John L. Phillips

Quick Facts

Full Name	John L. Phillips
Occupation	Military Officer
Date Of Birth	Apr 15, 1951(1951-04-15)
Age	73
Country	United States
Birth City	Fort Belvoir
Horoscope	Aries

John L. Phillips Biography

John L. Phillips is one of the most popular and richest Military Officer who was born on April 15, 1951 in Fort Belvoir, United States. Born on the 15th of April 1951, in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, but he believes Scottsdale, Arizona to be his home. He has been married to his former wife Laura Jean Doell of Scotia, New York. They have two kids.

The student was a National Merit Scholar; he was a second-place graduate of his class in 1972 from U.S. Naval Academy; received 2 NASA Group Achievement Awards for contributions to the Ulysses Spacecraft Mission and the Los Alamos National Laboratory Distinguished Performance Award in 1996. They were awarded with the NASA Space Flight Medal and various awards from the military.

After leaving the Regular Navy and transferring to the Naval Reserve in 1982, Phillips enrolled as a graduate student at UCLA. While at UCLA he carried out research involving observations by the NASA Pioneer Venus Spacecraft. Upon completing his doctorate in 1987, he was awarded a J. Robert Oppenheimer Postdoctoral Fellowship at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. He accepted a career position at Los Alamos in 1989. While there, Phillips performed research on the sun and the space environment. From 1993 through 1996 he was Principal Investigator for the Solar Wind Plasma Experiment aboard the Ulysses Spacecraft as it executed a unique trajectory over the poles of the sun. He has authored 156 scientific papers dealing with the plasma environments of the sun, earth, other planets, comets and spacecraft.

Selected by NASA in April 1996, Phillips reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1996. After completing astronaut candidate training, he held various jobs in the Astronaut Office, including systems engineering and CAPCOM for the International Space Station (ISS). He served as a backup crew-member for ISS Expedition 7.

Phillips was awarded a rank of an Ensign within the U.S. Navy upon graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1972 and was named an Naval Aviator in November 1974 in conjunction with the successful completion of his MS diploma in aeronautical technology at the University of West Florida. He completed his training at the A-7 Corsair aircraft at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California and served overseas as part of Attack Squadron 155 (VA-155) on one of the carriers for aircraft, USS Oriskany and USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. Further tours of duty include Navy Recruiting Command duty in Albany, New York, as well as flying his CT-39 Sabreliner plane in Naval Air Station North Island, California.

John L. Phillips Net Worth

John L. Phillips is one of the richest Military Officer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John L. Phillips 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

John Lynch Phillips (born April 15th 1951) is a NASA astronaut. Phillips has also been is a Naval Aviator and retired captain, United States Navy Reserve. Phillips has been awarded numerous distinctions and awards. Phillips is an National Merit Scholar, graduated 2nd in his class of 906 in the U.S. Naval Academy in 1972. Phillips was also recognized with an award of the NASA Space Flight Medal, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the Gagarin Medal and several others. Phillips has flown more than 4400 hours of flight time and 250 aircraft carrier landings piloting his A-7 Corsair II carrier-based light attack aircraft when on active duty with the Regular Navy and subsequently during his tenure as an Navy Reservist between 1982 and 2002. When he took the time of his departure, Phillips had retained the rank of captain.

graduated in Scottsdale High School, Scottsdale, Arizona, in 1966 and received the bachelor of science qualification in mathematics as well as Russian in the U.S. Naval Academy in 1972; an advanced certificate in aerospace systems at the University of West Florida in 1974. A Master of Science degree as well as doctorate in geophysics and space Physics in the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1984 and 1987, respectively.

Phillips has logged over 4,400 flight hours and 250 carrier landings. He was a Navy Reservist from 1982 to 2002, serving as an A-7 pilot, and in various non- flying assignments. He holds the rank of captain, USN (retired).

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John Ranked on the list of most popular Military Officer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. John L. Phillips celebrates birthday on April 15 of every year.