Background
Baker, Michael A. was born on October 27, 1953 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Clyde E. and Baker.
Baker, Michael A. was born on October 27, 1953 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Clyde E. and Baker.
Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, University Texas, 1975. Graduate flight training, Naval Air Station Chase Field, Beeville, Texas, 1977. Graduate, United States Naval Test Pilot School, 1981.
Commissioned ensign United States Navy, 1978, advanced through grades to captain. Pilot United States Ship Midway, Yokosuka, Japan. Air wing landing signal officer Carrier Air Wing 30.
Pilot Carrier Suitability Branch of Strike Aircraft Test Directorate. Instructor United States Naval Test Pilot School. Exchange instructor Empire Test Pilots School, Boscombe Down, England.
Member team for Shuttle Landing and Deceleration Systems, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, since 1986, with Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory, ascent, entry and orbit spacecraft communicator, flight crew operations directorate representative to Space Shuttle Program Office, director operations Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Star City, Russia, assistant director Johnson Space Center for Human Space Flight Programs, Russia, astronaut, international space station program manager for international operations, since 2001. Member advisory committee department aerospace engineering University Texas College Engineering. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center representative to Russian Space Agency, Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Mission Control Center-Moscow, Energia Rocket and Spacecraft Corporation, Krunichev State Science and Production Space Center.
Member of National Aeronautic Association, Association Space Explorers, Tailhook Association, Association Naval Aviation, Society Exptl Test Pilots, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Sierra Club.
2 children.