Alan G. Poindexter

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Alan Goodwin "Dex" Poindexter was an American naval officer and a NASA astronaut. Poindexter was selected in the 1998 NASA Group (G17) and went into orbit aboard Space Shuttle missions STS-122, and STS-131.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Born in

Pasadena

Education

Georgia Tech; Naval Postgraduate School; United States Naval Test Pilot School; Coronado High School; Pensacola State College

Awards

Distinguished Flying Cross; Legionnaire of Legion of Merit

From Wikidata.

• Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-131Commander · Success · with Clayton Anderson, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, James Dutton, Naoko Yamazaki, Richard Mastracchio, Stephanie WilsonApril 5, 2010
• Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-122Pilot · Success · with Hans Schlegel, Leland D. Melvin, Léopold Eyharts, Rex J. Walheim, Stanley G. Love, Stephen FrickFebruary 7, 2008 · 19:45 UTC