Aerospace & Aviation

• Recently commanded the Space Shuttle Atlantis on an August 29, 2009 mission to the International Space Station.
• As a Marine pilot, he flew 41 combat missions during Operation Desert Storm in 1991.
• Credits one of his Cal Poly professors for encouraging him to become a Marine pilot rather than a race car mechanic.

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Notable CSU Graduates in Aerospace & Aviation

Yvonne Cagle	Tracy Caldwell	Gregory Chamitoff	Adriana Ocampo Uria
Ellen Ochoa	Burt Rutan	Frederick (Rick) Sturckow