Joseph R. Tanner
328
Joseph R. Tanner
b. Jan 21, 1950
LIFE FORM
Gender
Rank
United States Navy Civilian
MISSIONS
4
TIME IN SPACE
43D:13H:15M
SPACEWALKS
7
SPACEWALK TIME
01D:21H:29M
Joseph R. Tanner
328
Joseph R. Tanner
b. Jan 21, 1950
LIFE FORM
Gender
Rank
United States Navy Civilian
MISSIONS
4
TIME IN SPACE
43D:13H:15M
SPACEWALKS
7
SPACEWALK TIME
01D:21H:29M
Badges
ISS Visitor
ISS Visitor
This astronaut visited the International Space Station.
Crewmates
Steven A. Hawley
153
Steven A. Hawley
United States of America
United States of America
NASA
NASA
5
MISSIONS
32.1
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
Crossed Kármán Line
Crossed Kármán Line
Crossed Kármán Line
Space Resident
Space Resident
Space Resident
WIKIPEDIA EXCERPT
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.