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NASA Astronaut Group 15 ("The Flying Escargot") was a group of 23
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astronauts announced on December 8, 1994. Group members adopted ''The Flying Escargot'' as their moniker, in reference to two members of the group being from
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
. The group featured ten
pilot An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls. Some other aircrew members, such as navigators or flight engineers, are also considered aviators, because they a ...
s, nine mission specialists, and four international mission specialist trainees from France, Canada and Japan. Three members of this group,
Rick Husband Richard Douglas Husband (July 12, 1957 – February 1, 2003) was an American astronaut and fighter pilot. He traveled into space twice: as Pilot of STS-96 and Commander of STS-107. He and the rest of the crew of STS-107 were killed when ''Col ...
,
Michael P. Anderson Michael Phillip Anderson (December 25, 1959 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. Anderson and his six fellow crew members were killed in the Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster when the craft disintegrat ...
, and
Kalpana Chawla Kalpana Chawla (17 March 1962 – 1 February 2003) was an Indian-born American astronaut and mechanical engineer who was the first woman of Indian origin to go to space. She first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia, Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' in 199 ...
, died in the Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster. These three received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. Another member of the group
Pamela Melroy Pamela Ann Melroy (born September 17, 1961) is an American retired United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut serving as the deputy administrator of NASA. She served as pilot on Space Shuttle missions STS-92 and STS-112 and commanded miss ...
, currently serves as
Deputy Administrator of NASA The Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the second-highest-ranking official of NASA, the national List of space agencies, space agency of the United States. Administrator of NASA is NASA's chief decision m ...
, taking office on June 21st 2021, having been appointed by US President Joe Biden.


Pilots

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Scott Altman Scott Douglas "Scooter" Altman (born August 15, 1959) is a retired United States Navy Captain and naval aviator, engineer, test pilot and former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. His fourth mission on STS-125 was ...
**Pilot,
STS-90 STS-90 was a 1998 Space Shuttle mission flown by the Space Shuttle ''Columbia''. The 16-day mission marked the last flight of the European Space Agency's Spacelab laboratory module, which had first flown on ''Columbia'' on STS-9, and was also th ...
(Neurolab) **Pilot, STS-106 **Commander, STS-109 **Commander, STS-125 * Jeffrey Ashby **Pilot, STS-93 **Pilot, STS-100 **Commander, STS-112 * Michael Bloomfield **Pilot, STS-86 **Pilot,
STS-97 STS-97 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle '' Endeavour''. The crew installed the first set of solar arrays to the ISS, prepared a docking port for arrival of the Destiny Laboratory Module, ...
**Commander, STS-110 * Joe F. Edwards, Jr. **Pilot, STS-89 *
Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie Dominic Lee Pudwill Gorie (born May 2, 1957) is a retired United States Navy officer and NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. Personal Gorie was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana. His father, Capt. Paul Pudwill, was killed ...
**Pilot, STS-91 **Pilot, STS-99 **Commander,
STS-108 STS-108 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle '' Endeavour''. Its primary objective was to deliver supplies to and help maintain the ISS. STS-108 was the 12th shuttle flight to visit the In ...
**Commander,
STS-123 STS-123 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by Space Shuttle ''Endeavour''. STS-123 was the 1J/A ISS assembly mission. The original launch target date was 14 February 2008 but after the delay of ...
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Rick Husband Richard Douglas Husband (July 12, 1957 – February 1, 2003) was an American astronaut and fighter pilot. He traveled into space twice: as Pilot of STS-96 and Commander of STS-107. He and the rest of the crew of STS-107 were killed when ''Col ...
**Pilot, STS-96 **Commander, STS-107 * * Steven Lindsey **Pilot,
STS-87 STS-87 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Launch Complex 39B of the Kennedy Space Center on 19 November 1997. It was the 88th flight of the Space Shuttle and the 24th flight of '' Columbia''. The mission goals were to conduct experiments u ...
**Pilot, STS-95 **Commander, STS-104 **Commander, STS-121 **Commander, STS-133 *
Pamela Melroy Pamela Ann Melroy (born September 17, 1961) is an American retired United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut serving as the deputy administrator of NASA. She served as pilot on Space Shuttle missions STS-92 and STS-112 and commanded miss ...
**Pilot,
STS-92 STS-92 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery''. STS-92 marked the 100th mission of the Space Shuttle. It was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 11 October 2000. Crew ...
**Pilot, STS-112 **Commander, STS-120 * Susan L. Still-Kilrain **Pilot, STS-83 **Pilot, STS-94 * Frederick Sturckow **Pilot, STS-88 **Pilot, STS-105 **Commander, STS-117 **Commander, STS-128


Mission Specialists

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Michael P. Anderson Michael Phillip Anderson (December 25, 1959 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. Anderson and his six fellow crew members were killed in the Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster when the craft disintegrat ...
** Mission Specialist, STS-89 **Mission Specialist, STS-107 * *
Kalpana Chawla Kalpana Chawla (17 March 1962 – 1 February 2003) was an Indian-born American astronaut and mechanical engineer who was the first woman of Indian origin to go to space. She first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia, Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' in 199 ...
**Mission Specialist,
STS-87 STS-87 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Launch Complex 39B of the Kennedy Space Center on 19 November 1997. It was the 88th flight of the Space Shuttle and the 24th flight of '' Columbia''. The mission goals were to conduct experiments u ...
**Mission Specialist, STS-107 * * Robert Curbeam **Mission Specialist, STS-85 **Mission Specialist, STS-98 **Mission Specialist, STS-116 *
Kathryn Hire Kathryn Patricia "Kay" Hire (born August 26, 1959) is a former NASA astronaut and Captain (naval), Captain in the United States Navy Reserve, U.S. Navy Reserve who has flown aboard two Space Shuttle missions. Education Born in Mobile, Alabama ...
**Mission Specialist,
STS-90 STS-90 was a 1998 Space Shuttle mission flown by the Space Shuttle ''Columbia''. The 16-day mission marked the last flight of the European Space Agency's Spacelab laboratory module, which had first flown on ''Columbia'' on STS-9, and was also th ...
**Mission Specialist, STS-130 * Janet Kavandi ** STS-91 ** STS-99 ** STS-104 * Edward Tsang Lu **Mission Specialist, STS-84 **Mission Specialist, STS-104 **Flight Engineer, Soyuz TMA-2 **Flight Engineer,
Expedition 7 Expedition 7 was the seventh expedition to the International Space Station. Crew Planned crew before ''Columbia'' disaster Mission parameters *Perigee: 384 km *Apogee: 396 km *Inclination: 51.6° *Period: 92 min Mission objec ...
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Carlos I. Noriega Carlos Ismael Noriega (born 8 October 1959) is a Peruvian-American NASA employee, a former NASA astronaut and a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel. Education * 1977: Graduated from Wilcox High School, Santa Clara, California * 1981: ...
**Mission Specialist, STS-84 **Mission Specialist,
STS-97 STS-97 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle '' Endeavour''. The crew installed the first set of solar arrays to the ISS, prepared a docking port for arrival of the Destiny Laboratory Module, ...
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James F. Reilly James Francis Reilly II (born March 18, 1954) is an American geologist, retired NASA astronaut, and honorary United States Marshal who served as the 17th Director of the United States Geological Survey from 2018 to 2021. He flew on three Space ...
** STS-89 ** STS-104 ** STS-117 * Stephen Robinson ** STS-85 ** STS-95 **
STS-114 STS-114 was the first "Return to Flight" Space Shuttle mission following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster. Space Shuttle Discovery, ''Discovery'' launched at 10:39 Eastern Time Zone, EDT (14:39 Coordinated ...
** STS-130


International mission specialists

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Jean-Loup Chrétien Jean-Loup Jacques Marie Chrétien (born 20 August 1938) is a French retired ''Général de Brigade'' (brigadier general) in the ''Armée de l'Air'' (French air force), and a former CNES spationaut. He flew on two Franco-Soviet space missions a ...
(
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
) **Research Cosmonaut,
Soyuz T-6 Soyuz T-6 was a human spaceflight to Earth orbit to the Salyut 7 space station in 1982. Along with two Soviet cosmonauts, the crew included a Frenchman, Jean-Loup Chrétien. The Soyuz-T spacecraft arrived at Salyut 7 following launch on 24 June ...
**Research Cosmonaut,
Soyuz TM-6 Soyuz TM-6 was a crewed Soyuz (spacecraft), Soyuz spaceflight to ''Mir''.The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-TM6.htm It was launched on 29 August 1988, at 04:23:11 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC, ...
/ TM-7 (
Mir Aragatz Mir EO-4 (also called Principal Expedition 4) was the fourth long-duration expedition to the Soviet space station Mir. The expedition began in November 1988, when crew members Commander Aleksandr Volkov and Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev arrived ...
) **Mission Specialist, STS-86 * Takao Doi (
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
) **Mission Specialist,
STS-87 STS-87 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Launch Complex 39B of the Kennedy Space Center on 19 November 1997. It was the 88th flight of the Space Shuttle and the 24th flight of '' Columbia''. The mission goals were to conduct experiments u ...
**Mission Specialist,
STS-123 STS-123 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by Space Shuttle ''Endeavour''. STS-123 was the 1J/A ISS assembly mission. The original launch target date was 14 February 2008 but after the delay of ...
* Michel Tognini (
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
) **Research Cosmonaut,
Soyuz TM-15 Soyuz TM-15 was the 15th expedition to the Mir space station. It included spationaut Michel Tognini Michel Ange-Charles Tognini (born 30 September 1949 in Vincennes, France) is a French test pilot, engineer, brigadier general in the French A ...
/ TM-14 **Mission Specialist, STS-93 * Dafydd Williams (
Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
) **Mission Specialist,
STS-90 STS-90 was a 1998 Space Shuttle mission flown by the Space Shuttle ''Columbia''. The 16-day mission marked the last flight of the European Space Agency's Spacelab laboratory module, which had first flown on ''Columbia'' on STS-9, and was also th ...
**Mission Specialist, STS-118


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