James H. Newman

PERSONAL DATA: Born in 1956 and considers San Diego, California, to be his hometown. Married to Mary Lee Pieper. Three children.

EDUCATION: Graduated from La Jolla High School, San Diego, California in 1974; received a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics from Dartmouth College in 1978, a Master of Arts degree and a Doctorate in physics from Rice University in 1982 and 1984, respectively.

ORGANIZATIONS: Member of the Association of Space Explorers, American Physical Society, Sigma Xi, and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: Dr. Newman flew as a mission specialist on STS-51 (1993), STS-69 (1995), STS-88 (1998) and STS-109 (2002). A veteran of four space flights, Dr. Newman has logged over 43 days in space, including six spacewalks totaling 43 hours and 13 minutes.

STS-51 Discovery, (September 12-22, 1993) During the ten-day flight, Newman conducted a seven-hour, five-minute spacewalk with Carl Walz and established the first shuttle computer to crew laptop interface for crew situational awareness. STS-51 made 158 orbits of the Earth, traveling 4.1 million miles in 236 hours and 11 minutes.

STS-69 Endeavour (September 7-18, 1995), was an eleven-day mission during which Newman, the primary robotic arm operator, successfully deployed and retrieved the Wake Shield Facility (WSF). The mission was accomplished in 171 Earth orbits, traveling 4.5 million miles in 260 hours, 29 minutes.

STS-88 Endeavour (December 4-15, 1998), was the first International Space Station assembly mission. During the twelve-day mission the Unity module was mated with Zarya module. Newman performed three spacewalks with Jerry Ross, totaling 21 hours, 22 minutes. The mission was accomplished in 185 orbits of the Earth, traveling 4.6 million miles in 283 hours and 18 minutes.

STS-109 Columbia (March 1-12, 2002). STS-109 was the fourth Hubble Space Telescope (HST).