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Joseph R. Tanner

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Welsh-American astronaut

United StatesAcademicsBorn 1950 · age 76
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Joseph Richard Tanner is an American instructor at the University of Colorado Boulder, mechanical engineer, a former naval officer and aviator, and a former NASA astronaut. He was born in Danville, Illinois.

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Tanner during his STS-82 EVATanner during his STS-82 EVATanner during his STS-115 EVATanner during his STS-115 EVA

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Eagle Scout

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Don L. LindAlso won Eagle ScoutDon GarlitsAlso won Eagle ScoutDavid M. WalkerAlso won Eagle ScoutMark C. LeeAlso won Eagle ScoutWilliam G. GregoryAlso won Eagle ScoutJames JabaraAlso won Eagle Scout

About this person

Joseph Richard Tanner is an American instructor at the University of Colorado Boulder, mechanical engineer, a former naval officer and aviator, and a former NASA astronaut. 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.

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
living
Dates
Born 1950 · age 76
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21 languages

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