Daniel M. Tani
Daniel M. Tani was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in April 1996, Tani reported to JSC in August 1996. Having completed two years of training and evaluation, he qualified for flight assignment as a Mission Specialist in 1998. He held technical duties in the Astronaut Office Computer Support Branch, and EVA Branch and served as a Crew Support Astronaut (CSA) for Expedition 4. In 2002, he was a crew member on the Aquarius undersea research habitat for nine days as part of the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO)-2 mission. Tani then trained and qualified as the backup Flight Engineer for Expedition 11. After his flight on Expedition 16, Tani served as Branch Chief of the International Space Station branch. He also served as a Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM) for the International Space Station and was the lead CAPCOM for Expedition 26.
Tani left NASA in August 2012 to become the Vice President of Mission and Cargo Operations in the Advanced Programs Group of Orbital Sciences Corporation in Dulles, Virginia.
STS-108 Endeavour (December 5 to December 17, 2001) was the 12th shuttle flight to visit the International Space Station. During the mission, Tani served as Mission Specialist 2. Endeavour's crew delivered the Expedition 4 crew and returned the Expedition 3 crew to Earth. The crew unloaded more than three tons of supplies and science experiments from the Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module. Tani performed a spacewalk to wrap thermal blankets around the station solar array gimbals. STS-108 was accomplished in 185 Earth orbits, traveling 4.8 million miles in 283 hours and 36 minutes, including a spacewalk lasting 4 hours and 12 minutes.
On his second spaceflight, Tani served as Expedition-16 Flight Engineer and spent 120 days living and working aboard the International Space Station. He launched to the Station aboard STS-120 on October 23, 2007, and returned aboard STS-122, landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on February 20, 2008. During his tour of duty aboard the station, he performed numerous robotic operations in support of the installation and checkout of Node-2 and logged a total of 34 hours and 59 minutes during five spacewalks.
I probably got this photo printed for the Columbia+10 event, just in case Tani showed up. He was nearby, as I recall, but could not get to that event.
Neither could I make it to Chantilly Day, but it was nice and easy getting Tani's autograph on this - and what a neat unasked inscription! Chantilly, Va., 16 May 2015.
Daniel M. Tani
Daniel M. Tani was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in April 1996, Tani reported to JSC in August 1996. Having completed two years of training and evaluation, he qualified for flight assignment as a Mission Specialist in 1998. He held technical duties in the Astronaut Office Computer Support Branch, and EVA Branch and served as a Crew Support Astronaut (CSA) for Expedition 4. In 2002, he was a crew member on the Aquarius undersea research habitat for nine days as part of the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO)-2 mission. Tani then trained and qualified as the backup Flight Engineer for Expedition 11. After his flight on Expedition 16, Tani served as Branch Chief of the International Space Station branch. He also served as a Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM) for the International Space Station and was the lead CAPCOM for Expedition 26.
Tani left NASA in August 2012 to become the Vice President of Mission and Cargo Operations in the Advanced Programs Group of Orbital Sciences Corporation in Dulles, Virginia.
STS-108 Endeavour (December 5 to December 17, 2001) was the 12th shuttle flight to visit the International Space Station. During the mission, Tani served as Mission Specialist 2. Endeavour's crew delivered the Expedition 4 crew and returned the Expedition 3 crew to Earth. The crew unloaded more than three tons of supplies and science experiments from the Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module. Tani performed a spacewalk to wrap thermal blankets around the station solar array gimbals. STS-108 was accomplished in 185 Earth orbits, traveling 4.8 million miles in 283 hours and 36 minutes, including a spacewalk lasting 4 hours and 12 minutes.
On his second spaceflight, Tani served as Expedition-16 Flight Engineer and spent 120 days living and working aboard the International Space Station. He launched to the Station aboard STS-120 on October 23, 2007, and returned aboard STS-122, landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on February 20, 2008. During his tour of duty aboard the station, he performed numerous robotic operations in support of the installation and checkout of Node-2 and logged a total of 34 hours and 59 minutes during five spacewalks.
I probably got this photo printed for the Columbia+10 event, just in case Tani showed up. He was nearby, as I recall, but could not get to that event.
Neither could I make it to Chantilly Day, but it was nice and easy getting Tani's autograph on this - and what a neat unasked inscription! Chantilly, Va., 16 May 2015.