NASA Astronaut Group 15

NASA Astronaut Group 15 ("The Flying Escargot") was a group of 23 NASA astronauts announced on December 8, 1994. Group members adopted The Flying Escargot as their moniker, in reference to two members of the group being from France. The group featured ten pilots, nine mission specialists, and four international mission specialist trainees from France,  Canada and Japan.

Three members of this group, Rick Husband, Michael P. Anderson, and Kalpana Chawla, died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. These three received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

Another member of the group Pamela Melroy, currently serves as Deputy Administrator of NASA, taking office on June 21, 2021, having been appointed by US President Joe Biden.

Pilots

 * Scott Altman
 * Pilot, STS-90 (Neurolab)
 * Pilot, STS-106
 * Commander, STS-109
 * Commander, STS-125
 * Jeffrey Ashby
 * Pilot, STS-93
 * Pilot, STS-100
 * Commander, STS-112
 * Michael Bloomfield
 * Pilot, STS-86
 * Pilot, STS-97
 * Commander, STS-110
 * Joe F. Edwards, Jr.
 * Pilot, STS-89
 * Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie
 * Pilot, STS-91
 * Pilot, STS-99
 * Commander, STS-108
 * Commander, STS-123
 * Rick Husband
 * Pilot, STS-96
 * Commander, STS-107 †
 * Steven Lindsey
 * Pilot, STS-87
 * Pilot, STS-95
 * Commander, STS-104
 * Commander, STS-121
 * Commander, STS-133
 * Pamela Melroy
 * Pilot, STS-92
 * Pilot, STS-112
 * Commander, STS-120
 * Susan L. Still-Kilrain
 * Pilot, STS-83
 * Pilot, STS-94
 * Frederick Sturckow
 * Pilot, STS-88
 * Pilot, STS-105
 * Commander, STS-117
 * Commander, STS-128

Mission Specialists

 * Michael P. Anderson
 * Mission Specialist, STS-89
 * Mission Specialist, STS-107 †
 * Kalpana Chawla
 * Mission Specialist, STS-87
 * Mission Specialist, STS-107 †
 * Robert Curbeam
 * Mission Specialist, STS-85
 * Mission Specialist, STS-98
 * Mission Specialist, STS-116
 * Kathryn Hire
 * Mission Specialist, STS-90
 * Mission Specialist, STS-130
 * Janet Kavandi
 * STS-91
 * STS-99
 * STS-104
 * Edward Tsang Lu
 * Mission Specialist, STS-84
 * Mission Specialist, STS-104
 * Flight Engineer, Soyuz TMA-2
 * Flight Engineer, Expedition 7
 * Carlos I. Noriega
 * Mission Specialist, STS-84
 * Mission Specialist, STS-97
 * James F. Reilly
 * STS-89
 * STS-104
 * STS-117
 * Stephen Robinson
 * STS-85
 * STS-95
 * STS-114
 * STS-130

International mission specialists

 * Jean-Loup Chrétien (France)
 * Research Cosmonaut, Soyuz T-6
 * Research Cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-6/TM-7 (Mir Aragatz)
 * Mission Specialist, STS-86
 * Takao Doi (Japan)
 * Mission Specialist, STS-87
 * Mission Specialist, STS-123
 * Michel Tognini (France)
 * Research Cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-15/TM-14
 * Mission Specialist, STS-93
 * Dafydd Williams (Canada)
 * Mission Specialist, STS-90
 * Mission Specialist, STS-118