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NASA-16 astronaut group, 1996
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Part of Astronaut Selection Groups
Requirement: pilot, engineer, and scientist astronauts for space shuttle flights. Nickname: The Sardines (named because that's how packed they were; at 44 this was the largest ASCAN class of all time)
AKA: Sardines. Date: 1996.
More at: NASA-16 astronaut group, 1996.
Subtopics
 | Mohri Japanese chemist mission specialist astronaut 1985-2000. NASDA; Spacelab-J specialist. |
 | Phillips American physicist mission specialist astronaut 1996-2011. |
 | Camarda American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1996-2006. |
 | Morin American physician mission specialist astronaut 1996-2002. |
 | Thiele German physicist mission specialist astronaut 1987-2005. DARA. |
 | Guidoni Italian physicist mission specialist astronaut 1989-2004. |
 | MacLean Canadian physicist mission specialist astronaut 1983-2008. Selected Aug 1996; he had been Payload Specialist on STS-52 Mission LAGEOS-2 (responsible for the Space Visions System). |
 | Sellers British-American ecologist mission specialist astronaut 1996-2011. |
 | Pettit American chemical engineer mission specialist astronaut 1996-on. 369 cumulative days in space. First NASA astronaut to return to earth in a Russian spacecraft. 369 cumulative days in space. |
 | Brown, David American physician mission specialist astronaut 1996-2003. Perished in Columbia shuttle disintegration during re-entry. |
 | Lockhart American test pilot astronaut 1996-2005. |
 | Polansky American test pilot astronaut 1996-2012. American test pilot astronaut 1996-2012. |
 | Fuglesang Swedish engineer cosmonaut 1992-2017. |
 | Forrester American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1996-2011. |
 | Carey American test pilot astronaut 1996-2004. |
 | Williams, Jeffrey American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1996-on. 534 cumulative days in space. |
 | Caldeiro American engineer mission specialist astronaut, 1996-2009. |
 | Herrington American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1996-2005. |
 | Cagle American physician mission specialist astronaut 1996-2008. |
 | Whitson American biochemist mission specialist astronaut 1996-2018. Biochemist, first female space station commander. 376 cumulative days in space. |
 | Mastracchio American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1996--2015. |
 | Loria American test pilot astronaut, 1996-2005. US Marine Corps. Grew up in Belmont, Massachusetts. Flew 42 combat missions over Iraq. |
 | Tani American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1996-2012. |
 | Clark American physician mission specialist astronaut 1996-2003. Physician. Perished in Columbia shuttle disintegration during re-entry. |
 | Burbank American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1996-2018. |
 | McCool American test pilot astronaut 1996-2003. Perished in Columbia shuttle disintegration during re-entry. |
 | Hobaugh American test pilot astronaut 1996-2011. US Marine Corps. |
 | Massimino American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1996-2012. |
 | Walheim American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1996-2018. |
 | Perrin French test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1990-2004. Grew up in Avignon, Provence. |
 | Stefanyshyn-Piper American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1996-2009. Engineer. |
 | Duque Spanish engineer mission specialist astronaut 1992-2018. First Spanish astronaut. |
 | Nowak American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1996-2007. US Navy test pilot. |
 | Payette Canadian engineer mission specialist astronaut 1992-2013. Engineer. Second Canadian female astronaut. |
 | Kelly, Mark American test pilot astronaut 1996-2011. Twin brother of astronaut Scott Kelly. Grew up in West Orange, New Jersey. Flew 39 combat missions over Iraq. |
 | Kelly, Scott American test pilot astronaut 1996-2016. Twin brother of astronaut Mark Kelly. 520 cumulative days in space. |
 | Richards, Paul American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1996-2002. |
 | Higginbotham American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1996-2007. Engineer. |
 | Frick American test pilot astronaut 1996-2010. Flew 26 combat missions over Iraq. |
 | Magnus American materials scientist mission specialist astronaut 1996-2012. |
 | Noguchi Japanese engineer mission specialist astronaut 1996-on. |
 | Wilson American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1996-2013. Engineer. |
 | Fincke American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1996-on. 381 cumulative days in space, record for an American, but over 20 Russian cosmonauts had more. |
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