Michael S. Hopkins

Michael S. Hopkins

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1968-12-28

Status Retired

Type Government


Astronaut Biography

Michael Scott Hopkins (born December 28, 1968) is a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, and a current NASA astronaut. Hopkins was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20. He made his first spaceflight as a Flight Engineer on Soyuz TMA-10M/Expedition 37/Expedition 38, from September 2013 until March 2014. He was the first member of his astronaut class to fly in space. As well as being the first member of his class to fly in space, he is set to become the first member of his class to return to space in 2019 as Commander of the first operational SpaceX Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station.

Michael S. Hopkins's Launches

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-1

SpaceX
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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Soyuz FG | Soyuz TMA-10M

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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