Steve Maclean | |
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 Official portrait, 2002 | |
| Born | Steven Glenwood MacLean December 14, 1954 |
| Education | York University (BS, MS, PhD) |
| Space career | |
| NRC/CSA astronaut NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 21d 16h 2m |
| Selection | NRC Group (1983) NASA Group 16 (1996) |
| Missions | STS-52 STS-115 |
Mission insignia |   |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Thesis | Optical Absorption of O2- Ions in Oxide Lattices (1983) |
Steven Glenwood MacLean FRCGS (born December 14, 1954) is a retired Canadian astronaut. He was the president of the Canadian Space Agency, from September 1, 2008, to February 1, 2013.[1][2]
He was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and is married to Nadine Wielgopolski of Hull, Quebec. They have three children. He enjoys hiking, canoeing, flying, parachuting and gymnastics. In 2013 he returned to physics research as an associate member of the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo.[3]
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but there is one test that we do and if you don't pass this test you can't do a space walk. You're in a virtual simulator, you have a a magnetic system on your head you have a magnetic system, on your gloves and you also have complete visuals, complete 360-degree videos. As you turn you just have it in front your face but as you turn you see entire world, the entire space station its the best virtual simulator I've ever been in. Okay, and what they do is they ask you, well they'll just take you somewhere that where you're going to be working. So for example in my case I way way out at the the trusts, about 150 feet from the air log and they will ask you to let go and not do anything for 30 seconds and they will boot you off and so you will tumble maybe a hundred yards away and at 30 seconds they say go, you bring out your SAFER's. It's basically your buck rogers backpack and for the younger guys in the audience, that's Buzz Lightyear. and you unpack that and you stabilize yourself and then you see where you are and the very first-time I did that the station wasn't in front of me and I didn't notice that as I tumbled around on my very first one. So, it's kind of a lesson learned the next time I'm gonna watch where the stations goes while I'm tumbling. So it takes a lot less energy to yaw so I just yawed completely around, no station, right? So I've got a choice, it's either beneath my feet or it's above my head. so I kinda pitch a little bit forward and look around, it's not bellow me and then obviously it's above my head so then I hitch back and there it is, about a hundred yards away or more and but I you so much fuel to find it, I only had one shot of fuel to get there. I completely missed the station. Okay, and you know that if you don't pass this I mean you can, that was in training, the test to pass is a couple years away but you know that if you can't do that you're not gonna be allowed to do a space walk so this is pretty important.
Personal life
MacLean attended Merivale High School in Nepean, Ontario. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics in 1977 and a doctorate in physics in 1983 from York University in Toronto. In 1977, he received the President's Award at York University (Murray G. Ross Award). He is a recipient of a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council post graduate scholarship in 1980, two Ontario graduate scholarships, one in 1981 and the other in 1982, and a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council postdoctoral fellowship in 1983.
He is an honorary fellow of Norman Bethune College at York University and president of the board of directors for the Mont Megantic Observatory project.
From 1974 to 1976, MacLean worked in sports administration and public relations at York University. From 1976 to 1977, he was a member of the Canadian National Gymnastics Team. He taught part-time at York University from 1980 to 1983. In 1983, he became a visiting scholar at Stanford University under Nobel Laureate Arthur Leonard Schawlow. He is a laser-physicist, and his research has included work on electro-optics, laser-induced fluorescence of particles and crystals and multi-photon laser spectroscopy.
From October 22 to November 1, 1992, MacLean flew onboard Space Shuttle Columbia as a payload specialist for Mission STS-52. During this mission, he performed a set of seven experiments known as CANEX-2, which included an evaluation of the Space Vision System.
MacLean served as a mission specialist on STS-115, which launched on September 9, 2006, and returned on September 21, 2006. He became the first Canadian to operate the robotic arm Canadarm2. On September 13, he performed his first spacewalk, a 7-hour EVA to activate the solar panels on the P3/4 truss – the second Canadian to do so, after Chris Hadfield.
Honours
In 1994, he received an honorary doctorate from the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean in Quebec, York University, Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. In September 2006, Steve MacLean Public School was opened in Ottawa, named after him. In 2010 he visited the school on the occasion of the principal's retirement. MacLean was chosen as one of the first six astronauts in December 1983. He began to do training in February 1984. From 1987 to 1993 MacLean worked as a program manager for CSVS. MacLean was the chief science advisor for the International Space Station from 1993 to 1994. He was also program manager for the Advanced Space Vision System in 1987 to 1993. MacLean is an honorary Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.[4]
References
- ^ "Organization Profile – Canadian Space Agency". Canadian Space Agency. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
- ^ "Steve MacLean Announces Plans to Leave the Canadian Space Agency". Canadian Space Agency. 2013-01-16. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
- ^ York Univ. alumni, Faculty of Science, Steven MacLean,. Retrieved Aug. 25, 2021
- ^ "Listing of Fellows" (PDF). Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
External links
- Canadian Space Agency President's biography
- NASA astronaut biography
- Spacefacts biography of Steven MacLean
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