Garan

Ronald John, Jr.

USA

International order nº: 486

US astr. nº: 313

Personal data:

Birthdate:	30 Oct 1961
Birthplace:	Yonkers / New York
Marital status:	married
Children:	three
Selection date:	26 July 2000
Selection group:	NASA-18
Job:	PLT
Status:	Ret. 12.2012

Spaceflights:

Ord. num.	Startup spacecraft	Date and time of launch (UT)	Status while launch	Spacecraft of landing	Date and time of landing (UT)	Duration
1	STS-124 (Discovery/35)	31 May 2008 21h 01m	MSP 3	STS-124 (Discovery/35)	14 Jun 2008 15h 15m	13d 18h 13m
2	Soyuz TMA-21	04 Apr 2011 22h.18m.	Flight engineer 2	Soyuz TMA-21	16 Sep 2011 03h 59m	164d 05h 41m
Total duration:						177d 23h 54m

EVA′s:

Date	Time of starting	Duration	Crew & Remarks
03 Jun 2008	UT	06h 48m	M. Fossum and Garan; mission ISS-Exp. Transfer of the Orbiter Boom Sensor System back to the shuttle from its temporary location of the station′s truss, or backbone. The crew then prepared the JEM PM for its removal from the shuttle′s payload bay.
05 Jun 2008	UT	07h 11m	M. Fossum and Garan; mission ISS-Exp. Installing covers and external television equipment on the JEM PM and remove covers on the JEM RMS. They also prepared for the relocation of the Japanese logistics module.
08 Jun 2008	UT	06h 33m	M. Fossum and Garan; mission ISS-Exp. Replacing a failed nitrogen tank assembly on the station's truss with a spare that was temporarily stored on one of the station external stowage platforms. They also retrieved a failed camera system on the truss.
12 Jul 2011	UT	06h 31m	M. Fossum and Garan; mission ISS-Exp. Transfer of a failed ammonia pump to the shuttle cargo bay, transfer of the Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) to the station and place an experiment on ELC-2 for long duration exposure.
Total:		27h 03m	EVAs: 4

Backup assignments:

No.	Mission	Description	Date
1	Soyuz TMA-01M	Cdr	07 Oct 2010

Additional information

B.S. in Business Economics, SUNY College at Oneonta, 1982; M.A.S. in Aeronautics, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 1994; M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, 1996; Major, USAF; Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Test Director, 39th Flight Test Squadron, Eglin AFB, Florida; hobbies: running, football, coaching Little League baseball and soccer and teaching Sunday School classes to children.

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