caption status birth_place mission nationality article_title birth_date selection rank insignia image time name type occupation
herrington in november 2009 retired wetumka , oklahoma , united states sts-113 american john herrington
 14 september 1958 1996 nasa group commander , usn 50px johnbharrington.jpg 13d 18h 47m john bennett herrington nasa astronaut u.s. naval pilot , test pilot
john herrington

john bennett herrington , phd -lrb- born september 14 , 1958 , chickasaw nation -rrb- is a retired united states naval aviator and former nasa astronaut .
in 2002 , herrington became the first enrolled member of a native american tribe to fly in space .
-lrb- william r. pogue was of choctaw ancestry and was a crewman aboard in 1973 -- 1974 , but he was not an enrolled member of the choctaw . -rrb-
