NASA Astronaut Group 15

NASA Astronaut Group 15 ("The Flying Escargot") was a group of 23 NASA 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. The group featured ten pilots, nine mission specialists, and four international mission specialist trainees from France, Canada and Japan.

Three members of this group, Rick Husband, Michael P. Anderson, and Kalpana Chawla, died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. These three received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

Another member of the group Pamela Melroy, served as Deputy Administrator of NASA from 2021 to 2025, having been appointed by US President Joe Biden.

Pilots

Scott Altman (4 flights)
Pilot, STS-90 (Neurolab)
Pilot, STS-106
Commander, STS-109
Commander, STS-125

Jeffrey Ashby (3 flights)
Pilot, STS-93
Pilot, STS-100
Commander, STS-112
Michael Bloomfield (3 flights)
Pilot, STS-86
Pilot, STS-97
Commander, STS-110
Joe F. Edwards, Jr. (1 flight)
Pilot, STS-89
Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie (4 flights)
Pilot, STS-91
Pilot, STS-99
Commander, STS-108
Commander, STS-123
Rick Husband (2 flights)
Pilot, STS-96
Commander, STS-107 Ã¢ÂÂ
Steven Lindsey (5 flights)
Pilot, STS-87
Pilot, STS-95
Commander, STS-104
Commander, STS-121
Commander, STS-133
Pamela Melroy (3 flights)
Pilot, STS-92
Pilot, STS-112
Commander, STS-120
Susan L. Still-Kilrain (2 flights)
Pilot, STS-83
Pilot, STS-94
Frederick Sturckow (4 flights)
Pilot, STS-88
Pilot, STS-105
Commander, STS-117
Commander, STS-128

Mission Specialists

Michael P. Anderson (2 flights)
Mission Specialist, STS-89
Mission Specialist, STS-107 Ã¢ÂÂ
Kalpana Chawla (2 flights)
Mission Specialist, STS-87
Mission Specialist, STS-107 Ã¢ÂÂ
Robert Curbeam (3 flights)
Mission Specialist, STS-85
Mission Specialist, STS-98
Mission Specialist, STS-116
Kathryn Hire (2 flights)
Mission Specialist, STS-90
Mission Specialist, STS-130
Janet Kavandi (3 flights)
STS-91
STS-99
STS-104
Edward Tsang Lu (3 flights)
Mission Specialist, STS-84
Mission Specialist, STS-104
Flight Engineer, Soyuz TMA-2 - Flight Engineer, Expedition 7
Carlos I. Noriega (2 flights)
Mission Specialist, STS-84
Mission Specialist, STS-97
James F. Reilly (3 flights)
STS-89
STS-104
STS-117
Stephen Robinson (4 flights)
STS-85
STS-95
STS-114
STS-130

International mission specialists

Research Cosmonaut, Soyuz T-6
Research Cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-6/TM-7 (Mir Aragatz)
Mission Specialist, STS-86
Takao Doi (Japan) (2 flights)
Mission Specialist, STS-87
Mission Specialist, STS-123
Michel Tognini (France) (2 flights)
Research Cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-15/TM-14
Mission Specialist, STS-93
Dafydd Williams (Canada) (2 flights)
Mission Specialist, STS-90
Mission Specialist, STS-118

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