NASA Astronaut Group 15

Group photo

There were 23 astronauts in the NASA Astronaut Group 15. The group name for these astronaut trainees was originally The Snails because no group was convened the previous year and thus the group was slow in coming. Group members adopted The Flying Escargot as their moniker, possibly in reference to two members of the group being from France, or in reference to the famous "flying escargot" scene in the movie Pretty Woman. The group featured ten pilots, nine mission specialists, and four international mission specialist trainees.

Pilots

• Scott Altman
  • Pilot, STS-90 (Columbia; Neurolab)
  • Pilot, STS-106 (Atlantis)
  • Commander, STS-109 (Columbia)
  • Commander, STS-125 (Atlantis)
• Jeffrey Ashby (retired)
  • Pilot, STS-93 (Columbia)
  • Pilot, STS-100 (Endeavour)
  • Commander, STS-112 (Atlantis)
• Michael Bloomfield
  • Pilot, STS-86 (Atlantis)
  • Pilot, STS-97 (Endeavour)
  • Commander, STS-110 (Atlantis)
• Joe F. Edwards, Jr. (retired)
  • Pilot, STS-89 (Endeavour)
• Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie
  • Pilot, STS-91 (Discovery)
  • Pilot, STS-99 (Endeavour)
  • Commander, STS-108 (Endeavour)
  • Commander, STS-123 (Endeavour)
• Rick Husband (deceased)
  • Pilot, STS-96 (Discovery)
  • Commander, STS-107 (Columbia)
• Steven Lindsey
  • Pilot, STS-87 (Columbia)
  • Pilot, STS-95 (Discovery)
  • Commander, STS-104 (Atlantis)
  • Commander, STS-121 (Discovery)
  • Commander, STS-133 (Discovery)
• Pamela Melroy
  • Pilot, STS-92 (Discovery)
  • Pilot, STS-112 (Atlantis)
  • Commander, STS-120 (Discovery)
• Susan L. Still-Kilrain (retired)
  • Pilot, STS-83 (Columbia)
  • Pilot, STS-94 (Columbia)
• Frederick Sturckow
  • Pilot, STS-88 (Endeavour)
  • Pilot, STS-105 (Discovery)
  • Commander, STS-117 (Atlantis)
  • Commander, STS-128 (Discovery)

Mission Specialists

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

International mission specialists

• Jean-Loup Chrétien (France)
  • Research Cosmonaut, Soyuz T-6
  • Research Cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-6/TM-7 (Mir Aragatz)
  • Mission Specialist, STS-86 (Atlantis)
• Takao Doi (Japan)
  • Mission Specialist, STS-87 (Columbia)
  • Mission Specialist, STS-123 (Endeavour)
• Michel Tognini (France)
  • Research Cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-14/TM-15
  • Mission Specialist, STS-93 (Columbia)
• Dafydd Williams (Canada)
  • Mission Specialist, STS-90 (Columbia)
  • Mission Specialist, STS-118 (Endeavour)