Scott Kelly (Space Institute 1996) is a NASA astronaut who piloted the Discovery Space Shuttle’s 1999 mission to service the Hubble space telescope.
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Charles O. Hobaugh (Space Institute 1994) is a NASA astronaut.
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Chris Hadfield (1992) made two Space Shuttle flights as a NASA astronaut. From 2001 through 2003 Colonel Hadfield was in Star City, Russia, as NASA’s director of operations at the …
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Henry Hartsfield Jr. (Space Institute 1971), was a NASA astronaut. He made three space flights and was mission commander aboard Discovery in 1984 and Challenger in 1985. He is vice …
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Dominic Gorie (1990) is a NASA astronaut who has made three space flights. He was commander of Space Shuttle Endeavor’s flight in 2001.
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Joe Frank Edwards Jr. (1994) was selected a NASA astronaut in 1994, flew on the Space Shuttle Endeavor, and worked technical issues for the Space Shuttle and Space Station. He …
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Jeff Ashby earned the master of science in aviation systems at the UT Space Institute in 1993. According to NASA, Ashby, a career Navy pilot, has traveled more than 11 …
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Zach Wamp attended UT Knoxville. He represents Tennessee’s third district in the U.S. House of Representatives. His service began in 1995. He is the only Tennessean who serves on the …
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John Tanner (1966, 1968) has served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee’s eighth district since 1989. He served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1977 to 1989.
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William L. Jenkins (1961) is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee’s first district. He was speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1969, is …