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NOTE (3-8-2009):  NASA recently updated the Space Shuttle Mission archive weblinks - therefore the weblinks on this page may be out of date and we will soon update them.  Until then, please refer to the following NASA webpage for the Shuttle Mission Archives:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/list_main.html

 

Name

Status

Past Missions

Aldrin, Buzz (Col, USAF, Ret)
SCD Course 16, ‘63

Former

Gemini 12  1966
Apollo 11  1969

Antonelli, Dominic A. (Commander, USN)
SB Course 16, ‘89

Active
Pilot

STS-119
TBD 2009

Apt, Jerome (Jay) III
PhD Course 8, '76

Former

STS-37  1991
STS-47  1992
STS-59  1994
STS-79  1996


Bowen, Stephen G. (Lt Commander, USN)
OCE Course 13W, ‘93

Active
Mission Specialist

STS-126  Shuttle Mission
Nov 14, 2008

Cameron, Kenneth D. (Col, USMC, Ret)
SB Course 16, '78
SM Course 16, '79

Management

Deputy Director for Safety, NASA Engineering & Safety Center, Langley Research Center

STS-37  1991
STS-56  1993
STS-74  1995

Cassidy, Christopher J. (Lt Commander, USN)
SM Course 13, '00

 

Active
Mission Specialist

STS-127
TBD 2009

Chamitoff, Gregory E.
PhD Course 16, ‘92

Active

Mission Specialist

ISS Flight Engineer

ISS Expedition Crew 17
Up via STS-124 - May 25, 2008
Down via
STS-126 - Nov 16, 2008

Chang-Diaz, Franklin R.
ScD Course 22, '77

Former

STS 61-C  1986
STS-34  1989
STS-46  1992
STS-60  1994
STS-75  1996
STS-91  1998
STS-111  2002
 

Chapman, Philip K.
SM Course 16, ‘64
SCD Course 16, ‘67

Former

Coleman, Catherine G. (Cady) (Col, USAF)
SB Course 5, ‘83

Active
Mission Specialist

STS-73  1995
STS-93  1999

ISS Expedition 26
Up via Soyuz 25, November 2010
Down via Soyuz 25, May 201
1
 

Creamer, Timothy J. (Col, USArmy)
SM Course 8, ‘92

Active
Mission Specialist

ISS Expedition 22 / 23
Up via Soyuz 21, December 2009
Down via Soyuz 21, May 2010
 

Duke, Charles M. Jr. (Brigadier General, USAF, Ret)
SM Course 16, ‘64

Former

Apollo 16  1972

England, Anthony W.
SB Course 12A, ‘65
SM Course 12A, ‘65
PhD Course 1 2, ‘70

Former

STS 51-F  1985

 

Fincke, Edward M.
SB Course 16, ‘89
SB Course 12, ‘89

Active

Mission Specialist

ISS Commander

 ISS Expedition Crew Nine

ISS Expedition Crew 18
Up via Soyuz Flight - Oct 12, 2008
Down via
Soyuz Flight - Apr
5, 2009

Grunsfeld, John M.
SB Course 8, '80

Active
Mission Specialist

STS-67  1995
STS-81  1997
STS-103  1999
STS-109  2002

STS-125  Shuttle Mission
May 2009

Hubble Telescope Repair Mission

 

Hart, Terry J.
SM Course 2, ‘69

Former

STS-41C  1984

Hauck, Frederick H. (Capt, USN, Ret)
SM Course 22, ‘66

Former

STS-7  1983
STS-51A  1984
STS-26  1988
 

Lawrence, Wendy B. (Capt., USN)
SM Course 13 / WHOI, '88

Former

STS-67  1995
STS-86  1997
STS-91  1998

STS-114 2005

Lee, Mark C. (Col., USAF, Retired)
SM Course 2, '80

Former

STS-30  1989
STS-47  1992
STS-64  1994
STS-82  1997
 

Lenoir, William B.
SB Course 6, ‘61
SM Course 6, ‘62
PhD Course 6, ‘65

Former

STS-5  1982

Massimino, Michael J.
SM Course 2, ‘88
SM TPP, ‘88
ME, Course 2, ‘90
PhD Course 2, ‘92

Active
Mission Specialist

STS-109  2002

STS-125  Shuttle Mission
May 2009

Hubble Telescope Repair Mission

McNair, Ronald E.
PhD Course 8, ‘76

Deceased

STS 41-B
STS-51-L  1986

 

Melroy, Pamela Ann (Col, USAF, Retired)
SM Course 12, '84

Active
Commander

STS-92  2000
(ISS Assembly Flig
ht 3A)

STS112 2002

STS-120 2007 (ISS Expedition Crew 15

Mitchell, Edgar D. (Captain, USN (Retired))
SCD Course 16, ‘64

Former

Apollo 14  1971

Patrick, Nicholas J. M.
SM Course 2, ‘90
PhD Course 2, ‘96

Active
Mission Specialist

STS-116 2006
ISS Assembly Flight 12A.1

STS-130
December 2009
 

Satcher, Robert L.
BS Course 10, '86
PhD Course 10, '93

Active
Mission Specialist

STS-129
October 2009

Schweickart, Russell L.
SB Course 16, ‘56
SM Course 16, ‘63

Former

Apollo 9  1969

Scott, David R. (Colonel, USAF(Retired))
EAA Course 16, ‘62
SM Course 16, ‘62

Former

Gemini 8  1966
Apollo 9  1969
Apollo 15  1971

Sheperd, William M. (Captain, USN)
SM Course 2, '78
SM Course 13, '78

Officially beginning the permanent human presence onboard the International Space Station is the Expedition 1 crew. From left to right are Russian cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev, Yuri Gidzenko and American astronaut and MIT South Texas alum Capt. Bill Shepherd, US Navy, (SM Course 2 & 13 '78)
 

Former

STS-27  1988
STS-41  1990
STS-52  1992
ISS 2R  Oct 2000
ISS Expedition One

Stefanyshyn-Piper, Heidemarie M. (Captain USN)
SB Course 2, ‘84
SM Course 2, ‘85

Active
Mission Specialist

  STS-115 2006
ISS Assembly Flight 12A

STS-126  Shuttle Mission
Nov 14, 2008
 

Tani, Daniel M.
SB Course 2, ‘84
SM Course 2, ‘88

Active

Mission Specialist

ISS Flight Engineer

STS-108  2001

ISS Expedition Crew 16
(
STS-120 2007) (STS-122 2008)

Thirsk, Robert B.
SM Course 2, '78
MBA SL15A, ‘98

Active
Mission Specialist

STS-78  1996

ISS Expedition 20 / 21
Up via Soyuz Flight - May 2009
Down via STS-129 - Oct 2009

 

Voss, Janice
SM Course 6, '77
PhD Course 16, '78

Management

Science Director for Kepler, Ames Research Center

STS-57  1993
STS-63  1995
STS-83  1997
STS-94  1997
STS-99  2000
 

Woodward III, Neil W. (Commander, USN)
SB Course 8, ‘84
 

Management

Office of Space Exploration Systems, NASA Headquarters

all photos on this page courtesy of NASA

NOTE:  All MIT Astronaut information is obtained from the following NASA websites:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/PS/

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