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NASA-17 astronaut group, 1998

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NASA Group 17 - 1998
NASA Group 17 - 1998
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Requirement: pilot, engineer, and scientist astronauts for space shuttle flights. Nickname: The Penguins. Originally called the Dodos by the Sardines, after an extinct flightless bird; they renamed themselves after a flightless bird that eats fish...

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  • Nicollier Swiss test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1978-2007. First Swiss astronaut.
  • Tryggvason Icelandic-Canadian engineer mission specialist astronaut 1983-2008. CSA; Alternate Payload Specialist to MacLean for STS-52 Mission LAGEOS-2 and Test of the Canadian Space Vision System.
  • Schlegel German physicist mission specialist astronaut 1987-2011.
  • Morgan American teacher mission specialist astronaut 1986, 1998-2008. Teacher.
  • Johnson, Gregory C American test pilot astronaut 1998-2001.
  • Foreman American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1998-2010.
  • Nespoli Italian engineer mission specialist astronaut 1998-2018.
  • Fossum American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1998-2017.
  • Anderson, Clayton American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1998-2011.
  • Creamer American physicist mission specialist astronaut 1998-2011.
  • Wheelock American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1998-on. US Army.
  • Archambault American test pilot astronaut 1998-2012. Grew up in Bellwood, Illinois. Flew 22 combat missions in F-117s during the Gulf War.
  • Swanson American computer scientist mission specialist astronaut 1998-2015.
  • Ferguson American test pilot astronaut 1998-2011.
  • Poindexter American test pilot astronaut 1998-2010. Grew up in Rockville, Maryland, son of John Poindexter, a US Naval Officer and senior US government official.
  • Johnson, Gregory H British-American test pilot astronaut 1998-2013. Flew 34 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm.
  • Zamka American test pilot astronaut 1998-2011. Grew up in Rochester, Michigan. US Marine Corps.
  • Woodward American test pilot mission specialist astronaut, 1998-2008.
  • Chamitoff Canadian engineer mission specialist astronaut 1998-2013.
  • Pontes Brazilian test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1998-2019.
  • Hilliard American physician mission specialist astronaut, 1998-2001.
  • Melvin American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1998-2010.
  • Patrick British-American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1998-2012.
  • Vittori Italian test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1998-2016. Italian Air Force.
  • Ham American test pilot astronaut 1998-2012.
  • Oefelein American test pilot astronaut 1998-2007.
  • Olivas American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1998-2010.
  • Love American astronomer mission specialist astronaut 1998-2011.
  • Williams American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1998-on. US Navy test pilot. Grew up in Needham, Massachusetts.
  • Reisman American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1998-2011.
  • Caldwell American chemist mission specialist astronaut 1998-on.

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