Marshburn flew on the space shuttle and Soyuz and SpaceX vehicles before accepting a new job with Sierra Space.
"I look forward to creating and developing the rules, regulations and training that will ensure Sierra Space properly equips the future astronaut corps with the tools to succeed," Marshburn said in a statement.
Marshburn was with NASA for 28 years, serving for a decade as a flight surgeon and for 18 years as an astronaut. His spaceflight medical experience includes supporting NASA personnel working at Russia's training center in Star City outside Moscow, serving as co-chair of medical operations for space shuttle visits to the Russian space station Mir, and leading medical operations for the ISS.
His departure to the private sector is becoming more typical for NASA astronauts these days, with recent examples also including Peggy Whitson and Michael López-Alegría to . Houston-based Axiom operates private missions to the ISS and is working to build its own NASA-supported space station in the coming decade.NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn during a spacewalk to address an ammonia leak on May 11, 2013.
Some of Marshburn's other career highlights include performing an emergency repair to a leaking ISS ammonia pump during a spacewalk in 2013, days before landing with a Soyuz crew. The Expedition 34/35 crew that included Canadian Chris Hadfield and Marshburn was also one of theMarshburn's other missions included the
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