posted 05-24-2018 03:41 PM               

What's next? U.S. Air Force Space Command – I'm leaving NASA and heading back to the blue. I'm so proud to be joining a world class team of Airmen that give everything they have to keep the ultimate high ground safe. Go Air Force!

posted 06-01-2018 10:29 AM               

Astronaut Jack Fischer Leaves NASA to Return to U.S. Air Force

After nine years with NASA and 136 days in space, Astronaut Jack Fischer is returning to the U.S. Air Force. His last day with NASA will be Thursday, May 31.

"Jack brought one of the brightest minds and a great deal of enthusiasm to the Astronaut Corps," said Pat Forrester, chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center. "We wish him the best as he continues to serve our country in the Air Force."

Fischer, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, was born in Louisville, Colorado. He earned a bachelor's degree in astronautical engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy, and a master's degree in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Fischer is an Air Force Command pilot with more than 3,000 flight hours in more than 45 types of aircraft.

Fischer was selected in July 2009 as a member of the 20th NASA astronaut class, and completed astronaut candidate training in July 2011. He has worked in the CAPCOM (spacecraft communicator), Soyuz, International Space Station operations, space station integration, and exploration branches of the Astronaut Office.

On April 20, 2017, Fischer launched aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket for a five-month mission to the International Space Station. He served as a flight engineer on Expeditions 51 and 52. During his time on orbit, he worked on hundreds of scientific experiments and conducted two spacewalks totaling 6 hours, 59 minutes. One spacewalk was to replace an avionics box and install a connector for the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and the other was to replace a failed critical computer relay box.

posted 02-22-2021 09:18 AM               

Intuitive Machines Welcomes Former Astronaut as Vice President of Strategic Programs

Intuitive Machines (IM), a premiere provider and supplier of space products and services, has hired former NASA Astronaut and Retired Air Force Colonel, Jack Fischer, as Vice President of Strategic Programs.

"Jack's wealth of spaceflight knowledge, senior leadership skills, and infectiously positive attitude are a flawless fit for IM," said president and CEO for IM, Steve Altemus. "His expertise will guide IM from civil and commercial space operations into the national security space sector."

"IM is at the perfect place at the perfect time to make a difference across civil, commercial, and military space," said Fischer. "They have an incredible group of people with a huge diversity of thought, but the one thing they have in common is they get stuff done. I'm proud to be a part of that."

Fischer is a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Draper Fellow. He flew two combat tours in the F-15E as part of Operation Southern Watch, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Southern Focus. As a distinguished graduate from the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, he also conducted flight and weapons testing in multiple variants of the F-15 and the F-22.

Fischer then served 9 years as an astronaut at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, including a 2017 mission to the International Space Station where he logged 136 days in space with two spacewalks.

Before retiring from a 24-year Air Force career, Fischer was the vice commander, 50th Space Wing, Air Force Space Command, Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. The 50th Space Wing was comprised of more than 4,200 military, Department of Defense civilians, and contractor personnel serving at 14 operating locations worldwide, in support of 175 communications, navigation and surveillance satellites with associated systems valued at more than $66 billion.

Following retirement, Fischer served as the Chief Technology Officer for Collins Aerospace in Houston, before joining the Intuitive Machines team.

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