Christopher Ferguson
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Christopher J. "Fergy" Ferguson is a commercial astronaut and a retired United States Navy captain and NASA astronaut. He was the pilot of Space Shuttle Atlantis on his first mission to space, STS-115
Ferguson's Commercial Crew program portrait, photographed in 2018
Ferguson as CAPCOM for STS-129
Ferguson signing the STS-126 patch on the ISS
Ferguson pictured onboard the ISS during STS-135
STS-115
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STS-115 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the first assembly mission to the ISS after the Columbia disaster, following the two succ
Christopher Ferguson
…astronaut and a retired United States Navy captain and NASA astronaut. He was the pilot of Space Shuttle Atlantis on his first mission to space, STS-115, which launched on September 9, 2006, and returned to Earth on September 21, 2006. He then commanded STS-126 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour. In 2011…
The ISS above Earth, following the installation of a new truss segment and solar arrays during STS-115
(L-R) Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, Christopher J. Ferguson, Joseph R. Tanner, Daniel C. Burbank, Brent W. Jett Jr., Steven MacLeanSpace Shuttle program← STS-121STS-116 →
Atlantis is rolled over from the OPF
Atlantis, shown in the VAB, ready to be mated to the external tank