| Birthdate: | 26 Jul 1951 |
| Birthplace: | Laurinburg / North Carolina |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | two |
| Selection date: | 17 Jan 1990 |
| Selection group: | NASA-13 |
| Job: | MSP |
| Status: | Ret. Jan 2012 |
McArthurWilliam Surles, Jr. |
USA |
International order n°: 305 |
US astr. n°: 193 |
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| N° | Startup spacecraft |
Date and time launch (UT) |
Status while launch |
Spacecraft of landing |
Date and time
landing (UT) |
Duration |
| 1 | STS-58 (Columbia/15) |
14h.53m.10s. Oct 18, 1993 |
MS | STS-58 (Columbia/15) |
15h.06m.42s. Nov 01, 1993 |
14d.00h.13m.32s. |
| 2 | STS-74 (Atlantis/15) |
12h.30m.43s. Nov 12, 1995 |
MS VE-14/MIR |
STS-74 (Atlantis/15) |
17h.02m.25s. Nov 20, 1995 |
8d.04h.31m.42s. |
| 3 | STS-92 (Discovery/28) |
23h.17m.00s. Oct 11, 2000 |
MS/FE | STS-92 (Discovery/28) |
21h.00m.47s. Oct 24, 2000 |
12d.21h.43m.47s. |
| 4 | Soyuz-TMA7 | 03h.54m.53s. Oct 01, 2005 |
FE Cdr/ISS-12 |
Soyuz-TMA7 | 23h.47m.24s. Apr 08, 2006 |
189d.19h.52m.31s. |
| Total duration: | 224d 22h 21m 32s | |||||
| Date of beginning |
Time (UT) of beginning |
Duration | Explanation |
| 15 Oct 2000 | 14:27 | 6h 28m | L.Chiao and McArthur; mission "STS-92" The S-band Antenna Support Assembly was relocated on the Z1 Truss. The Z1 starboard bulkhead thermal shrouds were removed and stowed. The port Extravehicular Tool Storage Devices were released and transferred from the Spacelab Logistics Pallet to the Z1 Truss. The Z1-to-Node 1 umbilicals, or cables, were connected. The Space-to-Ground Antenna dish was installed onto the boom and the boom was deployed |
| 17 Oct 2000 | 14:30 | 6h 48m | L.Chiao and McArthur; mission "STS-92" Two DC-to-DC Converter Unit-Heat Pipes were installed on Z1. The Z1 keel pin assembly was then relocated to another location on Z1. The Z1/P6 launch locks were removed, then the Assembly Power Converter Units jumpers were also removed from the Pressurized Mating Adapter 2. The starboard Extravehicular Tool Storage Device was released and transferred from the Spacelab Logistics Pallet to the Z1 Truss. |
| 07 Nov 2005 | 15:32 | 5h 22m | McArthur and V.Tokarev; expedition ISS-12. The 18th EVA from airlock Quest. Installing a camera on the port side of the station′s horizontal truss structure and removing an old experiment from the solar array truss on top of the facility |
| 03 Feb 2006 | 22:44 | 5h 43m | V.Tokarev and McArthur; expedition ISS-12. The 17th EVA from airlock Pirs. Installing a safing bolt to prevent the inadvertent firing of an electro mechanical cable cutter on a mobile transporter used to move the station′s big robot arm to different work sites; deployed SuitSat, an old Russian spacesuit with an amateur radio transmitter |
| Total: | 24h 21m | EVAs: 4 | |
| No. | Mission | Job | Date |
| 1 | Soyuz TMA-3 | FE | |
| 1 | Soyuz TMA-5 | FE |