Clayton Anderson, born February 23, 1959 in Ashland, Nebraska, has been in space twice.
His first trip into space was aboard Atlantis (STS-117) as mission specialist to the International Space Station in June 2007. He remained aboard the ISS as part of Expeditions 15 and 16, returning to Earth on Discovery (STS-120) in November 2007.
His second and final flight was aboard Discovery (STS-131) as mission specialist to the ISS in April 2010. During the mission, he performed three EVAs with fellow astronaut Rick Mastracchio for about 20 and a half hours.
Pamela Melroy, born September 17, 1961 in Palo Alto, California, is a veteran of three space shuttle flights. She is the second woman after Eileen Collins to command a Space Shuttle mission.
Her first flight was aboard Discovery (STS-92) as pilot to the International Space Station in October 2000. It was the 100th Space Shuttle mission.
Her second flight was aboard Atlantis (STS-112) as pilot to the ISS in October 2002. One of her wake-up songs was Prime Time by the Alan Parsons Project!
Her third and last mission was aboard Discovery (STS-120) as commander to the ISS in October-November 2007. She met Peggy Whitson, who was commander of the ISS at the time. It was the first time two female commanders were in space simultaneously.
Douglas Wheelock, born May 5, 1960 in Binghamton, New York, has been in space twice.
His first trip was aboard Discovery (STS-120) as mission specialist to the International Space Station in October-November 2007. During the mission, he conducted three EVAs with fellow astronaut Scott Parazynski. They returned to Earth after about 15 days.
His second flight was aboard Soyuz TMA-19 as flight engineer in June 2010 to the International Space Station. He participated in Expeditions 24 and 25. He remained in space about 150 days.
In June 2004, he participated in expedition NEEMO 6 in NASA's Aquarius Underwater Laboratory.
Paolo Nespoli, born April 6, 1957 in Milan, Italy, is a veteran of three trips into space.
His first trip was aboard Discovery (STS-120) as mission specialist to the International Space Station in October-November 2007. He conducted science research as part of his mission for the European Space Agency.
His second mission was aboard Soyuz TMA-20 in December 2010 to the ISS where he participated in Expeditions 26 and 27. He returned to Earth in May 2011.
His third trip was aboard Soyuz MS-05 in July 2017 to the ISS where he participated in Expeditions 52 and 53. He returned to Earth in December 2017.
He has spent over 313 days in space. He retired in 2019.
Stephanie Wilson, born September 27, 1966 in Boston, Massachusetts, is a veteran of three space shuttle flights. She is the second African-American woman in space (third if you count Nichelle Nichols) and has spent more time in space than any African-American, male or female.
Her first mission was aboard Discovery (STS-121) in July 2006 as a mission specialist to the International Space Station. She operated the Candarm2 to transfer equipment and inspect the shuttle for any signs of micro-meteroid damage.
Her second mission was aboard Discovery (STS-120) as mission specialist in October-November 2007 to the ISS. She operated the Candarm2 again during the mission.
Her third flight was again aboard Discovery (STS-131) as a mission specialist in April 2010 to the ISS.
George Zamka, born June 29, 1962 in Jersey City, New Jersey, is a veteran of two space shuttle flights. He graduated with a Bachelor's in mathematics from the US Naval Academy in 1984. Then he became a Second Lieutenant in the US Marines. In 1994, he graduated from the US Air Force Test Pilot School.
His first trip into space was aboard Discovery (STS-120) as pilot October-November 2007 to the International Space Station.
His second and final mission was aboard Endeavour (STS-130) as commander in February 2010 to the ISS.
Scott Parazynski, born July 28, 1961 in Little Rock, Arkansas, is a veteran of five space shuttle missions and seven spacewalks.
His first mission was aboard Atlantis (STS-66) as mission specialist in November 1994. It was the last solo flight for Atlantis until 2009. Until then, her missions were either to Mir or the International Space Station.
His second mission was aboard Atlantis (STS-86) as mission specialist to Mir September-October 1997. He performed an EVA with fellow astronaut Vladimir Titov (Roscosmos) which lasted about 5 hours.
Parazynski's third flight was aboard Discovery (STS-95) as mission specialist in October-November 1998. John Glenn made history by going into space at 77 years old on this trip.
His fourth flight was aboard Endeavour (STS-100) as mission specialist April-May 2001 to the International Space Station. Parazynski performed two EVAs with fellow astronaut Chris Hadfield for a total of almost 15 hours.
Scott's fifth and final flight was on Discovery (STS-120) as mission specialist October-November 2007. He conducted four EVAs, three with Douglas Wheelock, and one with Daniel Tani, for a total of 27 hours and 14 minutes.
Stephanie Wilson is the second black female astronaut to travel into space, after Mae Jemison, and she is a veteran of three space shuttle flights. She has spent more time in space than any other black astronaut, male or female.
Born September 27, 1966 in Boston, Massachusetts, she began her astronaut training in August 1996 and first went into space on Discovery (STS-121) as mission specialist in July 2006. She and fellow astronaut Lisa Nowak operated the robotic arm on the International Space Station during the mission.
Her second flight was on Discovery (STS-120) October-November 2007. She operated the robotic arm again.
Her third and latest (hopefully not the last) mission was on back on Discovery (STS-131) in April 2010 as mission specialist. She participated in interviews while on board as well as operating the robotic arm.
Daniel Tani, born February 1, 1961 in Pennsylvania, is a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions.
His first mission was on Endeavour (STS-108) in December 2001 as a mission specialist to the International Space Station. He completed an EVA with Linda Godwin that lasted 4 hours and 12 minutes.
Before his next flight, he served as an aquanaut on NEEMO 2, NASA's underwater laboratory Aquarius for a week under the Atlantic Ocean.
His second trip to space was aboard Discovery (STS-120) to the ISS in October 2007. He remained aboard the ISS as part of Expedition 16, during which he performed the 100th EVA in support of the building the ISS with Peggy Whitson.
He returned to Earth aboard Atlantis (STS-122) in February 2008.
Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-120) took off October 23, 2007, being the 23rd mission to the International Space Station. Commander Pamela Melroy was the second woman after Eileen Collins to become commander of a space shuttle mission. When they docked with the ISS, Peggy Whitson was commander of the space station so for the first time, there were two female mission commanders in space.
The rest of the crew consisted of Pilot George Zamka, Mission Specialist 1 Douglas Wheelock, Mission Specialist 2 Stephanie Wilson, Mission Specialist 3, Scott Parazynski, Mission Specialist 4 Paolo Nespoli (on the ISS right now!), and Mission Specialist 5 Daniel Tani.
Colonel George Zamka, born in Jersey City, New Jersey (in 1962!), is the first astronaut with Colombian (and Polish) ancestry to go to space.
He graduated with a BS in Mathematics from the US Naval Academy and then was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the USMC. He was the pilot of Discovery (STS-120) in October-November 2007 to the International Space Station.
He was commander of Endeavour (STS-130) in February 2010.
