Biographies of Astronaut and Cosmonaut Candidates

Olson

John M.

USA

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Selection date:  ??.??.1999
Position:  MSP
Status:  Ret. 26.07.2000

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Captain, USAF, Ret.; Reserve Officer serving as a DoD / NASA liaison for the Space Test Program, Space and Missile Systems Center Detachment 12, Air Force Space Command and a European/Eurasian Foreign Area Officer; Bachelor of Science in Engineering Sciences, USAF Academy; Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, USAF Academy; Master of Science in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois; Master of Science in Aviation Systems, University of Tennessee; Graduate, US Air Force Test Pilot School; Ph.D. in Industrial & Systems Engineering, Auburn University; semi finalist in NASA group 18 selection; currently manager of International Space Station (ISS) Design, Development, and Operations in the Enterprise Safety and Mission Assurance Division in the Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA) at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC.

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