NASA Astronaut Group 17
NASA Astronaut Group 17, were chosen by NASA in 1998 and announced on June 4 of that year. 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
- Lee Archambault
- *Pilot, STS-117
- *Commander, STS-119
- Christopher Ferguson
- *Pilot, STS-115
- *Commander, STS-126
- *Commander, STS-135
- Kenneth Ham
- *Pilot, STS-124
- *Commander, STS-132
- Gregory C. Johnson
- *Pilot, STS-125
- Gregory H. Johnson
- *Pilot, STS-123,
- *Pilot, STS-134,
- William Oefelein
- *Pilot, STS-116,
- Alan Poindexter
- *Pilot, STS-122,
- *Commander, STS-131
- George Zamka
- *Pilot, STS-120,
- *Commander, STS-130,
Mission specialists
- Clayton Anderson
- *STS-117 ; launched to the ISS
- *Flight engineer, Expedition 15
- *STS-120
- *STS-131
- Tracy Caldwell
- *STS-118
- *Soyuz TMA-18
- *Flight engineer, Expedition 23/Expedition 24
- *Soyuz MS-25
- *Flight engineer, Expedition 70/Expedition 71
- Gregory Chamitoff
- *NEEMO 3
- *Mission Specialist, STS-124
- *Flight engineer, Expedition 17/Expedition 18
- *Mission Specialist, STS-126
- *Mission Specialist, STS-134
- Timothy Creamer
- *Soyuz TMA-17
- *Mission specialist, STS-123
- *Mission specialist, STS-129
- Michael Fossum
- *Mission specialist, STS-121
- *Mission specialist, STS-124
- *Soyuz TMA-02M
- *Flight engineer, Expedition 28
- *Commander, Expedition 29
- Stanley G. Love
- *Mission specialist, STS-122
- Leland Melvin
- *Mission specialist, STS-122
- *Mission specialist, STS-129
- Barbara Morgan
- *Mission specialist, STS-118
- John Olivas
- *Mission specialist, STS-117
- *Mission specialist, STS-128
- Nicholas Patrick
- *Mission specialist, STS-116
- *Mission specialist, STS-130
- Garrett Reisman
- *STS-123
- *Flight engineer, Expedition 16/Expedition 17
- *STS-124
- *STS-132
- Patricia Robertson
- Steven Swanson
- *Mission specialist, STS-117
- *Mission specialist, STS-119
- *Soyuz TMA-12M
- *Flight engineer, Expedition 39
- *Commander, Expedition 40
- Douglas H. Wheelock
- *Mission specialist, STS-120
- *Soyuz TMA-19
- *Flight engineer, Expedition 24
- *Commander, Expedition 25
- Sunita Williams
- *STS-116
- *Flight engineer, Expedition 14/Expedition 15
- *STS-117
- *Soyuz TMA-05M
- *Flight engineer, Expedition 32
- *Commander, Expedition 33
- *Pilot, Boeing Crewed [Flight Test|Boeing CFT]
- *Mission specialist, SpaceX Crew-9
- **Flight engineer, Expedition 71
- **Commander, Expedition 72
- '''Neil Woodward'''
International mission specialists
- Léopold Eyharts, France
- *Soyuz TM-27
- *Soyuz TM-26
- *STS-122
- *Flight Engineer, Expedition 16
- *STS-123
- Paolo Nespoli, Italy
- *STS-120
- * Soyuz TMA-20
- * Soyuz MS-05
- Marcos Pontes, Brazil
- *Spaceflight Participant, Soyuz TMA-8
- *Spaceflight Participant, Soyuz TMA-7
- *Spaceflight Participant, Expedition 13, International Space Station
- Hans Schlegel, Germany
- *Payload Specialist, STS-55
- *Mission Specialist, STS-122
- Robert Thirsk, Canada
- *Payload Specialist, STS-78
- *Soyuz TMA-15
- Bjarni Tryggvason, Canada
- *Payload Specialist, STS-85
- Roberto Vittori
- *Soyuz TM-34, Soyuz TM-33
- *Soyuz TMA-6, Soyuz TMA-5
- *Mission Specialist, STS-134