Lee Archambault

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Lee Joseph "Bru" Archambault is an American test pilot and former NASA astronaut. He has logged over 4,250 flight hours in more than 30 different aircraft. Archambault is married with three children. His hobbies include bicycling, weightlifting, and playing ice hockey. Archambault has received numerous awards and honors throughout his life. He has also flown two Space Shuttle missions, as pilot of STS-117 in 2007 and as commander of STS-119 in 2009. Archambault left NASA in 2013 after a 15-year career with the agency in order to become a test pilot for Sierra Nevada Corporation on their Dream Chaser orbital spaceplane project.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Born in

Oak Park

Education

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School; Proviso West High School

Awards

Air Medal; Commendation Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross

From Wikidata.

• Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-119Commander · Success · with Dominic A. Antonelli, John L. Phillips, Joseph M. Acaba, Koichi Wakata, Richard R. Arnold, Steven SwansonMarch 15, 2009 · 23:43 UTC
• Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-117Pilot · Success · with Clayton Anderson, Frederick W. Sturckow, James F. Reilly, John D. Olivas, Patrick G. Forrester, Steven SwansonJune 8, 2007