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	Kent Rominger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rominger received his commission through the Aviation Reserve Officer Candidate (AVROC) Program in 1979, and was designated a Naval Aviator in September 1980.
		Rominger currently serves as Chief of the Astronaut Corps, responsible for the mission preparation activities of all Space Shuttle and future International Space Station crews and their support personnel.
		In completing his first space flight, Rominger orbited the earth 256 times, traveled over 6 million miles, and logged a total of 15 days, 21 hours, and 52 minutes in space.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kent_Rominger (993 words)

	Kent Rominger -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Rominger currently serves as Chief of the Astronaut Corps, responsible for the mission preparation activities of all Space Shuttle and future (Click link for more info and facts about International Space Station) International Space Station crews and their support personnel.
		STS-73 in (A North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring) Columbia (October 20 to November 5, 1995) was the second United States Microgravity Laboratory mission.
		In completing his first space flight, Rominger orbited the (The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live) earth 256 times, traveled over 6 million miles, and logged a total of 15 days, 21 hours, and 52 minutes in space.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/K/Ke/Kent_Rominger.htm (826 words)

	STS-96
		Commander Kent Rominger sent down a video inspection of the mufflers installed on portions of the air circulating duct work, explaining that the mufflers are causing some of the flexible ductwork to collapse.
		Rominger is a native of Del Norte, Colorado and Husband is a native of Amarillo, Texas.
		Rominger and Husband were joined on the flight deck for entry and landing by Flight Engineer Ellen Ochoa and Mission Specialist Julie Payette, while Mission Specialists Tammy Jernigan, Dan Barry and Valery Tokarev were seated down in the middeck.
	www.astronautix.com /flights/sts96.htm (11573 words)

	Astronaut Bio: Kent V. Rominger 1/2005
		KENT V. Born August 7, 1956, in Del Norte, Colorado.
		EXPERIENCE: Rominger received his commission through the Aviation Reserve Officer Candidate (AVROC) Program in 1979, and was designated a Naval Aviator in September 1980.
		The mission focused on materials science, biotechnology, combustion science, the physics of fluids, and numerous scientific experiments housed in the pressurized Spacelab module.
	www.jsc.nasa.gov /Bios/htmlbios/rominger.html (852 words)

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		While Rominger said he is not overly concerned, "it's something that we need to be cognizant of." "I'm a Navy pilot, and the worst thing you can do with an airplane is leave it sitting around for days, weeks, months," he said.
		Rominger went out of his way to thank the technicians who repaired his ship and hauled it to and from pad 39B, saying "I know the thermal protection guys worked hard and did a phenomenal job of getting Discovery's tank patched back up after the hail storm a couple of weeks ago.
		Rominger and flight engineer Ellen Ochoa mounted a centerline camera in the shuttle's docking module to provide views of the station's docking port during final approach.
	www.cbsnews.com /network/news/space/STS-96_Archive.txt (20283 words)

	STS-100 space shuttle mission: STS-100 space shuttle flight information, STS100 launch
		April 20, 2001 - The Endeavour crew, Commander Kent Rominger, Pilot Jeff Ashby and Mission Specialists Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency, John Phillips, Scott Parazynski, Umberto Guidoni of the European Space Agency and Yuri Lonchakov of Rosaviakosmos were awakened at 3:41 a.m.
		Rominger, Ashby and Flight Engineer John Phillips performed another in a series of engine firings to refine Endeavour's approach to the Station.
		Commander Kent Rominger, Pilot Jeff Ashby and Mission Specialists Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency, John Phillips, Scott Parazynski, Umberto Guidoni of the European Space Agency and Yuri Lonchakov of Rosaviakosmos blasted off on time from Launch Pad 39-A at 2:41 p.m.
	www.thespaceplace.com /shuttle/missions/sts-100.html (1364 words)

	STS-100 Crew Members
		Kent V. Rominger (Capt., USN), 44, Endeavour's commander, is making his fifth flight into space, his second flight as commander and his second flight to the International Space Station.
		While Endeavour is docked to the space station, Rominger will play an active part in the transfer of cargo from Endeavour and the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello to the ISS.
		Rominger flew as pilot on STS-73 in 1995, STS-80 in 1996 and STS-85 in 1997.
	www.shuttlepresskit.com /STS-100/crew.htm (1081 words)

	CNN - Downlinks: Meeting the crew of STS 96: Kent Rominger - May 18, 1999
		For Commander Kent V. Rominger, 42, this ride aboard Discovery will be his fourth trip to space, but his first as the astronaut calling the shots.
		Kent has a wife -- Mary Sue -- and a daughter who will turn 6 on May 20.
		I asked Kent if he thinks about the risks when he kisses his wife and daughter goodbye before launch.
	www.cnn.com /TECH/space/9905/18/downlinks (862 words)

	Columbia Lost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Comments from both Rominger and Winston Scott, a space veteran and executive director of the Florida Space Authority, come on the heels of a scathing report from the board that investigated the Feb. 1 Columbia accident that destroyed a $2 billion orbiter and killed seven astronauts.
		Rominger, however, noted that the ability of the Astronaut Office to oversee safety of flight issues has diminished in recent years.
		The office, he noted, now has to keep track of issues not only with the shuttle program but also the space station project and plans for the proposed Orbital Space Plane, which is supposed to serve as a crew transport to the outpost beginning around 2008 to 2010.
	www.floridatoday.com /columbia/columbiastory2A10989A.htm (1168 words)

	NASA - Live Landing Coverage
		Astronaut Kent Rominger is giving an optimistic forecast for this landing attempt at Runway 15.
		Meanwhile, astronaut Kent Rominger is reporting improved conditions for the second landing opportunity.
		Chief Astronaut Kent Rominger is flying weather reconnaissance this morning at the landing site and is relaying weather information in real time.
	www.nasa.gov /returntoflight/launch/landing-vlcc1.html (807 words)

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		Later, commander Curt Brown and pilot Kent Rominger lowered Discovery's orbit to 159 nautical miles to facilitate atmospheric observations by instruments in the shuttle's cargo bay.
		While Commander Curt Brown and Pilot Kent Rominger maneuvered the orbiter to point its side hatch window toward the comet's location, Payload Commander Jan Davis once again placed the Shuttle's robot arm in a strategic location to provide shading of the window during the telescope's observations.
		Mission Commander Curt Brown and Pilot Kent Rominger continue to periodically fire thruster jets on the orbiter to maintain an adequate distance from the free-flying CRISTA-SPAS satellite which was deployed on launch day.
	www.cbsnews.com /network/news/space/STS-85_Archive.txt (11175 words)

	STS-100 Commander: Kent Rominger
		Rominger is assigned to command the crew of Discovery on STS-96, a logistics and resupply mission for the International Space Station.
		In completing his first space flight, Rominger orbited the earth 256 times, traveled over 6 million miles, and logged a total of 15 days, 21 hours, 52 minutes and 21 seconds in space.
		STS-85 (August 7-19, 1997) was a 12-day mission during which the crew deployed and retrieved the CRISTA-SPAS satellite, operated the Japanese Manipulator Flight Demonstration (MFD) robotic arm, studied changes in the Earth's atmosphere and tested technology destined for use on the future International Space Station.
	www.shuttlepresskit.com /STS-100/crew33.htm (647 words)

	Rominger
		From November 19 to December 7, 1996, Rominger served as pilot aboard Space Shuttle Columbia on STS-80.
		In completing his second spaceflight, Rominger orbited the earth a record 278 times, traveled over 7 million miles and logged 17 days, 15 hours and 53 minutes in space.
		STS-100 landed at 16:10 GMT with the crew of Rominger, Ashby, Hadfield, Phillips, Parazynski, Guidoni and Lonchakov aboard.
	www.astronautix.com /astros/rominger.htm (2664 words)

	HoustonChronicle.com - With quirks and courage, astronauts embraced their dreams
		Rominger said it was Husband's gifted leadership that "molded seven individuals from different parts of the world, from different backgrounds and religious beliefs, into an incredibly tight-knit family,"
		As a boy, Brown thought of astronauts as "movie stars" and "grew up to be a physician; an aviator, who could land on the deck of a carrier in the middle of the night; and a shuttle astronaut," the president said.
		Rominger noted that Brown was a lifelong bachelor, and "as such, he was in constant search for food" -- another comment that produced ripples of laughter from the audience.
	www.chron.com /cs/CDA/story.hts/space/1764815 (576 words)

	Spaceflight Now \| STS-114 Shuttle Report \| Mission Status Center
		Rominger is going to fly over and take a look at this area, which is offshore to the northeast.
		Chief NASA astronaut Kent Rominger is back at work, flying around Central Florida to examine clouds and the rainshowers offshore.
		Also, chief NASA astronaut Kent Rominger continues to fly weather reconnaissance around the runway in the Shuttle Training Aircraft to gauge unexpected low clouds that have formed in the area.
	spaceflightnow.com /shuttle/sts114/status4.html (12469 words)

	World: Astronauts begin work inside space station
		Shuttle commander Kent Rominger likened the visit to checking in to a ``fantastic hotel,'' with one major exception: ``Right now there's not a space toilet on board, so that makes living here permanently kind of tough.''
		Rominger, Barry and Jernigan took a brief break from their work to participate in the first news conference of the mission.
		Rominger, a Navy commander who was deployed to the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm, used the opportunity to pass along a Memorial Day message.
	www.seacoastonline.com /1999news/5_31_w3.htm (642 words)

	space (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Rominger, mission commander, is at left on the front row.
		Discovery's flight is the first of four Space Shuttle assembly missions scheduled to visit the station in 1999.
		Navy Commander Kent Rominger, 42, will command Discovery's crew, which includes cosmonaut Valery Tokarev, 46, a colonel in the Russian Air Force, and Canadian astronaut Julie Payette, 35, as mission specialists.
	www.laprensa-sandiego.org /archieve/may28/space.htm (849 words)

	Spaceflight Now \| STS-100 \| Mission Commander Rominger
		A veteran of four space flights, Rominger has logged over 1,325 hours in space.
		He flew as pilot on STS-73 in 1995, STS-80 in 1996 and STS-85 in 1997, and was crew commander on STS-96 in 1999.
		Rominger will serve as Crew Commander on STS-100/ISS Assembly Flight 6A scheduled for launch in 2001.
	spaceflightnow.com /station/stage6a/crew/rominger.html (838 words)

	STS-85 Pilot Kent V. Rominger suits up (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		STS-85 Pilot Kent V. Rominger is assisted with his ascent/reentry flight suit in the Operations and Checkout (OandC) Building.
		He is a commander in the Navy and is on his third Shuttle mission.
		Rominger previously flew in this capacity on STS-73 and STS-80.
	science.ksc.nasa.gov /gallery/photos/1997/xml/KSC-97PC-1195.xml (171 words)

	exn.ca's International Space Station
		Taking control of the manoeuvering thrusters from his position at the back of the flight deck, Commander Kent Rominger carefully guided the 110 tonne spacecraft in a circular flight around the space station before slowly bringing it into alignment with the station's docking module and bringing the two spacecraft together.
		As soon as the docking ring of the ISS was fully retracted into Discovery's payload bay, the crew performed a pressurization check on the station, to ensure it could maintain a safe air supply.
		Once that was complete, Rominger and Pilot Rick Husband briefly entered the station and cleared a few obstructions from the doorway of the ISS to make for an easier job of moving in equipment and supplies over the course of the mission.
	www.exn.ca /ISS/Home.cfm?ID=1999052951 (822 words)

	SPACE.com -- STS-100 Mission Update Archive
		Commander Kent Rominger is at the controls for this final phase of the approach.
		There are no problems reported and shuttle commander Kent Rominger is under no constraints to dock at any specific time.
		Shuttle commander Kent Rominger safely docked Endeavour to the International Space Station this morning, bringing the two craft together for the ninth time as they circled some 243 miles above Earth.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/missions/sts100_journal-2.html (3906 words)

	CNN.com - Sci-Tech - Space - Shuttle to deliver robot arm to Alpha - March 29, 2001
		There are three spacewalks on the books for this mission, including one to put together the new arm and "bring it to life," according to mission specialist Chris Hadfield.
		After it's unpacked and installed on the station, the crew will use the new arm to pick up the cradle and hand it to the shuttle arm, said Chris Hadfield, who will operate the shuttle arm.
		Seated is Commander Kent Rominger, left, and pilot Jeff Ashby.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/TECH/space/03/29/shuttle (546 words)

	USML-2 Mission Media
		PS Al Sacco and Pilot Kent Rominger in the module.
		Pilot Kent Rominger on the flight deck (GIF 101K, JPEG 25K, a really large JPEG 116K) (10/25/95).
		Pilot Kent Rominger (GIF 45K, JPEG 24K, larger JPEG 112K) (10/27/95).
	liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov /Shuttle/USML2/mission/media/media_esc.html (689 words)

	NASA Quest > Space Team Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Bridges, Commander Kent V. Rominger introduced his team.
		The picture on the left shows the crew of STS-100 on top of the 195-foot launch pad, with the orange external tank in the background.
		This was Kent's fifth space flight as a commander of STS-100.
	quest.arc.nasa.gov /people/journals/space/rau/05-31-01.html (446 words)

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	Encyclopedia: Space Shuttle Discovery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Crew Mission Commander: Curtis Brown (4) Pilot: Kent Rominger (3) Mission Specialist 1: Jan Davis (3) Mission Specialist 2: Stephen Robinson (1) Mission Specialist 3: Robert Curbeam (1) Payload Specialist: Bjarni Tryggvason (1) - Canada Mission Parameters Mass: 9,191 kg payload Perigee: 249 km Apogee: 261 km Inclination: 57.
		Jump to: navigation, search May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining.
		This was a mission of the United States Space Shuttle Crew Kent V. Rominger (4), Commander Rick D. Husband (1), Pilot Ellen Ochoa (3), Mission Specialist Tamara E. Jernigan (5), Mission Specialist Daniel T. Barry (2), Mission Specialist Julie Payette (1), (Canada) Mission Specialist Valery Ivanovich Tokarev (1), (Russia) Mission...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Space-Shuttle-Discovery (5192 words)

	August 15, 1997 Space Shuttle Status Report
		With Discovery's landing slated for Monday, Commander Curt Brown and Pilot Kent Rominger conducted routine communication checks with the Florida and California landing sites.
		At Hangar AF, the solid rocket motor nozzles are removed from the boosters and will be shipped to Utah today.
		STS-85 crew members: Commander Curtis Brown, Pilot Kent Rominger, Mission Specialists Jan Davis, Robert Curbeam and Stephen Robinson; and Payload Specialist Bjarni Tryggvason
	www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov /kscpao/status/stsstat/1997/aug/8-15-97s.htm (653 words)

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