Astronaut Candidates
NASA Group 15
Surname Given names Date of Birth Place of Birth Selection Position Status Marital status Children Date of Death Place of Death
Alvarez Robert J.     ??.??.1994 ? Ret. 01.05.1996        
Anderson Lila R.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Arnold William A.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Barrera Thomas P.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 01.05.1996        
Benjamin Andrew J.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Betts Bruce H.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994 married one    
Bishop Janice L.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 05.06.1998        
Blackman Merrill S.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Boggavarapu Deepak     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Boyd Austin Warren 29.10.1954 Galveston, Texas ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994 married four    
Brigham Jill D.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 01.05.1996        
Brown David McDowell 16.04.1956 Arlington, Virginia 01.05.1996 MSP died 01.02.2003 single none 01.02.2003 over Texas
Brown Owen C.     ??.??.1994 ? Ret. 08.12.1994        
Buntin Charles Marc     ??.??.1991 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Burbank Daniel Christopher 27.07.1961 Manchester, Connecticut 01.05.1996 MSP Ret. 29.06.2018 married two    
Cagle Yvonne Darlene 24.04.1959 West Point, New York 01.05.1996 MSP Ret. ??.06.2008 divorced none    
Campbell Jeffrey W.     ??.??.1994 ? Ret. 01.05.1996        
Carroll Alan R.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 26.07.2000        
Christian Carol A.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Clark Laurel Blair Salton 10.03.1961 Ames, Iowa 01.05.1996 MSP died 01.02.2003 married one 01.02.2003 over Texas
Cope Ralph D.     ??.??.1991 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Coverstone-Carroll Victoria L. 05.02.1963   ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994 married two    
Davies Elizabeth Ann     ??.??.1991 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Dixon Daniel Noel ??.??.1961 Silver Spring, Maryland ??.??.1994 PLT Ret. 08.12.1994 married four    
Donnellan Andrea 30.03.1964 Bay City, Michigan ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 06.05.2004 married one    
Elkind Jerome L.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 01.05.1996 married      
Emslie A. Gordon     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Falley Deborah Lazerson 17.09.1964 Rantoul, Illinois ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 05.06.1998 single none    
Fechtig Nancy Dykhoff "NoFun"     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 26.07.2000        
Fesq Lorraine M.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 26.07.2000 married one    
Font-Rodriguez Gabriel I.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Ford Kevin Anthony 07.07.1960 Portland, Indiana 26.07.2000 PLT Ret. ??.01.2014 married two    
Forrester Patrick Graham 31.03.1957 El Paso, Texas 01.05.1996 MSP Ret. ??.08.2011 married two    
Fossum Michael Edward 19.12.1957 Sioux Falls, South Dakota 04.06.1998 MSP Ret. 07.01.2017 married four    
Fuschino Robert F.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 01.05.1996        
Gomez Marcela M.     ??.??.1994 ? Ret. 08.12.1994        
Grodsinsky Carlos M.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Habig Christopher A. "Chris" 26.02.1961 Denver, Colorado ??.??.1994 PLT Ret. 01.05.1996 divorced one    
Halka Monica H.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Hall Patricia Marie Ford 23.06.1958 New Orleans, Louisiana ??.??.1994 ? Ret. 08.12.1994 married one 14.02.2009 ?
Higginbotham Joan Elizabeth Miller 03.08.1964 Chicago, Illinois 01.05.1996 MSP Ret. 30.11.2007 divorced none    
Hoffman Jeanine M.     ??.??.1994 ? Ret. 08.12.1994        
Holliday Maynard A.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 01.05.1996        
Houck Sharon Wester     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Jennings Richard T.     ??.??.1991 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Joslin Robert Edward "Buck"     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Justiz Charles Richard 09.12.1952 Miami, Florida ??.??.1984 MSP Ret. 01.05.1996 married three    
Kashangaki Thomas A.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Kelly Sean Michael     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Koszelak Stanley Norbert, Jr. 20.10.1953 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 04.10.1989 PSP Ret. 20.02.1992 married two 10.10.2022 San Bernardino, California
Kreitenberg Arthur   Los Angeles, California ??.??.1991 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994 married two    
Lanni Joseph Anthony     ??.??.1991 PLT Ret. 08.12.1994        
Lawrence Taylor W.     ??.??.1991 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Lazerson David A. "Laze" 14.04.1963 Palo Alto, California ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994 married two 16.01.2004 Tehachapi, California
LeBlanc Marvin L.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Levy Alma P.     ??.??.1994 ? Ret. 08.12.1994        
Lofton Rodney L. "Rod"     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Love Stanley Glen 08.06.1965 San Diego, California 04.06.1998 MSP active married two    
Lubin Dan 18.07.1964 Ithaca, New York ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Maréchaux Toni Lynn Grobstein     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994 married none    
Martin George A.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994 married one    
Massimino Michael James 19.08.1962 Oceanside, New York 01.05.1996 MSP Ret. ??.03.2012 married two    
Mastracchio Richard Alan "Rick" 11.02.1960 Waterbury, Connecticut 01.05.1996 MSP Ret. ??.07.2015 married three    
McCauley-Bell Pamela R.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994 married one    
McCool William Cameron "Willie" 23.09.1961 San Diego, California 01.05.1996 PLT died 01.02.2003 married three 01.02.2003 over Texas
McPhillips Cheryl Ann 25.06.1960 Geneva, Ohio ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 05.06.1998        
Miles Wilson Ashley, Jr. "Roc"     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Moore Clyde D. II     ??.??.1994 ? Ret. 08.12.1994        
Nacheff-Benedict Maurena S.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Niewoehner Robert Jay, Jr. "Rob"     ??.??.1994 PLT Ret. 08.12.1994 married four    
Nolan Robert C.     ??.??.1994 ? Ret. 08.12.1994        
Ojakangas Gregory W. "Greg"     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Pepper Larry J.     ??.??.1991 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994 married three    
Pettit Donald Roy 20.04.1955 Silverton, Oregon 01.05.1996 MSP active married two    
Phelan Thomas Patrick ??.??.1958   ??.??.1989 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994 married three    
Phillips John Lynch 15.04.1951 Fort Belvoir, Virginia 01.05.1996 MSP Ret. ??.08.2011 married two    
Plumb Gary L. ??.??.1961   ??.??.1994 PLT Ret. 08.12.1994        
Polansky Mark Lewis 02.06.1956 Paterson, New Jersey 01.05.1996 PLT Ret. 30.06.2012 married two    
Pope Shelly K.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Rodgers Joseph C.     ??.??.1994 ? Ret. 08.12.1994        
Rucker Michelle A.     ??.??.1994 ? Ret. 08.12.1994        
Ruffin Stephen M.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Sawyer Scott R.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Simmons Ray Clement ??.??.1955   ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Simo Ernest 21.07.1956 Okla / Cameroon ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 01.05.1996 married four    
Smith Kimberly K.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Soriano Bernard C.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Stansbery Eileen K.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Stapp Richard S.     ??.??.1994 ? Ret. 05.06.1998 married one ??.05.1999  
Sternberg Charles Andrew "Chas"     ??.??.1994 ? Ret. 08.12.1994        
Stucky Mark P. "Forger" 09.11.1958 Minneapolis, Minnesota ??.??.1989 PLT Ret. 08.12.1994 married three    
Sullivan Martin J.     ??.??.1994 ? Ret. 08.12.1994        
Sullivan Thomas A. "Tom"   Evergreen Park, Illinois ??.??.1991 MSP Ret. 05.06.1998 married three    
Tanner Lori Joan Melling "Wrench"   Hammond, Indiana ??.??.1994 PLT Ret. 08.12.1994 married three    
Tobin David M. 28.03.1963 Baltimore, Maryland ??.??.1994 PLT Ret. 01.05.1996        
Tran Huy Kim ??.??.1963 Ho Phong / Vietnam ??.??.1994 ? Ret. 08.12.1994 married two    
Tubb Richard Jay "Dick"     ??.??.1991 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994 married three    
Twohy-Ragni Cynthia H.   Long Beach, California ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994 married none    
vanDam Tonie M.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Walheim Rex Joseph 10.10.1962 Redwood City, California 01.05.1996 MSP Ret. 28.06.2018 married two    
Walker Shannon 04.06.1965 Houston, Texas 06.05.2004 MSP Ret. 10.07.2025        
Wilson John M.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
Ying Susan X.     ??.??.1994 MSP Ret. 08.12.1994        
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