NASA Astronaut Andrew J. Feustel

Andrew Feustel was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2000 and most recently served as commander on the International Space Station for Expedition 55 and 56.

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The Lake Orion, Michigan native has a Ph.D. in the Geological Sciences, specializing in Seismology, and is a veteran of three spaceflights.

In 2009, Dr. Feustel served on STS-125. That mission launched on Atlantis and was the fifth and final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope that improved the observatory’s capabilities through 2014.

Feustel has conducted 9 spacewalks in his career with a total of 61 hours and 48 minutes. Feustel is second among all U.S. spacewalkers for aggregate EVA time behind Mike Lopez-Alegria and third on the all-time list behind Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Solovyev and Lopez-Alegria.

(6 February 2008) Official portrait of NASA astronaut Andrew J. Feustel. (Credit: NASA)

(14 June 2018) NASA astronaut Drew Feustel is pictured tethered to the International Space Station just outside of the Quest airlock during a spacewalk he conducted with fellow NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold (out of frame) on June 14, 2018. During the six-hour, 49-minute spacewalk the duo installed high-definition cameras to provide enhanced views of commercial crew spacecraft, including the SpaceX Crew Dragon and the Boeing Starliner, as they approach and dock with the orbital laboratory.

(11 April 2018) NASA astronaut Drew Feustel conducts science operations using the Multi-Use Variable-G Platform that enables research into smaller and microscopic organisms.

(25 August 2018) The Expedition 56 crew members pose for a portrait in the International Space Station’s Harmony module. Clockwise from top are Expedition 56 Flight Engineers Serena Auñón-Chancellor, Oleg Artemyev, Sergey Prokopyev and Ricky Arnold. Auñón-Chancellor and Arnold represent NASA while Artemyev and Prokopyev represent Roscosmos. In the center, from left, are ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Alexander Gerst and Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel of NASA. Gerst will become commander of Expedition 57 when Feustel, Arnold and Artemyev depart the space station in October.

(23 May 2011) NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel, STS-134 mission specialist, uses a still camera to photograph the topography of a point on Earth from a window in the Cupola of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station. (Credit: NASA)

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NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel, STS-134 mission specialist, participates in the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station.

(20 May 2011) NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel, STS-134 mission specialist, participates in the mission’s first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 19-minute spacewalk, Feustel and astronaut Greg Chamitoff (out of fame) retrieved long-duration materials exposure experiments and installed another, installed a light on one of the station’s rail line handcarts, made preparations for adding ammonia to a cooling loop and installed an antenna for the External Wireless Communication system. (Credit: NASA)