Joseph R. Tanner
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Status | Retired |
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January 21, 1950 Danville, Illinois, U.S. |
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Other names
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Joseph Richard Tanner |
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Other occupation
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Instructor and naval aviator |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.S. 1973 | |
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Time in space
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43d 13h 15m |
| Selection | 1992 NASA Group 14 |
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Total EVAs
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7 |
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Total EVA time
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46h 29m |
| Missions | STS-66, STS-82, STS-97, STS-115 |
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Mission insignia
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| Retirement | August 2008 |
Joseph Richard "Joe" Tanner (born January 21, 1950) is an American instructor at the University of Colorado Boulder,mechanical engineer, a former naval officer and aviator, and a former NASA astronaut. He was born in Danville, Illinois. He is unusual among astronauts as he did not have a background in flight test nor did he earn any advanced academic degrees. Typically those who did not do military flight test have an M.D. or Ph.D., if not a master's, whereas Tanner's path to becoming an astronaut followed operational military flying and then into NASA for operational jet training before being selected into the NASA Astronaut Corps in 1992, following an unsuccessful application in 1987.
Tanner was born January 21, 1950, in Danville, Illinois. He is married with two children, sons William and Matthew. Tanner is an Eagle Scout from Troop #19 (Danville, IL) with the Boy Scouts of America. Following graduation from Danville High School in 1968, he attended and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1973. His hobbies include: swimming, camping, mountaineering, spending time with his family.
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