Piers Sellers
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| Nationality | British/American |
| Born | Piers John Sellers 11 April 1955 Crowborough, Sussex, England, UK |
| Died | 23 December 2016 (aged 61) Houston, Texas, US |
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Other occupation
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Research scientist |
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University of Edinburgh, B.Sc. 1976 Leeds, Ph.D. 1981 |
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Time in space
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35d 9h 2m |
| Selection | 1996 NASA Group |
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Total EVAs
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6 |
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Total EVA time
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41 hours, 10 minutes |
| Missions | STS-112, STS-121, STS-132 |
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Mission insignia
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Piers John Sellers OBE (11 April 1955 – 23 December 2016) was a British-American meteorologist, NASA astronaut and Director of the Earth Science Division at NASA/GSFC. He was a veteran of three space shuttle missions. Sellers attended Cranbrook School, Cranbrook, Kent, United Kingdom, until 1973, and achieved a bachelor's degree in ecological science from the University of Edinburgh in 1976. In 1981 he gained a doctorate in biometeorology from the University of Leeds. In 2011, Sellers retired from the NASA Astronaut Corps.
Before joining the astronaut corps, Sellers worked at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center on research into how the Earth's biosphere and atmosphere interact. This work involved climate system computer modelling and field work utilising aircraft, satellites and ground support input.
Sellers was born in Crowborough, Sussex, the second born of five boys. His education started at Tyttenhanger Lodge Pre-preparatory School in Seaford, East Sussex, and Cranbrook School, Kent, from which he graduated in 1973 and where he was trained as a Royal Air Force cadet to pilot gliders and powered aircraft. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in ecological science from the University of Edinburgh and a doctorate in biometeorology from the University of Leeds. Sellers married the former Amanda Lomas, a nurse from Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, before they moved to the US. This marriage ended in divorce.
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