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![]() The astronauts of Group 17  | |
| Year selected | 1998 | 
| Number selected | 32 | 
NASA Astronaut Group 17, were chosen by NASA in 1998 and announced on June 4 of that year.[1] 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

Group Patch
- Lee Archambault (2 flights)[2]
 - Christopher Ferguson (3 flights)[5]
 - Kenneth Ham (2 flights)[9]
 - Gregory C. Johnson (1 flight)[12]
 - Gregory H. Johnson (2 flights)[14]
 - William Oefelein (dismissed from the NASA astronaut corps and reassigned to the U.S. Navy, later retiring from military service) (1 flight)[17]
 - Alan Poindexter (2 flights)[19]
 - George Zamka (2 flights)[22]
 
Mission specialists
- Clayton Anderson (2 flights)[25]
 - Tracy Caldwell (2 flights)[26]
- STS-118 (Endeavour)[27]
 - Soyuz TMA-18
 - Flight engineer, Expedition 23/Expedition 24
 
 - Gregory Chamitoff (2 flights)[28]
 - Timothy Creamer (1 flight)[29]
- Soyuz TMA-17
 - Flight engineer, Expedition 22/Expedition 23
 
 - Michael Foreman (2 flights)[30]
 - Michael Fossum (3 flights)[32]
- Mission specialist, STS-121 (Discovery)[33]
 - Mission specialist, STS-124 (Discovery)[10]
 - Soyuz TMA-02M
 - Flight engineer, Expedition 28
 - Commander, Expedition 29
 
 - Stanley G. Love (1 flight)[34]
 - Leland Melvin (2 flights)[35]
 - Barbara Morgan (1 flight)[36]
 - John Olivas (2 flights)[37]
 - Nicholas Patrick (2 flights)[39]
 - Garrett Reisman (2 flights)[40]
- STS-123 (Endeavour; launched to ISS)[15]
 - Flight engineer, Expedition 16/Expedition 17
 - STS-124 (Discovery; landed from ISS)[10]
 - STS-132 (Atlantis)[11]
 
 - Patricia Robertson[41]
 - Steven Swanson (3 flights)[42]
- Mission specialist, STS-117 (Atlantis)[3]
 - Mission specialist, STS-119 (Discovery)[4]
 - Soyuz TMA-12M
 - Flight engineer, Expedition 39
 - Commander, Expedition 40
 
 - Douglas H. Wheelock (2 flights)[43]
- Mission specialist, STS-120 (Discovery)[23]
 - Soyuz TMA-19
 - Flight engineer, Expedition 24
 - Commander, Expedition 25
 
 - Sunita Williams (2 flights)[44]
- STS-116 (Discovery; launched to ISS)[18]
 - Flight engineer, Expedition 14/Expedition 15
 - STS-117 (Atlantis; landed from ISS)[3]
 - Soyuz TMA-05M
 - Flight engineer, Expedition 32
 - Commander, Expedition 33
 - Future flight Pilot, Boeing CFT (Calypso)
 
 - Neil Woodward[45]
 
International mission specialists
- Léopold Eyharts, France (2 flights)[46]
- 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)[47]
- STS-120 (Discovery – ISS mission)
 - Soyuz TMA-20
 - Expedition 26
 - Expedition 27
 
 - Marcos Pontes, Brazil (1 flight) (first Brazilian in space)[48][49]
- Soyuz TMA-8 (launched only)
 - Soyuz TMA-7 (landed only)
 - Expedition 13, International Space Station (9 days only)
 
 - Hans Schlegel, Germany (2 flights)[50]
 - Robert Thirsk, Canada (2 flights)[51]
- Payload Specialist, STS-78 (Columbia; Spacelab)
 - Soyuz TMA-15
 - Expedition 20
 
 - Bjarni Tryggvason, Canada (1 flight)[52]
 - Roberto Vittori (Italy) (3 flights)[53]
- 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)
 
 
See also
References
- ↑ McCarter, Jennifer; Hawley, Eileen M. (June 4, 1998). "NASA NAMES ASTRONAUT CLASS OF 1998" (Press release). NASA. 98-97. Archived from the original on February 8, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
 - ↑ "Lee J. Archambault" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. March 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 15, 2020. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
 - 1 2 3 4 5 "STS-117 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. June 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 22, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
 - 1 2 "STS-119: A Final Station Power Up" (PDF). Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 2009. FS-2009-01-004-JSC. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 25, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
 - ↑ "Christopher J. Ferguson" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. December 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 12, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
 - ↑ "STS-115 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. August 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 13, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
 - 1 2 "STS-126 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. November 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 7, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
 - ↑ "STS-135 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. July 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
 - ↑ "Kenneth T. Ham" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. June 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 12, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
 - 1 2 3 4 "STS-124 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. May 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 4, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
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 - ↑ "Gregory C. Johnson" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. February 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 8, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
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 - ↑ "Gregory H. Johnson" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. August 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
 - 1 2 3 "STS-123 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. March 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
 - 1 2 "STS-134 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. April 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 14, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
 - ↑ "William A. Oefelein" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. August 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 29, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
 - 1 2 3 "STS-116 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. December 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 8, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
 - ↑ "Alan G. Poindexter" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. August 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 18, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
 - 1 2 3 "STS-122 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. February 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 30, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
 - 1 2 "STS-131 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. April 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 24, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
 - ↑ "George D. Zamka" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. August 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
 - 1 2 3 "STS-120 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. October 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 30, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
 - 1 2 "STS-130 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. January 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 30, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
 - ↑ "Clayton C. Anderson" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. January 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 4, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
 - ↑ "Tracy Caldwell Dyson" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. March 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 2, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
 - ↑ "STS-118 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. July 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 10, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
 - ↑ "Gregory Errol Chamitoff" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. July 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 15, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
 - ↑ "Timothy J. "TJ" Creamer" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. October 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 15, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
 - ↑ "Michael J. Foreman" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. July 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 19, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
 - 1 2 "STS-129 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. November 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 24, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
 - ↑ "Michael E. Fossum" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. January 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 19, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
 - ↑ "STS-121 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. May 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 11, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
 - ↑ "Stanley G. Love" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. May 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 13, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
 - ↑ "Leland D. Melvin" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. March 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 9, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
 - ↑ "Barbara Radding Morgan" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. July 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 8, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
 - ↑ "John D. Olivas" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. June 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
 - ↑ "STS-128 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. August 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 7, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
 - ↑ "Nicholas J. M. Patrick" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. June 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 19, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
 - ↑ "Garett E. Reisman" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. June 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 18, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
 - ↑ "Patricia Hilliard Robertson" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. August 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 19, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
 - ↑ "Steven R. Swanson" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. February 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
 - ↑ "Douglas H. Wheelock" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. March 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 19, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
 - ↑ "Sunita L. Williams" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. August 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 3, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
 - ↑ "Neil W. Woodward III" (PDF). Biographical Data. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. October 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
 - ↑ "Léopold Eyharts". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
 - ↑ "Paolo Nespoli". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
 - ↑ Marcos Pontes
 - ↑ "Astronaut Biography: Marcos Pontes". www.spacefacts.de. Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
 - ↑ "Hans Schlegel". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
 - ↑ "Robert Thirsk". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
 - ↑ Bjarni Tryggvason
 - ↑ "Roberto Vittori". Retrieved Apr 29, 2019.
 
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