Ofilein, William Anthony

William Ofilein was born on March 29, 1965 in Fort Belvor, Virginia , but considers his city to be Anchorage , Alaska , where he graduated from high school in 1983. In 1988, he received a bachelor 's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Oregon. In 1998, he received a master 's degree in aviation technology from the Space Institute at the University of Tennessee.

The wife is Michaela Davis, she is from Anchorage, Alaska. They met at the University of Oregon, lived together for 15 years, they have two children: Kristen and Bad. His interests include weight lifting, skiing, cycling, fishing, trekking in harsh places, and playing the guitar. His parents, Randy and Billy Ofileyna, live in Anchorage, Alaska. Her parents, Pat and Charlene Davis, live in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii ^[1] .

In 1988, Ofilein became the midshipman of the Navy and was sent to the Naval Test Pilot School at the air base in Pataxent , Maryland . In 1989, he began flying practice in Texas and in September 1990 became a naval pilot. Then, as a marine fighter pilot, he was assigned to the airbase in Makas El Toro, California , where he began to fly on F / A-18 Hornet aircraft . At the end of the retraining, he was sent to the Lemur Air Base, California, where he began to serve on board the aircraft carrier Nimitz . He made trips to the Pacific and Indian oceans , and also visited the Persian Gulf . Then he entered the School of Arms and Ammunition, was engaged in tactical air-to-air missiles. In January 1995, Ofilein was sent to the Test Pilot School at Pataxent River Airbase, Maryland . After leaving school, in December 1995, he began to engage in testing F / A-18 aircraft. In February 1997, he returned to the Navy as a test pilot began training on F / A-18, T-2 and U-6. In February 1998, he was transferred to Ocean Base, Virginia , where he found out about an invitation to NASA . It has a flight time of over 2,000 hours on more than 50 different types of aircraft and made more than 200 landings on the decks of aircraft carriers ^[2] .

In June 1998, he was enrolled in the NASA squad as part of the seventeenth set , a candidate for astronauts . Since August 1998, he began to study at the course of General Space Training (OKP). At the end of the course, in August 1999 he received the qualification “pilot of the ship” and was appointed to the NASA Astronaut Office . He was appointed operator of communications with the crews and worked in the Shuttle Development Department.

• The first flight - STS-116 ^[3] , the Shuttle Discovery . From December 10 to 22, 2006 as a “pilot of a ship”. The purpose of the flight: delivery and installation of the truss segment of the ISS P5, partial replacement of the long-term crew of the ISS, cargo delivery to the ISS in the space head transport module. The three main components of the shuttle's payload were: the P5 truss segment, the single Spacehab module, and the panel on which the experimental equipment was installed. The P5 segment will serve as an intermediate link between the solar panels, which will provide reconfiguration of the distribution of electricity and cooling systems. In addition, the shuttle delivered three pico-satellites into orbit, which were launched after the shuttle was undocked from the ISS. These three companions are the size of a cup of coffee. The successful installation of the P5 segment is the key to configuring the ISS power supply system. The power supply system consists of energy generators, energy storage and storage, control and distribution of electricity. During the flight, he performed four spacewalks: December 12, 2006 - lasting 6 hours 36 minutes. The main objective of the exit was to install the P5 truss segment. Installation of the P5 segment was carried out using the robot manipulator of the station, which was controlled by Joan Higginbotham. The astronauts also replaced the failed camera on the S1 segment, and performed several small tasks, including made electrical connections between the P4 and P5 segments and checked the reliability of the assembly. December 14 - 5 hours 1 minute, astronauts were engaged in electrical work: laid power cables and connected solar panels to the ISS power supply system. December 16 - 6 hours 31 minutes, astronauts continued to do electrical work: laid power cables and connected solar panels to the ISS power supply system. In addition, astronauts tried to loosen and roll the jammed solar panel P6 segment. These attempts failed only partially. It was possible to add 4 more sections of the battery (in total, 21 out of 31 sections were formed). It was not possible to return the battery to a fully folded state. December 18, 2006 - 6 hours 28 minutes, with previous exits and attempts to curtail wing 4B, it jammed. It was decided on an additional fourth exit into space in order to remove obstacles to the collapse of the solar battery. On December 18, this task was successfully completed by Robert Courbim and Christer Fuglesang. The flight duration was 12 days 20 hours 44 minutes ^[4] .

The total duration of space flights is 12 days 20 hours 44 minutes.

June 1, 2007 left NASA , returned to service in the U.S. Navy. The reason for leaving is an open relationship with astronaut Lisa Novak , and in a situation where both astronauts were officially married and lived in their families.

Awarded: Medal "For Space Flight" (2006) and many others.

• List of astronauts and astronauts (and candidates) .
• List of US astronauts - participants in orbiting space flights .
• Timeline of manned spaceflight .

• Biography of William A. Oefelein