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Personal: Male. Born in Detroit, Michigan, USA. US Navy US Navy

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: NASA Group 18 - 2000. Active Entered space service: 26 July 2000.

OFFICIAL NASA BIOGRAPHY

NAME: Dominic A. Antonelli, Lieutenant, USN, Pilot

BIRTHDATE/PLACE: August 23, 1967 - Detroit, MI

RESIDENCE WHEN RECRUITED: Ridgecrest, CA

EDUCATION: Douglas Byrd High School, Fayetteville, NC, 1985; B.S., Aeronautics & Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989; M.S., Aeronautics & Astronautics, University of Washington, 2000 (expected).

POSITION WHEN RECRUITED: Project Officer/Weapons Test Pilot F/A-18 Advanced Weapons Laboratory Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, CA

27 July 2000 - NASA Astronaut Training Group 18 selected.. The group was selected to provide pilot, engineer, and scientist astronauts for space shuttle flights.. Qualifications: Pilots: Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics. Advanced degree desirable. At least 1,000 flight-hours of pilot-in-command time. Flight test experience desirable. Excellent health. Vision minimum 20/50 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20 vision; maximum sitting blood pressure 140/90. Height between 163 and 193 cm.

Mission Specialists: Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics and minimum three years of related experience or an advanced degree. Vision minimum 20/150 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20. Maximum sitting blood pressure of 140/90. Height between 150 and 193 cm.. Seven pilots and ten mission specialists; 14 men and 3 women.