Flight Engineer 08.03. - 22.08.2001 167d 06h 41m
Total 202d 05h 28m
