1. William Laurence Todd is a Project Manager for Exploration Analogs at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
16 Facts About Bill Todd
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Bill Todd has served as a NASA Undersea Research Team Project Lead and Spaceflight Training Simulation Supervisor at NASA JSC.
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Bill Todd has spent many years helping to develop the futuristic undersea exploration vessel SeaOrbiter, which was inspired by French architect Jacques Rougerie.
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Bill Todd grew up watching the Apollo launches from his beachfront hometown of Cocoa Beach, Florida, where his father was employed in the space program.
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Bill Todd graduated from the University of Houston with a degree in geology in 1982.
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Bill Todd has worked in several underwater habitats, piloted many submersibles, and has conducted myriad expeditions on the parallels between living and working in outer space and "inner space".
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Bill Todd has worked as an Operations Lead at the Mission Control Center in Moscow, Russia.
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In 2000, Bill Todd developed the NASA Undersea Research Team "NEEMO".
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Bill Todd served as an aquanaut on the 2000 "NASA SEATEST" mission, NASA SEATEST 3 in 2016, SEATEST 4 in 2017, and as the commander of the October 2001 NASA NEEMO 1 mission.
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Bill Todd subsequently managed the "topside" teams for NASA missions, and was the Mission Director for NEEMO 7, NEEMO 8 and NEEMO 14.
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In June 2012, Bill Todd piloted a DeepWorker 2000 submersible as part of the NEEMO 16 mission.
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Bill Todd was involved in the training for many spaceflights, including the first two flights to build the International Space Station, crew training for the deployment mission of the Italian-made Tethered Satellite System and for the first flight to rendezvous with the Mir Space Station.
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Bill Todd is a Professional Association of Diving Instructors Divemaster who has made over 2000 dives.
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Bill Todd is a submersible pilot, an instrument-rated pilot, seaplane pilot and Explorers Club Fellow.
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Bill Todd is a member of the SeaSpace Symposium and of the advisory board for the International Association for Handicapped Divers.
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Bill Todd plays guitar in his rock band, The Rockit Scientists.