Joseph R. Tanner
Joseph R. Tanner is a government astronaut from United States of America, affiliated with NASA.
During their career, Joseph R. Tanner flew on 4 spaceflights and completed 7 spacewalks, logging 43 days, 13 hours, 14 minutes, 4 seconds in space.
Joseph Richard "Joe" Tanner is an American instructor at the University of Colorado Boulder, mechanical engineer, a former naval officer and aviator, and a former NASA astronaut. He was born in Danville, Illinois. He is unusual among astronauts as he did not have a background in flight test nor did he earn any advanced academic degrees. Typically those who did not do military flight test have an M.D. or Ph.D., if not a master's, whereas Tanner's path to becoming an astronaut followed operational military flying and then into NASA for operational jet training before being selected into the NASA Astronaut Corps in 1992, following an unsuccessful application in 1987.
Career Statistics
| Date of Birth | 01/21/1950 |
|---|---|
| Status | Retired |
| First Flight | 11/03/1994 |
| Last Flight | 09/09/2006 |
| In Space | No |
| Time in Space | 43 days, 13 hours, 14 minutes, 4 seconds |
| EVA Time | 1 day, 21 hours, 29 minutes |
| Landings | 4 |
Spaceflights by Joseph R. Tanner
Explore the 4 spaceflights Joseph R. Tanner participated in during their astronaut career, including mission details, launch vehicles, and destinations.
Spacewalks by Joseph R. Tanner
Discover the 7 spacewalks Joseph R. Tanner performed during their career, logging a total of 1 day, 21 hours, 29 minutes outside a spacecraft.
The spacewalk began at 02/15/1997 03:25 UTC and ended at 02/15/1997 10:52 UTC on the Hubble Space Telescope (LEO) for a total of 7 hours and 27 minutes.
The spacewalk began at 02/17/1997 03:45 UTC and ended at 02/17/1997 10:19 UTC on the Hubble Space Telescope (LEO) for a total of 6 hours and 34 minutes.
The spacewalk began at 12/03/2000 18:35 UTC and ended at 12/04/2000 02:08 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 7 hours and 33 minutes.
The spacewalk began at 12/05/2000 17:21 UTC and ended at 12/05/2000 23:58 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 6 hours and 37 minutes.
The spacewalk began at 12/07/2000 16:13 UTC and ended at 12/07/2000 21:23 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 5 hours and 10 minutes.
The spacewalk began at 09/12/2006 10:17 UTC and ended at 09/12/2006 15:43 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 5 hours and 26 minutes.
The spacewalk began at 09/15/2006 10:00 UTC and ended at 09/15/2006 16:42 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 6 hours and 42 minutes.