Flight record
2 flights on padside's record, flying from 2008 to 2011, with 3 spacewalks in that span.
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Ronald John Garan Jr. is a NASA astronaut. After graduating from State University of New York College at Oneonta in 1982, he joined the Air Force, becoming a Second Lieutenant in 1984. He became an F-16 pilot, and flew combat missions in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Before becoming an astronaut he was the Operations Officer of the 40th Flight Test Squadron (FTS). He first flew in space as a Mission Specialist on the STS-124 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). He returned to ISS on April 4, 2011, for a six-month stay as a member of Expedition 27.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Flights
- Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-21April 4, 2011
- Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-124May 31, 2008
Spacewalks
- Expedition 28 EVA 12011-07-12
- STS-124 EVA 32008-06-08
- STS-124 EVA 22008-06-05
- STS-124 EVA 12008-06-03
Born 1961-10-30