Space · astronaut
Patrick G. Forrester
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
AMERICAN
RETIRED
Career
Time in space
39 d 14 h
Spacewalks
4
25 h 30 m outside
Flights
3
3 landings
Status
Retired
Nationality
AmericanBorn
31 Mar 1957First flight
10 Aug 2001Most recent flight
29 Aug 2009Type
GovernmentLinks
WikipediaBiography
Patrick Graham Forrester is a retired United States Army officer and NASA astronaut. At the time of his retirement from the U.S. Army, Forrester had achieved the rank of colonel. He is married and has two children.
Forrester has flown on three Space Shuttle missions, STS-105, STS-117 and STS-128. He was Chief of the Astronaut Office, from June 2017 to July 2024.
Flight log
Flights
| No. | Flight | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 03 | Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-128 | 29 Aug 2009 |
| 02 | Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-117 | 08 Jun 2007 |
| 01 | Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-105 | 10 Aug 2001 |
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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2
Last checked 29 Sept 2026