NASA Astronaut Group 15 ("The Flying Escargot") was a group of 23 NASA astronauts announced on December 8, 1994. Group members adopted The Flying Escargot as their moniker, in reference to two members of the group being from France. The group featured ten pilots, nine mission specialists, and four international mission specialist trainees from France, Canada and Japan.

Three members of this group, Rick Husband, Michael P. Anderson, and Kalpana Chawla, died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. These three received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

Another member of the group Pamela Melroy, served as Deputy Administrator of NASA from 2021 to 2025, having been appointed by US President Joe Biden.

Pilots Scott Altman (4 flights) Pilot, STS-90 (Neurolab) Pilot, STS-106 Commander, STS-109 Commander, STS-125

Jeffrey Ashby (3 flights) Pilot, STS-93 Pilot, STS-100 Commander, STS-112 Michael Bloomfield (3 flights) Pilot, STS-86 Pilot, STS-97 Commander, STS-110 Joe F. Edwards, Jr. (1 flight) Pilot, STS-89 Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie (4 flights) Pilot, STS-91 Pilot, STS-99 Commander, STS-108 Commander, STS-123 Rick Husband (2 flights) Pilot, STS-96 Commander, STS-107 † Steven Lindsey (5 flights) Pilot, STS-87 Pilot, STS-95 Commander, STS-104 Commander, STS-121 Commander, STS-133 Pamela Melroy (3 flights) Pilot, STS-92 Pilot, STS-112 Commander, STS-120 Susan L. Still-Kilrain (2 flights) Pilot, STS-83 Pilot, STS-94 Frederick Sturckow (4 flights) Pilot, STS-88 Pilot, STS-105 Commander, STS-117 Commander, STS-128

Mission Specialists Michael P. Anderson (2 flights) Mission Specialist, STS-89 Mission Specialist, STS-107 † Kalpana Chawla (2 flights) Mission Specialist, STS-87 Mission Specialist, STS-107 † Robert Curbeam (3 flights) Mission Specialist, STS-85 Mission Specialist, STS-98 Mission Specialist, STS-116 Kathryn Hire (2 flights) Mission Specialist, STS-90 Mission Specialist, STS-130 Janet Kavandi (3 flights) STS-91 STS-99 STS-104 Edward Tsang Lu (3 flights) Mission Specialist, STS-84 Mission Specialist, STS-106 Flight Engineer, Soyuz TMA-2 - Flight Engineer, Expedition 7 Carlos I. Noriega (2 flights) Mission Specialist, STS-84 Mission Specialist, STS-97 James F. Reilly (3 flights) STS-89 STS-104 STS-117 Stephen Robinson (4 flights) STS-85 STS-95 STS-114 STS-130

International mission specialists Jean-Loup Chrétien (France) (3 flights) Research Cosmonaut, Soyuz T-6 Research Cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-6/TM-7 (Mir Aragatz) Mission Specialist, STS-86 Takao Doi (Japan) (2 flights) Mission Specialist, STS-87 Mission Specialist, STS-123 Michel Tognini (France) (2 flights) Research Cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-15/TM-14 Mission Specialist, STS-93 Dafydd Williams (Canada) (2 flights) Mission Specialist, STS-90 Mission Specialist, STS-118

See also

List of astronauts by year of selection

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