Michael Barratt (astronaut)

Michael Barratt
Barratt in 2023
Born
Michael Reed Barratt

(1959-04-16) April 16, 1959 (age 65)
EducationUniversity of Washington (BS)
Northwestern University (MD)
Wright State University (MS)
Space career
NASA astronaut
Time in space
446 days, 15 hours, 21 minutes[1]
SelectionNASA Group 18 (2000)
Total EVAs
3
Total EVA time
5 hours, 37 minutes[1]
Missions
Mission insignia

Michael Reed Barratt (born April 16, 1959) is an American physician and a NASA astronaut. Board certified in internal and aerospace medicine, he served as a flight surgeon for NASA before his selection as an astronaut and has played a role in developing NASA's space medicine programs for both the Shuttle–Mir program and International Space Station. His first spaceflight was a long-duration mission to the International Space Station as a flight engineer on the Expedition 19 and 20 crew. In March 2011, Barratt completed his second spaceflight as a crew member of STS-133. Barratt made a second long-duration mission to the International Space Station as a flight engineer on the Expedition 70, 71, and 72 crew and also served as the pilot on the SpaceX Crew-8 mission.

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