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NASA Astronaut Group 20

2009 human spaceflight selection of 14 candidates; "The Chumps"

Field	Value
image	Astronaut class group 20.jpg	400px
caption	Front row, from the left to right: Jeremy Hansen, Scott D. Tingle, Michael S. Hopkins, Gregory R. (Reid) Wiseman and Mark T. Vande Hei.
Middle row, from the left to right: Jack D. Fischer, Serena M. Auñón, Kathleen (Kate) Rubins and Jeanette J. Epps.
Back row, from the left to right: David Saint-Jacques, Takuya Onishi, Norishige Kanai, Kimiya Yui and Kjell N. Lindgren
alt	Official group portrait
name	The Chumps
year	2009
number	14
prev	19 (2004)
next	21 (2013)

Middle row, from the left to right: Jack D. Fischer, Serena M. Auñón, Kathleen (Kate) Rubins and Jeanette J. Epps. Back row, from the left to right: David Saint-Jacques, Takuya Onishi, Norishige Kanai, Kimiya Yui and Kjell N. Lindgren

NASA Astronaut Group 20 (The Chumps) saw the training of nine mission specialists, and five international mission specialists to become NASA astronauts. These 14 astronauts began training in August 2009 and officially graduated as astronauts on 4 November 2011.

Mission specialists

Serena M. Auñón (1 flight)
- Soyuz MS-09
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 56/57
Jeanette J. Epps (1 flight)
- SpaceX Crew-8
  - Mission specialist, Expedition 70/71/72
Jack D. Fischer (1 flight)
- Soyuz MS-04
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 52/53
Michael S. Hopkins (2 flights)
- Soyuz TMA-10M
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 37/38
- Commander, SpaceX Crew-1
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 64/65
Kjell N. Lindgren (2 flights)
- Soyuz TMA-17M
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 44/45
- Commander, SpaceX Crew-4
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 67/68
Kathleen Rubins (2 flights)
- Soyuz MS-01
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 48/49
- Soyuz MS-17
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 63/64
Scott D. Tingle (1 flight)
- Current Chief of the Astronaut Office
- Soyuz MS-07
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 54/55
Mark T. Vande Hei (2 flights)
- Soyuz MS-06
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 53/54
- Soyuz MS-18/MS-19
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 64/65/66
Gregory R. Wiseman (1 flight)
- Former Chief of the Astronaut Office
- Soyuz TMA-13M
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 40/41
- Commander, Artemis II (future flight)

International mission specialists

Jeremy Hansen, CSA
- Mission specialist, Artemis II (future flight)
Norishige Kanai, JAXA (1 flight)
- Soyuz MS-07
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 54/55
Takuya Onishi, JAXA (2 flights)
- Soyuz MS-01
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 48/49
- SpaceX Crew-10
  - Flight engineer/commander, Expedition 72/73
David Saint-Jacques, CSA (1 flight)
- Soyuz MS-11
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 58/59
Kimiya Yui, JAXA (2 flights)
- Soyuz TMA-17M
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 44/45
- SpaceX Crew-11
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 73/74

References

(October 8, 2009). "NASA's new astronaut class: call them the "Chumps"". [[collectSPACE]].
NASA HQ. (June 29, 2009). "NASA Selects New Astronauts for Future Space Exploration". [[NASA]].
(May 13, 2009). "2 Canadians picked to launch new careers as astronauts". [[CBC News]].

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