Thomas Marshburn
Thomas Marshburn
Thomas Henry "Tom" Marshburnis an American physician and a NASA astronaut. Marshburn was born in Statesville, North Carolina. He trained in emergency medicine and worked in emergency rooms in Texas and Massachusetts. He served as a Mission Specialist on STS-127. Marshburn was a member of the Soyuz TMA-07M crew which launched to ISS in December 2012 to join Expedition 34...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAstronaut
Date of Birth29 August 1960
CountryUnited States of America
distance space three
The blackness of space was a big shock to me. It is a deep, three-dimensional, oily blackness. You can feel the distance.
space three environment
In 2009 I went up on the space shuttle. I was in space for 16 days and docked at the space station for 11 days. The entire crew did five space walks, of which I was involved with three of them. When you're doing a space walk, you always have a buddy with you. It's a very dangerous environment when you're doing a space walk.
change constantly course definitely earth gear means moving orbit per protected space swings
When we're on the space station, we orbit the Earth 16 times per day, which means we're constantly moving to and away from the sun. From light to shadow, the temperature swings by 300 degrees. Of course we're protected by the gear we wear, but you can definitely feel this temperature change.