Michael L. Gernhardt
Michael Gernhardt | |
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Gernhardt in July 1995 | |
| Born | Michael Landon Gernhardt May 4, 1956 Mansfield, Ohio, U.S. |
| Education | Vanderbilt University (BS) University of Pennsylvania (MS, PhD) |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 43d 7h 1m |
| Selection | NASA Group 14 (1992) |
| Missions | STS-69 STS-83 STS-94 STS-104 |
Mission insignia | |
Michael Landon Gernhardt (born May 4, 1956) was a NASA astronaut, manager of the Environmental Physiology Laboratory, and principal investigator of the Prebreathe Reduction Program (PRP) at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.
Gernhardt was selected as an astronaut in March 1992 and flew on four space shuttle missions: STS-69 (1995), STS-83 (1997), STS-94 (1997), and STS-104 (2001). Over his career, he spent more than 43 days in space and completed four spacewalks totaling 23 hours and 16 minutes. He also participated in NASA's first NEEMO mission in an underwater habitat and played a key role in later NEEMO missions that simulated lunar, Martian, and asteroid environments.