John L. Phillips
John L. Phillips is an astronaut from United States of America affiliated with the government agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration, embarked on 3 space flights and engaging in 1 spacewalk(s) during his/her career as an astronaut.
John Lynch Phillips is a NASA astronaut. Phillips is also a Naval Aviator and retired captain, United States Navy Reserve. Phillips has received numerous awards and special honors. He is a National Merit Scholar, graduated 2nd in his class of 906 people at the U.S. Naval Academy in 1972. Phillips has also been awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the Gagarin Medal and several others. Phillips has logged over 4,400 flight hours and 250 aircraft carrier landings, flying the A-7 Corsair II carrier-based light attack aircraft while on active duty in the Regular Navy and subsequently during his time as a Navy Reservist from 1982 to 2002. At the time of his retirement, Phillips had retained the rank of captain.
- Date of Birth: 04/15/1951
- Status: Retired
- First Flight: 04/19/2001
- Last Flight: 03/15/2009
- In Space: No
Launches
- Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-100
- Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-6
- Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-119
Spacewalk
Expedition 11 EVA
The spacewalk began at 08/18/2005 19:02 UTC and ended at 08/19/2005 00:00 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 4 hours and 58 minutes.
