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NASA Astronaut Group 15

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The Flying Escargot
The astronauts of Group 15
Year selected	1994
Number selected	23
← 1992 1996 →

NASA Astronaut Group 15 ("The Flying Escargot") was a group of 23 NASA astronauts announced on December 8, 1994.^[1]^[2] Group members adopted The Flying Escargot as their moniker, in reference to two members of the group being from France.^[3] The group featured ten pilots, nine mission specialists, and four international mission specialist trainees from France,^[4]^[5]^[6] Canada^[7] and Japan.^[7]

Three members of this group, Rick Husband, Michael P. Anderson, and Kalpana Chawla, died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.^[8] These three received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Another member of the group Pamela Melroy, currently serves as Deputy Administrator of NASA, taking office on June 21, 2021, having been appointed by US President Joe Biden.^[12]

Pilots[edit]

Scott Altman^[13]
- Pilot, STS-90 Columbia^[14] (Neurolab)
- Pilot, STS-106 Atlantis^[15]
- Commander, STS-109 Columbia^[16]
- Commander, STS-125 Atlantis^[17]
Jeffrey Ashby^[18]
- Pilot, STS-93 Columbia^[19]
- Pilot, STS-100 Endeavour^[20]
- Commander, STS-112 Atlantis^[21]
Michael Bloomfield^[22]
- Pilot, STS-86 Atlantis^[23]
- Pilot, STS-97 Endeavour^[24]
- Commander, STS-110 Atlantis^[25]
Joe F. Edwards, Jr.^[26]
- Pilot, STS-89 Endeavour^[27]
Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie^[28]
- Pilot, STS-91 Discovery^[29]
- Pilot, STS-99 Endeavour^[30]
- Commander, STS-108 Endeavour^[31]
- Commander, STS-123 Endeavour^[32]
Rick Husband^[9]
- Pilot, STS-96 Discovery^[33]
- Commander, STS-107 Columbia†^[34]
Steven Lindsey^[35]
- Pilot, STS-87 Columbia^[36]
- Pilot, STS-95 Discovery^[37]
- Commander, STS-104 Atlantis^[21]
- Commander, STS-121 Discovery^[38]
- Commander, STS-133 Discovery^[39]
Pamela Melroy^[40]
- Pilot, STS-92 Discovery^[41]
- Pilot, STS-112 Atlantis^[42]
- Commander, STS-120 Discovery^[43]
Susan L. Still-Kilrain^[44]
- Pilot, STS-83 Columbia^[45]
- Pilot, STS-94 Columbia^[46]
Frederick Sturckow^[47]
- Pilot, STS-88 Endeavour^[48]
- Pilot, STS-105 Discovery^[49]
- Commander, STS-117 Atlantis^[50]
- Commander, STS-128 Discovery^[51]

Mission Specialists[edit]

Michael P. Anderson^[10]
- Mission Specialist, STS-89 Endeavour^[27]
- Mission Specialist, STS-107 Columbia†^[34]
Kalpana Chawla^[11]
- Mission Specialist, STS-87 Columbia^[36]
- Mission Specialist, STS-107 Columbia†^[34]
Robert Curbeam^[52]
- Mission Specialist, STS-85 Discovery^[53]
- Mission Specialist, STS-98 Atlantis^[54]
- Mission Specialist, STS-116 Discovery^[55]
Kathryn Hire^[56]
- Mission Specialist, STS-90 Columbia^[14]
- Mission Specialist, STS-130 Endeavour^[57]
Janet Kavandi^[58]
Edward Tsang Lu^[59]
- Mission Specialist, STS-84 Atlantis^[60]
- Mission Specialist, STS-104 Atlantis^[21]
- Flight Engineer, Soyuz TMA-2^[61]
- Flight Engineer, Expedition 7^[61]
Carlos I. Noriega^[62]
- Mission Specialist, STS-84 Atlantis^[60]
- Mission Specialist, STS-97 Endeavour^[24]
James F. Reilly^[63]
Stephen Robinson^[64]

International mission specialists[edit]

Jean-Loup Chrétien (France)^[7]
- Research Cosmonaut, Soyuz T-6^[66]^: 49(64)
- Research Cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-6/TM-7^[66]^: 55(70) (Mir Aragatz)
- Mission Specialist, STS-86 Atlantis ^[23]
Takao Doi (Japan)^[67]
- Mission Specialist, STS-87 Columbia^[36]
- Mission Specialist, STS-123 Endeavour^[32]
Michel Tognini (France)^[7]
- Research Cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-15/TM-14^[66]^{: 57-58(72-73)}
- Mission Specialist, STS-93 Columbia^[19]
Dafydd Williams (Canada)^[68]
- Mission Specialist, STS-90 Columbia^[14]
- Mission Specialist, STS-118 Endeavour^[69]

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