James S. Voss

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James Shelton Voss (born March 3, 1949) is a former United States Army Colonel and NASA explorer.

Voss flies in space five times during his time with NASA, including the Space Shuttle and International Space Station.

He also served as the deputy head of Flight Operations for the Space Station's Mission Integration and Operations Office.

Susan Helms and her partner led an 8-hour and 56 minute spacewalk, the longest to date, when participating in ISS Expedition 2. He is a Scholar in Residence at the University of Colorado.

Early life and education

Voss was born in Cordova, Alabama, on March 3, 1949, and he was raised by his grandparents in Opelika, Alabama. He read a lot of science fiction as an infant, with an emphasis on spaceflight. He played wrestling, track and field, and football while attending Opelika High School.

Voss attended Auburn University after graduating high school. He wrestled on the Auburn University wrestling team as an undergraduate. He was also a member of the Beta Zeta chapter of the Theta Xi fraternity, where he served as Chapter President for the school year 1970–71. Voss served in Army ROTC while at Auburn. He was promoted as the second lieutenant in the United States Army after graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering in 1972. Voss was allowed to postpone his enrollment in active service in order to attend the University of Colorado under the Army Graduate Fellowship Program. He received a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering Sciences in 1974.

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Army career

Voss attended the Infantry Basic Course in 1974, where he was named as a Distinguished Graduate after receiving his master's degree. He later attended Airborne School and Ranger School, the latter receiving the Honor Graduate and Leadership Award. Voss was then stationed in West Germany with the 2nd Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment, as a platoon leader, intelligence officer, and C company chief. In 1979, he returned to the United States and took the Infantry Officer Advanced Course, earning the Commandant's List. At the United States Military Academy at West Point, he worked in the Department of Mechanics. Voss received the William P. Clements Jr. Award for Excellence in Education while at West Point, as the outstanding professor at the Academy. Voting was also carried out in the United States. The Outstanding Student Award was given to Naval Test Pilot School in 1983, graduating with the Outstanding Student Award. He continued his studies at the Armed Forces Staff College. Voss was subsequently promoted to Flight Test Engineer/Research and Development Coordinator with the US Army Aviation Engineering Flight Activity. Before being assigned to NASA, he was involved in major flight testing programs. Voss worked at NASA from November 1984 to June 1987. He served as a Vehicle Integration Test Engineer for the STS-51-D, STS-51-F, STS-61-C, and STS-51-L missions. Voss was involved in the probe after the Challenger's death. In June 1987, NASA named him as an astronaut candidate.

Post-NASA career

Voss joined Auburn University as Associate Dean of Engineering for External Affairs, supporting student research and curriculum development on human spacecraft design after retiring from NASA in 2003. He spent time at Auburn as one of a team of twelve aerospace engineering seniors and one graduate research assistant in the design of a crew seat prototype for space startup Transformational Space Corporation, or t/space. Voss took over Space Exploration Systems for t/Space in 2005. In November 2007, Voss left t/space to become Vice President of Engineering at SpaceDev. He became Sierra Nevada Corporation's director of advanced programs and, later, vice president of Space Exploration Systems and program manager on the Dream Chaser spaceplane, after SpaceDev was acquired by Sierra Nevada Corporation. Voss began teaching a course on human spaceflight at the University of Colorado in Boulder in August 2009.

He retired from SNC in July 2013 and is now teaching human spaceflight classes at the University of Colorado. Voss is a member of the NASA Advisory Council and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute's Board of Directors.

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