Michael S. Hopkins

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Michael Scott Hopkins (born December 28, 1968) is a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, and a current NASA astronaut. Hopkins was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20. He made his first spaceflight as a Flight Engineer on Soyuz TMA-10M/Expedition 37/Expedition 38, from September 2013 until March 2014. He was the first member of his astronaut class to fly in space. As well as being the first member of his class to fly in space, he is set to become the first member of his class to return to space in 2019 as Commander of the first operational SpaceX Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Born in

Lebanon

Education

Stanford University; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Osage High School

Awards

NASA Distinguished Service Medal

From Wikidata.

• Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-1Commander · Success · with Shannon Walker, Soichi Noguchi, Victor J. GloverNovember 16, 2020
• Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-10MFlight Engineer · Success · with Oleg Kotov, Sergey RyazanskySeptember 25, 2013

• Expedition 38 EVA 27h 30m2013-12-24
• Expedition 38 EVA 15h 28m2013-12-21

• Expedition 64International Space Station · Flight Engineer2020-10-20 – 2021-04-17
• Expedition 38International Space Station · Flight Engineer2013-11-10 – 2014-05-11
• Expedition 37International Space Station · Flight Engineer2013-09-10 – 2013-11-10