Mark L. Polansky

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Mark Lewis "Roman" Polansky is an American aerospace engineer and research pilot and a former NASA astronaut. Polansky received the nickname "Roman" as a joke, because he shares a last name with director Roman Polanski. He flew on three Space Shuttle missions: STS-98, STS-116, and STS-127.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Born in

Paterson

Education

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School; Purdue University; John P. Stevens High School

Awards

NASA Distinguished Service Medal

From Wikidata.

• Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-127Commander · Success · with Christopher Cassidy, David Wolf, Douglas G. Hurley, Julie Payette, Thomas Marshburn, Timothy KopraJuly 15, 2009 · 22:03 UTC
• Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-116Commander · Success · with Christer Fuglesang, Joan Higginbotham, Nicholas Patrick, Robert Curbeam, Sunita Williams, William OefeleinDecember 10, 2006
• Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-98Pilot · Success · with Kenneth Cockrell, Marsha Ivins, Robert Curbeam, Thomas David JonesFebruary 7, 2001 · 23:13 UTC