Vande Hei

Mark Thomas

USA

International order nº: 554

US astr. nº: 341

Personal data:

Birth date:  10 Nov 1966
Birthplace:  Falls Church / Virginia
Marital status:  married
Children:  two
Selection date:  29 June 2009
Selection group:  NASA-20
Job:  MSP
Status:  active
 Vande Hei Mark

Spaceflights:

No Launch Spacecraft Date and time
of launch (UT)		 Status while
launch		 Spacecraft
of landing		 Date and time
of landing (UT)		 Duration
1 Soyuz MS-06 12 Sep 2017
21:17:02 UTC		 FE - ISS-53/54 Soyuz MS-06 28 Feb 2018
02:31:21 UTC		 168d 05h 14m
2 Soyuz MS-18 09 Apr 2021
07:42:41 UTC		 FE - ISS-64/65/66 Soyuz MS-19 30 March 2022
11:28:04 UTC		 355d 03h 45m
Total duration: 523d 08h 59m

EVA′s:

Date Time of
starting		 Duration Crew & Remarks
05 Oct 2017 UT 6h 55m Vande Hei and R.Bresnik; mission ISS-Exp.53
They replaced one of two Latching End Effectors (LEE) on the station′s robotic arm, Canadarm2.
10 Oct 2017 UT 6h 26m Vande Hei and R.Bresnik; mission ISS-Exp.53
The spacewalkers lubricated the newly installed end effector and replaced cameras.
23 Jan 2018 UT 7h 24m Vande Hei and S. Tingle; mission ISS-Exp.54
The objective was to replace one of two redundant latching end effectors (LEE) on Canadarm2, the station′s robotic arm, which has experienced some degradation of its snaring cables.
16 Feb 2018 UT 5h 57m Vande Hei and N. Kanai; mission ISS-Exp.54
The astronauts moved a Latching End Effector (LEE), or hand, for the Canadian-built robotic arm, Canadarm2, from a payload attachment on the station′s Mobile Base System rail car to the Quest airlock. They also moved an aging, but functional, LEE that was removed during a January 23, 2018 spacewalk from its temporary storage outside the airlock to a long-term storage location.
Total: 26h 42m EVAs: 4

Backup assignments:

No. Mission Job Date
1  Soyuz MS-02  Flight Engineer  19 Oct 2016
2  Soyuz MS-05  FE  28 July 2017
3  Soyuz MS-17  Cmd  14 Oct 2020

Additional information:

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