2003 NASA astronaut Daniel Bursch Presentation
On April 17th, 2003 NASA astronaut Daniel Bursch - a veteran of four space flights who has logged more than 227 days in space - gave a well attended presentation at Hartnell College.
U.S. Navy captain, Bursch, 45, discussed his experiences as an astronaut and gave a detailed slideshow of his recent missions in space.
A member of the astronaut program since 1991, he and fellow astronaut Carl Walz currently hold the U.S. flight endurance record of 196 days in the space. They were abroad the International Space Station during 2001-02, performing flight tests of the station hardware and other experiments.
Bursch is the winner of several honors, including NASA Space Flight Medals, the Navy Commendation Medal and the Navy Achievement Medal.
He is currently on a two-year assignment at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey as an instructor in the Space Systems Academic Group.
Early in his career, Bursch attended flight school at the U.S. Naval Academy with Joe Welch, Hartnell computer science instructor who invited Burch to campus.
U.S. Navy captain, Bursch, 45, discussed his experiences as an astronaut and gave a detailed slideshow of his recent missions in space.
A member of the astronaut program since 1991, he and fellow astronaut Carl Walz currently hold the U.S. flight endurance record of 196 days in the space. They were abroad the International Space Station during 2001-02, performing flight tests of the station hardware and other experiments.
Bursch is the winner of several honors, including NASA Space Flight Medals, the Navy Commendation Medal and the Navy Achievement Medal.
He is currently on a two-year assignment at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey as an instructor in the Space Systems Academic Group.
Early in his career, Bursch attended flight school at the U.S. Naval Academy with Joe Welch, Hartnell computer science instructor who invited Burch to campus.
