Fernando caldeiro biography

Fernando Caldeiro

Fernando Caldeiro

Kelahiran(1958-06-12)12 Jun 1958

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Meninggal dunia3 Oktober 2009(2009-10-03) (umur 51)

League City, Texas, A.S.

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Fernando "Frank" Caldeiro (12 Jun 1958 – 3 Oktober 2009) [1] ialah seorang saintis Amerika kelahiran Argentina dan angkasawanNASA .

Meskipun dilahirkan Buenos Aires, Argentina, namun Caldeiro menganggap New York City dan Pulau Merritt, Florida sebagai kampung halamannya. Lulusan dari Sekolah Menengah William Cullen Bryant, Long Island City, Queens, New York, pada tahun 1976; beliau menerima ijazah bersekutu dalam sains gunaan dalam teknologi aeroangkasa dari Farmingdale State College pada tahun 1978, ijazah sarjana muda sains dalam kejuruteraan mekanikal dari Universiti Arizona pada tahun 1984, dan ijazah sarjana sains dalam pengurusan kejuruteraan dari Universiti Florida Tengah pada tahun 1995 .

Caldeiro meninggal dunia pada 3 Oktober 2009 berikutan tumor

NASA Astronaut Frank Caldeiro, 51, Dies

Fernando"Frank" Caldeiro, a NASA astronaut and the first person ofArgentinean descent to train for a spaceflight, died on Saturday after a twoand a half year battle with brain cancer. He was 51.

First hired by NASA in 1991 as an expert in cryogenics and propulsion systemsfor the Kennedy Space Center's safety and mission assurance office in Florida,he took part in 52 space shuttle launches before being chosen asan astronaut candidate in 1996.

As a member of NASA's 16th class of "ascans," dubbed "TheSardines" because at 44 candidates they were the largest group ofastronauts to be chosen to date, Caldeiro went through basic training alongsidePeggy Whitson, the current chief of the Astronaut Office, and Jeff Williams,who arrived aboard the International Space Station (ISS) last week, among manyothers.

Caldeiro however, would never be assignedto a mission.

In 2006, he told the Orlando Sentinel newspaper, "Flying in space, to me,has become more like, well, you know, you can't chase something so much thatyou run it over. You can be o

Fernando Caldeiro (1958 - 2009)

Fernando"Frank"Caldeiro

Born in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling(s) unknown]

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

Died at age 51in League City, Galveston, Texas, United States

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Fernando "Frank" Caldeiro (June 12, 1958 – October 3, 2009) was an Argentine-born American scientist and NASA astronaut.

1958 Born in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1984 Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona.
1985 Test Director, Rockwell International for B-1B.
1991 NASA Kennedy Space Center, cryogenics and propulsion systems.
1995 Master of Science in Engineering Management, University of Central Florida.
1996 Selected by NASA in Astronauts Group 16. [1]
2002 Appointed to the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans.

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