Garrett Reisman

Garrett Reisman
Reisman in 2007
Born	Garrett Erin Reisman (1968-02-10) February 10, 1968 (age 56) Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.
Education	University of Pennsylvania (BS) California Institute of Technology (MS, PhD)
Space career
NASA astronaut
Time in space	107d 3h 15m
Selection	NASA Group 17 (1998)
Total EVAs	3
Total EVA time	21h 21m
Missions	STS-123/124 (Expedition 16/17) STS-132
Mission insignia
Scientific career
Fields	Mechanical engineering
Thesis	Dynamics, Acoustics and Control of Cloud Cavitation on Hydrofoils (1997)
Doctoral advisor	Christopher Brennen

Garrett Erin Reisman (/ˈriːsmən/; born February 10, 1968) is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut. He was a backup crew member for Expedition 15 and joined Expedition 16 aboard the International Space Station for a short time before becoming a member of Expedition 17. He returned to Earth on June 14, 2008 on board STS-124 on Space Shuttle Discovery. He was a member of the STS-132 mission that traveled to the International Space Station aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis from May 14 to 26, 2010. He is a consultant at SpaceX and a Professor of Astronautics Practice at the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering.^[1]