Christopher Fergusson
Christopher J. Ferguson (born September 1, 1961) is a retired United States Navy Captain and NASA astronaut. He was the pilot of Space Shuttle Atlantis on his first mission to space, STS-115, which launched on September 9, 2006 and returned to Earth on September 21, 2006. Ferguson was assigned as commander of STS-135, which was the final mission of the space shuttle program. On December 9th 2011, he retired from NASA for a new job in the private sector. Ferguson currently works for The Boeing Company as director of Crew and Mission Operations for Boeingâs Commercial Crew Program.
Spaceflights
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 STS-115 PLT 09.09. - 21.09.2006 11d 19h 06m
2 STS-126 CDR 15.11. - 30.11.2008 15d 20h 30m
3 STS-135 CDR 08.07. - 21.07.2011 12d 18h 28m
Total 40d 10h 04m
