NAME: James P. Bagian (M.D., P.E.) NASA Astronaut BIRTHPLACE AND DATE: Born February 22, 1952, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents, Philip and Rose Bagian, reside there. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Brown hair; blue eyes; 5 feet 11 inches; 162 pounds. EDUCATION: Graduated from Central High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1969; received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University in 1973, and a doctorate of Medicine from Thomas Jefferson University in 1977. MARITAL STATUS: Married to the former Tandi M. Benson of Seattle, Washington. Her parents, Boyd and Barbara Benson, reside there. CHILDREN: Krista Rose, February 20, 1985; Kimberly Anne, April 9,1987; Brian James, November 20, 1989. RECREATIONAL INTERESTS: He enjoys bicycling, backpacking, climbing, swimming, flying, and racquet sports; as well as cabinet-making and automobile rebuilding. RECREATIONAL INTERESTS: He enjoys bicycling, backpacking, climbing, swimming, flying, and racquet sports; as well as cabinet-making and automobile rebuilding. ORGANIZATIONS: Member of the College of Emergency Physicians, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; life member of the Society of NASA Flight Surgeons; and member of Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Eta Sigma, Pi Tau Sigma, Tau Beta Pi, and Alpha Omega Alpha. SPECIAL HONORS: U.S. Army ROTC Superior Cadet Award (1970), graduated first in class from Drexel University (1973), Orthopedics Prize from Jefferson University (1977), Honor Graduate (first in class) from USAF Flight Surgeons School (1979), Federation Aeronatique Internationale (FAI) Komarov Diploma (1989); Sikorsky Helicopter Rescue Award (1990); NASA Achievement Award for developing treatment of space motion sickness (1991). EXPERIENCE: Bagian worked as a process engineer for the 3M Company in Bristol, Pennsylvania, in 1973, and later as a mechanical engineer at the U.S. Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent River, Maryland, from 1976 to 1978, and at the same time, pursued studies for his doctorate. Upon graduating from Thomas Jefferson University in 1977, Dr. Bagian completed one year of general surgery residency with the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania. He subsequently went to work as a flight surgeon and research medical officer at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in 1978, while concurrently completing studies at the USAF Flight Surgeons School and USAF School of Aerospace Medicine in San Antonio, Texas. He was completing a residency in anesthesiology at the University of Pennsylvania when notified of his selection by NASA for the astronaut candidate program. Dr. Bagian received his Professional Engineers Certification in 1986, and was board certified in aerospace medicine by the American College of Preventive Medicine in 1987. Since 1981, Dr. Bagian has been active in the mountain rescue community and has served as a member of the Denali Medical Research Project on Mt. McKinley. He has also been a snow and ice rescue techniques instructor on Mt, Hood during this period. Dr. Bagian is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve and is the pararescue flight surgeon for the 939th Air Rescue Wing. He is a USAF-qualified freefall parachutist, holds a private pilot's license and has logged over 1,400 hours flying time in propeller and jet aircraft, helicopters, and gliders. NASA EXPERIENCE: Bagian became a NASA astronaut in July 1980. He took part in both the planning and provision of emergency medical and rescue support for the first six Shuttle flights. He also served as the Astronaut Office coordinator for Space Shuttle payload software and crew equipment, as well as supporting the development program and implementation of the pressure suit used for crew escape and various other crew survival equipment to be used on future Shuttle missions. Dr. Bagian has also been a member of the NASA Headquarters Research Animal Holding Facility Review Board. He has authored numerous scientific papers in the fields of human factors, and environmental and aerospace medicine. A veteran of two space flights (STS-29 in 1989 and STS-40 in 1991), Dr. Bagian has logged over 337 hours in space. Dr. Bagian first flew on the crew of STS-29, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, aboard the Orbiter Discovery, on March 13, 1989. During this highly successful five day mission, the crew deployed a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, and performed numerous secondary experiments, including a Space Station "heat pipe" radiator experiment, two student experiments, a protein crystal growth experiment, and a chromosome and plant cell division experiment. Also, Dr. Bagian was the principal investigator and performed Detailed Supplementary Objective 470 which described, by the use of transcranial doppler, the changes of cerebral blood flow and its relationship to space adaption syndrome and space motion sickness. In addition, the crew took over 3,000 photographs of the earth using several types of cameras, including the IMAX 70 mm movie camera. Mission duration was 80 orbits and concluded with a landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on March 18, 1989. With the completion of his first flight, he logged over 119 hours in space. More recently, Dr. Bagian served on the crew of STS-40 Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS-1), a dedicated space and life sciences mission, which launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on June 5, 1991. SLS-1 was a nine-day mission during which crew members performed experiments which explored how the heart, blood vessels, lungs, kidneys, and hormone-secreting glands respond to microgravity, the causes of space sickness, and changes in muscles, bones, and cells which occur in humans during space flight. Other payloads included experiments designed to investigate materials science, plant biology and cosmic radiation. Following 146 orbits of the Earth, Columbia and her crew landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on June 14, 1991. Completion of this flight logged him an additional 218 hours in space. FEBERUARY 1992