Terry W. Virts

Terry Wayne Virts Jr. is a retired NASA astronaut, International Space Station commander, and colonel in the United States Air Force. Virts is a member of the Democratic Party. He is currently a candidate to represent Texas in the United States Senate in the 2026 election for the seat currently held by Republican John Cornyn.

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1967  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Terry W. Virts Jr.; Terry W. Virts, Jr.
military officer, Trekkie, astronaut, 

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  Soyuz TMA-15M ⓘ
  2014 flight to the International Space Station

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  STS-130 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

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  Expedition 42 ⓘ
  42nd expedition to the International Space Station

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  Expedition 43 ⓘ
  43rd expedition to the International Space Station

United States, 

1967-12-01T00:00:00Z

1967-12-01T00:00:00Z

1967 Terry W. Virts

2014-11-10T00:00:00Z

2015-03-11T00:00:00Z

2014 — 2015 Expedition 42

2015-03-11T00:00:00Z

2015-06-11T00:00:00Z

2015 Expedition 43

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Frameless

USAID and NASA, Connecting Space to Village 150917-A-GX923-0057

USAID and NASA, Connecting Space to Village 150917-A-GX923-0087

Cristoforetti, Virts and Wilmore participate in an exercise in a Cupola trainer

Sts130 mission poster

ISS-42 Wilmore, Cristoforetti and Virts pose for a photo

Five members of NASA's Group 18 of astronaut candidates are pictured during a brief break in land survival training

Five members of NASA's Group 18 of astronaut candidates are pictured with a tent fashioned from parachute gear during land survival training

STS-130 Crew Meets with President Obama (P042210PS-0408) DVIDS723401

S130E007798 - STS-130 - Virts on MDDK - DPLA - d4de9222b2b8ed9409794b39384e7a3b

NASA Astronaut Group 18

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	orbit		Soyuz TMA-15M	Anton Shkaplerov, Samantha Cristoforetti, Soyuz TMA-M, Terry W. Virts, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
class	orbit		STS-130	George D. Zamka, Kathryn P. Hire, Nicholas Patrick, Robert L. Behnken, Stephen Robinson, Terry W. Virts, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
class	spaceflight	2014	Expedition 42	Aleksandr Samokutyayev, Anton Shkaplerov, Barry E. Wilmore, Samantha Cristoforetti, Terry W. Virts, Yelena Serova, expedition to the International Space Station,	Wikidata
class	spaceflight	2015	Expedition 43	Anton Shkaplerov, Gennady Padalka, Mikhail Korniyenko, Samantha Cristoforetti, Scott Kelly, Terry W. Virts, expedition to the International Space Station,	Wikidata
commons	image		USAID and NASA, Connecting Space to Village 150917-A-GX923-0057		Commons
commons	image		USAID and NASA, Connecting Space to Village 150917-A-GX923-0087		Commons
commons	image		Cristoforetti, Virts and Wilmore participate in an exercise in a Cupola trainer		Commons
commons	image		Sts130 mission poster		Commons
commons	image		ISS-42 Wilmore, Cristoforetti and Virts pose for a photo		Commons
commons	image		Five members of NASA's Group 18 of astronaut candidates are pictured during a brief break in land survival training		Commons
commons	image		Five members of NASA's Group 18 of astronaut candidates are pictured with a tent fashioned from parachute gear during land survival training		Commons
commons	image		STS-130 Crew Meets with President Obama (P042210PS-0408) DVIDS723401		Commons
commons	image		S130E007798 - STS-130 - Virts on MDDK - DPLA - d4de9222b2b8ed9409794b39384e7a3b		Commons
commons	image		NASA Astronaut Group 18		Commons