eva religion status birth_place mission nationality article_title birth_date selection rank insignia image time name type occupation alma_mater
4 27h 3m catholic active yonkers , new york sts-124 , soyuz tma-21 -lrb- expedition 27/28 -rrb- american ronald j. garan , jr. .
 30 october 1961 2000 nasa group colonel , usaf 40px 40px 40px 40px garan v2.jpg 177 days , 23 hours , 54 minutes ronald j. garan , jr. nasa astronaut fighter pilot suny florida college at oneonta embry-riddle aeronautical university university of
ronald j. garan , jr. .

ronald john garan , jr. -lrb- born october 30 , 1961 -rrb- is a nasa astronaut .
after graduating from state university of new york college at oneonta in 1982 , he joined the air force , becoming a second lieutenant in 1984 .
he became an f-16 pilot , and flew combat missions in desert shield and desert storm .
before becoming an astronaut he was the operations officer of the 40th flight test squadron -lrb- fts -rrb- .
he first flew in space as a mission specialist on the sts-124 mission to the international space station -lrb- iss -rrb- .
he returned to iss on 4 april 2011 for a six-month stay as a member of expedition 27 .
