STS-115 Atlantis (September 9–21, 2006) successfully restarted assembly of the ISS.
A space walk was performed to connect power and data cables between the newly arrived Service Module and the ISS.
The five astronauts and two cosmonauts delivered more than 6,600 pounds of supplies and installed batteries, power converters, oxygen generation equipment and a treadmill on the ISS. During the 12-day mission, the crew successfully prepared the ISS for the arrival of the first permanent crew. Spaceflight experience īurbank exercises in the Tranquility module of the International Space Station. Burbank was assigned to ISS Expedition 29 and Expedition 30 aboard ISS beginning September 2011. Coast Guard Academy, where he taught astronomy, aerodynamics, and statics & engineering design. From January 2007 to December 2009, Burbank served as a professor of engineering at the U.S. Twice flown, he served as a mission specialist on STS-106 and STS-115 logging over 23 days in space, and 7 hours and 11 minutes of EVA time. He was also a member of the Space Shuttle Cockpit Avionics Upgrade design team. After completing two years of training and evaluation, Burbank worked technical issues for the Astronaut Office Operations Planning Branch, and the International Space Station (ISS) Branch, and served as CAPCOM (spacecraft communicator) for both Space Shuttle and ISS missions. Selected by NASA in April 1996, Burbank reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1996. He has a master's degree in aeronautical science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. In 1987, he went through flight training and became an instructor pilot, serving at various Coast Guard stations at Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, and Coast Guard Air Station Sitka. He attended Fairfield University his freshman year before transferring to the United States Coast Guard Academy, where he earned his commission in 1985. Burbank, a Captain in the United States Coast Guard, is the second Coast Guard astronaut after Bruce Melnick.īurbank was born in Manchester, Connecticut, and raised in Tolland, Connecticut, where he graduated from Tolland High School. Daniel Christopher Burbank (born July 27, 1961) is a retired American astronaut and a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions.
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