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Andrew J. Feustel
American-Canadian NASA astronaut and geophysicist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Andrew Jay "Drew" Feustel (/ˈfɔɪstəl/; born August 25, 1965) is a former American/Canadian NASA astronaut and geophysicist. Following several years working as a geophysicist, Feustel was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in July 2000. He is the veteran of 3 space flights with NASA.[3] His first spaceflight in May 2009, STS-125, lasted just under 13 days.[4][5] This was a mission with six other astronauts to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis. Feustel performed three spacewalks during the mission.[6] His second spaceflight was STS-134, which launched on May 16, 2011, and landed on June 1, 2011. STS-134 was the penultimate Space Shuttle flight. Feustel returned to space on March 21, 2018, on Soyuz MS-08 with Expedition 55/56.[7][8] For expedition 56, he commanded the International Space Station, before handing over to Alexander Gerst on October 3, 2018.
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Born | Andrew Jay Feustel (1965-08-25) August 25, 1965 (age 58) Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Education | Oakland Community College (AS) Purdue University (BS, MS) Queen's University (PhD) |
Space career | |
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Time in space | 225d 9h 16m |
Selection | NASA Group 18 (2000) |
Total EVAs | 9 |
Total EVA time | 61h 48m[1][2] |
Missions | STS-125 STS-134 Soyuz MS-08 (Expedition 55/56) |
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