NASA Astronaut Group 17

NASA Astronaut Group 17, were chosen by NASA in 1998 and announced on June 4 of that year. The group of 32 candidates included eight aviator, pilots, 17 mission specialists, and seven international mission specialists who became NASA astronauts. They began training in August 1998.

Pilots

*Lee Archambault (2 flights)
**Pilot, STS-117 (''Space Shuttle Atlantis, Atlantis'')
**Commander, STS-119 (''Space Shuttle Discovery, Discovery'')
*Christopher Ferguson (3 flights)
**Pilot, STS-115 (''Atlantis'')
**Commander, STS-126 (''Space Shuttle Endeavour, Endeavour'')
**Commander, STS-135 (''Space Shuttle Atlantis, Atlantis'')
*Kenneth Ham (2 flights)
**Pilot, STS-124 (''Discovery'')
**Commander, STS-132 (''Space Shuttle Atlantis, Atlantis'')
*Gregory C. Johnson (1 flight)
**Pilot, STS-125
*Gregory H. Johnson (2 flights)
**Pilot, STS-123, (''Space Shuttle Endeavour, Endeavour'')
**Pilot, STS-134, (''Space Shuttle Endeavour, Endeavour'')
*William Oefelein (dismissed from the NASA astronaut corps and reassigned to the United States Navy, U.S. Navy, later retiring from military service) (1 flight)
**Pilot, STS-116, (''Space Shuttle Discovery, Discovery'')
*Alan Poindexter (2 flights)
**Pilot, STS-122, (''Space Shuttle Atlantis, Atlantis'')
**Commander, STS-131 (''Space Shuttle Discovery, Discovery'')
*George Zamka (2 flights)
**Pilot, STS-120, (''Space Shuttle Discovery, Discovery'')
**Commander, STS-130, (''Space Shuttle Endeavour, Endeavour'')

Mission specialists

*Clayton Anderson (2 flights)
**STS-117 (''Space Shuttle Atlantis, Atlantis''); launched to the International Space Station, ISS
**Flight engineer, Expedition 15
**STS-120 (''Space Shuttle Discovery, Discovery''; landed from ISS)
**STS-131 (''Space Shuttle Discovery, Discovery'')
*Tracy Caldwell (3 flights)
**STS-118 (''Space Shuttle Endeavour, Endeavour'')
**Soyuz TMA-18
**Flight engineer, Expedition 23/Expedition 24
**Soyuz MS-25
**Flight engineer, Expedition 70/Expedition 71
*Gregory Chamitoff (2 flights)
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**Mission Specialist, STS-124 (''Discovery''; launched to ISS)
**Flight engineer, Expedition 17/Expedition 18 (also served as a science officer)
**Mission Specialist, STS-126 (''Space Shuttle Endeavour, Endeavour''; landed from ISS)
**Mission Specialist, STS-134 (''Space Shuttle Endeavour, Endeavour'')
*Timothy Creamer (1 flight)
**Soyuz TMA-17
**Flight engineer, Expedition 22/Expedition 23
*Michael Foreman (astronaut), Michael Foreman (2 flights)
**Mission specialist, STS-123 (''Space Shuttle Endeavour, Endeavour'')
**Mission specialist, STS-129 (''Space Shuttle Atlantis, Atlantis'')
*Michael Fossum (3 flights)
**Mission specialist, STS-121 (''Space Shuttle Discovery, Discovery'')
**Mission specialist, STS-124 (''Space Shuttle Discovery, Discovery'')
**Soyuz TMA-02M
**Flight engineer, Expedition 28
**Commander, Expedition 29
*Stanley G. Love (1 flight)
**Mission specialist, STS-122 (''Space Shuttle Atlantis, Atlantis'')
*Leland D. Melvin, Leland Melvin (2 flights)
**Mission specialist, STS-122 (''Space Shuttle Atlantis, Atlantis'')
**Mission specialist, STS-129 (''Space Shuttle Atlantis, Atlantis'')
*Barbara Morgan (1 flight)
**STS-118 (''Space Shuttle Endeavour, Endeavour'')
*John Olivas (2 flights)
**Mission specialist, STS-117 (''Space Shuttle Atlantis, Atlantis'')
**Mission specialist, STS-128 (''Space Shuttle Discovery, Discovery'')
*Nicholas Patrick (2 flights)
**Mission specialist, STS-116 (''Space Shuttle Discovery, Discovery'')
**Mission specialist, STS-130 (''Space Shuttle Endeavour, Endeavour'')
*Garrett Reisman (2 flights)
**STS-123 (''Endeavour''; launched to ISS)
**Flight engineer, Expedition 16/Expedition 17
**STS-124 (''Discovery''; landed from ISS)
**STS-132 (''Atlantis'')
*Patricia Robertson
*Steven Swanson (3 flights)
**Mission specialist, STS-117 (''Space Shuttle Atlantis, Atlantis'')
**Mission specialist, STS-119 (''Space Shuttle Discovery, Discovery'')
**Soyuz TMA-12M
**Flight engineer, Expedition 39
**Commander, Expedition 40
*Douglas H. Wheelock (2 flights)
**Mission specialist, STS-120 (''Space Shuttle Discovery, Discovery'')
**Soyuz TMA-19
**Flight engineer, Expedition 24
**Commander, Expedition 25
*Sunita Williams (3 flights)
**STS-116 (''Space Shuttle Discovery, Discovery''; launched to ISS)
**Flight engineer, Expedition 14/Expedition 15
**STS-117 (''Space Shuttle Atlantis, Atlantis''; landed from ISS)
**Soyuz TMA-05M
**Flight engineer, Expedition 32
**Commander, Expedition 33 (ISS), Expedition 33
**Pilot, Boeing Crewed Flight Test, Boeing CFT (''Boeing Starliner Calypso, Calypso'')
**Mission specialist, SpaceX Crew-9 (''Crew Dragon Freedom'')
***Flight engineer, Expedition 71
***Commander, Expedition 72
*Neil Woodward

International mission specialists

*Léopold Eyharts, France (2 flights)
**Soyuz TM-27 (to Mir; launched only)
**Soyuz TM-26 (from Mir; landed only)
**STS-122 (''Space Shuttle Atlantis, Atlantis'' – to International Space Station (ISS); launched only)
**Flight Engineer, Expedition 16
**STS-123 (''Space Shuttle Endeavour, Endeavour'' – from ISS; landed only)
*Paolo Nespoli, Italy (3 flights)
**STS-120 (''Space Shuttle Discovery, Discovery'' – ISS mission)
** Soyuz TMA-20
** Expedition 26
** Expedition 27
*Marcos Pontes, Brazil (1 flight) (first Brazilian in space)
**Spaceflight Participant, Soyuz TMA-8 (launched only)
**Spaceflight Participant, Soyuz TMA-7 (landed only)
**Spaceflight Participant, Expedition 13, International Space Station (Missão Centenário, 9 days only)
*Hans Schlegel, Germany (2 flights)
**Payload Specialist, STS-55 (''Space Shuttle Columbia, Columbia'' – Spacelab)
**Mission Specialist, STS-122 (''Space Shuttle Atlantis, Atlantis'' – to ISS)
*Robert Thirsk, Canada (2 flights)
**Payload Specialist, STS-78 (''Space Shuttle Columbia, Columbia''; Spacelab)
**Soyuz TMA-15
**Expedition 20
*Bjarni Tryggvason, Canada (1 flight)
**Payload Specialist, STS-85 (''Space Shuttle Discovery, Discovery'')
*Roberto Vittori (Italy) (3 flights)
**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 (''Space Shuttle Endeavour, Endeavour'')

See also

*List of astronauts by selection

References

External links

Current astronauts page

{{NASA Astronaut Group 17

NASA Astronaut Corps
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1998 establishments in the United States