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 *  Carlos Noriega ** ||
 * He was born October 8,1959 in Lima,Peru (Fact Monster )
 * His parents are Rodolfo and Nora Noriega ( Wikipedia )
 * He has a wife with 5 kids ( Wikipedia )
 * In 1977 he was graduated from Wilcox High School, in Santa Clare, California ( Wikipedia)
 * A member of the Naval #|Rotc unit ( Wikipedia )
 * He was selected by NASA in December 1994 ( Wikipedia )
 * He was reported to the Johnson Space Center in March 1995 ( Wikipedia )
 * He flew on STS-84 in 1997 and STS-97 in 2000 ( Wikipedia )
 * He logged over 461 hours in space including over 19 EVA hours in 3 space walks ( Wikipedia )
 * On July 2004 he was replaced by Piers Seller because of his temporary medical condition ( Wikipedia )
 * In January 2005, he retired from the NASA Astronaut crops, but continues to serve as the Manager ( Wikipedia )
 * He was a Marine Aviator ( Wikipedia )
 * In 1981 he got #|Bachelor of science degree in #|computer science from the University of Southern California (Wikipedia)
 * He enjoys flying, running, snow skiing, racquetball and spending time with his children( #|Scholastic)
 * He was #|Master of Science degree in space systems operations from the Naval Postgraduate School, 1990.(Scholastic)
 * He has logged approximately 3,000 flight hours in various fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft.(Scholastic)
 * He was a member of the U.S Navy's Reserve Officers' Training Crops. ( Bio.)
 * He helped built the International Space Station on his second mission. (Bio.)
 * A year after completing all of the necessary training, he went on his first space shuttle mission in 1997. (Bio.)
 * H e was a member of the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, he conducted experiment and visited the Russian space station Mir space. (Bio.)
 * H e was a member of the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, he conducted experiment and visited the Russian space station Mir space. (Bio.)


 * Essay**

Idalis Diaz

**Carlos I. Noriega** Carlos Noriega was born on October 8, 1959 in Lima, Peru. (Wikipedia). His parents are Rodolfo and Nora Noriega. (Wikipedia). His wife is Wendy L. Thatcher and they had 5 kids. (Wikipedia). He enjoys flying, running, snow skiing, racquetball and spending time with his children. (Scholastic). In 1977 he was graduated from Wilcox High School, in Santa Clare, California. (Wikipedia). He was a member of the Naval Rotc unit. (Wikipedia). On December 1994 he was selected by the NASA. (Wikipedia). He was reported to the Johnson Space Center in March 1995. (Wikipedia).He logged over 461 hours in space including over 19 EVA hours in 3 space walks. (Wikipedia). On July 2004 he was replaced by Piers Seller because of his temporary medical condition. (Wikipedia). In January 2005, he retired from NASA Astronaut crops, but continues to serve as the Manager. (Carlos I. Noriega, Fact Monster).

He was a Marine Aviator.(Wikipedia). In 1981 he got bachelor of science degree in computer science from University of Southern California. (Wikipedia). He as a Master of Science degree in space systems operations from the Naval Postgraduate School. (Scholastic). He was logged approximately 3,000 flight hours in various fixed-wing and aircraft. (Scholastic). he was a member of the U.S Navy's Reserve Officers' Training Crops. (Bio.). He helped built the International Space Station on his second mission. (Bio.) A year after completing all of necessary training, he went on his first space shuttle mission in 1997. (Bio.). He was a member of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, he conducted experiment and visited the Russian space station Mir space. (Carlos I. Noriega, Bio.).

Following graduation from flight school, he flew CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters with HMM-165 from 1983 to 1985 at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. He made two 6-month shipboard deployments in the West Pacific/Indian Ocean including operations in support of the Multi-National Peacekeeping Force in Beirut, Lebanon. He completed his tour in Hawaii as the Base Operations Officer for Marine Air Base Squadron 24. In 1986 he was transferred to MCAS Tustin, California, where he served as the aviation safety officer and instructor pilot with HMT-301. In 1988, Noriega was selected to attend the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, where he earned two master of science degrees.(Carlos I. Noriega, Wikipedia).

On graduation in September 1990, he was assigned to United States Space Command in Colorado Springs, Colorado.In addition to serving as a Space Surveillance Center Commander, he was responsible for the acquisition of several software development projects and was ultimately the command representative for the development and integration of the major space and missile warning computer system upgrades for Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Base. At the time of his selection, he was serving on the staff of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in Okinawa, Japan. He will serve on the crew of STS-97, the third Space Shuttle mission to carry hardware to space for the assembly of the International Space Station. He is scheduled to conduct 2 space walks on this mission. Launch is targeted for March 1999. His time in space was 20.05 days. Carlos Noriega is 54 now. (Carlos I. Noriega, Wikipedia).

While docked to the Station, the crew installed the first set of U.S. solar arrays, performed three space walks, in addition to delivering supplies and equipment to the station’s first resident crew. Mission duration was 10 days, 19 hours, 57 minutes, and traveled 4.47 million miles. Carlos Noriega was a good NASA he worked hard on all of his mission. He had a good life and he had a good education. Carlos Noriega did amazing thing in space he was a good astronaut. Even tho he is not that famous he is still a great man and an a some astronaut. (Carlos I. Noriega, Wikipedia).


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