NASA Astronaut Group 17
| The Penguins | |
|---|---|
 The astronauts of Group 17 | |
| Year selected | 1998 |
| Number selected | 32 |
NASA Astronaut Group 17 were chosen by NASA in 1998 and announced on June 4 of that year.[1] The group of 32 candidates included nine pilots: Lee Archambault, Irsi Bardulla, Kenneth Ham, Gregory C. Johnson, Gregory H. Johnson, William Oefelein, Alan Poindexter, George Zamka, and Christopher Ferguson; 17 mission specialists, and seven international mission specialists who became NASA-qualified astronauts. They began training in August 1998.
Pilots[]
- Lee Archambault (2 flights)
Group Patch - Christopher Ferguson (3 flights)[2]
- Kenneth Ham (2 flights)[3]
- Gregory C. Johnson (1 flight)[4]
- Pilot, STS-125
- Gregory H. Johnson (2 flights)[5]
- William Oefelein (dismissed from the NASA astronaut corps and reassigned to the U.S. Navy, later retiring from military service) (1 flight)
- Alan Poindexter (2 flights)[7]
- George Zamka (2 flights)[8]
Mission specialists[]
- Clayton Anderson (2 flights)[9]
- Tracy Caldwell (2 flights)[10]
- STS-118 (Endeavour)
- Soyuz TMA-18
- Flight engineer, Expedition 23/Expedition 24
- Gregory Chamitoff (2 flights)[11]
- NEEMO 3
- Mission Specialist, STS-124 (Discovery; launched to ISS)
- Flight engineer, Expedition 17/Expedition 18 (also served as a science officer)
- Mission Specialist, STS-126 (Endeavour; landed from ISS)
- Mission Specialist, STS-134 (Endeavour)
- Timothy Creamer (1 flight)[12]
- Soyuz TMA-17
- Flight engineer, Expedition 22/Expedition 23
- Michael Foreman (2 flights)[13]
- Michael Fossum (3 flights)[14]
- Mission specialist, STS-121 (Discovery)
- Mission specialist, STS-124 (Discovery)
- Soyuz TMA-02M
- Flight engineer, Expedition 28
- Commander, Expedition 29
- Stanley G. Love (1 flight)[15]
- Leland Melvin (2 flights)[16]
- Barbara Morgan (1 flight)[17]
- John Olivas (2 flights)[18]
- Nicholas Patrick (2 flights)[19]
- Garrett Reisman (2 flights)[20]
- STS-123 (Endeavour; launched to ISS)
- Flight engineer, Expedition 16/Expedition 17
- STS-124 (Discovery; landed from ISS)
- STS-132 (Atlantis)
- Patricia Robertson[21]
- Steven Swanson (3 flights)[22]
- Mission specialist, STS-117 (Atlantis)
- Mission specialist, STS-119 (Discovery)
- Soyuz TMA-12M
- Flight engineer, Expedition 39
- Commander, Expedition 40
- Douglas H. Wheelock (2 flights)[23]
- Mission specialist, STS-120 (Discovery)
- Soyuz TMA-19
- Flight engineer, Expedition 24
- Commander, Expedition 25
- Sunita Williams (2 flights)[24]
- STS-116 (Discovery; launched to ISS)
- Flight engineer, Expedition 14/Expedition 15
- STS-117 (Atlantis; landed from ISS)
- Soyuz TMA-05M
- Flight engineer, Expedition 32
- Commander, Expedition 33
- Commander, Starliner-1 (Future Flight November 2020)
- Neil Woodward[25]
International mission specialists[]
- Léopold Eyharts, France (2 flights)[26]
- Soyuz TM-27 (to Mir; launched only)
- Soyuz TM-26 (from Mir; landed only)
- STS-122 (Atlantis – to International Space Station (ISS); launched only)
- Flight Engineer, Expedition 16
- STS-123 (Endeavour – from ISS; landed only)
- Paolo Nespoli, Italy (3 flights)[27]
- STS-120 (Discovery – ISS mission)
- Soyuz TMA-20
- Expedition 26
- Expedition 27
- Marcos Pontes, Brazil (1 flight) (first Brazilian in space)[28] [29]
- Soyuz TMA-8 (launched only)
- Soyuz TMA-7 (landed only)
- Expedition 13, International Space Station (9 days only)
- Hans Schlegel, Germany (2 flights)[30]
- Robert Thirsk, Canada (2 flights)[31]
- Payload Specialist, STS-78 (Columbia; Spacelab)
- Soyuz TMA-15
- Expedition 20
- Bjarni Tryggvason, Canada (1 flight)[32]
- Roberto Vittori (Italy) (3 flights)[33]
- Soyuz TM-34 (launched only)
- Soyuz TM-33 (landed only)
- Soyuz TMA-6 (launched only)
- Expedition 11 (10 days only)
- Soyuz TMA-5 (landed only)
- Mission Specialist, STS-134 (Endeavour)
NASA biographies[]
- ^ "NASA NAMES ASTRONAUT CLASS OF 1998". June 4, 1998. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
- ^ "Christopher Ferguson". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "Kenneth Ham". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "Gregory C. Johnson". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "Gregory H. Johnson". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "William Oefelein". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "Alan Poindexter". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "George Zamka". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "Clayton Anderson". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "Tracy Caldwell". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "Gregory Chamitoff". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "Timothy Creamer". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "Michael Foreman". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "Michael Fossum". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "Stanley Love". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "Leland Melvin". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "Barbara Morgan". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "John Olivas". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "Nicholas Patrick". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "Garrett Reisman". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "Patricia Robertson". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "Steven Swanson". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "Douglas H. Wheelock". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "Sunita Williams". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "Neil Woodward". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "Léopold Eyharts". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "Paolo Nespoli". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ Marcos Pontes
- ^ "Astronaut Biography: Marcos Pontes". www.spacefacts.de. Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "Hans Schlegel". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ "Robert Thirsk". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
- ^ Bjarni Tryggvason
- ^ "Roberto Vittori". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
See also[]
- List of astronauts by selection
External links[]
- Current astronauts page
- Retired astronauts page
- Foreign astronauts page
- Payload specialist astronauts page
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