Michael J. Bloomfield

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Michael Bloomfield
NASA astronaut
Rank	Colonel, USAF
Time in space	32d 11h 2m
Selection	NASA Group 15 (1994)
Missions	STS-86 STS-97 STS-110
Mission insignia

Michael John "Bloomer" Bloomfield (born March 16, 1959)^[1] is an American former astronaut and a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions.

Early life and education

Born in

Selected by NASA in December 1994, Bloomfield reported to the Johnson Space Center in March 1995. He worked as Chief of Safety for the Astronaut Office, Chief Instructor Astronaut, Director of Shuttle Operations, and Chief of the Shuttle Branch, which oversees all Shuttle technical issues for the Astronaut Office.

He first flew as a pilot aboard STS-86 in 1997, where he docked with the space station Mir. Bloomfield also piloted STS-97 in 2000 and commanded STS-110 in 2002, both missions to the International Space Station.

Bloomfield has served as Deputy Director of Flight Crew Operations at NASA's Johnson Space Center in

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Michael J. Bloomfield.

• "MICHAEL J. BLOOMFIELD (COLONEL, USAF, RET.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER)" (PDF). NASA. September 2007. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
• Spacefacts biography of Michael J. Bloomfield