NASA Astronaut Group 19 was a NASA spaceflight team that saw the training of two
pilots, six
mission specialists, three educator mission specialists to become
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
NASA was established in 1958, succeedin ...
astronauts. These 11 astronauts began training in 2004.
This was the last group to fly the
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program n ...
.
Pilots
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Randolph Bresnik (2 flights)
**
STS-129 (''
Atlantis
Atlantis ( grc, Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, , island of Atlas) is a fictional island mentioned in an allegory on the hubris of nations in Plato's works '' Timaeus'' and '' Critias'', wherein it represents the antagonist naval power that b ...
'')
**
Soyuz MS-05
***Flight engineer/Commander, ISS
Expedition 52/
53
*
James Dutton (1 flight)
**Pilot,
STS-131
STS-131 ( ISS assembly flight 19A) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). launched on 5 April 2010 at 6:21 am from LC-39A, and landed at 9:08 am on 20 April 2010 on runway 33 at the Kennedy Space ...
(''
Discovery
Discovery may refer to:
* Discovery (observation), observing or finding something unknown
* Discovery (fiction), a character's learning something unknown
* Discovery (law), a process in courts of law relating to evidence
Discovery, The Discove ...
'')
Mission Specialists
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Christopher Cassidy -
Chief of the Astronaut Office
The Chief of the Astronaut Office is the most senior leadership position for active astronauts at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Chief Astronaut serves as head of the NASA Astronaut Corps and is the principal advis ...
2015-2017 (3 flights)
**
STS-127 (''
Endeavour'')
**
Soyuz TMA-08M
***Flight engineer, ISS
Expedition 35/
36
**
Soyuz MS-16
Soyuz MS-16 was a Soyuz spaceflight launched on 9 April 2020, which transported three members of the Expedition 62/ 63 crew to the International Space Station.
This flight was the first crewed launch using the Soyuz 2.1a launch vehicle, and ...
***Flight engineer/Commander, ISS
Expedition 62
Expedition 62 was the 62nd long duration mission to the International Space Station, which began 5:50 UTC on 6 February 2020 with the undocking of the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft. The Expedition consisted of Russian commander Oleg Skripochka, as w ...
/
63
*
José M. Hernández (1 flight)
**
STS-128 (''
Discovery
Discovery may refer to:
* Discovery (observation), observing or finding something unknown
* Discovery (fiction), a character's learning something unknown
* Discovery (law), a process in courts of law relating to evidence
Discovery, The Discove ...
'')
*
Robert S. Kimbrough (3 flights)
**
STS-126
STS-126 was the one hundred and twenty-fourth NASA Space Shuttle mission, and twenty-second orbital flight of the ''Space Shuttle Endeavour'' (OV-105) to the International Space Station (ISS). The purpose of the mission, referred to as ULF2 by ...
(''Endeavour'')
**
Soyuz MS-02
***Flight engineer/Commander,
ISS Expedition 49
Expedition 49 was the 49th expedition to the International Space Station.
Anatoli Ivanishin, Kathleen Rubins and Takuya Onishi transferred from Expedition 48. Expedition 49 began upon the departure of Soyuz TMA-20M on September 6, 2016 and conc ...
/
50
** Commander,
SpaceX Crew-2
***Flight engineer,
Expedition 65
Expedition 65 was the 65th long duration expedition to the International Space Station. The mission began on 17 April 2021, with the departure of Soyuz MS-17, and was initially commanded by NASA astronaut Shannon Walker serving as the third fe ...
*
Thomas Marshburn (2 flights)
**
STS-127 (''
Endeavour'')
**
Soyuz TMA-07M
Soyuz TMA-07M (russian: Союз ТМА-07M) was a spaceflight launched to the International Space Station in 2012 which transported three members of the Expedition 34 crew to the station. The Soyuz remained docked to the space station and served ...
***Flight engineer, ISS
Expedition 34
Expedition 34 was the 34th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). It began on 18 November 2012 with the departure from the ISS of the Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft, which returned the Expedition 33 crew to Earth.
Crew
...
/
35
** Pilot (
SpaceX Crew-3), Current flight
***
Expedition 66
Expedition 66 was the 66th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station. The mission began after the departure of Soyuz MS-18 on 17 October 2021. It was commanded by European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet, the fourth Europe ...
/
67
*
Robert Satcher (1 flight)
**
STS-129 (''
Atlantis
Atlantis ( grc, Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, , island of Atlas) is a fictional island mentioned in an allegory on the hubris of nations in Plato's works '' Timaeus'' and '' Critias'', wherein it represents the antagonist naval power that b ...
'')
*
Shannon Walker
**
Soyuz TMA-19
Soyuz TMA-19 was a crewed spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) and is part of the Soyuz programme. It was launched on 15 June 2010 carrying three members of the Expedition 24 crew to the International Space Station, who remained ...
***Flight Engineer,
ISS Expedition 24/
25
**
SpaceX Crew 1
***Flight Engineer/Commander,
ISS Expedition 64/
65
Educator Mission Specialists
*
Joseph M. Acaba (3 flights)
**Mission specialist,
STS-119
STS-119 ( ISS assembly flight 15A) was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by space shuttle Discovery during March 2009. It delivered and assembled the fourth starboard Integrated Truss Segment (S ...
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Discovery
Discovery may refer to:
* Discovery (observation), observing or finding something unknown
* Discovery (fiction), a character's learning something unknown
* Discovery (law), a process in courts of law relating to evidence
Discovery, The Discove ...
'')
**
Soyuz TMA-04M
***Flight engineer, ISS
Expedition 31/
32
**
Soyuz MS-06
***Flight engineer, ISS
Expedition 53/
54
*
Richard R. Arnold (2 flights)
**Mission specialist,
STS-119
STS-119 ( ISS assembly flight 15A) was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by space shuttle Discovery during March 2009. It delivered and assembled the fourth starboard Integrated Truss Segment (S ...
(''
Discovery
Discovery may refer to:
* Discovery (observation), observing or finding something unknown
* Discovery (fiction), a character's learning something unknown
* Discovery (law), a process in courts of law relating to evidence
Discovery, The Discove ...
'')
**
Soyuz MS-08
***Flight engineer, ISS
Expedition 55
Expedition 55 was the 55th expedition to the International Space Station, which began upon the departure of Soyuz MS-06 on February 27, 2018. Anton Shkaplerov, Scott D. Tingle and Norishige Kanai
is a Japanese doctor and JAXA astronaut.
He is ...
/
56
*
Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger (1 flight)
**
STS-131
STS-131 ( ISS assembly flight 19A) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). launched on 5 April 2010 at 6:21 am from LC-39A, and landed at 9:08 am on 20 April 2010 on runway 33 at the Kennedy Space ...
(''
Discovery
Discovery may refer to:
* Discovery (observation), observing or finding something unknown
* Discovery (fiction), a character's learning something unknown
* Discovery (law), a process in courts of law relating to evidence
Discovery, The Discove ...
'')
NASA biographies
See also
*
List of astronauts by selection
External links
Current astronauts page
{{NASA Astronaut Group 19
NASA Astronaut Corps
Lists of astronauts