page_title: Patrick G. Forrester
section_title: STS-117
hierarchical_section_title: Patrick G. Forrester / NASA career / STS-117
caption_attribution_description: English: On the aft flight deck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-117 mission specialist, talks to ground controllers while supporting two spacewalking crewmates. Forrester will participate in the fourth and final STS-117 spacewalk on June 17.
context_page_description: Patrick Graham Forrester is a retired United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut. At the time of his retirement from the U.S. Army, Forrester had achieved the rank of colonel. He is married and has two children.
  Forrester has flown on three Space Shuttle missions, STS-105, STS-117 and STS-128. He is the current Chief of the Astronaut Office, having assumed the role from Chris Cassidy in June 2017.
context_section_description: Atlantis (June 8–22, 2007) was the 118th Shuttle mission and the 21st mission to visit the ISS, delivering the second starboard truss segment, the third set of U.S. solar arrays and batteries and associated equipment.  The successful construction and repair mission involved four spacewalks by two teams. Forrester accumulated 13 hours and 37 minutes of EVA time in two spacewalks.  The mission also delivered crewmember Clayton Anderson, and returned with Sunita Williams from the Expedition 15 crew. STS-117 returned to land at Edwards Air Force Base, California, having traveled 5.8 million miles in 14 days.
caption: Forrester pictured during STS-117
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