Christopher Ferguson
Astronaut
1961 –
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Who is Christopher Ferguson?
Christopher J. Ferguson is a retired United States Navy Captain and NASA astronaut. He was the pilot of Space Shuttle Atlantis on his first mission to space, STS-115, which launched on September 9, 2006 and returned to Earth on September 21, 2006. He then commanded STS-126 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour. Ferguson was assigned as commander of STS-135, which was the final mission of the space shuttle program.
On December 9, 2011, he retired from NASA and is now currently director of Crew and Mission Operations for Boeing's Commercial Crew Program.
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- Born
- Sep 1, 1961
Philadelphia - Parents
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Naval Postgraduate School
- Drexel University
- Lived in
- Philadelphia
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on July 23, 2013
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