Blue Hills Regional Technical School graduate Scott Tingle has been recently selected as a member of NASA Artemis Team and may possibly land to the moon in 2024, according to NBC Boston.

Superintendent Jill Rossetti said that Tingle has always inspired all of our students," describing the astronaut as a hardworking, kind, and a great role model for Blue Hills students. "We are excited for this new project and will be following his story closely over the next four years," Rosetti said in a press statement.

Who is NASA astronaut Scott Tingle?

Tingle studied in Blue Hills where he graduated in 1983. In 1988, the Randolph, MA native earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Southeastern Massachusetts University and his Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

In 1991, Tingle joined the U.S. Navy and in 1993, he earned his aviator gold wings. During He also served as a U.S. Navy captain in which he flew in 48 different aircrafts for over 4,000 hours. During his Navy service, he earned three Air Medals, a Meritorious Service Medal, four Navy Achievement Medals, six Navy Commendation Medals, including a Combat V, and other various unit commendations.

He then decided to apply for the 20th NASA astronaut class along with more than 3,500 applicants. In July 2009, he was among the nine members admitted in the class. He was then working as assistant program manager and a system engineer for the harpoon weapons systems in PMA-201 and the Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM).

Over the years, Tingle has been giving talks with BlueHills students about how he became an astronaut and his journey to the International Space Station. Tingle always advices students to continue dreaming big and never give up. This makes Superintendent Rossetti and the whole Blue Hills community so proud of Tingle's accomplishments.

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Scott Tingle astronaut and his NASA journey

Capt. Tingle served as a flight engineer for Expedition 54/55 to the International Space Station where he stayed for six months in 2018. Just recently, he was chosen to be included in the team of 18 astronauts as part of the Artemis program who could go to the Moon in 2024.

The Artemis program aims to bring the first woman and the next man to the moon by 2024 and establish a sustainable exploration on the lunar surface. They could use the research data and the knowledge they gained in preparation for NASA's future mission to Mars.

Since his acceptance in NASA in 2009, Capt. Tingle's has gone through scientific and technical briefings, physiological training, spacewalks, robotics, water and wilderness survival training, T-38 flight training, intensive instruction in International Space Station systems, among other trainings.

Tingle worked in the International Space Station between December 17, 2017 and June 3, 2018 as the U.S. operational segment lead and flight engineer for Expedition 54/55. He was joined by Russian Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Norishige Kanai.

During the mission, the Expedition 54/55 crew was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome while aboard the Soyuz spacecraft. They also conducted hundreds of experiments such as capillary flow experiments, materials testing, combustion research as well as plant growth research in space.

Meanwhile, the team also captured and released four cargo spacecraft that delivered several tons of experiments and supplies. Tingle and Kanai went outside the station and did separate spacewalks to work on Canadarm2 robotic arm parts. They also joined in various educational events included in NASA's Year of Education on Station.

After spending 168 days in the ISS, Tingle went back to Earth and to his family. He has three children with his wife Raynette Mahelona Tingle.

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