NASA Astronaut Group 17

NASA Astronaut Group 17, (the Penguins), were chosen by NASA in 1998. The group of 32 candidates included eight pilots, 17 mission specialists, and seven international mission specialists who become NASA astronauts. They began training in August 1998.

Pilots

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 * Pilot, STS-117 (Atlantis)
 * Commander, STS-119 (Discovery)
 * Christopher Ferguson
 * Pilot, STS-115 (Atlantis)
 * Commander, STS-126 (Endeavour)
 * Commander, STS-135 (Atlantis)
 * Kenneth Ham
 * Pilot, STS-124 (Discovery)
 * Commander, STS-132 (Atlantis)
 * Gregory C. Johnson
 * Pilot, STS-125
 * Gregory H. Johnson
 * Pilot, STS-123, (Endeavour)
 * Pilot, STS-134, (Endeavour)
 * William Oefelein (dismissed from the NASA astronaut corps and reassigned to the U.S. Navy, later retiring from military service)
 * Pilot, STS-116, (Discovery)
 * Alan Poindexter (deceased)
 * Pilot, STS-122, (Atlantis)
 * Commander, STS-131 (Discovery)
 * George Zamka
 * Pilot, STS-120, (Discovery)
 * Commander, STS-130, (Endeavour)

Mission specialists

 * Clayton Anderson
 * STS-117 (Atlantis; launched to International Space Station (ISS))
 * Flight engineer, Expedition 15
 * STS-120 (Discovery; landed from ISS)
 * STS-131 (Discovery)
 * Tracy Caldwell
 * STS-118 (Endeavour)
 * Flight engineer, Expedition 23/Expedition 24
 * Gregory Chamitoff
 * NEEMO 3
 * Mission Specialist, STS-124 (Discovery; launched to ISS)
 * Flight engineer, Expedition 17/Expedition 18 (also served as a science officer)
 * Mission Specialist, STS-126 (Endeavour; landed from ISS)
 * Mission Specialist, STS-134 (Endeavour)
 * Timothy Creamer
 * Flight engineer, Expedition 22/Expedition 23
 * Michael Foreman
 * Mission specialist, STS-123 (Endeavour)
 * Mission specialist, STS-129 (Atlantis)
 * Michael Fossum
 * Mission specialist, STS-121 (Discovery)
 * Mission specialist, STS-124 (Discovery)
 * Soyuz TMA-02M
 * Flight engineer, Expedition 28
 * Commander, Expedition 29
 * Stanley G. Love
 * Mission specialist, STS-122 (Atlantis)
 * Leland Melvin
 * Mission specialist, STS-122 (Atlantis)
 * Mission specialist, STS-129 (Atlantis)
 * Barbara Morgan (retired)
 * STS-118 (Endeavour)
 * John Olivas
 * Mission specialist, STS-117 (Atlantis)
 * Mission specialist, STS-128 (Discovery)
 * Nicholas Patrick
 * Mission specialist, STS-116 (Discovery)
 * Mission specialist, STS-130 (Endeavour)
 * Garrett Reisman
 * STS-123 (Endeavour; launched to ISS)
 * Flight engineer, Expedition 16/Expedition 17
 * STS-124 (Discovery; landed from ISS)
 * STS-132 (Atlantis)
 * Patricia Robertson (deceased)
 * Steven Swanson
 * Mission specialist, STS-117 (Atlantis)
 * Mission specialist, STS-119 (Discovery)
 * Douglas H. Wheelock
 * Mission specialist, STS-120 (Discovery)
 * Sunita Williams
 * STS-116 (Discovery; launched to ISS)
 * Flight engineer, Expedition 14/Expedition 15
 * STS-117 (Atlantis; landed from ISS)
 * Neil Woodward (retired)

International mission specialists

 * Léopold Eyharts, France
 * Soyuz TM-27 (to Mir; launched only)
 * Soyuz TM-26 (from Mir; landed only)
 * STS-122 (Atlantis – to International Space Station (ISS); launched only)
 * Flight Engineer, Expedition 16
 * STS-123 (Endeavour – from ISS; landed only)
 * Paolo Nespoli, Italy
 * STS-120 (Discovery – ISS mission)
 * Soyuz TMA-20
 * Expedition 26
 * Expedition 27
 * Marcos Pontes, Brazil (first Brazilian in space)
 * Soyuz TMA-8 (launched only)
 * Soyuz TMA-9 (landed only)
 * Expedition 13, International Space Station (9 days only)
 * Hans Schlegel, Germany
 * Payload Specialist, STS-55 (Columbia – Spacelab)
 * Mission Specialist, STS-122 (Atlantis – to ISS)
 * Robert Thirsk, Canada
 * Payload Specialist, STS-78 (Columbia; Spacelab)
 * Soyuz TMA-15
 * Bjarni Tryggvason, Canada
 * Payload Specialist, STS-85 (Discovery)
 * Roberto Vittori (Italy)
 * Soyuz TM-34 (launched only)
 * Soyuz TM-33 (landed only)
 * Soyuz TMA-6 (launched only)
 * Expedition 11 (10 days only)
 * Soyuz TMA-5 (landed only)
 * Mission Specialist, STS-134 (Endeavour)