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James H. Newman
American astronaut (born 1956) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Hansen Newman (born October 16, 1956) is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions.
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Born | James Hansen Newman (1956-10-16) October 16, 1956 (age 67) |
Education | Dartmouth College (BS) Rice University (MS, PhD) |
Space career | |
NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 43d 10h 7m |
Selection | NASA Group 13 (1990) |
Missions | STS-51 STS-69 STS-88 STS-109 |
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Scientific career | |
Thesis | Differential Cross Sections for Neutral-Neutral Collisions (1984) |
Doctoral advisor | Ronald Stebbings |
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