NASA Astronaut Group 15
There were 23 astronauts in the NASA Astronaut Group 15. The group name for these astronaut trainees was originally The Snails because no group was convened the previous year and thus the group was slow in coming. Group members adopted The Flying Escargot as their moniker, possibly in reference to the fact that two members of the group were from France, or in reference to the famous "flying escargot" scene in the movie Pretty Woman.[citation needed] The group featured ten pilots, nine mission specialists, and four international mission specialist trainees.
Pilots
- Scott Altman [1]
- Jeffrey Ashby [2] (retired)
- Michael Bloomfield [3]
- Joe F. Edwards, Jr.[4] (retired)
- Pilot, STS-89 (Endeavour)
- Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie [5]
- Rick Husband [6] (deceased)
- Steven Lindsey [7]
- Pamela Melroy [8]
- Susan L. Still-Kilrain [9] (retired)
- Frederick Sturckow [10]
Mission Specialists
- Michael P. Anderson [11] (deceased)
- Mission Specialist, STS-89 (Endeavour)
- Mission Specialist, STS-107 (Columbia)
- Kalpana Chawla [12] (deceased)
- Robert Curbeam [13] (retired)
- Kathryn Hire [14]
- Janet Kavandi [15]
- Edward Tsang Lu [16] (retired)
- Mission Specialist, STS-84 (Atlantis)
- Mission Specialist, STS-104 (Atlantis)
- Flight Engineer, Soyuz TMA-2
- Flight Engineer, Expedition 7
- Carlos I. Noriega [17]
- James F. Reilly [18] (retired)
- Stephen Robinson [19]
NASA biographies
- ^ Scott Altman
- ^ Jeffrey Ashby
- ^ Michael Bloomfield
- ^ Joe F. Edwards, Jr.
- ^ Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie
- ^ Rick Husband
- ^ Steven Lindsey
- ^ Pamela Melroy
- ^ Susan L. Still-Kilrain
- ^ Frederick Sturckow
- ^ Michael Phillip Anderson
- ^ Kalpana Chawla
- ^ Robert Curbeam
- ^ Kathryn Hire
- ^ Janet Kavandi
- ^ Edward Tsang Lu
- ^ Carlos Noriega
- ^ James F. Reilly
- ^ Stephen Robinson
External links
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