ASTRONAUT WILCUTT REPLACES HALSELL IN STAR CITY, RUSSIA



July 22, 1998



Jennifer McCarter
Headquarters, Washington, DC
(Phone: 202/358-1639)



Eileen M. Hawley
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
(Phone: 281/483-5111)

<h4>Release: H98-127</h4> <h3>Astronaut Wilcutt Replaces Halsell in 
Star City, Russia</h3> 

Astronaut Terrence W. Wilcutt (Lt. Col., USMC) will replace James D. 
Halsell, Jr., (Lt. Col., USAF) as the NASA manager of operational 
activities at Star City, Russia.



The tenth astronaut to serve in this rotational position, Wilcutt will 
support the training and preparations of NASA astronauts at the 
Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Star City. He will be the primary 
liaison between NASA and cosmonaut training center management, and 
will continue the operational and personal relationships with Star 
City management and the cosmonauts, as American astronauts live and 
work in Russia.



Wilcutt has three flights to his credit, including two missions to 
dock with Russia's Mir space station. He first flew as the pilot on 
STS-68 in 1994 on a mission studying the Earth's surface. In 1996, he 
was the pilot for STS-79, the fourth Shuttle-Mir docking mission, and 
in 1998, he commanded STS-89, the eighth docking mission.



For complete biographical information on Wilcutt or any astronaut, see 
the NASA Internet astronaut biography home page at URL:



http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/

	
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