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Jack D. Fischer
Born (1974-01-23) January 23, 1974 (age 50)
Louisville, Colorado
StatusActive
NationalityAmerican
OccupationTest pilot
Space career
NASA Astronaut
RankColonel, USAF
Selection2009 NASA Group

Jack David "2fish" Fischer (born January 23, 1974) is an American test pilot and a NASA astronaut.[1] Fischer was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20 and qualified as an astronaut in 2011.

Biography

Fischer is a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He considers Louisville, Colorado to be his hometown. Fischer is a 1992 graduate of Centaurus High School, a 1996 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, 1998 graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a 2004 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California.[2] His call sign as a pilot is 2fish.[citation needed]

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

  1. ^ NASA HQ (June 29, 2009). "NASA Selects New Astronauts for Future Space Exploration". NASA. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
  2. ^ NASA (August 2009). "Bio: Jack D. Fischer". NASA. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
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