James Shelton Voss is a retired United States Army colonel and NASA astronaut. During his time with NASA, Voss flew in space five times on board the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. He also served as deputy of Flight Operations for the Space Station Program Mission Integration and Operations Office. While participating in ISS Expedition 2, he and Susan Helms conducted an 8-hour and 56 minute spacewalk, the longest to date.
James S. Voss
The STS-53 crew. Voss is second from the right.
Voss on board the International Space Station during Expedition 2
Expedition 2 was the second long-duration spaceflight aboard the International Space Station, immediately following Expedition 1. Its three-person crew stayed aboard the station from March to August 2001. In addition to station maintenance, the crew assisted in several station assembly missions, welcomed the first space tourist Dennis Tito, and conducted some scientific experiments.
Aft view of the International Space Station in April 2001, a month into Expedition 2.
L-R: James Voss, Yury Usachev, and Susan HelmsISS expeditions← Expedition 1Expedition 3 →
Expedition 2 promotional poster
James S. Voss, Expedition Two flight engineer, looks over an atlas in the Zvezda Service Module. (NASA)
