Andrew J. Feustel Astronaut

Andrew J. (Drew) Feustel (/ˈfɔɪstəl/; born August 25, 1965, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American geophysicist and a NASA astronaut. His first spaceflight in May 2009, STS-125, lasted just under 13 days. 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. Following several years working as a geophysicist, Feustel was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in July 2000. His second spaceflight was STS-134, which launched on May 16, 2011 and landed on June 1, 2011; that mission was the penultimate Space Shuttle flight.

Personal facts

Andrew J. Feustel
Birth dateAugust 25, 1965
Birth place
Lancaster Pennsylvania
Nationality
United States

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