Christopher Ferguson

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Christopher J. "Fergy" Ferguson is a Boeing commercial astronaut and a retired United States Navy captain and NASA astronaut. He was the pilot of Space Shuttle Atlantis on his first mission to space, STS-115, which launched on September 9, 2006, and returned to Earth on September 21, 2006. He then commanded STS-126 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour. In 2011, he was assigned as commander of STS-135, which was the final mission of the space shuttle program.

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Christopher J. Ferguson
astronaut, engineer, military officer, commercial astronaut, 

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  • STS-115
    human spaceflight
  • STS-126
    human spaceflight
  • STS-135
    135th and final mission of the American Space Shuttle program
KSC-2012-6047KSC-2012-6047
STS-126 Stephen Bowen dons a training version of the EMU spacesuitSTS-126 Stephen Bowen dons a training version of the EMU spacesuit
STS-126 FD3aSTS-126 FD3a
STS-115 crew portrait with Astronauts Brent W. Jett, Jr. (right) and Christopher J. Ferguson, Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, Joseph R. (Joe) Tanner, Daniel C. Burbank, Steven G. MacLean and the mission insignia (cropped)STS-115 crew portrait with Astronauts Brent W. Jett, Jr. (right) and Christopher J. Ferguson, Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, Joseph R. (Joe) Tanner, Daniel C. Burbank, Steven G. MacLean and the mission insignia (cropped)
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Ferguson ChristopherFerguson Christopher
Astronaut class of 1998Astronaut class of 1998
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Group 17 pose in front of the Project Mercury monumentGroup 17 pose in front of the Project Mercury monument
    TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
    classorbitSTS-115Brent W. Jett, Christopher Ferguson, Daniel C. Burbank, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Joseph R. Tanner, Steve MacLean, human spaceflight,Wikidata
    classorbitSTS-126Christopher Ferguson, Donald Pettit, Eric Boe, Gregory Chamitoff, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Sandra Magnus, Shane Kimbrough, Stephen Bowen, human spaceflight,Wikidata
    classorbitSTS-135Christopher Ferguson, Douglas G. Hurley, Rex J. Walheim, Sandra Magnus, human spaceflight,Wikidata
    commonsimageKSC-2012-6047 Commons
    commonsimageSTS-126 Stephen Bowen dons a training version of the EMU spacesuit Commons
    commonsimageSTS-126 FD3a Commons
    commonsimageSTS-115 crew portrait with Astronauts Brent W. Jett, Jr. (right) and Christopher J. Ferguson, Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, Joseph R. (Joe) Tanner, Daniel C. Burbank, Steven G. MacLean and the mission insignia (cropped) Commons
    commonsimageSPACE SHUTTLE STS-135 CREW VISIT GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER - DPLA - 096d7b1b26f33b1026f9de2428421566 Commons
    commonsimageS135E012376 - STS-135 - Dark View of Ferguson and Hurley during Deorbit Preparations - DPLA - 7c38ebcd06dbb5b8ab0fda7e1d947319 Commons
    commonsimageFerguson Christopher Commons
    commonsimageAstronaut class of 1998 Commons
    commonsimageKSC-99pp1144 Commons
    commonsimageGroup 17 pose in front of the Project Mercury monument Commons