Piers Sellers

Piers Sellers
Born
Piers John Sellers

(1955-04-11)11 April 1955
Crowborough, Sussex, England
Died23 December 2016(2016-12-23) (aged 61)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
NationalityBritish
American
EducationUniversity of Edinburgh (BSc)
University of Leeds (PhD)
Space career
NASA astronaut
Time in space
35d 9h 2m
SelectionNASA Group 16 (1996)
Total EVAs
6
Total EVA time
41h 10m
MissionsSTS-112
STS-121
STS-132
Mission insignia
Scientific career
FieldsMeteorology
ThesisVegetation Type and Catchment Water Balance: A Simulation Study (1981)

Piers John Sellers OBE (11 April 1955 – 23 December 2016) was a British-American meteorologist, NASA astronaut[1] and Director of the Earth Science Division at NASA/GSFC. He was a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. Sellers attended Cranbrook School, Cranbrook, Kent, United Kingdom, until 1973, and achieved a bachelor's degree in ecological science from the University of Edinburgh in 1976. In 1981 he gained a doctorate in biometeorology from the University of Leeds. In 2011, Sellers retired from the NASA Astronaut Corps.[2]

Before joining the astronaut corps, Sellers worked at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center on research into how the Earth's biosphere and atmosphere interact. This work involved climate system computer modelling and field work utilising aircraft, satellites and ground support input.

  1. ^ "Piers J. Sellers Biography" (PDF). NASA. June 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Astronaut revisits experience of space". University of Edinburgh. 20 November 2012. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.