Jack D. Fischer

Jack D. Fischer
NASA Astronaut
Nationality American
Status Active
Born (1974-01-23) January 23, 1974
Louisville, Colorado
Other occupation
 Test pilot
Rank Colonel, USAF
Selection 2009 NASA Group

Jack David "2fish" Fischer (born January 23, 1974) is an American test pilot and a NASA astronaut.[1] Fischer was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20 and qualified as an astronaut in 2011. Intended to be a flight engineer for Expedition 51\52 to the International Space Station.

Biography

Fischer was born in 1974, in Louisville, Colorado. In 1992, he graduated from Centaurus High School, in Lafayette, Colorado. Received his BSc. in Astronautical Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy, in Colorado, 1996. Completed a Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics, in Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1998.[2]

Fischer is a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He attended Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, in 1998. Afterwards he attended F-15E Strike Eagle training at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, before being assigned as an operational pilot in the 391st Fighter Squadron Bold Tigers.

Fischer served two combat tours in Southwest Asia following September 11, 2001, and was part of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Southern Watch over Afghanistan and Iraq. He is a 2004 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California.[2]

In 2006, Fischer again returned to Edwards Air Force Base, as part of the F-22 Combined Test Force and 411th Flight Test Squadron testing the F-22 Raptor. In 2008, he was selected as a Strategic Policy Intern in Washington, D.C. While serving at the Pentagon, Fischer served in the Chairman’s Action Group for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and in the Space and Intelligence Capabilities Office with the Senior Advisor for the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. Colonel Fischer is an Air Force Command pilot with 3,000 flight hours in more than 45 types of aircrafts.[2]

NASA Career

Fischer was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20 and qualified as an astronaut in 2011.[1] Fischer has worked in the as Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM) Soyuz, International Space Station Operations, International Space Station Integration, and Exploration branches of the Astronaut Office.

Originally assigned to the Expedition 52/53 crew, he has been reassigned to be launched aboard Soyuz MS-04 to the ISS in March 2017 as a flight engineer for Expedition 51\52.[3]

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

  1. 1 2 NASA HQ (June 29, 2009). "NASA Selects New Astronauts for Future Space Exploration". NASA. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 NASA (August 2009). "Bio: Jack D. Fischer". NASA. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
  3. ↑ "NASA Updates 2017 International Space Station Crew Assignments". NASA. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
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