About James S. Voss
James Shelton Voss (born March 3, 1949) is a retired United States Army colonel and NASA astronaut. During his time with NASA, Voss flew in space five times on board the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. He also served as deputy of Flight Operations for the Space Station Program Mission Integration and Operations Office. He was a Scholar in Residence at the University of Colorado until his retirement in May 2025. He then attended Airborne School and Ranger School, at the latter he was awarded the Honor Graduate and Leadership Award. The spacewalk set a record of 8 hours 56 minutes duration, that withstood until, it was broken by two Chinese astronauts on 17 December 2024.
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