ORBITAL FLIGHT EXPERIENCE:
Selected as a pilot by NASA in March 1992. He has two space flights to his name and has logged over 617 hours in space. He served as pilot on STS 75 in 1996 and STS 82 in 1997.
STS 75 (February 22 to March 9, 1996). This was the 75th shuttle mission in the history of the space program. The mission objective of the flight was to test the Italian Tethered Satellite System designed to explore new resources of spacecraft power and to study Earth's upper atmosphere. Columbia's seven-person crew worked with the United States Microgravity Payload, which were research efforts into development of new materials and processes.
STS 82 (February 11-21, 1997). The main objective for the crew of Discovery was to make significant improvements in the scientific potential of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Maintenance was also performed on HST to keep it functioning well and two state-of-the-art instruments were installed. This was the second servicing mission on the HST since deployment in 1990.
PERSONAL DATA:
Born: March 24, 1957 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Grew up in Thousand Oaks, California. Spouse: the former Lisa Marie Kern. Children: One. Parents: Seymour B. Horowitz, and Iris D. Chester.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
Graduated from Newbury Park High School, Newbury Park, CA, in 1974. Received a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from California State University at Northridge in 1978. He received his Master of Science degree in aerospace engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1979 and a doctorate in aerospace engineering from the same institution in 1982.
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