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NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman

Reid Wiseman was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2009 and is currently assigned as commander of NASA’s Artemis II mission to the moon.

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The Baltimore native earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, and a Master of Science in Systems Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

The Baltimore native earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, and a Master of Science in Systems Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

Reid commanded the NEEMO21 mission at the Aquarius Reef Habitat off Islamorada, Florida.

Reid commanded the NEEMO21 mission at the Aquarius Reef Habitat off Islamorada, Florida.

Wiseman was commissioned through the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) following graduation from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1997 and reported to Pensacola, Florida, for flight training. He was designated as a Naval Aviator in 1999.

Wiseman was commissioned through the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) following graduation from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1997 and reported to Pensacola, Florida, for flight training. He was designated as a Naval Aviator in 1999.

Commander Reid Wiseman of the Artemis II mission. — (28 March 2023) NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman will serve as the Commander for the Artemis II mission. Wiseman flew previously as a flight engineer aboard the International Station for Expedition 41 from May through November 2014, logging more than 165 days in space. Prior to his assignment, Wiseman served as chief of the Astronaut Office from December 2020 until November 2022.

Four astronauts in orange flight suits sit for a portrait — (3 April 2023) NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Hammock Koch, and CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen were announced Monday, April 3 as the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term presence at the Moon for science and exploration through Artemis. The crew assignments are as follows: Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist 1 Christina Koch, Mission Specialist 2 Jeremy Hansen. (Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel)

View of Earth from the International Space Station — (7 October 2014) A fish-eye lens was used to capture this image of NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Expedition 41 flight engineer, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as work continues on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 13-minute spacewalk, Wiseman and European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst (out of frame), flight engineer, worked outside the space station’s Quest airlock relocating a failed cooling pump to external stowage and installing gear that provides back up power to external robotics equipment.

Astronaut performing a science experiment on the International Space Station — (5 August 2014) NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Expedition 40 flight engineer, installs Capillary Channel Flow (CCF) experiment hardware in the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) located in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. CCF is a versatile experiment for studying a critical variety of inertial-capillary dominated flows key to spacecraft systems that cannot be studied on the ground.

Reid Wiseman and Barry "Butch" Wilmore in the ISS — (28 September 2014) NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore (Captain, U.S. Navy) (left) and Reid Wiseman (Commander, U.S. Navy), both Expedition 41 flight engineers, pose for a photo near the hatch between the Tranquility node and the Cupola of the International Space Station.

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View of Reid Wiseman, Expedition 41 Flight Engineer (FE), in his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), during Extravehicular Activity 28 (EVA 28)

(15 October 2014) View of Reid Wiseman, Expedition 41 Flight Engineer (FE), in his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), during Extravehicular Activity 28 (EVA 28). Wiseman is working on 3A Sequential Shunt Unit Removal (SSU) & Replacement. (Credit: NASA/Barry Wilmore)

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