# NASA Astronaut Group 17

NASA Astronaut Group 17, were chosen by NASA in 1998 and announced on June 4 of that year. The group of 32 candidates included eight pilots, 17 mission specialists, and seven international mission specialists who became NASA astronauts. They began training in August 1998.

## Pilots

* Lee Archambault (2 flights)
** Pilot, STS-117 (Atlantis)
** Commander, STS-119 (Discovery)
* Christopher Ferguson (3 flights)
** Pilot, STS-115 (Atlantis)
** Commander, STS-126 (Endeavour)
** Commander, STS-135 (Atlantis)
* Kenneth Ham (2 flights)
** Pilot, STS-124 (Discovery)
** Commander, STS-132 (Atlantis)
* Gregory C. Johnson (1 flight)
** Pilot, STS-125
* Gregory H. Johnson (2 flights)
** Pilot, STS-123, (Endeavour)
** Pilot, STS-134, (Endeavour)
* William Oefelein (dismissed from the NASA astronaut corps and reassigned to the U.S. Navy, later retiring from military service) (1 flight)
** Pilot, STS-116, (Discovery)
* Alan Poindexter (2 flights)
** Pilot, STS-122, (Atlantis)
** Commander, STS-131 (Discovery)
* George Zamka (2 flights)
** Pilot, STS-120, (Discovery)
** Commander, STS-130, (Endeavour)

## Mission specialists

* Clayton Anderson (2 flights)
** STS-117 (Atlantis); launched to the ISS
** Flight engineer, Expedition 15
** STS-120 (Discovery; landed from ISS)
** STS-131 (Discovery)
* Tracy Caldwell (3 flights)
** STS-118 (Endeavour)
** Soyuz TMA-18
** Flight engineer, Expedition 23/Expedition 24
** Soyuz MS-25
** Flight engineer, Expedition 70/Expedition 71
* Gregory Chamitoff (2 flights)
** NEEMO 3
** Mission Specialist, STS-124 (Discovery; launched to ISS)
** Flight engineer, Expedition 17/Expedition 18 (also served as a science officer)
** Mission Specialist, STS-126 (Endeavour; landed from ISS)
** Mission Specialist, STS-134 (Endeavour)
* Timothy Creamer (1 flight)
** Soyuz TMA-17
** Flight engineer, Expedition 22/Expedition 23
* Michael Foreman (2 flights)
** Mission specialist, STS-123 (Endeavour)
** Mission specialist, STS-129 (Atlantis)
* Michael Fossum (3 flights)
** Mission specialist, STS-121 (Discovery)
** Mission specialist, STS-124 (Discovery)
** Soyuz TMA-02M
** Flight engineer, Expedition 28
** Commander, Expedition 29
* Stanley G. Love (1 flight)
** Mission specialist, STS-122 (Atlantis)
* Leland Melvin (2 flights)
** Mission specialist, STS-122 (Atlantis)
** Mission specialist, STS-129 (Atlantis)
* Barbara Morgan (1 flight)
** STS-118 (Endeavour)
* John Olivas (2 flights)
** Mission specialist, STS-117 (Atlantis)
** Mission specialist, STS-128 (Discovery)
* Nicholas Patrick (2 flights)
** Mission specialist, STS-116 (Discovery)
** Mission specialist, STS-130 (Endeavour)
* Garrett Reisman (2 flights)
** STS-123 (Endeavour; launched to ISS)
** Flight engineer, Expedition 16/Expedition 17
** STS-124 (Discovery; landed from ISS)
** STS-132 (Atlantis)
* Patricia Robertson
* Steven Swanson (3 flights)
** Mission specialist, STS-117 (Atlantis)
** Mission specialist, STS-119 (Discovery)
** Soyuz TMA-12M
** Flight engineer, Expedition 39
** Commander, Expedition 40
* Douglas H. Wheelock (2 flights)
** Mission specialist, STS-120 (Discovery)
** Soyuz TMA-19
** Flight engineer, Expedition 24
** Commander, Expedition 25
* Sunita Williams (3 flights)
** STS-116 (Discovery; launched to ISS)
** Flight engineer, Expedition 14/Expedition 15
** STS-117 (Atlantis; landed from ISS)
** Soyuz TMA-05M
** Flight engineer, Expedition 32
** Commander, Expedition 33
** Pilot, Boeing CFT (Calypso)
** Mission specialist, SpaceX Crew-9 (Crew Dragon Freedom)
*** Flight engineer, Expedition 71/72/73
* Neil Woodward

## International mission specialists

* Léopold Eyharts, France (2 flights)
** Soyuz TM-27 (to Mir; launched only)
** Soyuz TM-26 (from Mir; landed only)
** STS-122 (Atlantis – to International Space Station (ISS); launched only)
** Flight Engineer, Expedition 16
** STS-123 (Endeavour – from ISS; landed only)
* Paolo Nespoli, Italy (3 flights)
** STS-120 (Discovery – ISS mission)
** Soyuz TMA-20
** Expedition 26
** Expedition 27
* Marcos Pontes, Brazil (1 flight) (first Brazilian in space)
** Spaceflight Participant, Soyuz TMA-8 (launched only)
** Spaceflight Participant, Soyuz TMA-7 (landed only)
** Spaceflight Participant, Expedition 13, International Space Station (9 days only)
* Hans Schlegel, Germany (2 flights)
** Payload Specialist, STS-55 (Columbia – Spacelab)
** Mission Specialist, STS-122 (Atlantis – to ISS)
* Robert Thirsk, Canada (2 flights)
** Payload Specialist, STS-78 (Columbia; Spacelab)
** Soyuz TMA-15
** Expedition 20
* Bjarni Tryggvason, Canada (1 flight)
** Payload Specialist, STS-85 (Discovery)
* Roberto Vittori (Italy) (3 flights)
** Soyuz TM-34 (launched only)
** Soyuz TM-33 (landed only)
** Soyuz TMA-6 (launched only)
** Expedition 11 (10 days only)
** Soyuz TMA-5 (landed only)
** Mission Specialist, STS-134 (Endeavour)