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Alan Goodwin Poindexter Born November 5, 1961 in Pasadena, California. Considers Rockville, Maryland, to be his hometown. Married to the former Lisa A. Pfeiffer of Gulf Breeze, Florida. They have two children. Recreational interests include motorcycling, running, weight lifting, water skiing, boating, hunting, and fishing. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Education
Graduated from Coronado High School, Coronado, California in 1979. Graduated with highest honors from Georgia Institute of Technology with a bachelor of aerospace engineering degree in 1986 and a master of science in aeronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1995.
Organizations Society of Experimental Test Pilots
Awards NASA Aviation Safety Award, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, various other service awards.
Special Honors Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division Test Pilot of the Year 1996; Top Ten Carrier Aviator, Carrier Airwing Nine.
Experience Poindexter was commissioned following graduation from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1986. After a short tour of duty at the Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel Facility, Naval Surface Weapons Center, White Oak, Maryland, Poindexter reported for flight training in Pensacola, Florida. He was designated a Naval Aviator in 1988 and reported to Fighter Squadron 124, Naval Air Station Miramar, California, for transition to the F-14 Tomcat. Following his initial training, Poindexter was assigned to Fighter Squadron 211, also at Miramar, and made two deployments to the Persian Gulf during Operations Desert Storm and Southern Watch. During his second deployment in 1993, he was selected to attend the Naval Postgraduate School/U.S. Naval Test Pilot School Cooperative Program. Following graduation in December 1995, Poindexter was assigned as a Test Pilot and Project Officer at the Naval Strike Aircraft Test Squadron (NSATS), Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Maryland. While at NSATS, Poindexter was assigned as the lead test pilot for the F-14 Digital Flight Control System where he logged the first carrier landing and catapult launch of an F-14 with the upgraded flight controls. He also flew numerous high angle of attack/departure tests, weapons separation tests and carrier suitability trials. Following his tour at Patuxent River, Poindexter reported to Fighter Squadron 32, NAS Oceana, Virginia, where he was serving as a department head when he was selected for Astronaut training.
Poindexter has more than 3,500 hours in over 30 aircraft types and has logged over 450 carrier landings.
NASA Experience Selected by NASA in June 1998, he reported for training in August 1998. Initially Poindexter served in the Astronaut Office Shuttle Operations Branch performing duties as the lead support astronaut at Kennedy Space Center. Poindexter is assigned as pilot on the STS-122 mission that will deliver the European Space Agency’s Columbus Laboratory to the International Space Station. STS-122 is a space shuttle mission planned for December 2007, and is now expected to use the Space Shuttle Atlantis. ...
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International Space Station insignia ISS Statistics Crew: 3 As of June 20, 2007 Perigee: 319. ...
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