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PERSONAL
DATA: Born October 16, 1956, in the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands (now the Federated States of Micronesia), but considers
San Diego, California, to be his hometown. Married to Mary Lee Pieper.
Three children. He enjoys hiking, soccer, softball, squash, and
soaring. His mother, Ms. Ruth Hansen, and his father, Dr. William
Newman, are both residents of San Diego. Her parents, Mr. &
Mrs. Wylie Bernard Pieper, reside in Houston, Texas.
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EDUCATION:
Graduated from La Jolla High School, San Diego, California in 1974;
received a bachelor of arts degree in physics (graduated cum laude)
from Dartmouth College in 1978, a master of arts degree and a doctorate
in physics from Rice University in 1982 and 1984, respectively.
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SPECIAL
HONORS: Awarded a Citation in Senior Thesis Research from Dartmouth
College in 1978. Elected to Sigma Xi in 1980. Recipient of 1982-83
Texaco Fellowship, the Sigma XI Graduate Merit Award in 1985, and
1988 NASA Superior Achievement Award. 1996 NASA Exceptional Service
Medal. Received the 2001 Rotary National Award for Space Achievement
Foundation’s Team Award as the Leader of the Space Vision System
Development Team.
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On STS-109, Dr. Newman will be one of four astronauts to venture
outside the Shuttle and work on Hubble. A veteran of three space
flights, he has logged over 32 days in space and performed four
spacewalks.
1985, Dr. Newman joined NASA's Johnson Space Center, where he was
responsible for training flight crews and flight control teams in
Shuttle propulsion and guidance and control. In 1990, while working
as a simulation supervisor responsible for flight controller training,
he was selected for the astronaut program. Newman served as a mission
specialist on three Shuttle flights: STS-51, STS-69 and STS-88.
In 1995, he received the Superior Achievement Award by the Institute
of Navigation for his work on the Global Positioning System on the
Space Shuttle.
During the STS-51 mission in 1993, Newman was responsible for the
operation of one of two satellites deployed by the crew. He also
performed a seven-hour, five-minute spacewalk to test tools and
techniques for use on future missions, and he served as the backup
operator for the Shuttle's robotic arm. He developed the Global
Positioning System (GPS) receiver to determine real-time Shuttle
positions and velocities. The crew successfully tested this system
during the ten-day flight.
On STS-88 in 1998, Newman joined his current crewmate Dr. Nancy
Currie on the first International Space Station assembly mission,
which mated the first American-made module, Unity, to the first
Russian-made module, Zarya. During the twelve-day mission, Newman
performed three spacewalks, totaling 21 hours, 22 minutes, to connect
external power and data umbilicals between Zarya and Unity.
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