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John Vinson Boeing Kennedy Space Center
John Vinson, Lead Fluids Engineer
John is the lead fluids engineer for 12A and 13A ammonia operations. John has been instrumental in the development and implementation of several new test requirements. One being the development of a new testing method which streamlined the testing for MPLM fluid processing. In addition, John has also devised a new test configuration along with a leak check methodology that reduced the testing by 50% which resulted in a reduction of 2.5 days of processing flow.

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Thank you so much for an unforgettable experience. I know that a lot of planning and work went into this event. Everything was perfect. You have been part of a dream come true for me. -more-

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Mission: Expedition 17
Vehicle: Soyuz TMA-12
Launch: April 8, 2008 7:16 a.m.
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Docking: April 10, 2008
Landing: October 2008
Commander: Sergei Volkov
Flight Engineer: Oleg Kononenko
Flight Engineer: Garrett Reisman
Flight Engineer: Gregory Chamitoff
Spaceflight Participant So-yeon Yi
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