Andrew J. Feustel

Drew Feustel
Feustel in 2007
Born
Andrew Jay Feustel

(1965-08-25) August 25, 1965 (age 59)
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationOakland Community College (AS)
Purdue University (BS, MS)
Queen's University (PhD)
Space career
NASA astronaut
Time in space
225d 9h 16m
SelectionNASA Group 18 (2000)
Total EVAs
9
Total EVA time
61h 48m[1][2]
MissionsSTS-125
STS-134
Soyuz MS-08 (Expedition 55/56)
Mission insignia

Andrew Jay "Drew" Feustel (/ˈfɔɪstəl/; born August 25, 1965) is a former American/Canadian NASA astronaut and geophysicist. Following several years working as a geophysicist, Feustel was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in July 2000. He is the veteran of 3 space flights with NASA.[3] His first spaceflight in May 2009, STS-125, lasted just under 13 days.[4][5] This was a mission with six other astronauts to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis. Feustel performed three spacewalks during the mission.[6] His second spaceflight was STS-134, which launched on May 16, 2011, and landed on June 1, 2011. STS-134 was the penultimate Space Shuttle flight. Feustel returned to space on March 21, 2018, on Soyuz MS-08 with Expedition 55/56.[7][8] For expedition 56, he commanded the International Space Station, before handing over to Alexander Gerst on October 3, 2018.

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