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NASA Astronaut Biographies- V


NAME: Charles Lacy Veach (Mr.)
NASA Astronaut

BIRTHPLACE AND DATE: Born September 18, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois, but
considers Honolulu, Hawaii, to be his hometown. His parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Marshall E. Veach, reside in Honolulu, Hawaii.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Brown hair; hazel eyes; height: 5 feet 10 inches;
weight: 155 pounds.

EDUCATION: Graduated from Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1962; received
a bachelor of science degree in Engineering Management from the U.S. Air Force
Academy in 1966.

MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Alice Meigs Scott of Waycross, Georgia.
Her parents, Commander and Mrs. Frank V. Scott, Jr., reside in Augusta,
Georgia.

CHILDREN: Marshall Scott, January 7, 1972; Katherine Maile, October 9, 1974.

RECREATIONAL INTERESTS: He enjoys surfing, bicycling, reading, and activities
with his family.

SPECIAL HONORS: Distinguished Flying Cross with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Medal
with 13 Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Force Commendation Medal with 1 Oak Leaf
Cluster, and Purple Heart.

EXPERIENCE: Veach was commissioned in the United States Air Force upon
graduation from the Air Force Academy. He received his pilot wings at Moody
Air Force Base, Georgia, in 1967, and then attended fighter gunnery school at
Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Over the next 14-years, he served as a USAF
fighter pilot, flying the F-100 Super Sabre, the F-111 and the F-105
Thunderchief, on a variety of assignments in the United States, Europe and the
Far East, including a 275-mission combat tour in the Republic of Vietnam. In
1976 and 1977 he was a member of the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron, the
Thunderbirds. Veach left active duty in 1981, but continues to fly fighters as
an F-4 pilot with the Texas Air National Guard.

NASA EXPERIENCE: Veach came to work for NASA in January 1982. Employed as an
engineer and research pilot at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston,
his primary duty in that capacity was as an Instructor Pilot in the Shuttle
Training Aircraft -- the highly modified Gulfstream II's used to train
astronaut shuttle pilots to land the Space Shuttle.

Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in May 1984, Veach completed a one
year training and evaluation program in June 1985, qualifying him for
assignment as a mission specialist on future Space Shuttle flight crews. Since
then he has held a variety of technical assignments including flight software
verification in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL), and capsule
communicator (CAPCOM) for STS-61A, 61B and 61C.

He has logged over 4,500 flying hours.

CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: Mr. Veach is in flight training as a mission specialist on
the crew of STS-39, a Department of Defense mission scheduled for launch in
1990.

SEPTEMBER 1989



NAME: James S. Voss (Lieutenant Colonel, USA)
NASA Astronaut

BIRTHPLACE AND DATE: Born March 3, 1949, in Cordova, Alabama, but considers
Opelika, Alabama, to be his hometown.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Brown hair; blue eyes; height: 5 feet 8 inches; weight:
155 pounds.

EDUCATION: Graduated from Opelika High School, Opelika, Alabama; received a
bachelor of science degree in Aerospace Engineering from Auburn University in
1972, and a master of science degree in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the
University of Colorado in 1974.

MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Suzan Curry of Birmingham, Alabama. Her
mother, Elizabeth Jacks, resides in Birmingham.

CHILDREN: Daughter, Kristie, November 12, 1979.

RECREATIONAL INTERESTS: He enjoys flying, woodworking, skiing, softball,
racquetball, scuba diving, and homebuilding airplanes. As an undergraduate, he
participated on the Auburn University Wrestling Team.

SPECIAL HONORS: Received the Outstanding Student Award, USN Test Pilot School
(1983); the William P. Clements, Jr. Award for Excellence in Education as the
outstanding Professor at the U.S. Military Academy (1982); Meritorious Service
Medal (1982); awarded a NASA Summer Faculty Research Fellowship (1980);
Commandant's List -- Infantry Officer Advanced Course (1979); Army Commendation
Medal (1978); Honor Graduate and Leadership Award -- Ranger School (1975);
Distinguished Graduate -- Infantry Officer Basic Course (1974).

EXPERIENCE: Upon graduation from Auburn and commissioning as a 2nd Lieutenant,
Voss went directly to the University of Colorado to obtain his masters degree
under the Army Graduate Fellowship Program. After attending the Infantry Basic
Course, Airborne and Ranger schools, he served with the 2nd Battalion 48th
Infantry in Germany as a platoon leader, intelligence staff officer, and
company commander. On returning to the United States, he attended the Infantry
Officer Advanced Course, then taught for three years in the Department of
Mechanics at the U.S. Military Academy. After attending the U.S. Naval Test
Pilot School and the Armed Forces Staff College, Voss was assigned to the U.S.
Army Aviation Engineering Flight Activity as a Flight Test Engineer/Research &
Development Coordinator. He was involved in four major flight test projects
before being detailed to NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.

NASA EXPERIENCE: Voss has been working at Johnson Space Center since November
1984. In his capacity as a Vehicle Integration Test Engineer, he supported
Shuttle and payload testing at the Kennedy Space Center for STS-51D, 51F, 61C
and 51L. He participated in the STS-51L accident investigation, and supported
the resulting reviews dedicated to returning the Space Shuttle safely to
flight. 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.
From May 1988 until July 1989 he worked as a flight crew representative in the
area of Shuttle safety, and, more recently, as a CAPCOM, providing a
communications interface between ground controllers and flight crews during
simulations and Shuttle flights.

CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: LTC Voss will serve as a mission specialist on the crew of
STS-44. This dedicated Department of Defense flight is scheduled to launch in
March 1991 aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis.

JUNE 1990


 
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