Joseph Tanner | |
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| Born | Joseph Richard Tanner January 21, 1950 |
| Education | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BS) |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 43d 13h 15m |
| Selection | NASA Group 14 (1992) |
Total EVAs | 7 |
Total EVA time | 46h 29m |
| Missions | STS-66 STS-82 STS-97 STS-115 |
Mission insignia |     |
| Retirement | August 2008 |
Joseph Richard Tanner (born January 21, 1950) is an American instructor at the University of Colorado Boulder,[1] mechanical engineer, a former naval officer and aviator, and a former NASA astronaut.[2] He was born in Danville, Illinois. He is unusual among astronauts as he did not have a background in flight test nor did he earn any advanced academic degrees. Typically those who did not do military flight test have an M.D. or Ph.D., if not a master's, whereas Tanner's path to becoming an astronaut followed operational military flying and then into NASA for operational jet training before being selected into the NASA Astronaut Corps in 1992, following an unsuccessful application in 1987.
- ^ "Former NASA Astronaut Joe Tanner to Teach Aerospace Engineering at CU" (Press release). University of Colorado Boulder. 2008-09-17. Archived from the original on 2008-09-21. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
- ^ "Astronaut Joe Tanner Leaves NASA" (Press release). NASA. 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2008-10-04.