Lee Archambault

Lee Archambault
Born
Lee Joseph Archambault

(1960-08-25) August 25, 1960 (age 64)
Other namesBru
EducationUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BS, MS)
Space career
NASA astronaut
RankColonel, USAF
Time in space
26d 15h 33m
SelectionNASA Group 17 (1998)
MissionsSTS-117
STS-119
Mission insignia
STS-117 STS-119

Lee Joseph "Bru" Archambault (born August 25, 1960) is an American test pilot and former NASA astronaut. He has logged over 4,250 flight hours in more than 30 different aircraft. Archambault is married with three children. His hobbies include bicycling, weightlifting, and playing ice hockey. Archambault has received numerous awards and honors throughout his life. He has also flown two Space Shuttle missions, as pilot of STS-117 in 2007 and as commander of STS-119 in 2009. Archambault left NASA in 2013 after a 15-year career with the agency in order to become a test pilot for Sierra Nevada Corporation on their Dream Chaser orbital spaceplane project.[1][2]

  1. ^ Bolden, Jay (13 March 2013). "NASA Astronaut Lee Archambault Leaving Agency". NASA. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  2. ^ "NASA Astronaut Lee Archambault Joins Sierra Nevada as Test Pilot". 13 March 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013.