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.
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)
SPACE SHUTTLE STS-135 CREW VISIT GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER - DPLA - 096d7b1b26f33b1026f9de2428421566| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| class | orbit | STS-115 | Brent W. Jett, Christopher Ferguson, Daniel C. Burbank, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Joseph R. Tanner, Steve MacLean, human spaceflight, | Wikidata | |
| class | orbit | STS-126 | Christopher Ferguson, Donald Pettit, Eric Boe, Gregory Chamitoff, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Sandra Magnus, Shane Kimbrough, Stephen Bowen, human spaceflight, | Wikidata | |
| class | orbit | STS-135 | Christopher Ferguson, Douglas G. Hurley, Rex J. Walheim, Sandra Magnus, human spaceflight, | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | KSC-2012-6047 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | STS-126 Stephen Bowen dons a training version of the EMU spacesuit | Commons | ||
| commons | image | STS-126 FD3a | Commons | ||
| commons | image | 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) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | SPACE SHUTTLE STS-135 CREW VISIT GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER - DPLA - 096d7b1b26f33b1026f9de2428421566 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | S135E012376 - STS-135 - Dark View of Ferguson and Hurley during Deorbit Preparations - DPLA - 7c38ebcd06dbb5b8ab0fda7e1d947319 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Ferguson Christopher | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Astronaut class of 1998 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | KSC-99pp1144 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Group 17 pose in front of the Project Mercury monument | Commons | ||










