NASA Astronaut Group 20 (The Chumps)
saw the training of nine
mission specialist
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s, and five international mission specialists to become
NASA
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astronaut
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s. These 14 astronauts began training in August 2009 and officially graduated as astronauts on 4 November 2011.
Mission specialists
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Serena M. Auñón
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(1 flight)
**
Soyuz MS-09
***Flight engineer,
Expedition 56/
57
*
Jeanette J. Epps
**
SpaceX Crew-8
SpaceX Crew-8 was the eighth crewed operational NASA Commercial Crew Program, Commercial Crew flight and the 13th overall crewed orbital flight of a SpaceX Dragon 2, Crew Dragon spacecraft. The mission launched on 4 March 2024.
The Crew-8 miss ...
*** Mission specialist,
Expedition 70/
71/
72
*
Jack D. Fischer (1 flight)
**
Soyuz MS-04
Soyuz MS-04 was a Soyuz spaceflight that launched on 20 April 2017 to the ISS. It transported two members of the Expedition 52 crew to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-04 was the 133rd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted ...
***Flight engineer,
Expedition 52/
53
*
Michael S. Hopkins
Michael Scott "Mike" Hopkins (born December 28, 1968) is a United States Space Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut. Hopkins was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20. He made his first spaceflight as a flight en ...
(2 flights)
**
Soyuz TMA-10M
***Flight engineer,
Expedition 37/
38
**Commander,
SpaceX Crew-1
SpaceX Crew-1 (was also known as USCV-1 or simply Crew-1) was the first operational crewed flight of a SpaceX Dragon 2, Crew Dragon spacecraft and the maiden flight of the Crew Dragon Resilience, Crew Dragon ''Resilience'' spacecraft. It was ...
***Flight engineer,
Expedition 64/
65
*
Kjell N. Lindgren (2 flights)
**
Soyuz TMA-17M
***Flight engineer,
Expedition 44/
45
**Commander,
SpaceX Crew-4
SpaceX Crew-4 was the SpaceX Dragon 2, Crew Dragon's fourth NASA Commercial Crew Program, Commercial Crew operational flight, and its seventh overall crewed orbital flight. The mission launched on 27 April 2022 at 07:52 UTC before docking with t ...
***Flight engineer,
Expedition 67
Expedition 67 was the 67th List of International Space Station expeditions, long-duration expedition to the International Space Station. The expedition began upon the departure of Soyuz MS-19 on 30 March 2022 with NASA astronaut Thomas Marshburn ...
/
68
*
Kathleen Rubins (2 flights)
**
Soyuz MS-01
***Flight engineer,
Expedition 48/
49
**
Soyuz MS-17
Soyuz MS-17 was a Soyuz spaceflight that was launched on 14 October 2020. It transported three crew members of the Expedition 63/ 64 crew to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-17 was the 145th crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The cr ...
***Flight engineer,
Expedition 63/
64
*
Scott D. Tingle (1 flight)
**
Soyuz MS-07
***Flight engineer,
Expedition 54/
55
*
Mark T. Vande Hei
Mark Thomas Vande Hei (born November 10, 1966) is a retired United States Army officer and current NASA astronaut who has served as a flight engineer for Expedition 53, 54, 64, 65, and 66 on the International Space Station.
Early life and e ...
(2 flights)
**
Soyuz MS-06
***Flight engineer,
Expedition 53/
54
**
Soyuz MS-18/
MS-19
***Flight engineer,
Expedition 64/
65/
66
*
Gregory R. Wiseman (1 flight)
**Former
Chief of the Astronaut Office
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Soyuz TMA-13M
***Flight engineer,
Expedition 40/
41
**Commander,
Artemis II
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(future flight)
International mission specialists
*
Jeremy Hansen,
CSA
**Mission specialist,
Artemis II
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(future flight)
*
Norishige Kanai,
JAXA
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(1 flight)
**
Soyuz MS-07
***Flight engineer,
Expedition 54/
55
*
Takuya Onishi, JAXA (1 flight)
**
Soyuz MS-01
***Flight engineer,
Expedition 48/
49
**
SpaceX Crew-10
***Flight engineer/commander,
Expedition 72
Expedition 72 was the 72nd long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). The expedition began with the departure of Soyuz MS-25 on 23 September 2024 with NASA astronaut Sunita Williams taking over the ISS command. It cont ...
/
73
*
David Saint-Jacques, CSA
[ (1 flight)
** Soyuz MS-11
***Flight engineer, Expedition 58/ 59
* Kimiya Yui, JAXA (1 flight)
** Soyuz TMA-17M
***Flight engineer, Expedition 44/ 45
** SpaceX Crew-11
***Flight engineer, Expedition 73/ 74 (future flight)
]
See also
*List of astronauts by selection
This is a list of astronauts by year of selection: people selected to train for a List of human spaceflight programs, human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. Until recently, astronauts were sponso ...
*NASA Astronaut Group 21
In 2011, NASA opened applications for Astronaut Group 21. The team was announced in June 2013 after a year and a half long search. With four men and four women, the class of 2013 had the highest percentage of female finalists. According to NASA ...
References
External links
Current astronauts page
{{NASA Astronaut Group 20
NASA Astronaut Corps
Lists of astronauts
2009 in spaceflight
2009 establishments in the United States