James H. Newman
Former NASA Astronaut
The Naval Postgraduate School, USA
USA
Biography
Daniel Wheeler Bursch is a former NASA astronaut, and Captain of the United States Navy. He had four spaceflights, the first three of which were Space Shuttle missions lasting 10 to 11 days each. His fourth and final spaceflight was a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station as a crew member of Expedition 4, which lasted from December 2001 to June 2002. He Graduated from Vestal Senior High School, Vestal, New York, in 1975; received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the United States Naval Academy in 1979 and a Master of Science degree in Engineering Science from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1991.
Research Interest
Space Systems, Astronautics, Aerospace