TERRENCE WILCUTT

NAME OF LEADERDESCRIPTION
TERRENCE WILCUTT He is a United States Marine Corps officer and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. Wilcutt was NASA’s Chief of Safety and Mission Assurance, until his retirement from NASA on December 2020.
NAME OF SITEDESCRIPTIONCITYSTATE
BIRTHPLACELOGAN MEMORIAL HOSPITALRUSSELLVILLE KENTUCKY
STUDIEDSOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOLLOUISVILLEKENTUCKY
STUDIEDWESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITYBOWLING GREENKENTUCKY
MUSEUMNATIONAL CORVETTE MUSEUM – SPACESUITBOWLING GREENKENTUCKY
FLEW- TRAININGF-4 PHANTOMEGLIN AIRFORCE MUSEUMFLORIDA
FLEW- F-18/A HORNETVALIANT AIR COMMANDFLORIDA
FLEWA-7 CORSAIR IIPLANES OF FAMECHINO
WORKEDJOHNSON SPACE CENTERHOUSTONTX
INTERESTING FACTTHERE WERE ONLY NINE MIR MISSIONS, HE DOCKED ON THE EIGTH MISSION TO MIR. HE WENT WITH SHANNON LUCIDN/AN/A





NAMEDESCRIPTIONCITYSTATE
BIRTHPLACEBOSTON CHILDRENS HOSPITALWALTHAMMASSACHUETTS
STUDIED HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL WALTHAM MASSACHUETTS
STUDIEDUNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMYCOLORADO SPRINGSCOLORADO
STUDIED GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITYSAN FRANSISCOCALIFORNIA
WORKEDJOHNSON SPACE CENTER – SPACECRAFT CAPCOMHOUSTONTEXAS
INDUCTED HALL OF FAMEHEROES AND LENGENDS- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEXORLANDOFLORIDA
FLEW AS A PILOT INSTRUCTORCESSNA T-37 -MID AMERICA MUSEUMLIBERALKANSAS
FLEW IN MAINTENCE TEST PILOTT-37 & T-38 TALON- MUSEUM OF NAVAL AVIATIONPENSACOLAFLORIDA
FLEWF-15 EAGLE- WARNER ROBINSGEORGIA
FLEWF-4 PHANTOM II- PIMA AIR AND SPACETUSCONARIZONA
FLEWA-7 CORSAIR 11
FLEWCESSNA A-37 DRAGONFLY
HE ATTENDEDUS AIR FOR TEST PILOT SCHOOLEDWARDS AIR FORCE BASECALIFORNIA
CURRENTLY VICE PRESIDENTORBITAL ATKHILL AIR FORCE BASEUTAH
INTERESTING FACT
NAME OF VEHICLENAME OF ORBITERMISSION NUMBERMISSION DESCRIPTIONLOCATIONCITYSTATE
SPACE SHUTTLESPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOURSTS-68The primary payload on this flight was the Space Radar Laboratory (SRL-2). This was Terrence Wilcutt’s first space flight. He was a pilot and was part of the ‘Red Team’. This team worked closed with the ‘Blue Team’, with Tom Jones as the payload commander.CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTERLOS ANGELESCALIFORNIA
SPACE SHUTTLE SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTISSTS-79This was the first Space Shuttle Mission to the fully completed Mir Station After 188 days on the Mir, Shannon Lucid returned back. John Blaha replaced her on the Mir. This was the fourth Shuttle-Mir docking.KENNEDY SPACE CENTERMERRIT ISLANDFLORIDA
SPACE SHUTTLE SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOURSTS-89 It was the 8th Space Shuttle mission to the Mir space station. Supplies and hardware were transferred between the Space Shuttle and the Mir station. The hardware included several experiments such as Advanced X-Ray Detector. This mission carried the first Australian born astronaut to space. CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTERLOS ANGELESCALIFORNIA
SPACE SHUTTLESPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTISSTS- 106The crew spent a week inside ISS, unloading cargo from the Space Shuttle Cargo Bay and also from the Russian M-1 resupply craft. The goal of the crew, commanded by Terrence Wilcutt, was to prepare the Russian module Zvezda for the arrival of the first residents.KENNEDY SPACE CENTERMERRIT ISLANDFLORIDA