Garrett Reisman

Template:Short description Template:Infobox astronaut Garrett Erin Reisman (Template:IPAc-en; born February 10, 1968) is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut. He was a backup crew member for Expedition 15 and joined Expedition 16 aboard the International Space Station for a short time before becoming a member of Expedition 17. He returned to Earth on June 14, 2008 on board STS-124 on Space Shuttle Discovery. He was a member of the STS-132 mission that traveled to the International Space Station aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis from May 14 to 26, 2010. He is a consultant at SpaceX and a Professor of Astronautics Practice at the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering.<ref name="news.usc.edu">Template:Citation core{{#if:2018-07-07|}}</ref>

Biography

Reisman was born in Morristown, New Jersey to a Jewish family. After graduating from Parsippany High School in 1986, he went to the Wharton School and the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania, where he respectively earned a B.S. degree in economics, as well in mechanical engineering & applied mechanics, both in 1991.<ref>Template:Citation core{{#if:May 15, 2021|}}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He subsequently attended the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where he received an M.S. degree in 1992 and a Ph.D. in 1997, both in mechanical engineering.<ref name="newshp" /> While at Caltech he shared a doctoral advisor, Christopher E. Brennan, with another future NASA astronaut, Bob Behnken. Later both astronauts would launch on their first flights into space together on STS-123.<ref>Template:Citation core{{#if:22 May 2020|}}</ref>

NASA career

In June 2003, Reisman served as an aquanaut during the NEEMO 5 mission aboard the Aquarius underwater laboratory, living and working under water for fourteen days.<ref name="history">Template:Citation core{{#if:September 23, 2011|}}</ref>

Expedition 16/17

Garrett Reisman on the mid-deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour during STS-123.

Reisman was assigned as a long duration crewmember on the International Space Station. He launched as Mission Specialist 5 aboard the STS-123 (Space Shuttle Endeavour) mission on March 11, 2008. After docking, he took part in the first spacewalk of the mission.<ref name="NASAJSC1">Template:Cite news</ref> Reisman stayed on board as flight engineer 2 for part of Expedition 16 and part of Expedition 17. Having completed his mission, he returned to Earth as mission specialist 5 aboard STS-124 on June 14, 2008.<ref name="newsyh">Template:Cite news</ref> During his time on board the ISS he had seen two visiting Space Shuttles and the installation of the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) and the pressurized section of the Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Reisman was the first Jewish crew member on the International Space Station.<ref name="newsjp">Template:Citation core{{#if:28 April 2021|}}</ref> He sent a greeting from space to the people of Israel during the celebration of Israel's 60th Independence Day in May 2008.<ref name="shefler-gil-jp">Template:Citation core{{#if:27 April 2021|}}</ref> He also did an entertaining, high definition video of "A day in the life of a space station crew member" while on board as well as demonstrating in the large, and at the time empty, Kibo section, that humans cannot "swim" in the microgravity of orbital space.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

STS-132

Reisman was a member of the STS-132 mission that traveled to the International Space Station aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis from May 14 to 26, 2010. He participated in two spacewalks during this mission.<ref name="132sum">Template:Citation core{{#if:2012-01-26|}}</ref>

Post-NASA career

On March 4, 2011, SpaceX announced that Reisman would be joining the company as a senior engineer working on astronaut safety and mission assurance.<ref>Template:Citation core{{#if:2011-03-05|}}</ref> He was later promoted to director of crew operations.<ref>Template:Citation core{{#if:|}}</ref> On May 31, 2018, Reisman announced he would leave his position at SpaceX, but remain as a "consultant," stating he could not pass up a job to teach human spaceflight at the nearby University of Southern California.<ref name="news.usc.edu"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In popular culture

A self-proclaimed member of the "Colbert Universe", Reisman was interviewed live from space on the May 8, 2008 episode of The Colbert Report after being seen wearing a "WristStrong" bracelet.<ref name="newshp">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Citation core{{#if:|}}</ref> On July 24, 2008, after returning to Earth, Reisman appeared in person on The Colbert Report as that night's featured guest.<ref name="cnw">Template:Citation core{{#if:|}}</ref> Reisman presented Stephen Colbert with the WristStrong bracelet he had worn while in space.<ref name="cnw" /> Reisman appeared on the final episode of The Colbert Report.<ref>Template:Citation core{{#if:|}}</ref>

Reisman filmed a cameo appearance as a Colonial Marine for the series finale episode of Battlestar Galactica.<ref name="bsg1">Template:Cite news</ref> Space.com reported that his scene, in which "someone throws up on him and then he dies", might not be in the final edit of the episode which aired March 20, 2009.<ref name="bsg1" />

In the podcast for the final (as aired) episode, producer Ron Moore confirmed that one of the people seen in the background of a scene where a Raptor arms its nuclear payload (shortly before being destroyed) was Reisman.

In July 2019 it was reported that producer Ron Moore had created his alternative reality series For All Mankind after he and Reisman had discussed the possibility of a timeline in which the Soviet Union landed people on the Moon before the US.<ref>Template:Citation core{{#if:April 17, 2020|}}</ref> Reisman also served as technical advisor for the show,<ref>Template:Citation core{{#if:|}}</ref> and guest appeared as Commander of a Moon Space Shuttle in season 2, episode 2.<ref>Template:Citation core{{#if:|}}</ref>

Reisman appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience on February 7, 2020.

Reisman was a childhood classmate of actress Jane Krakowski.<ref>Template:Citation core{{#if:|}}</ref> In May 2010, Krakowski said on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno that she and Reisman exchanged e-mails while he was in space on Space Shuttle Atlantis. At the request of the crew, many of whom were 30 Rock fans, Krakowski provided an autographed script of the show which was brought into space.

External links

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• Spacefacts biography of Garrett Reisman
• A day in the life of a Space Station Astronaut, filmed by Garrett Reisman