PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -- Former NASA Astronaut Garrett Reisman kicked off the 14th Anniversary Association of the United States Golf Outing in honor of his late father, Robert Reisman. The elder Reisman was a noted armaments engineer who worked at Picatinny Arsenal for many years.
A scholarship will be presented in the memory of Robert Reisman. Retired Army Maj. and former Picatinny Arsenal civilian employee Richard Pienkos and Army Capt. Gregory T. Dalessio will have scholarships presented in their name. Dalessio was killed in combat on June 23, 2008 from wounds suffered in Salman Pak, Iraq. His scholarship will be awarded to a Seton Hall Army ROTC cadet.
Reisman is a native of Morristown and a graduate of Parsippany High School. He was selected for the NASA program in 1998. He has flown on two space shuttle missions. During one he logged over three months in space, including over 21 hours of extravehicular activity in three spacewalks. He was a part of Expedition 16 aboard the International Space Station as Expedition 17. He has flown aboard the Space Shuttles Discovery and Atlantis.
In 2011, Reisman left NASA for SpaceX as a senior engineer working on astronaut safety and mission assurance. He is currently Direct or Crew Operation. He is working with NASA to prepare SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft to carry astronauts.
He has been interviewed live from space on the Colbert Report and filmed a cameo appearance as a "Colonial Marine" for the series finale episode of Battlestar Galactica.
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