NASA Astronaut Group 17

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Year selected1998
Number selected32
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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

Mission specialists[edit]

International mission specialists[edit]

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References[edit]

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  2. ^ "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.
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  17. ^ "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.
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  19. ^ "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.
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  21. ^ a b "STS-131 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. April 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 24, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
  22. ^ "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.
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  25. ^ "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.
  26. ^ "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.
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  28. ^ "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.
  29. ^ "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.
  30. ^ "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.
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  32. ^ "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.
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  34. ^ "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.
  35. ^ "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.
  36. ^ "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.
  37. ^ "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.
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  39. ^ "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.
  40. ^ "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.
  41. ^ "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.
  42. ^ "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.
  43. ^ "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.
  44. ^ "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.
  45. ^ "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.
  46. ^ "Léopold Eyharts". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
  47. ^ "Paolo Nespoli". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
  48. ^ Marcos Pontes
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  50. ^ "Hans Schlegel". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
  51. ^ "Robert Thirsk". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
  52. ^ Bjarni Tryggvason
  53. ^ "Roberto Vittori". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.

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