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NASA and its International Space Airborne School, Ranger School, En-
Station partners have announced the JLQHHU2I¿FHU$GYDQFHG&RXUVHDQG NASA photograph by Lauren Harnett
crew members for missions to the or- Command and General Staff College.
biting laboratory in 2017. The selection ([SHGLWLRQFUHZPHPEHU0DUN9DQGH+HLGXULQJ,66-RLQW$/+DUGZDUHWUDLQLQJZLWKLQVWUXFWRUV0LFKDHO'LQR
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astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Jack to serve as a Capsule Communicator in
Fischer. Houston. He was selected as an astro- space station operations. He most re- The crew comprising Expedition 51 ‡3DROR1HVSROL(6$
naut candidate three years later and, FHQWO\VHUYHGRQWKH$VWURQDXW2I¿FH¶V ‡)\RGRU<XUFKLNLQ5RVFRVPRV
The Expedition 51 and 52 crews will after completing his initial astronaut Exploration team working on the next will be: The space station is a convergence of
continue important research that ad- training in July 2011, went on to serve generation of human space exploration ‡3HJJ\:KLWVRQ1$6$ science, technology and human innova-
vances NASA’s journey to Mars while DVWKH$VWURQDXW2I¿FH¶VGLUHFWRURIRS- vehicles, NASA’s Space Launch Sys- ‡2OHJ1RYLWVNL\5RVFRVPRV tion that enables us to demonstrate new
PDNLQJGLVFRYHULHVWKDWFDQEHQH¿WDOO erations in Russia. Following his return, tem rocket, Orion spacecraft, and Com- ‡7KRPDV3HVTXHW(6$ technologies and make research break-
of humanity. With adequate funding and he resumed work in the Astronaut Of- mercial Crew Program. Fischer gradu- ‡0DUN9DQGH+HL1$6$ throughs not possible on Earth. It has
technical progress on NASA’s Commer- ¿FH¶V&$3&20%UDQFKXQWLOKLVPLV- ated from the U.S. Air Force Academy ‡$OH[DQGHU0LVXUNLQ5RVFRVPRV been continuously occupied since No-
cial Crew Program, astronauts Vande sion assignment. He earned a bachelor’s in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in ‡1LNRODL7LNKRQRY5RVFRVPRV vember 2000 and, since then, has been
Hei and Fischer are expected to be at the degree in physics from St. John’s Uni- astronautical engineering, and earned visited by more than 200 people and a
VWDWLRQGXULQJWKH¿UVWWHVWÀLJKWVRIWKH versity in Collegeville, Minn., in 1989, a master’s degree in aeronautics and The crew comprising Expedition 52 variety of international and commercial
Boeing CST-100 and SpaceX’s Crew and a master’s degree in applied physics astronautics from the Massachusetts spacecraft. The space station remains
Dragon spacecraft, targeted for 2017. from Stanford University in Palo Alto, Institute of Technology in Cambridge will be: the springboard to NASA’s next giant
Calif., in 1999. in 1998. ‡0DUN9DQGH+HL1$6$ leap in exploration, including future
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highlights of my job, and this is made Fischer’s mission will begin in May ‡1LNRODL7LNKRQRY5RVFRVPRV
even more special when that person has 2017, when he and his crewmates ‡-DFN)LVFKHU1$6$
QRW\HWÀRZQLQVSDFH´VDLG&KULV&DV- Fyodor Yurchikin of Roscosmos and
sidy, chief of the Astronaut Office at Paolo Nespoli of ESA will join Vande
NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Hous- Hei, Misurkin and Tikhonov on the sta-
ton. “I’m very excited for both Mark tion for Expedition 52.
and Jack and very much look forward to
watching them on the ISS.” Fischer, hailing from Louisville,
Colorado, is a colonel in the U.S. Air
Both Vande Hei and Fischer are Force. Fischer served two combat tours
members of NASA’s 2009 Astronaut in Southwest Asia, flying the F-15E
&ODVV9DQGH+HLZLOOEHWKH¿UVWWRÀ\ Strike Eagle during Operation Endur-
when he and Roscosmos cosmonauts ing Freedom and Operation Southern
Alexander Misurkin and Nikolai Tik- Watch. He then became a test pilot,
honov, also a first-time flyer, launch À\LQJPRUHWKDQGLIIHUHQWW\SHVRI
in March 2017. The three will join the aircraft, including all types of the F-15
station’s Expedition 51 crew of NASA and F-22 Raptor. After two test assign-
astronaut Peggy Whitson, ESA (Euro- ments, Fischer served as an Air Force
pean Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Fellow in Washington, with rotations
Pesquet, and cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy serving under the Chairman of the Joint
of Roscosmos. Chiefs of Staff and the Under Secretary
of Defense for Acquisition, Technology
Vande Hei, a colonel in the U.S. and Logistics.
Army, hails from Falls Church, Va. His
Army service includes a tour in Iraq After finishing his astronaut can-
during Operation Provide Comfort and, didate training in July 2011, Fischer
later, Operation Iraqi Freedom, during also served as a CAPCOM in mission
which he led an Army space support control. Additionally, he performed
team. He is a graduate of the Army’s technical roles supporting Soyuz and

NASA Armstrong Exchange Awards Scholarship

The NASA Armstrong Employee Exchange involved in advanced concepts of electric propul- track team. In addition, he was a member of the ter former Armstrong employees, with honorees
Council has presented its 2015 Joseph A. Walker selected on a rotating basis. Scholarship funds are
Memorial Scholarship Award to Ted Kim. sion aircraft technologies. Chinese Club, Key Club, Red Cross Club, Safe raised from various council activities, including
proceeds from vending machine, Armstrong Gift
Walker was a former chief pilot who lost his “It was a great feeling to get the news,” said Club and UNICEF. Kim also volunteered his Shop and cafeteria sales and various fundraising
life in an aircraft accident in 1966. events.
Kim’s father. services to tutor students in the open library at
“I am really excited,” Kim said. NASA’s
A graduate of the class of 2015 at Valencia “He did a great job and we are so happy for Valencia High School. Armstrong
High School, in Santa Clarita, Calif., Kim plans Flight
to major in biochemistry (pre-medical education) him,” added Dae. Exchange Council scholarships are named af- Research
at the University of California, Los Angeles, this Center
fall. Kim attended his freshman through junior high Director David
Kim has earned a 4.49 grade-point average dur- McBride, left,
ing his high school career and was ranked 21st school years at Brecksville-Broadview Heights presents a
academically out of 760 students in Valencia High scholarship
School’s class of 2015. High School in Broadview Heights, Ohio. He check to
The scholarship provides $2,000 per year for Ted Kim in
up to four years for attendance at a four-year col- moved with his family to California and attended front of the
lege or university, or $1,000 per year for up to Stratospheric
two years for attendance at a two-year community Valencia High School for his senior year. At both Observatory
college, providing the recipient maintains a mini- IRU,QIUDUHG
mum grade-point average of 3.0 or higher. Ap- schools he excelled in advanced placement and Astronomy.
plicants for the annual scholarship are required to Hyan Dae and
be high school seniors whose parents are among honors classes. Kim was heavily involved in nu- Eun Joo Kim,
the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center at Kim’s parents,
Edwards Air Force Base civil service or contrac- merous school and community activities, receiv- also are
tor workforce. pictured.
Kim is the son of Hyun Dae and Eun Joo Kim ing Advanced Placement Scholar awards and the
of Santa Clarita. Hyun Dae Kim is a senior pro- NASA photograph by Carla Thomas
pulsion engineer at NASAArmstrong, where he is school’s Principal Awards for Academic Excel-
August 21, 2015
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Kim also was recognized on the honor roll for

academic achievement and was a member of the
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the Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School

Chamber Orchestra. Kim has been actively in-

volved in his local churches in Ohio and Califor-

nia, volunteering his time to plan and carry out

numerous retreats and leading youth bible studies

at the summer vocational Bible school.

Kim participated in school athletic programs

and was a member of the freshman basketball

team, the varsity football team and the varsity

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