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NASA Astronaut Group 17

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The Penguins
The astronauts of Group 17
Year selected	1998
Number selected	32
← 1996 2000 →

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 eight pilots, 17 mission specialists, and seven international mission specialists who became NASA astronauts. They began training in August 1998.

Pilots[edit]

Group Patch

Lee Archambault (2 flights)^[2]
- Pilot, STS-117 (Atlantis)^[3]
- Commander, STS-119 (Discovery)^[4]
Christopher Ferguson (3 flights)^[5]
- Pilot, STS-115 (Atlantis)^[6]
- Commander, STS-126 (Endeavour)^[7]
- Commander, STS-135 (Atlantis)^[8]
Kenneth Ham (2 flights)^[9]
- Pilot, STS-124 (Discovery)^[10]
- Commander, STS-132 (Atlantis)^[11]
Gregory C. Johnson (1 flight)^[12]
- Pilot, STS-125^[13]
Gregory H. Johnson (2 flights)^[14]
- Pilot, STS-123, (Endeavour)^[15]
- Pilot, STS-134, (Endeavour)^[16]
William Oefelein (dismissed from the NASA astronaut corps and reassigned to the U.S. Navy, later retiring from military service) (1 flight)^[17]
- Pilot, STS-116, (Discovery)^[18]
Alan Poindexter (2 flights)^[19]
- Pilot, STS-122, (Atlantis)^[20]
- Commander, STS-131 (Discovery)^[21]
George Zamka (2 flights)^[22]
- Pilot, STS-120, (Discovery)^[23]
- Commander, STS-130, (Endeavour)^[24]

Mission specialists[edit]

Clayton Anderson (2 flights)^[25]
- STS-117 (Atlantis); launched to the ISS^[3]
- Flight engineer, Expedition 15
- STS-120 (Discovery; landed from ISS)^[23]
- STS-131 (Discovery)^[21]
Tracy Caldwell (2 flights)^[26]
- STS-118 (Endeavour)^[27]
- Soyuz TMA-18
- Flight engineer, Expedition 23/Expedition 24
- Soyuz MS-25
- Flight engineer, Expedition 70/Expedition 71
Gregory Chamitoff (2 flights)^[28]
- NEEMO 3
- Mission Specialist, STS-124 (Discovery; launched to ISS)^[10]
- Flight engineer, Expedition 17/Expedition 18 (also served as a science officer)
- Mission Specialist, STS-126 (Endeavour; landed from ISS)^[7]
- Mission Specialist, STS-134 (Endeavour)^[16]
Timothy Creamer (1 flight)^[29]
- Soyuz TMA-17
- Flight engineer, Expedition 22/Expedition 23
Michael Foreman (2 flights)^[30]
- Mission specialist, STS-123 (Endeavour)^[15]
- Mission specialist, STS-129 (Atlantis)^[31]
Michael Fossum (3 flights)^[32]
- Mission specialist, STS-121 (Discovery)^[33]
- Mission specialist, STS-124 (Discovery)^[10]
- Soyuz TMA-02M
- Flight engineer, Expedition 28
- Commander, Expedition 29
Stanley G. Love (1 flight)^[34]
- Mission specialist, STS-122 (Atlantis)^[20]
Leland Melvin (2 flights)^[35]
- Mission specialist, STS-122 (Atlantis)^[20]
- Mission specialist, STS-129 (Atlantis)^[31]
Barbara Morgan (1 flight)^[36]
- STS-118 (Endeavour)
John Olivas (2 flights)^[37]
- Mission specialist, STS-117 (Atlantis)^[3]
- Mission specialist, STS-128 (Discovery)^[38]
Nicholas Patrick (2 flights)^[39]
- Mission specialist, STS-116 (Discovery)^[18]
- Mission specialist, STS-130 (Endeavour)^[24]
Garrett Reisman (2 flights)^[40]
- STS-123 (Endeavour; launched to ISS)^[15]
- Flight engineer, Expedition 16/Expedition 17
- STS-124 (Discovery; landed from ISS)^[10]
- STS-132 (Atlantis)^[11]
Patricia Robertson^[41]
Steven Swanson (3 flights)^[42]
- Mission specialist, STS-117 (Atlantis)^[3]
- Mission specialist, STS-119 (Discovery)^[4]
- Soyuz TMA-12M
- Flight engineer, Expedition 39
- Commander, Expedition 40
Douglas H. Wheelock (2 flights)^[43]
- Mission specialist, STS-120 (Discovery)^[23]
- Soyuz TMA-19
- Flight engineer, Expedition 24
- Commander, Expedition 25
Sunita Williams (2 flights)^[44]
- STS-116 (Discovery; launched to ISS)^[18]
- Flight engineer, Expedition 14/Expedition 15
- STS-117 (Atlantis; landed from ISS)^[3]
- Soyuz TMA-05M
- Flight engineer, Expedition 32
- Commander, Expedition 33
- Pilot, Boeing CFT (Calypso)
Neil Woodward^[45]

International mission specialists[edit]

Léopold Eyharts, France (2 flights)^[46]
- Soyuz TM-27 (toMir; 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)^[47]
- STS-120 (Discovery – ISS mission)
- Soyuz TMA-20
- Expedition 26
- Expedition 27
Marcos Pontes, Brazil (1 flight) (first Brazilian in space)^[48]^[49]
- Spaceflight Participant, Soyuz TMA-8 (launched only)
- Spaceflight Participant, Soyuz TMA-7 (landed only)
- Spaceflight Participant, Expedition 13, International Space Station (9 days only)
Hans Schlegel, Germany (2 flights)^[50]
- Payload Specialist, STS-55 (Columbia – Spacelab)
- Mission Specialist, STS-122 (Atlantis – to ISS)
Robert Thirsk, Canada (2 flights)^[51]
- Payload Specialist, STS-78 (Columbia; Spacelab)
- Soyuz TMA-15
- Expedition 20
Bjarni Tryggvason, Canada (1 flight)^[52]
- Payload Specialist, STS-85 (Discovery)
Roberto Vittori (Italy) (3 flights)^[53]
- 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)

References[edit]

^ McCarter, Jennifer; Hawley, Eileen M. (June 4, 1998). "NASA NAMES ASTRONAUT CLASS OF 1998" (Press release). NASA. 98-97. Archived from the original on February 8, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2021.

^ "Lee J. Archambault" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. March 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 15, 2020. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "STS-117 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. June 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 22, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

^ ^a ^b "STS-119: A Final Station Power Up" (PDF). Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 2009. FS-2009-01-004-JSC. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 25, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

^ "Christopher J. Ferguson" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. December 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 12, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

^ "STS-115 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. August 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 13, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

^ ^a ^b "STS-126 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. November 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 7, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

^ "STS-135 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. July 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

^ "Kenneth T. Ham" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. June 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 12, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "STS-124 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. May 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 4, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

^ ^a ^b "STS-132 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. May 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 19, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

^ "Gregory C. Johnson" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. February 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 8, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

^ "STS-125 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. May 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 18, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

^ "Gregory H. Johnson" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. August 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

^ ^a ^b ^c "STS-123 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. March 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

^ ^a ^b "STS-134 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. April 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 14, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

^ "William A. Oefelein" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. August 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 29, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

^ ^a ^b ^c "STS-116 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. December 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 8, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

^ "Alan G. Poindexter" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. August 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 18, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

^ ^a ^b ^c "STS-122 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. February 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 30, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

^ ^a ^b "STS-131 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. April 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 24, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

^ "George D. Zamka" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. August 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

^ ^a ^b ^c "STS-120 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. October 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 30, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

^ ^a ^b "STS-130 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. January 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 30, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

^ "Clayton C. Anderson" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. January 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 4, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

^ "Tracy Caldwell Dyson" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. March 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 2, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

^ "STS-118 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. July 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 10, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

^ "Gregory Errol Chamitoff" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. July 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 15, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

^ "Timothy J. "TJ" Creamer" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. October 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 15, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

^ "Michael J. Foreman" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. July 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 19, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

^ ^a ^b "STS-129 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. November 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 24, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

^ "Michael E. Fossum" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. January 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 19, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

^ "STS-121 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. May 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 11, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

^ "Stanley G. Love" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 13, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

^ "Leland D. Melvin" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. March 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 9, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

^ "Barbara Radding Morgan" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. July 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 8, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

^ "John D. Olivas" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. June 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

^ "STS-128 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. August 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 7, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

^ "Nicholas J. M. Patrick" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. June 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 19, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

^ "Garett E. Reisman" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. June 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 18, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

^ "Patricia Hilliard Robertson" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. August 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 19, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

^ "Steven R. Swanson" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. February 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

^ "Douglas H. Wheelock" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. March 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 19, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

^ "Sunita L. Williams" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. August 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 3, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

^ "Neil W. Woodward III" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. October 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2022.

^ "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.