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In the News (Tue 22 Dec 09)

  
  Deep love from deep space: Bursch tells of longing for family | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
Worse yet, Bursch writes, he was jolted from his own doldrums by the realization that those who lost loved ones in the assaults will never experience the joy of the reunions that he and his station crewmates await.
Bursch, Walz and Onufrienko blasted off for the space station on Dec. 5, optimistic that they would return to Earth in mid-May. But last month, NASA informed the men they would not be returning to Earth before June 12 because of a new problem with the station's robot arm.
Bursch writes that e-mail and an Internet phone link that allows the station tenants to call their families and friends with some frequency have helped them to alleviate some of the loneliness.
www.chron.com /disp/story.mpl/space/iss/1356222.html   (521 words)

  
 Bursch
Bursch graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1979, and was designated a naval flight officer in April 1980 at Pensacola, Florida.
Bursch is assigned as a crew representative to the International Space Station.
Expedition Four Commander Yury Onufrienko and Astronaut Dan Bursch completed a five-hour, 59-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station today, installing six thruster deflectors at the rear of the Zvezda Service Module, retrieving and replacing a device to measure material from the thrusters and installing a ham radio antenna and its cabling.
www.astronautix.com /astros/bursch.htm   (8187 words)

  
 Former Astronaut Joins Aerospace
Former astronaut Dan Bursch in the Joint Airlock module prior to leaving the International Space Station for a spacewalk in February 2002.
Bursch received a bachelor of science degree in physics from the academy in 1979, completed the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in 1983 as a test flight officer, and received a master of science degree in engineering science from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, Calif., in 1991.
Bursch said he sees space travel as a catalyst for the development of more advanced technologies such as the mining of helium-3 from the Moon’s surface for nuclear fusion reactions.
www.aero.org /news/newsitems/bursch9-30-05.html   (878 words)

  
 2002_03_18
Dan: The solar panel flexes supply about 30 kW and the voltage we use is an interesting question: on the Russian side they use 28 Volts for the spacecraft, which is kind of a standard for a spacecraft and airplanes and on the US side we use 120 Volts.
Dan: Yes Marc, inside the station we have about 26 degrees centigrade and on the outside the temperatures we see vary widely from plus to minus 250 degrees Fahrenheit and if I get my map right I think that is plus 120 degrees centigrade to minus 155 degrees centigrade.
Dan: We go to sleep at 21:30, that’s the same as 9.30 PM and we wake up at 06:00, 6 AM, and this is GMT or universal time.
www.ariss-eu.org /2002_03_18.htm   (968 words)

  
 Astronaut Tom Jones -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Commander Yuri Onufrienko and flight engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch were aboard on February 4, 2002, when one of the Zvezda module's computers failed, which stopped the flow of pointing information from Russian attitude sensors.
"Dan called out the sun's position by looking out the lab window," Walz says, "and I was able to use a laptop to swivel the arrays into sunshine." Once the station batteries were recharged, ground controllers were able to restart the Zvezda computers and regain attitude control.
Dan Bursch worries that we haven't yet found the magic number: "Three is a challenge for a long-duration crew.
members.cox.net /skywalking/articles/thousanddays.htm   (3324 words)

  
 SPACE.com -- Spacewalkers Finish Odd Jobs Amid Anniversary Nod to John Glenn
Astronauts Carl Walz (in red stripes) and Dan Bursch on Feb. 20, 2002 conduct the first EVA from the Quest airlock without a shuttle docked to the space station.
During their five-hour, 47-minute excursion, Walz and Bursch also snapped pictures of small micrometeorite "hits" on station radiations and windows, and they photographed an external experiment package designed to expose paints, coatings and other materials to the harsh space environment.
Bursch, Walz and Onufrienko are in the midst of a five-and-a-half-month tour of duty aboard the international station, which is being erected in orbit by space agencies from the U.S., Russia, Europe, Canada, Japan and Brazil.
www.space.com /missionlaunches/exp4_pm_020220.html   (1193 words)

  
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Dan Bursch says he's also missed several family milestones.
Colonel Walz says he and Dan Bursch knew each other well before the flight, and even flew together on a previous shuttle mission, and that has helped both of them adjust to life in space.
Dan and I roomed together at Star City~during the four years that we were traveling back and forth between the U-S and Russia, and we flew together on STS-51 also, but I think we've learned to work together real well and I think we're better friends because of it.
www.help-for-you.com /news/May2002/scripts/2399d42d.html   (1034 words)

  
 Daniel Bursch
Dan Bursch is an American astronaut who was born on July 25, 1957 in Pennsylvania.
Before he became an astronaut, Bursch was a pilot for the Navy.
Bursch studied the Earth's environment aboard the Space Radar Lab-2 in 1994.
www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/people/astronauts/bursch.html   (137 words)

  
 US astronauts float outside space station -DAWN - International; February 21, 2002
Astronauts Carl Walz and Dan Bursch worked fast and trimmed nearly an hour off what was to be a 6-1/2 hour exercise in attaching cables, moving tools and photographing dents and dings on the station’s outer surface.
Bursch and Walz had mostly trained for this job using virtual reality computer programs while living on the station the past 10 weeks.
Bursch and Walz spent some of their time working in an area outside the station known as the “rat’s nest,” where dozens of cables connect into the station.
www.dawn.com /2002/02/21/int11.htm   (364 words)

  
 CNN.com - Spacewalkers to soak up powerful space radiation - February 19, 2002
NASA flight engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch are scheduled to begin their foray into space from the Quest Airlock starting shortly after 7:00 a.m.
Walz and Bursch, both of whom performed spacewalks last month, will take their orders from Russian commander Yuri Onufrienko, who will choreograph the walk from his perch inside the space station.
Bursch will pick up tools to take back inside the station so the next spacewalking team will be able to use them on a future mission.
archives.cnn.com /2002/TECH/space/02/19/iss.walk   (382 words)

  
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With Onufrienko and Bursch working outside, Astronaut Carl Walz served as intravehicular crewmember, helping to coordinate the spacewalk and maneuvering the station’s robotic arm, Canadarm2, to allow its television cameras to view the spacewalk.
This was the 33rd spacewalk for station assembly and outfitting and the eighth conducted from the station itself.
Onufrienko and Bursch, wearing Russian Orlan spacesuits, installed six plume deflectors around attitude control thrusters at the rear of the Zvezda module.
www.qsl.net /dg7ro/iss/news/iss2501.nws   (341 words)

  
 SPACE /-^-\ CWEB.NL :: Bekijk onderwerp - NASA: Veteran astronaut Dan Bursch leaves NASA
Astronaut Daniel W. Bursch, who shares a U.S. space endurance record with astronaut Carl Walz, has retired from NASA to join The Aerospace Corporation as the National Reconnaissance Office Chair at the Naval Postgraduate School.
Bursch, a U.S. Navy Captain, is a veteran of four space flights.
Bursch flew to the Station aboard Space Shuttle mission STS-108 and returned to Earth on STS-111.
space.cweb.nl /forum/viewtopic.php?t=161   (272 words)

  
 United Technologies Corporation -- Astronaut Bursh congratulates UTC-sponsored FIRST team
Bursch devoted NASA's 20-minute "Education Event" to the SPAM students, answering their questions on a variety of topics, from the performance of robots in space to the importance of math on the ISS.
A veteran of three space flights, Bursch has been living and working aboard the ISS since Dec. 7, 2001; he is expected to return to earth next month.
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is an annual competition in which teams of engineers and students work for six intense weeks after work and school to design and build a robot.
www.utc.com /press/highlights/bursch.htm   (341 words)

  
 CNN.com - Astronauts float through new station airlock - February 20, 2002
NASA flight engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch wrapped up their foray into space abour six hours after it began, closing the hatch on the Quest Airlock at 12:25 p.m.
Walz and Bursch, both of whom performed spacewalks last month, took orders from Russian commander Yuri Onufrienko, who choreographed the walk from his perch inside the space station.
Walz, Bursch and Onufrienko, who comprise the Expedition Four crew, are in their third month of a planned five-month stay on the station.
edition.cnn.com /2002/TECH/space/02/20/iss.walk   (513 words)

  
 The Log
Bursch, who started out as a bombardier/navigator in the now retired A-6E Intruder, is an American astronaut who most recently spent six-and-a-half months orbiting Earth as a flight engineer aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
According to Bursch, there is no zero gravity, because gravity is what keeps the space station, along with all the world’s satellites, in orbit.
When the opportunity arose for Bursch to come back to his roots and visit Abe, he launched at the opportunity.
www.navycompass.com /printer/article.asp?c=122883   (951 words)

  
 SPACE.com -- Station Astronaut Misses Simple Pleasures Amid 'Incredible Adventure'
Astronaut Dan Bursch, Expedition Four flight engineer, floats aboard shuttle Endeavour during his November 2001 trip to the International Space Station.
A married father of four, Bursch boarded the station in December along with Expedition Four commander Yuri Onufrienko and fellow flight engineer Carl Walz.
Bursch will be watching on from inside the station next Monday when Onufrienko and Walz venture outside the outpost on a spacewalk primarily aimed at moving a cargo boom into position on the exterior of the station's Russian airlock.
www.space.com /missionlaunches/exp4_update_020110.html   (822 words)

  
 News: Earthgazing (November 19, 2002)
Astronaut Dan Bursch, a member of the Expedition 4 crew on the International Space Station, took this picture of Mt. Everest in late March, 2002.
Astronaut Dan Bursch was ready, camera in hand, because it was coming.
Dan was poised, ready to take the picture.
liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov /news/2002/news-gazing.asp   (868 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "Dan Brandenstein": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Saudis would allow Shannon to enter as Dan Brandenstein's honorary daughter (Dan was the mission commander).
His predecessor, Dan Brandenstein, had earned the ire of many in the astronaut corps by taking for himself two of the best missions of...
Dan Brandenstein, chief of the Astro- naut Office, manoeuvred the orbiter to position the satellite a mere 2 metres above the bay,...
www.amazon.com /phrase/Dan-Brandenstein   (475 words)

  
 CNN.com - Space station crew must use backup oxygen - May 16, 2002
Flight controllers in Moscow suspect a faulty sensor in the oxygen generator and are developing computer software to work around the problem.
Russian skipper Yuri Onufrienko and his U.S. crewmates Carl Walz and Dan Bursch are relying on solid-fuel canisters to generate oxygen.
Bursch did comment favorably on a visit earlier this month from South African Mark Shuttleworth, the second paying tourist in space.
archives.cnn.com /2002/TECH/space/05/16/station.oxygen/index.html   (279 words)

  
 Astronaut Greets His Kids From Space via Ham Radio:
Astronaut Dan Bursch, KD5PNU, aboard the International Space Station fielded 20 questions March 21 from 10 elementary schoolers--two of them his own children.
Bursch's daughter, Robyn, and son, Jackson, had the honor of being the first and second in the St Thomas question queue.
Robyn Bursch asked her dad if it was cold in space.
www.eham.net /articles/3373   (583 words)

  
 95.3 - KRTY-FM
The Sunnyvale Rotary Club will welcome former NASA Astronaut Dan Bursch to its October 3rd lunch meeting at Sunnyvale Ramada Inn, Lawrence and 101.
During 2001 and 2002, Dan and fellow astronaut Carl Walz set the US space endurance record of 196 days aboard the International Space Station.
Dan has logged a total of 227 days in space over a career that saw four space shuttle missions in addition to his stay on the space station.
www.krty.com /community/communitycalendar.asp?DATE=10/3/2006   (102 words)

  
 ARRLWeb: ISS Crew Members Sometimes "Bug" Each Other, Bursch Tells Students
The comment came today as Bursch answered questions from an enthusiastic group of youngsters at Woodland Middle School on New York's Long Island.
Onboard with Bursch are Expedition 4 crew commander Yury Onufrienko, RK3DUO, and astronaut Carl Walz, KC5TIE.
Bursch also told the New York students that he enjoys the view of Earth from space.
www.arrl.org /news/stories/2002/04/30/4/?nc=1   (763 words)

  
 Expedition 5 de la Station spatiale internationale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
With Carl Walz and Dan Bursch now assured to break Shannon Lucid's record for U.S. astronauts in space (188 days on Mir, 1996), Yuri Onufrienko too is approaching his own record of 193 d 19h 08m from Mir-21 in 1996.
Yuri Onufrienko and Valery Korzun, assisted by Dan Bursch and Sergei Treschev, were scheduled for a science experiment with the Russian/Japanese High definition TV experiment.
Congratulations were sended to Carl Walz and Dan Bursch for breaking the previous U.S. record for longest space flight last night at 22:19 EDT, when they passed the 188 d.
www.sciencepresse.qc.ca /clafleur/expedition04.html   (1220 words)

  
 Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | 2 NASA astronauts obtain unique Canadian qualification
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded robotic operator's wings to NASA astronauts Dan Bursch and Carl Walz, the first astronauts to obtain the qualification to operate the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS), the new Canadian robotic arm to be installed on the International Space Station (ISS).
NASA Astronauts Dan Bursch and Carl Walz spent the week of March 27 at the CSA in Saint-Hubert to receive from Canadian experts in the operation of the SSRMS the final portion of the required training syllabus.
American astronauts Carl Walz and Dan Bursch said, "We were impressed by the flexibility and high degree of adaptivity of the Canadian training system." Bursch has extensive previous experience operating the Space Shuttle Canadarm, having accompanied CSA astronaut Marc Garneau on the STS-77 mission in May 1996.
spaceflightnow.com /news/n0004/03ssrms/index.html   (495 words)

  
 ISS Status Report: ISS 02-10
Four spacewalks will be conducted during that flight, all from the airlock and all using an oxygen/exercise protocol to purge nitrogen from the spacewalkers' bloodstreams.
During the spacewalk today, Walz and Bursch deployed two electrical cables from their stowage area on the U.S. Laboratory Destiny and connected them to a cable tray near the base of the Z1 Truss.
Walz and Bursch each had made one previous spacewalk from the station last month, and Walz also made a spacewalk on STS-51 in September 1993.
www.astronautix.com /details/iss52574.htm   (536 words)

  
 International Space Station
NASA Astronaut Dan Bursch, a member of the Expedition 4 crew, chats about his upcoming mission on the International Space Station.
Captain Bursch is currently scheduled to live on the International Space Station for four months in 2001.
He is a veteran of three space flights and has logged over 746 hours in space.
www.liveworld.com /transcripts/DiscoveryChannel/12-10-2000.1-1.html   (657 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Expedition 4 Commander Yury Onufrienko and astronauts Carl Walz and Dan Bursch were launched last Dec. 5 aboard Endeavour’s STS-108 mission, and have been on the ISS since Dec. 7.
On Friday, Dan Bursch worked with the Biomass Production System, a plant growth experiment using wheat and a plant related to cabbage and radishes.
On Thursday Walz and Bursch completed their final session with the PuFF (pulmonary function in flight) experiment, which looks at effects of microgravity on lung function.
quest.arc.nasa.gov /news/space/2002/05-24.txt   (370 words)

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