This is a complete list of astronauts in the United States Space Force. There have currently been two NASA astronauts who have been members of the U.S. Space Force. The first U.S. Space Force astronaut, Colonel Mike Hopkins, commemorated the service's first birthday by having his transfer ceremony on 19 December 2020 on the International Space Station.[1] [2]
Portrait | Name | Astronaut group | Spaceflights | Alma mater | |||
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1 | Colonel Michael S. Hopkins | NASA Astronaut Group 20 | Soyuz TMA-10M (Expedition 37/Expedition 38) SpaceX Crew-1 (Expedition 64/Expedition 65) | University of Illinois (Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering) Stanford University (Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering) | [3] [4] | ||
2 | Colonel Nick Hague | NASA Astronaut Group 21 | Soyuz MS-10 Soyuz MS-12 (Expedition 59/Expedition 60) | United States Air Force Academy (Bachelor of Science in Astronautical Engineering) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Science in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering) | [5] |