Stott Credit - www.spacefacts.de

Personal: Female. Born in Albany, New York, USA.

Astronaut Career

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

OFFICIAL NASA BIOGRAPHY

NAME: Nicole P. Stott, Mission Specialist

BIRTHDATE/PLACE: November 19, 1962 - Albany, NY

RESIDENCE WHEN RECRUITED: League City, TX

EDUCATION: Clearwater High School, Clearwater, FL, 1980 B.S., Aeronautical Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 1987; M.S., Engineering Management, University of Central Florida, 1992.

POSITION WHEN RECRUITED: Flight Simulation Engineer NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX

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.