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Brian Duffy (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) is a former NASA
astronaut.

==Personal data==
Born June 20, 1953, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Married to the former Janet M. Helms of West
Lafayette, Indiana. They have two children. He
enjoys golf, running, and reading. His mother,
Mrs. Anne C. Duffy, resides in Hingham,
Massachusetts. His father, Mr. Daniel E. Duffy, is
deceased. Her father, John J. Helms, resides in
Ft. Myers, Florida. Her Mother, Mary Helms, is
deceased.

==Education==
*1971: Graduated from Rockland High School,
Rockland, Massachusetts
*1975: Received a bachelor of science degree in
mathematics from the United States Air Force
(USAF) Academy
*1981: Received a master of science degree in
systems management from the University of Southern
California

==Organizations==
Member of:
* the United States Air Force Academy Association
of Graduates
* the Air Force Association
* the Association of Space Explorers.

==Special honors==
* Distinguished Graduate of USAF Undergraduate
Pilot Training where he was awarded the UPT Flying
Training Award
* Distinguished Graduate of USAF Test Pilot School
Class 82B
* Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
* Defense Meritorious Service Medal
* Defense Superior Service Medal
* Air Force Meritorious Service Medal
* Air Force Commendation Medal
* NASA Space Flight Medals

==Experience==
Duffy graduated from the USAF Academy in 1975. He
completed Undergraduate Pilot Training at Columbus
Air Force Base, Mississippi, in 1976, and was
selected to fly the F-15. He was stationed at
Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, until 1979. At
the end of 1979 he transferred to Kadena Air Base,
Okinawa, Japan. He flew F-15’s there until 1982
when he was selected to attend the U.S. Air Force
Test Pilot School. Following graduation, he served
as the Director of F-15 Tests at Eglin Air Force
Base, Florida.

He has logged over 5,000 hours of flight time in
more than 25 different aircraft.

==NASA experience==
Selected by NASA in June 1985, Duffy became an
astronaut in July 1986. Since then, he has
participated in the development and testing of
displays, flight crew procedures, and computer
software to be used on Shuttle flights. He served
as spacecraft communicator (Capsule
communicator|CAPCOM) in Mission Control during
numerous Space Shuttle missions. He also served as
Assistant Director (Technical) and as Deputy
Director (Acting) of the Johnson Space Center. In
this role he assisted the Center Director in the
direction and management of JSC’s resources,
functions, programs, and projects assigned to the
Center. Duffy retired from the Air Force and NASA
in 2001. Currently, he is Vice President and
Associate Program Manager for the Lockheed Martin
Corporation.

==Space flight experience==
A veteran of four space flights, he has logged a
total of 40 days, 17 hours, 34 minutes and 59
seconds in space. Duffy was the pilot on STS-45
Atlantis (March 24 to April 2, 1992), the first of
the ATLAS series of missions to address the
Earth's atmosphere|atmosphere and its interaction
with the Sun. He also was the pilot on STS-57
Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavour (June 21 to July
1, 1993). Mission highlights included retrieval of
the European Retrievable Carrier with the
Shuttle’s robotic arm, a spacewalk by two
crew members, and an assortment of experiments in
the first flight of the Spacehab middeck
augmentation module. Duffy next commanded a
six-man crew on STS-72 Endeavour (January
11-January 20|20, 1996). During the 9-day flight
the crew retrieved the Space Flyer Unit (launched
from Japan 10-months earlier), deployed and
retrieved the OAST-Flyer, and conducted two
spacewalks to demonstrate and evaluate techniques
to be used in the assembly of the International
Space Station. Most recently, Duffy commanded a
crew of seven on STS-92 Discovery (October
11-October 24|24, 2000). During the 13-day flight,
the seven member crew attached the Z1 Truss and
Pressurized Mating Adapter 3 to the International
Space Station using Discovery’s robotic arm
and performed four space walks to configure these
elements. This expansion of the ISS opened the
door for future assembly missions and prepared the
station for its first resident crew.

Source:
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/duffy.html

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