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Barbara Radding Morgan Biography
Barbara Morgan was born November 28, 1951, in Fresno, California. Married to Clay Morgan. They have two sons. Barbara plays flute and enjoys reading, hiking, swimming, skiing, and her family. Morgan was selected as the backup candidate for the NASA Teacher in Space Program on July 19, 1985. Barbara Morgan is assigned to the crew of STS-118, an assembly mission to the International Space Station. The mission will launch in 2007.

Former Football Player Scores Big - Leland Melvin
Every football player dreams about being drafted by the NFL. NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, a 6' 1", 200lb wide receiver from the University of Richmond, was one of the few collegiate athletes drafted. He was well on his way to stardom when an injury sidelined his aspirations. By having a good back-up plan, Melvin was prepared to overcome this and become a success in another profession.

Astronaut Profile - Peggy Whitson
Astronaut Profile - Peggy Whitson. Peggy Whitson spent 6 months on the International Space Station and was the Station’s first Science Officer. As part of the Expedition 5 crew, Peggy Whitson was in space for over 184 days. Hometown: Beaconsfield, Iowa. Born: February 9, 1960. Education: Bachelor of science in biology and chemistry from Iowa Wesleyan College, and a doctorate in biochemistry from Rice University.

Altman, Scott D.
Selection Year: 1995 Group: 15 Status:Shuttle Commander

Anderson, Clayton C.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

Antonelli, Dominic A.
Selection Year:2000Group:18Status:(Training) Shuttle Pilot Candidate

Archambault, Lee J.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:(Training) Shuttle Pilot Candidate

Ashby, Jeffrey S
Selection Year: 1995 Group: 15 Status: Shuttle Commander

Barratt, Michael R.
Selection Year:2000Group:18Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

Behnken, Robert L.
Selection Year:2000Group:18Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

Bloomfield, Michael J.
Selection Year: 1995 Group: 15 Status: Shuttle Commander

Boe, Eric A.
Selection Year:2000Group:18Status:(Training) Shuttle Pilot Candidate

Bowen, Stephen G.
Selection Year:2000Group:18Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

Bowersox, Kenneth D.
Selection Year: 1987 Group: 12 Status: Shuttle Commander, ISS Commander

Burbank, Daniel C.
Selection Year: 1996 Group: 16 Status: Shuttle Mission Specialist

Bursch, Daniel W.
Selection Year: 1990 Group: 13 Status: Shuttle Mission Specialist, ISS Flight Engineer

Cagle, Yvonne D.
Selection Year: 1996 Group: 16 Status: Shuttle Mission Specialist

Caldeiro, Fernando (Frank)
Selection Year: 1996 Group: 16 Status: Shuttle Mission Specialist

Caldwell, Tracy E.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

Camarda, Charles J.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist, ISS Flight Engineer

Carey, Duane G.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Pilot

Chamitoff, Gregory E.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

Chiao, Leroy
Selection Year:1990Group:13Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist, ISS Commander

Cockrell, Kenneth D.
Selection Year:1990Group:13Status:Shuttle Commander

Coleman, Catherine G.
Selection Year:1992Group:14Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Collins, Eileen M.
Selection Year:1990Group:13Status:Shuttle Commander

Creamer, Timothy J.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

Curbeam, Robert L., Jr.
Selection Year:1995Group:15Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Drew, B. Alvin
Selection Year:2000Group:18Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

Ferguson, Christopher J.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:Shuttle Pilot

Feustel, Andrew J.
Selection Year:2000Group:18Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

Fincke, E. Michael
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist, ISS Flight Engineer

Fisher, Anna L.
Selection Year:1978Group:8Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Foale, C. Michael
Selection Year:1987Group:12Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist, ISS Commander

Ford, Kevin A.
Selection Year:2000Group:18Status:(Training) Shuttle Pilot Candidate

Foreman, Michael J.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

Forrester, Patrick G.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Fossum, Michael E.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

Frick, Stephen N.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Pilot

Garan, Ronald J., Jr.
Selection Year:2000Group:18Status:(Training) Shuttle Pilot Candidate

Good, Michael T.
Selection Year:2000Group:18Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

Gorie, Dominic L.
Selection Year:1995Group:15Status:Shuttle Commander

Grunsfeld, John M.
Selection Year:1992Group:14Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Ham, Kenneth T.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:(Training) Shuttle Pilot Candidate

Herrington, John B.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Higginbotham, Joan E.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Hobaugh, Charles O.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Pilot

Horowitz, Scott J.
Selection Year:1992Group:14Status:Shuttle Commander

Hurley, Douglas G.
Selection Year:2000Group:18Status:(Training) Shuttle Pilot Candidate

Jett, Brent W.
Selection Year:1992Group:14Status:Shuttle Commander

Johnson, Gregory C.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:(Training) Shuttle Pilot Candidate

Johnson, Gregory H.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:(Training) Shuttle Pilot Candidate

Kavandi, Janet L.
Selection Year:1995Group:15Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Kelly, James M.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Pilot

Kelly, Mark E.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Pilot

Kelly, Scott J.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Pilot, ISS Flight Engineer

Kopra, Timothy L.
Selection Year:2000Group:18Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

Lawrence, Wendy B.
Selection Year:1992Group:14Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Lindsey, Steven W.
Selection Year:1995Group:15Status:Shuttle Commander

Linnehan, Richard M.
Selection Year:1992Group:14Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Lockhart, Paul S.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Pilot

Lopez-Alegria, Michael E.
Selection Year:1992Group:14Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Loria, Christopher J.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Pilot

Love, Stanley G.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

Lu, Edward T.
Selection Year:1995Group:15Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist, ISS Flight Engineer

Magnus, Sandra H.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Massimino, Michael J.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Mastracchio, Richard A.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

McArthur, K. Megan
Selection Year:2000Group:18Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

McArthur, William S., Jr.
Selection Year:1990Group:13Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist, ISS Flight Engineer

Melroy, Pamela A.
Selection Year:1995Group:15Status:Shuttle Pilot

Melvin, Leland D.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

Morgan, Barbara R.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

Morin, Lee M.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Newman, James H.
Selection Year:1990Group:13Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Noriega, Carlos I.
Selection Year:1995Group:15Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Nowak, Lisa M.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Nyberg, Karen L.
Selection Year:2000Group:18Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

Oefelein, William A.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:Shuttle Pilot

Olivas, John D.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

Parazynski, Scott E.
Selection Year:1992Group:14Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Patrick, Nicholas J. M.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

Pettit, Donald R.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist, ISS Flight Engineer

Phillips, John L.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist, ISS Flight Engineer

Poindexter, Alan G.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:(Training) Shuttle Pilot Candidate

Polansky, Mark L.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Pilot

Reilly, James F.
Selection Year:1995Group:15Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Reisman, Garrett E.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

Robinson, Stephen K.
Selection Year:1995Group:15Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist, ISS Flight Engineer

Sellers, Piers J.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Stefanyshyn-Piper, Heidemarie M.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Stott, Nicole P.
Selection Year:2000Group:18Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

Sturckow, Frederick W.
Selection Year:1995Group:15Status:Shuttle Commander

Swanson, Steven R.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

Tani, Daniel M.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist, ISS Flight Engineer

Tanner, Joseph R.
Selection Year:1992Group:14Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Thomas, Donald A.
Selection Year:1990Group:13Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist, ISS Flight Engineer

Virts, Terry W., Jr.
Selection Year:2000Group:18Status:(Training) Shuttle Pilot Candidate

Voss, Janice E.
Selection Year:1990Group:13Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Walheim, Rex J.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Walz, Carl E.
Selection Year:1990Group:13Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist, ISS Flight Engineer

Wetherbee, James D.
Selection Year:1984Group:10Status:Shuttle Mission Commander

Wheelock, Douglas H.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

Whitson, Peggy A.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist, ISS Flight Engineer

Wilcutt, Terrence W.
Selection Year:1990Group:13Status:Shuttle Commander

Williams, Jeffrey N.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Williams, Sunita L.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

Wilmore, Barry E.
Selection Year:2000Group:18Status:(Training) Shuttle Pilot Candidate

Wilson, Stephanie D.
Selection Year:1996Group:16Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Wolf, David A.
Selection Year:1990Group:13Status:Shuttle Mission Specialist

Woodward III, Neil W.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:(Training) Shuttle Mission Specialist Candidate

Zamka, George D.
Selection Year:1998Group:17Status:(Training) Shuttle Pilot Candidate