STS-126/ISS-18 Crew Data CBS News SpaceCalc

Position/Age Astronaut/Flights/Education Fam/TS DOB/Seat Home/BKG Hobbies/notes

Commander Navy Capt. Christopher Ferguson M/3 09/01/61 Philadelphia Golf, wood working; plays Age: 47 1: STS-115 12.0 * Up-1/Up-1 Navy test pilot drums for Max Q astronaut Masters, aeronautical engineering F-14 carrier ops rock band

Pilot AF Col. Eric Boe M/2 10/01/64 Miami Outdoor sports, scuba 44 Rookie 0.0 Up-2/Up-2 AF test pilot diving, skiing Master's, electrical engineering >4,000 hours

MS1/EV1 Navy Capt. HM S-Piper M/1 02/07/63 St. Paul, MN Scuba diving, running, 45 1: STS-115 12.0 Dn-5/Dn-5 Naval diver roller blading, ice skating; Master's, mechanical engineering Salvage expert MIT crew team

MS2/EV2 Navy Capt. Stephen Bowen M/3 02/13/64 Cohasset, Mass. No hobbies listed 44 Rookie 0.0 Up-4/Up-4 Qualified sub CDR BS, electrical/ocean engineering Reactor officer

MS3 Donald Pettit, Ph.D. M/2 04/20/55 Silverton, Ore. No hobbies listed 53 1: STS-113/ISS-6 161.0 Up-3/Dn-6 Microgravity re- Ph.D., chemical engineering search

MS4/EV3 Army Lt. Col. Robert Kimbrough M/3 06/04/67 Killeen, Texas Baseball, golf, weight 41 Rookie 0.0 Dn-6/Up-3 West Point grad lifting, running Master's, operations research Desert Storm

MS5 (up) Sandra Magnus, Ph.D. S/0 10/30/64 Belleville, Ill. Soccer, reading, travel, 44 1: STS-112 11.0 Dn-7 Stealth systems water sports Ph.D., materials science/engineering

ISS-18 CDR AF Col. Michael Fincke M/3 03/14/67 Emsworth, PA Travel, geology, astronomy, 41 2: TMA-4,TMA-13 202.5 N/A MIT, Stanford learning languages, Master's, aeronautics and astronautics AF test engineer reading

ISS-18 FE1 Russian AF Col. Yury Lonchakov M/1 03/04/65 Balkhash, Russia Books, tourism, auto- 43 3: STS-100; TMA-1; TMA-13 37.5 N/A Military test pilot tourism, downhill skiing, Pilot engineer >1400 hours sports

FE2/MS5 (dn) Gregory Chamitoff, Ph.D. M/2 08/06/62 Montreal, Canada Scuba diving, backpacking, 46 1: STS-124/ISS-17/18 147.9 Dn-7 Electronics flying, skiing, racquetball, Divemaster,pilot aikido, guitar

Magnus Bowen Pettit Ferguson Boe Kimbrough S-Piper Wakata Fincke Magnus Lonchakov Chamitoff

*Age, days in space as of: 10/26/08 Compiled by William Harwood