NASA career Andrew Abercromby

abercromby , aquarius habitat technician nate bender performing communication checks during neemo 14 mission.

as biomedical engineer , deputy project manager space exploration vehicle (sev) project, abercromby part of team designing , testing new type of human space exploration vehicle. abercromby member of extravehicular activity (eva) physiology, systems , performance project, helping develop new spacesuits safer, more efficient, , easier use. abercromby has worked in nasa s neurosciences laboratory, anthropometry , biomechanics facility, , flight mechanics laboratory.

abercromby has worked on nasa analogue missions in arizona desert , on haughton–mars project in high arctic. has worked aboard reduced-gravity research aircraft , on pavilion lake research project, investigating remote lake in british columbia, canada. in may 2010, abercromby became aquanaut through participation in joint nasa-noaa, neemo 14 (nasa extreme environment mission operations) project, exploration research mission held in aquarius, world s undersea research laboratory. neemo 14 mission commanded chris hadfield, abercromby s host on first visit houston thirteen years earlier. prior neemo 14 mission, abercromby quoted saying expects learn lot himself living , working part of underwater team 2 weeks. expects lot of work plans on enjoying unique experience. abercromby celebrated 30th birthday during neemo 14 mission.

abercromby member of nasa s desert research , technology studies (desert rats) 2010 mission support team. responsible ensuring experimental procedures followed , of data collected. abercromby member of support team neemo 15 mission in october 2011. during neemo 16 mission in june 2012, abercromby served in-water test director , piloted deepworker submersible.