Jack D. Fischer

Jack D. Fischer

NASA Astronaut
Nationality	American
Status	Active
Born	January 23, 1974 (1974-01-23) (age 38) Louisville, Colorado
Other occupation	Test Pilot
Selection	2009 NASA Group

Jack David "2fish" Fischer is an American test pilot and a NASA astronaut.^[1] Fischer was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20 and qualified as an astronaut in 2011.

Biography

Fischer is a Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He has been a U.S. Air Force Test Pilot, and considers Louisville, Colorado his hometown. Fischer is a 1992 graduate of Centaurus High School, a 1996 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, 1998 graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and 2004 graduate of the United States Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California.^[2] His call sign as a pilot is 2fish.

References

^ NASA HQ (June 29, 2009). "NASA Selects New Astronauts for Future Space Exploration". NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/ascans2009.html. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
^ NASA (August, 2009). "Bio: Jack D. Fischer". NASA. http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/fischer-jack.html. Retrieved 2009-10-11.

External links

NASA Astronaut Group 20, "The Chumps", 2009

Pilots

Jack D. Fischer · Scott D. Tingle · Gregory R. Wiseman

Mission Specialists

Serena M. Auñón · Jeanette J. Epps · Michael S. Hopkins · Kjell N. Lindgren · Kathleen Rubins · Mark T. Vande Hei

International Mission Specialists

Jeremy Hansen · Norishige Kanai · Takuya Onishi · David Saint-Jacques · Kimiya Yui

NASA Astronaut Groups · NASA Astronaut Corps

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Name	Fischer, Jack D.
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Date of birth	January 23, 1974
Place of birth	Louisville, Colorado
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