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Michael Coats
Born
Michael Lloyd Coats
January 16, 1946
(age 75)
Sacramento
,
California
, U.S.
Status
Retired
Nationality
American
Alma mater
USNA
, B.S. 1968
GWU
, M.S. 1977
NPS
, M.S. 1979
Occupation
Naval aviator
,
test pilot
,
Director of
Johnson Space Center
Space career
NASA
Astronaut
Rank
Captain
,
USN
Time in space
19d 07h 56m
Selection
1978 NASA Group 8
Missions
STS-41-D
,
STS-29
,
STS-39
Mission insignia
Michael Coats (born January 16, 1946) is a former
NASA
astronaut
(three spaceflights), raised in
Riverside, California
. From December 2005 to December 2012, he served as Director of the
Johnson Space Center
in
Houston, Texas
.
Career
Coats graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1968 and was designated a
Naval Aviator
in September 1969. After training as an
A-7E
pilot, he was assigned to Attack Squadron 192 (
VA-192
) from August 1970 to September 1972 aboard the
aircraft carrier
USS
Kitty Hawk
and, during this time, flew 315
combat missions
in
Southeast Asia
. He served as a
flight instructor
with the A-7E Readiness Training Squadron (
VA-122
) at
Naval Air Station Lemoore
, California, from September 1972 to December 1973, and was then selected to attend the
U.S. Naval Test Pilot School
at
Naval Air Station Patuxent River
,
Maryland
.
Following test pilot training in 1974, he was project officer and test pilot for the
A-7
and
A-4
aircraft at the Strike Aircraft Test Directorate. He served as a flight instructor at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School from April 1976 until May 1977. He then attended the U.S.
Naval Postgraduate School
at
Monterey
, California, from June 1977 until his selection for the astronaut candidate program.
He has logged over 5,000 hours flying time in 28 different types of aircraft, and 400 carrier landings.
Space Shuttle astronaut
Selected as an astronaut candidate in 1978, Coats became a NASA astronaut in August 1979. He was a member of the
STS-4
astronaut support crew, and was a capsule communicator (
CAPCOM
) for
STS-4
and
STS-5
. A veteran of three
space flights
, Coats flew on
STS-41-D
in 1984,
STS-29
in 1989, and
STS-39
in 1991. From May 1989 to March 1990, he served as Acting
Chief of the Astronaut Office
.
STS-41-D
On his first mission, Coats was pilot on the crew of
STS-41-D
, which launched from
Kennedy Space Center
,
Florida
, on August 30, 1984. This was the maiden flight of the Orbiter
Discovery
. The mission was delayed three times over a two-month period prior to liftoff. Delays included the first pad abort of the Shuttle program (and the first for NASA since
Gemini 6
) as well as a fire on the launch pad.
[2]
During this 6-day mission the crew successfully activated the OAST-1 solar cell wing experiment, deployed three satellites (SBS-D, SYNCOM IV-2, and TELSTAR 3-C), operated the CFES-III experiment, the student crystal growth experiment, and
photography
experiments using the
IMAX
motion picture camera. The crew earned the name "Icebusters" in successfully removing hazardous ice particles from the orbiter using the
Remote Manipulator System
.
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citation needed
]
STS-41-D completed 96 orbits of the Earth before landing at
Edwards Air Force Base
, California, on September 5, 1984.
STS-61-H
In February 1985, Coats was selected as the commander of
STS-61-H
, which was subsequently canceled after the
Challenger
accident
.
STS-29
As commander of
STS-29
, Coats and his crew launched from
Kennedy Space Center
aboard
Discovery
on March 13, 1989. During this highly successful five-day mission, the crew deployed a
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
(TDRS), and performed numerous secondary experiments, including a Space Station "
heat pipe
" radiator experiment, two student experiments, a protein crystal growth experiment, and a
chromosome
and plant cell division experiment. In addition, the crew took over 3,000 photographs of the earth using several types of cameras, including the
IMAX
70 mm movie camera. Mission duration was 80 orbits and concluded with a landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on March 18, 1989. With the completion of his second mission, Coats has logged a total of 264 hours in space.
STS-39
Coats commanded a seven-man crew on
STS-39
, an unclassified eight-day
Department of Defense
mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on April 28, 1991. Crew members worked around the clock in two-shift operations during which they deployed, operated and retrieved the
SPAS-II
spacecraft, in addition to conducting various science experiments including research of both natural and induced phenomena in the Earth's atmosphere. After completing 134 orbits of the Earth,
Discovery
and her crew landed at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on May 6, 1991. With the completion of his third mission, Coats has logged over 463 hours in space.
Private sector
Coats left the astronaut corps and retired from the US Navy in 1991 to work for
Loral Space Information Systems
From 1991 to 1996, Coats served as Vice President of Avionics and Communications Operations for Loral Space Information Systems, from 1996-1998 he was Vice President of Civil Space Programs for Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space in
Sunnyvale, California
, and from 1998-2005 he was Vice President of Advanced Space Transportation for Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company in
Denver, Colorado
.
Johnson Space Center director
In November 2005, Coats was hired as the 10th director of the Johnson Space Center (JSC).Coats retired from NASA
on December 31, 2012.