-
Carlos Noriega is born.
Born October 8, 1959, in Lima, Peru. -
Personal Data
Born October 8, 1959, in Lima, Peru. Considers Santa Clara, California, to be his hometown. Married to the former Wendy L. Thatcher. They have five children. He enjoys flying, running, snow skiing, racquetball and spending time with his children. His parents, Rodolfo and Nora Noriega, reside in Gilbert, Arizona. Her parents, John and Elizabeth Thatcher, reside in Honolulu, Hawaii. -
Period: to
Life of Carlos Noriega
-
Education
Graduated from Wilcox High School, Santa Clara, California, in 1977. Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from the University of Southern California, 1981. Master of Science degree in computer science and Master of Science degree in space systems operations from the Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. -
Experience
Noriega was a member of the Navy ROTC unit and received his commission in the United States Marine Corps at the University of Southern California in 1981. Following graduation from flight school, he flew CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters with HMM-165 from 1983 to 1985 at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Noriega made two 6-month shipboard deployments in the West Pacific/Indian Ocean, including operations in support of the Multi-National Peacekeeping Force in Beirut, Lebanon. In 198 -
NASA Experience
Selected by NASA in December 1994, Noriega reported to the Johnson Space Center in March 1995. He completed a year of training and evaluation and was qualified for assignment as a mission specialist in May 1996. He held technical assignments in the Astronaut Office EVA/Robotics and Operations Planning Branches. Noriega flew on STS-84 in 1997 and STS-97 in 2000. He has logged more than 481 hours in space, including over 19 EVA hours in three spacewalks. Following STS 97, Noriega trained as the ba -
Spaceflight Experience cont..
STS-97 Endeavour (November 30 to December 11, 2000) was the fifth space shuttle mission dedicated to the assembly of the International Space Station. While docked to the station, the crew installed the first set of U.S. solar arrays and performed three spacewalks totaling 19 hours and 20 minutes in addition to delivering supplies and equipment to the station’s first resident crew. The mission duration was 259 hours and 58 minutes, traveling 4.47 million miles. -
Spaceflight Experience
STS-84 (May 15 to May 24, 1997) was NASA’s sixth space shuttle mission to rendezvous and dock with the Russian Space Station, Mir. During this 9-day mission, the crew aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis conducted a number of secondary experiments and transferred nearly 4 tons of supplies and experiment equipment between Atlantis and the Mir station. During STS-84, Noriega logged a total of 221 hours and 20 minutes in space, traveling 3.6 million miles in 144 orbits of the Earth. -
Special Honors
Defense Superior Service Medal, two Defense Meritorious Service Medals, Air Medal with Combat Distinguishing Device, Air Medal (Strike Flight Award), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, two NASA Space Flight Medals and the NASA Exceptional Service Medal. -
Leaving NASA
He left NASA in August 2011. -
-
citations 2
Johnson, Lyndon B. "Astronaut Bio: Carlos I. Noriega (08/2011)." Astronaut Bio: Carlos I. Noriega (08/2011). NASA, Aug. 2011. Web. 25 Mar. 2013. -
citations 3
"Carlos Noriega." 2013. The Biography Channel website. Mar 25 2013, 03:47 http://www.biography.com/people/carlos-noriega-189134.