John D. Olivas
John D. Olivas is an astronaut from United States of America affiliated with the government agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration, embarked on 2 space flights and engaging in 5 spacewalk(s) during his/her career as an astronaut.
John Daniel "Danny" Olivas is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut. Olivas has flown on two space shuttle missions, STS-117 and STS-128. He performed EVAs on both missions, totaling 34hrs 28min.
In 2013 Olivas joined the University of Texas at El Paso as Director of the Center for the Advancement of Space Safety and Mission Assurance Research (CASSMAR) and will oversee space initiatives on campus.
- Date of Birth: 05/25/1966
- Status: Retired
- First Flight: 06/08/2007
- Last Flight: 08/29/2009
- In Space: No
Launches
Spacewalks
STS-117 EVA 1
The spacewalk began at 06/11/2007 20:02 UTC and ended at 06/12/2007 02:17 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 6 hours and 15 minutes.
STS-117 EVA 3
The spacewalk began at 06/15/2007 17:24 UTC and ended at 06/16/2007 01:22 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 7 hours and 58 minutes.
STS-128 EVA 1
The spacewalk began at 09/01/2009 21:49 UTC and ended at 09/02/2009 04:24 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 6 hours and 35 minutes.
STS-128 EVA 2
The spacewalk began at 09/03/2009 22:13 UTC and ended at 09/04/2009 04:51 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 6 hours and 38 minutes.
STS-128 EVA 3
The spacewalk began at 09/05/2009 20:39 UTC and ended at 09/06/2009 03:40 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 7 hours and 1 minutes.
