Ronald Garan
Ronald John Garan, Jr. (born October 30, 1961) is a NASA astronaut. After graduating from State University of New York College at Oneonta in 1982, he joined the Air Force, becoming a Second Lieutenant in 1984. He became an F-16 pilot, and flew combat missions in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Before becoming an astronaut he was the Operations Officer of the 40th Flight Test Squadron (FTS). He first flew in space as a Mission Specialist on the STS-124 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). He returned to ISS on 4 April 2011 for a six-month stay as a member of Expedition 27.
Spaceflights:
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 STS-124 MSP 31.05. - 14.06.2008 13d 18h 13m
2 Soyuz TMA-21 / ISS-27 / ISS-28 Flight Engineer 04.04. - 16.09.2011 164d 05h 41m
Total 177d 23h 54m
