Phillip Steele (EM42/ESSSA) examines composite material gears printed with Marshall’s MarkForged® 3D Printer (background).

Phillip Allen with NASA Software of the Year Award

“When I was a kid, I had a Lego set of one of the twin rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. It was like a Lego rover that could fold up the same way that the actual rover did. It’s crazy because I had that when I was like ten — and now, some of my current coworkers actually worked on that launch. So when I walked into my launch director’s office a couple of years ago, I saw that same Lego set sitting next to the people at Jet Propulsion Laboratory who actually built the rover. “Just being able to see it and touch it [as a kid] helps you impart your own imagination onto it. It’s really exciting. I wasn’t an action figure type of kid — but when I had stuff that seemed real, I really enjoyed putting it together. The project of putting it together was the thing that made my parents think that I was going to be a good engineer. Having it in front of you makes it real. So when you see it on TV, it’s like: ‘I know what that is. I know how that instrument works.’ There’s a connection there.” — Phillip Hargrove, Aerospace Engineer, Kennedy Space Center Interviewer: NASA / Thalia Patrinos

PHILLIP THOMPSON (ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN, ATK LS) ASSEMBLES A COMPOSITE

PHILLIP THOMPSON APPLIES EPOXY RESIN TO BURST TEST ARTICLE

PHILLIP THOMPSON (ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN, ATK LS) ASSEMBLES A COMPOSITE

MSG TEAM MEMBERS JOHN WILSON, (L), AND PHILLIP BRYANT TEST AND INTEGRATE HARDWARE BEFORE SENDING TO ISS

PHILLIP THOMPSON WRAPS PRESSURE VESSEL WITH COMPOSITE MATERIAL

ISS011-E-11948 (18 August 2005) --- Attired in a Russian Orlan spacesuit, astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA). The 4 hour 58 minute spacewalk by Phillips and cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (seen in Phillip’;s helmet visor), commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, was the 62nd EVA in support of Station assembly and maintenance, the 34th conducted from the Station itself, and the 16th from the Pirs Docking Compartment.

ISS011-E-11949 (18 August 2005) --- Attired in a Russian Orlan spacesuit, astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA). The 4 hour 58 minute spacewalk by Phillips and cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (seen in Phillip’;s helmet visor), commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, was the 62nd EVA in support of Station assembly and maintenance, the 34th conducted from the Station itself, and the 16th from the Pirs Docking Compartment.

ISS011-E-11947 (18 August 2005) --- Attired in a Russian Orlan spacesuit, astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA). The 4 hour 58 minute spacewalk by Phillips and cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (seen in Phillip’;s helmet visor), commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, was the 62nd EVA in support of Station assembly and maintenance, the 34th conducted from the Station itself, and the 16th from the Pirs Docking Compartment.

ISS011-E-13101 (16 Sept. 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA space station science officer and flight engineer, balances on the footplate of a special track attached to the Human Research Facility (HRF) rack in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station to perform Foot/Ground Reaction Forces During Spaceflight (FOOT) / Electromyography (EMG) calibration operations. Phillips is wearing the Lower Extremity Monitoring Suit (LEMS), the cycling tights outfitted with 20 sensors, which measures forces on joints and muscle activity.

ISS011-E-06174 (16 May 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA science officer and flight engineer, works with the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) during In-Flight Maintenance (IFM) in the Zvezda Service Module of international space station. Phillips uses a screwdriver to repair one of the broken forward and aft gyroscope wire ropes.

ISS011-E-11958 (18 August 2005) --- Attired in a Russian Orlan spacesuit, astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA). The 4 hour 58 minute spacewalk by Phillips and cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (out of frame), commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, was the 62nd EVA in support of Station assembly and maintenance, the 34th conducted from the Station itself, and the 16th from the Pirs Docking Compartment.

ISS011-E-11944 (18 August 2005) --- Attired in a Russian Orlan spacesuit, astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA science officer and flight engineer, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA). The 4 hour 58 minute spacewalk by Phillips and cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (out of frame), commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, was the 62nd EVA in support of station assembly and maintenance, the 34th conducted from the station itself, and the 16th from the Pirs Docking Compartment.

MATERIALS ENGINEER CHAD HASTINGS AND ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN PHILLIP THOMPSON LAYING UP RUBBER INSULATION ON BURST TEST ARTICLE

MATERIALS ENGINEER CHAD HASTINGS AND ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN PHILLIP THOMPSON LAYING UP RUBBER INSULATION ON BURST TEST ARTICLE

JSC2002-00859 (2 Feb. 2001) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, mission specialist

S119-E-008472 (25 March 2009) --- Astronaut John Phillips, STS-119 mission specialist, is pictured on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day 11 activities.

S119-E-006665 (19 March 2009) --- Astronaut John Phillips, STS-119 mission specialist, exercises on a bicycle ergometer on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

ISS011-E-06246 (18 May 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, moves un-stowed cargo from the PMA-2 (Pressurized Mating Adapter-2) in preparation for the scheduled docking of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Phillips is in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS) with the hatch leading to the adapter in the background.

Marshall Space Flight Center employee, Phillip Domen, safely views the August 21, 2017 solar eclipse with his homemade viewing box. The Huntsville area experienced 97 percent occultation, nearly a complete blocking out of the sun by the orbit of Earth's moon. The next opportunity to view a solar eclipse in the eastern and central United States will occur in April 2024.

ISS011-E-13111 (16 September 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA science officer and flight engineer, exercises on the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation System (CEVIS) in the Destiny laboratory of the international space station.

ISS011-E-12408 (2 August 2005) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (left), Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, and astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA space station science officer and flight engineer, pose for a photo in the Destiny laboratory of the international space station.

ISS011-E-09069 (2 June 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, uses amateur radio equipment in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station (ISS) while speaking with students from Brigidine College in Sydney, Australia.

ISS011-E-05517 (5 May 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, working on the Elektron oxygen-generation system in the Zvezda Service Module that has worked intermittently aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS011-E-12608 (7 September 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, works with a portion of the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) during In-Flight Maintenance (IFM) in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS011-E-06187 (16 May 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, poses for a photo with the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) removed from the Zvezda Service Module floor during an In-Flight Maintenance (IFM) on the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS011-E-09200 (19 June 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA space station science officer and flight engineer, holds small packages of supplies and fruit in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station, which he un-stowed from the docked Progress 18 supply vehicle.

ISS011-E-10314 (4 May 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, assembles a vacuum cleaner in the functional cargo block (FGB) or Zarya on the International Space Station.

ISS011-E-05516 (5 May 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, working on the Elektron oxygen-generation system in the Zvezda Service Module that has worked intermittently aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS011-E-12406 (2 August 2005) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (left), Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, and astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, pose for a photo in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

COMBINED ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS FACILITY (PELLETRON PARTICLE ACCELERATOR FOR RADIATION EXPOSURES) BRANDON PHILLIPS

S119-E-006924 (21 March 2009) --- Astronaut John Phillips, STS-119 mission specialist, prepares to eat a meal near the galley on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

S119-E-006150 (16 March 2009) --- Astronaut John Phillips, STS-119 mission specialist, works on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day two activities.

JAMES NEWTON, LEFT, PHILLIP THOMPSON, CENTER, AND DAVID LAWRENCE, RIGHT PREPARE COMPOSITE TOOL FOR CURE IN 18' X 20' AUTOCLAVE IN BUILDING 4707

Astronaut John Phillips is attended to by a Russian nurse onboard the helicopter taking him from the Soyuz landing site near Arlalyk to Kustanay, Kazkahstan, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005. Members of the 11th expedition to the international space station, Phillips and cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, landed near Arlalyk after a six-month mission in orbit. Along with American businessman Greg Olsen, who visited the station for more than a week, Phillips and Krikalev returned to Earth aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ISS011-E-05496 (4 May 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA science officer and flight engineer, participates in a ham radio exchange with students at Albany Hills State School in Brisbane, Australia from the Zvezda Service Module of the international space station.

S119-E-006194 (16 March 2009) --- Astronaut John Phillips, STS-119 mission specialist, uses a handheld laser ranging device -- designed to measure the range between two spacecraft -- through one of the windows on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day two activities.

ISS011-E-11983 (17 August 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA science officer and flight engineer, poses with Russian Orlan spacesuits in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the international space station. The mission’s first spacewalk is scheduled for August 18.

ISS011-E-11364 (31 July 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, participates in the movement of supplies and equipment inside Raffaello, the Italian Space Agency-built Multipurpose Logistics Module (MPLM) to the international space station.

S119-E-006797 (20 March 2009) --- Astronaut John Phillips is about to exit the European Space Agency's Columbus module in a manner quite unique to space travelers. The STS-119 mission specialist and the rest of the Discovery crew are joining forces with the Expedition 18 crew for the continuation of the home improvement project aboard the International Space Station.

S119-E-006800 (20 March 2009) --- Astronaut John Phillips is about to exit the European Space Agency's Columbus module in a manner quite unique to space travelers. The STS-119 mission specialist and the rest of the Discovery crew are joining forces with the Expedition 18 crew for the continuation of the home improvement project aboard the International Space Station.

ISS011-E-11290 (28 July 2005) --- Onboard the International Space Station, astronaut John L. Phillips, flight engineer and NASA Space Station Science Officer for Expedition 11, comes through a hatch in the tunnel leading to the Space Shuttle Discovery. The seven-member Shuttle crew was only moments away from joining its hosts on the orbital outpost. The two crews are scheduled to share several days of joint activities in space.

S119-E-010717 (27 March 2009) --- Astronauts Richard Arnold (left) and John Phillips, look over a printout of data, as they float relatively freely on the middeck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery. The two STS-119 mission specialists and five other astronauts are in the midst of their final full day in space before their scheduled return home on March 28.

S119-E-006798 (20 March 2009) --- Astronaut John Phillips is about to exit the European Space Agency's Columbus module in a manner quite unique to space travelers. The STS-119 mission specialist and the rest of the Discovery crew are joining forces with the Expedition 18 crew for the continuation of the home improvement project aboard the International Space Station.

This historical photograph is of the Apollo Space Program Leaders. An inscription appears at the top of the image that states, “Our deep appreciation for your outstanding contribution to the success of Apollo 11”, signed “S”, indicating that it was originally signed by Apollo Program Director General Sam Phillips, pictured second from left. From left to right are; NASA Associate Administrator George Mueller; Phillips; Kurt Debus, Director of the Kennedy Space Center; Robert Gilruth, Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, later renamed the Johnson Space Center; and Wernher von Braun, Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center.

S119-E-006662 (19 March 2009) --- Astronauts Tony Antonelli (left), STS-119 pilot; and John Phillips, mission specialist, pose for a photo on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

ISS011-E-06401 (18 May 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA science officer and flight engineer, is photographed among stowage bags in an airlock on the international space station.

S119-E-006156 (16 March 2009) --- Astronaut John Phillips, STS-119 mission specialist, works with Group Activation Packs (GAP) on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day two activities.

S119-E-006157 (16 March 2009) --- Astronaut John Phillips, STS-119 mission specialist, works with Group Activation Packs (GAP) on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day two activities.

S100-E-5034 (21 April 2001) --- Astronauts Kent V. Rominger (background), STS-100 commander, and John L. Phillips, mission specialist, are seen on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Endeavour as the crew anticipates its union with the International Space Station (ISS). Assigned space-walking astronauts Chris A. Hadfield and Scott E. Parazynski (both out of frame) were later joined on the middeck by spacewalk coordinator Phillips in conducting some final checks of the suits and hardware that were to be used during the next day's planned 6-hour, 30-minute spacewalk. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

Astronaut John Phillips, left, enjoys a meal onboard a Russian aircraft flying from Kustanay, Kazakhstan to Stary City, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005. Sitting with Philiips is NASA Flight Surgeon Jim Locke. Members of the 11th expedition to the international space station, Phillips and cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, landed near Arlalyk, Kazakhstan after a six-month mission in orbit. Along with American businessman Greg Olsen, who visited the station for more than a week, Phillips and Krikalev returned to Earth aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut John Phillips talks with astronaut Kent Rominger onboard a Russian Search and Rescue helicopter as they prepare to fly to Kustanay, Kazakhstan, following touchdown, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005, near Arlalyk, Kazakhstan. Members of the 11th expedition to the international space station, astronaut John Phillips and cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, landed after a six-month mission in orbit. Along with American businessman Greg Olsen, who visited the station for more than a week, Phillips and Krikalev returned to Earth aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 11 Flight Engineer John Phillips enters the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Sunday, April 10, 2005, during preparations for launch to the International Space Station. Phillips along with Commander Sergei Krikalev and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori will launch April 15 on the spacecraft to the International Space Station. Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years when it arrives at the station, while Vittori spends eight days on the station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 11 astronaut John Phillips is helped out of a Russian Search and Rescue all terrain vehicle, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005, after landing near Arlalyk, Kazakhstan. Members of the 11th expedition to the international space station, astronaut John Phillips and cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev landed after a six-month mission in orbit. Along with American businessman Greg Olsen, who visited the station for more than a week, Phillips and Krikalev returned to Earth aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 11 astronaut John Phillips smiles after landing, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005, near Arlalyk, Kazakhstan. Phillips and Expedition 11 cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, landed after a six-month mission in orbit. Along with American businessman Greg Olsen, who visited the station for more than a week, Phillips and Krikalev returned to Earth aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 11 astronaut John Phillips smiles after landing, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005, near Arlalyk, Kazakhstan. Phillips and Expedition 11 cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, landed after a six-month mission in orbit. Along with American businessman Greg Olsen, who visited the station for more than a week, Phillips and Krikalev returned to Earth aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 11 Flight Engineer John Phillips takes part in a tilt table test, Monday, April 11, 2005, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan as technicians collect pre-launch data on the state of his equilibrium prior to the April 15 launch to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 11 Flight Engineer John Phillips, left, stays limber during an exercise session, Sunday, April 10, 2005, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan as he prepares for the April 15 launch to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

STS100-342-035 (19 April-1 May 2001) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, mission specialist, works with the IMAX camera on the International Space Station (ISS). Phillips and his STS-100 crew mates transferred supplies to the station and recorded video, motion picture and still photography of their activities, including interaction with the Expedition Two crewmembers.

ISS011-E-07709 (2 June 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, works with the Miscible Fluids in Microgravity (MFMG) payload activities in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS). At the work table, Phillips slowly injected tinted water into honey, as part of a thermal experiment.

ISS011-E-09359 (21 June 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, tries to sort out various hardware in the Unity node of the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS011-E-06404 (18 May 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA space station science officer and flight engineer, wearing squat harness pads, exercises using the Interim Resistive Exercise Device (IRED) equipment in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

S119-E-006748 (20 March 2009) --- Astronauts Lee Archambault, (foreground), STS-119 commander, John Phillips and Sandra Magnus, both mission specialists, are pictured at the robotic workstation in Destiny or the U.S. laboratory. Magnus is winding down a lengthy tour in space aboard the orbiting outpost, and she will return to Earth with the Discovery crew.

ISS018-E-040960 (18 March 2009) --- Astronaut John Phillips, STS-119 mission specialist, works the controls of the station's robotic Canadarm2 in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station.

S119-E-008447 (25 March 2009) --- Astronaut John Phillips (left) and Joseph Acaba, both STS-119 mission specialists, work with the lithium hydroxide (LiOH) canisters beneath Space Shuttle Discovery's middeck during flight day 11 activities.

ISS018-E-041001 (18 March 2009) --- Astronauts Sandra Magnus and John Phillips (with camera), both STS-119 mission specialists; along with Tony Antonelli, pilot, are pictured in the Harmony node of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

S114-E-5946 (31 July 2005) --- A Sunday morning picture onboard the International Space Station shows the Expedition 11 crew members--John L. Phillips (left) and Sergei Krikalev--in the Zvezda Service Module, while their "guests" from Discovery are at various other locations in the orbital outpost and the Shuttle. Transfer of supplies brought up from Earth still remains one of the high priority activities for the two crews.

ISS011-E-12495 (7 September 2005) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (right), Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, and astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA space station science officer and flight engineer, work with the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) during In-Flight Maintenance (IFM) in the Zvezda Service Module of the international space station.

ISS011-E-05494 (4 May 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, sets up amateur radio equipment in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station (ISS) prior to conducting a ham radio exchange with students at Albany Hills State School in Brisbane, Australia.

Expedition 11 Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer John Phillips speaks to the press, Thursday, April 14, 2005, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Phillips, Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, of Italy, are scheduled to launch aboard a Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft April 15. Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months on the station, replacing Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov, while Vittori will spend eight days on the station under a commerical contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency, returning to Earth with Chiao and Sharipov on April 25. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 11 Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer John Phillips is seen during a press conference, Thursday, April 14, 2005, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Phillips, Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev and, European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, of Italy, are scheduled to launch aboard a Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft April 15. Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months on the station, replacing Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov, while Vittori will spend eight days on the station under a commerical contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency, returning to Earth with Chiao and Sharipov on April 25. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

ISS011-E-05140 (17 April 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA science officer and flight engineer, floats in the Destiny laboratory of the international space station.

ISS011-E-05138 (17 April 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, floats in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS).

Expedition 11 astronaut John Phillips is helped out of the Soyuz capsule, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005, after landing near Arlalyk, Kazakhstan. Phillips and Expedition 11 cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, landed after a six-month mission in orbit. Along with American businessman Greg Olsen, who visited the station for more than a week, Phillips and Krikalev returned to Earth aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

JSC2005-E-22364 (14 June 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, testifies via video screen before the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics chaired by Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), as he orbited Earth onboard the International Space Station (ISS) at a speed of five miles a second. Phillips was approximately 220 statute miles above Earth, but his radio transmissions were routed to a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) in geostationary orbit at an altitude of about 22,300 miles. Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls.

ISS011-E-13024 (14 September 2005) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (left), Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, and astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, hold the European Space Agency (ESA) Matroshka radiation experiment in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Matroshka, a human-torso-like device, was retrieved from the exterior of the station during an August spacewalk, for return to Earth. The experiment is designed to better understand the exposure of astronauts, including those making spacewalks, to radiation.

ISS011-E-13015 (14 September 2005) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (left), Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, and astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, hold the European Space Agency (ESA) Matroshka radiation experiment in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Matroshka, a human-torso-like device, was retrieved from the exterior of the station during an August spacewalk, for return to Earth. The experiment is designed to better understand the exposure of astronauts, including those making spacewalks, to radiation.

ISS011-E-13025 (14 September 2005) --- Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev (left), Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, and astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA space station science officer and flight engineer, hold the European Space Agency (ESA) Matroshka radiation experiment in the Zvezda Service Module of the international space station. Matroshka, a human-torso-like device, was retrieved from the exterior of the station during an August spacewalk, for return to Earth. The experiment is designed to better understand the exposure of astronauts, including those making spacewalks, to radiation.

Expedition 11 Flight Engineer John Phillips, left, and backup American Dan Tani stay limber during an exercise session, Monday, April 11, 2005, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan as Philips prepares for the April 15 launch to the International Space Station with Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev and European Space Agency Astronaut Roberto Vittori, of Italy. Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years when arrive at the station, while Vittori spends eight days on the station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

During the Apollo 15 pre-launch activity in the launch control center's firing room 1 at Kennedy Space Center, the then recently appointed NASA Administrator, Dr. James C. Fletcher (right) speaks with (Left to right) William Anders, executive secretary of the National Aeronautics and Space Council; Lt. General Sam Phillips, former Apollo Program Director; and Dr. Wernher von Braun, NASA's Deputy Associate Administrator for planning.

Members of the 11th expedition to the International Space Station, astronaut John Phillips, top left, and cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, front, arrive at Star City, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005. The crew landed near Arlalyk, Kazakhstan after a six-month mission in orbit. Along with American businessman Greg Olsen, who visited the station for more than a week, Phillips and Krikalev returned to Earth aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Members of the 11th expedition to the International Space Station, astronaut John Phillips, seated left, and Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, seated center, landed near Arlalyk, Kazakhstan Tuesday, Oct. 11 2005, after a six-month mission in orbit. Along with American businessman Greg Olsen, seated right, who visited the station for more than a week, Phillips and Krikalev returned to Earth aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

S100-E-5031 (20 April 2001)--- Astronaut John L. Phillips, mission specialist for STS-100, is pictured on the aft flight deck of the Space Shuttle Endeavour as the shuttle steadily makes its way toward the International Space Station (ISS) following an April 19 launch. This image was recorded by a fellow crew member using a digital still camera.

S119-E-006228 (16 March 2009) --- Astronaut John Phillips (right), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, both STS-119 mission specialists; along with astronaut Lee Archambault (partially out of frame at left), commander, work on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day two activities.

S119-E-008431(25 March 2009) --- Astronaut Lee Archambault, STS-119 commander, closes the hatch on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery prior to undocking from the International Space Station to conclude almost 10 days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and the station. Astronaut John Phillips, mission specialist, looks over a procedures checklist during the activity. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 2:53 p.m. (CDT) on March 25, 2009.

NASA Astronaut John Phillips blows a kiss goodbye to his family as the Expedition 11 crew boards the bus to that will took them to the launch pad, Friday, April 15, 2005, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev, Phillips and European Space Agency Astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft for a two-day trip to the International Space Station. Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months on the Station, replacing Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov, while Vittori will spend eight days on the Station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency, returning to Earth with Chiao and Sharipov on April 25. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA officials, (left to right) Charles W. Mathews; Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director, Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC); Dr. George E. Mueller, Associate Administrator for Marned Space Flight; and Air Force Lt. General Samuel C. Phillips, Apollo Program Director celebrate the successful launch of Apollo 11 in the control room at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on July 16, 1969. Boosted by the Saturn V launch vehicle, the Apollo 11 mission with a crew of three: Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. Aldrin, made the first manned lunar landing. The Saturn V vehicle was developed by Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) under the direction of Dr. von Braun.

Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev, front, Flight Engineer John Phillips and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori, second from rear, arrive at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Saturday, April 9, 2005, for pre-launch preparations. Krikalev, Phillips and Vittori will launch April 15 on a Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Krikalev and Phillips will spend six months in space and greet the first Shuttle crew to fly in more than two years when it arrives at the Station, while Vittori spends eight days on the Station under a commercial contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

S119-E-006653 (19 March 2009) --- Astronaut John Phillips, STS-119 mission specialist, works the controls of the station's robotic Canadarm2 in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

ISS010-E-24985 (19 April 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, participates in a familiarization session with the Mobile Service System (MSS) and hands-on experience with the Canadarm2, or Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS).

S119-E-006645 (19 March 2009) --- Astronauts John Phillips (left) and Joseph Acaba, both STS-119 mission specialists, work with the lithium hydroxide (LiOH) canisters beneath Space Shuttle Discovery's middeck while docked with the International Space Station.

ISS011-E-13361 (20 September 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA science officer and flight engineer, performs a Remote Power Control Module (RPCM) remove and replacement in the Unity node of the international space station.

Expedition 11 Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer John Phillips autographs the door to his Cosmonaut Hotel room, part of a pre-launch tradition, prior to the launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft, Thursday, April 14, 2005, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 11 Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer John Phillips waves from the bus, Thursday, April 14, 2005, upon departure for launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

S100-E-5211 (22 April 2001) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, mission specialist, assists one of the STS-100 spacewalkers during suit donning onboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Astronauts Chris A. Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and Scott E. Parazynski, both mission specialists, shared the area with the helpful Phillips in preparation for the first of two scheduled days of extravehicular activity (EVA). The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

MSG TEAM MEMBERS AT WORK: (L TO R): PHILLIP BRYANT, CHRIS BUTLER, GINGER FLORES, REGGIE SPIVEY, NEAL SCOTT, ANDREW TYGIELSKI, JOHN WILSON, TIM BROACH

JSC2005-E-22365 (14 June 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips, Expedition 11 NASA space station science officer and flight engineer, testifies via video screen before the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics chaired by Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), as he orbited Earth onboard the international space station at a speed of five miles a second. Phillips was approximately 220 statute miles above Earth, but his radio transmissions were routed to a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) in geostationary orbit at an altitude of about 22,300 miles. Astronauts Peggy A. Whitson and Edward M. (Mike) Fincke, former station residents, are visible at left. Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls.

The Russian Sokol suit to be worn by Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer John Phillips is seen Friday, April 15, 2005, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan prior to launch. Phillips, along with Commander Sergei Krikalev and European Space Agency Astronaut Roberto Vittori, of Italy, were preparing for launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft for a two-day trip to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)