G. Reid Wiseman

In conjunction with our SpaceFarm 7 Mission this fall, we’ll be hosting one of the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center’s astronauts at the farm.
October 1, 2011
1-3:30pm 

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G. REID WISEMAN (LIEUTENANT COMMANDER, USN)
NASA ASTRONAUT

PERSONAL DATA:
Born in 1975, Reid’s hometown is Baltimore, Maryland. Married to the former Carroll Taylor of Virginia Beach, Virginia. They have two daughters. Reid’s parents, Bill and Judy Wiseman, reside in Hunt Valley, Maryland.

EDUCATION:
Graduated from Dulaney High School, Timonium, Maryland, 1993; B.S., Computer and Systems Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1997; M.S., Systems Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 2006.

ORGANIZATIONS:
Tailhook Association, R.P.I. Alumni Association, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, Society of Experimental Test Pilots.

SPECIAL HONORS:
Air Medal with Combat V (five awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V (four awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, various other campaign and service awards.

EXPERIENCE:
Reid was commissioned through R.O.T.C. following graduation from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1997 and reported to Pensacola, Florida for flight training. He was designated as a Naval Aviator in 1999 and reported to Fighter Squadron 101, Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia, for transition to the F-14 Tomcat. Following his initial training, Reid was assigned to Fighter Squadron 31, also at Oceana, and made two deployments to the Middle East supporting Operations Southern Watch, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. During his second deployment in 2003, he was selected to attend the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, Class 125. Following graduation in June 2004, Reid was assigned as a Test Pilot and Project Officer at Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Three (VX-23) at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland. At VX-23, Reid earned his M.S. degree and worked various flight test programs involving the F-35 Lightning II, F-18 weapons separation, Ship Suitability and the T-45 Goshawk. Following his tour at Patuxent River, Reid reported to Carrier Air Wing Seventeen as the Strike Operations Officer, where he completed a deployment around South America. From there, he was assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 103, Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia, flying the FA-18F Super Hornet. He was deployed to the Middle East when he was selected for astronaut training.

NASA EXPERIENCE:
Reid reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 2009 and completed astronaut candidate training in May 2011. He is currently assigned as an International Space Station Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM) at Mission Control in Houston.

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NATION’S TOP AGRITOURISM FARMS EMBARK ON SPACE FARM 7 MISSION       

In a special outreach titled Space Farm 7, seven of the nation’s top agritourism farms (including Dewberry Farm!) have been selected to celebrate and honor the U.S. space program in collaboration with NASA this fall.

Click the image to get a preview of our maze design for 2011!

Each farm has planted corn mazes that will feature designs celebrating NASA’s achievements and progress in space. An increasingly popular phenomenon of crop circle-type creations, each of the seven corn mazes will open this fall to challenge and delight visitors. NASA has ten regional research centers located in the United States, each of which has a different responsibility. The individual Space Farms have each been paired up with their local space center in order to highlight that region’s contribution to NASA.

The objective of this outreach project is to expose guests to NASA space exploration and educate children across the United States.  The celebration is very timely as this year NASA celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first American in space, the 30th anniversary of the first Space Shuttle mission and the 20th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope’s deployment in space. Games and activities in the mazes will reinforce the educational missions of the space program so maze-goers can learn and have fun at the same time. Other activities proposed for the farms include traveling space displays, NASA sponsored activities and online educational materials.

The group is also working together to schedule astronaut visits and to host a national contest where winners earn a visit to Kennedy Space Center and the chance to dine with an astronaut. To enter, maze visitors simply visit www.spacefarm7.com and vote on their favorite of the seven maze designs. A winner will be randomly selected at the end of October.

“We are honored to be chosen to be part of this program,” said Brett Herbst, founder of The MAiZE Inc., which designs and carves the mazes.  “Not only do we get to collaborate with other farm operators across the nation in a unified effort to entertain and educate families, we are also going to be part of history in paying tribute to NASA.”

Participating farms include Dewberry Farm in Brookshire, Texas;  Belvedere Plantation in Fredericksburg, Virginia; Liberty Ridge Farm in Schaghticoke, New York; The Rock Ranch in Rock, Georgia; Vala’s Pumpkin Patch in Gretna, Nebraska; Cornbelly’s Corn Maze & Pumpkin Fest in Lehi, Utah and Dell’Osso Family Farm in Lathrop, California.

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Photos of Fort DewHickey by our Facebook Fans

It’s a mythical fort created by the Dewberry Farmers several years ago.  And it’s still one of the favorite attractions of the Rascals RoundUp area of the farm.

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Dewberry Farm Corn Maze a photo by Dewberry Farm on Flickr.

Great photo of kids in a maze in 2010. Note corn is almost as tall as the trees.  Hmmm.  What trees?!

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