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Bill Todd Bill is employed as a Simulation Supervisor in Spaceflight Training at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He is responsible for developing and executing the multi-national simulations for training of Astronauts and Flight Control Teams for missions to build the International Space Station. He also spends much of his time as an Operations Lead at the Mission Control Center in Moscow, Russia. He was responsible for training an interesting array of flights, including the first two flights to build the International Space Station, crew training for the deployment mission of the Italian-made Tethered Satellite System, and the first flight to rendezvous with the MIR Space Station. He was also a Space Shuttle systems astronaut instructor for many missions including the first flight to deploy the Hubble Telescope. He is currently assigned to lead the international training activities for STS-97/ISS 4A, which is scheduled for November of this year. As a kid, Bill grew up watching the Apollo launches from his beachfront hometown of Cocoa Beach, Florida, where his father was also employed in the Space program. It was there at a young age that Bill was immersed in and captivated by both sea and space environments. Bill graduated from the University of Houston with a degree in Geosciences in 1982. He has visited numerous underwater habitats and submersibles, and is interested in the parallels between living and working in inner and outer space. He hopes to develop a program for NASA that utilizes Aquarius as a research and training facility for space missions - such as long-term space habitation. Bill is a PADI Divemaster and instrument rated pilot. His hobbies are boating, diving and skiing with his family, and playing guitar in his rock band, "The Rockit Scientists." Bill and his wife Karen have two daughters, Kristen and Kari. They reside in Seabrook Texas. |
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