NASA Astronaut Group 17
NASA Astronaut Group 17,, were chosen by NASA in 1998. The group of 32 candidates included eight pilots, 17 mission specialists, and seven international mission specialists who become NASA astronauts. They began training in August 1998.Pilots
- Lee Archambault
- *Pilot, STS-117
- *Commander, STS-119
- Christopher Ferguson
- *Pilot, STS-115
- *Commander, STS-126
- *Commander, STS-135
- *Future flight, Commander, Boe-CFT
- Kenneth Ham
- *Pilot, STS-124
- *Commander, STS-132
- Gregory C. Johnson
- *Pilot, STS-125
- Gregory H. Johnson
- *Pilot, STS-123,
- *Pilot, STS-134,
- William Oefelein
- *Pilot, STS-116,
- Alan Poindexter
- *Pilot, STS-122,
- *Commander, STS-131
- George Zamka
- *Pilot, STS-120,
- *Commander, STS-130,
Mission specialists
- Clayton Anderson
- *STS-117
- *Flight engineer, Expedition 15
- *STS-120
- *STS-131
- Tracy Caldwell
- *STS-118
- *Flight engineer, Expedition 23/Expedition 24
- Gregory Chamitoff
- *NEEMO
- *Mission Specialist, STS-124
- *Flight engineer, Expedition 17/Expedition 18
- *Mission Specialist, STS-126
- *Mission Specialist, STS-134
- Timothy Creamer
- *Flight engineer, Expedition 22/Expedition 23
- Michael Foreman
- *Mission specialist, STS-123
- *Mission specialist, STS-129
- Michael Fossum
- *Mission specialist, STS-121
- *Mission specialist, STS-124
- *Soyuz TMA-02M
- *Flight engineer, Expedition 28
- *Commander, Expedition 29
- Stanley G. Love
- *Mission specialist, STS-122
- Leland Melvin
- *Mission specialist, STS-122
- *Mission specialist, STS-129
- Barbara Morgan
- *STS-118
- John Olivas
- *Mission specialist, STS-117
- *Mission specialist, STS-128
- Nicholas Patrick
- *Mission specialist, STS-116
- *Mission specialist, STS-130
- Garrett Reisman
- *STS-123
- *Flight engineer, Expedition 16/Expedition 17
- *STS-124
- *STS-132
- Patricia Robertson
- Steven Swanson
- *Mission specialist, STS-117
- *Mission specialist, STS-119
- Douglas H. Wheelock
- *Mission specialist, STS-120
- Sunita Williams
- *STS-116
- *Flight engineer, Expedition 14/Expedition 15
- *STS-117
- *Soyuz TMA-05M
- *Flight engineer, Expedition 32
- *Commander, Expedition 33
- *Commander, USCV-2
- Neil Woodward
International mission specialists
- Léopold Eyharts, France
- *Soyuz TM-27
- *Soyuz TM-26
- *STS-122
- *Flight Engineer, Expedition 16
- *STS-123
- Paolo Nespoli, Italy
- *STS-120
- * Soyuz TMA-20
- * Expedition 26
- * Expedition 27
- Marcos Pontes, Brazil
- *Soyuz TMA-8
- *Soyuz TMA-9
- *Expedition 13, International Space Station
- Hans Schlegel, Germany
- *Payload Specialist, STS-55
- *Mission Specialist, STS-122
- Robert Thirsk, Canada
- *Payload Specialist, STS-78
- *Soyuz TMA-15
- Bjarni Tryggvason, Canada
- *Payload Specialist, STS-85
- Roberto Vittori
- *Soyuz TM-34
- *Soyuz TM-33
- *Soyuz TMA-6
- *Expedition 11
- *Soyuz TMA-5
- *Mission Specialist, STS-134
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