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NASA Astronaut Group 18

2000 human spaceflight selection of seventeen; "The Bugs"

Field	Value
image	NASA Astronaut Group 18.jpg
caption	The astronauts of Group 18
alt	Official group portrait
name	The Bugs
year	2000
number	17
prev	17 (1998)
next	19 (2004)

NASA Astronaut Group 18 (The Bugs). The group saw the training of seven pilots and ten mission specialists to become NASA astronauts. These 17 astronauts began training in August 2000.

Pilots

Dominic A. Antonelli (2 flights)
- Pilot, STS-119 (Discovery)
- Pilot, STS-132 (Atlantis)
Eric A. Boe (2 flights)
- Pilot, STS-126 (Endeavour)
- Pilot, STS-133 (Discovery)
Kevin A. Ford (2 flights)
- Pilot, STS-128 (Discovery)
- Soyuz TMA-06M
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 33
  - ISS commander, Expedition 34
Ronald J. Garan, Jr. (2 flights)
- Mission specialist, STS-124 (Discovery)
- Soyuz TMA-21
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 27
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 28
Douglas G. Hurley (3 flights)
- Pilot, STS-127 (Endeavour)
- Pilot, STS-135 (Atlantis)
- Commander, SpaceX Demo-2 (Endeavour)
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 63
Terry W. Virts, Jr. (2 flights)
- Pilot, STS-130 (Endeavour)
- Soyuz TMA-15M
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 42
  - ISS commander, Expedition 43
Barry E. Wilmore (3 flights)
- Pilot, STS-129 (Atlantis)
- Soyuz TMA-14M
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 41
  - ISS commander, Expedition 42
- Commander, Boeing CFT (Calypso) (Flight up)
- Mission specialist, SpaceX Crew-9 (Crew Dragon Freedom) (Flight down)
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 71/72

Mission specialists

Michael R. Barratt (3 flights)
- Soyuz TMA-14
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 19
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 20
- Mission specialist, STS-133 (Discovery)
- Pilot, SpaceX Crew-8 (Endeavour)
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 70
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 71
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 72
Robert L. Behnken (3 flights)
- Mission specialist, STS-123 (Endeavour)
- Mission specialist, STS-130 (Endeavour)
- Joint operations commander, SpaceX Demo-2 (Endeavour)
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 63
Stephen G. Bowen (4 flights)
- Mission specialist, STS-126 (Endeavour)
- Mission specialist, STS-132 (Atlantis)
- Mission specialist, STS-133 (Discovery)
- Commander, SpaceX Crew-6
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 68 / 69
B. Alvin Drew (2 flights)
- Mission specialist, STS-118 (Endeavour)
- Mission specialist, STS-133 (Discovery)
Andrew J. Feustel (3 flights)
- NEEMO 9
- Mission specialist, STS-125 (Atlantis)
- Mission specialist, STS-134 (Endeavour)
- Soyuz MS-08
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 55
  - ISS commander, Expedition 56
Michael T. Good (2 flights)
- Mission specialist, STS-125 (Atlantis)
- Mission specialist, STS-132 (Atlantis)
Timothy L. Kopra (2 flights)
- NEEMO 11
- Mission specialist, STS-127 (Endeavour) (Flight up)
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 20
- Mission specialist, STS-128 (Discovery) (Flight down)
- Soyuz TMA-19M
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 46
  - ISS commander, Expedition 47
K. Megan McArthur (2 flights)
- Mission specialist, STS-125 (Atlantis)
- Pilot, SpaceX Crew-2
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 65
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 66
Karen L. Nyberg (2 flights)
- NEEMO 10
- Mission specialist, STS-124 (Discovery)
- Soyuz TMA-09M
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 36
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 37
Nicole P. Stott (2 flights)
- NEEMO 9
- Mission specialist, STS-128 (Discovery)
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 20
  - Flight engineer, Expedition 21
- Mission specialist, STS-129 (Atlantis)
- Mission specialist, STS-133 (Discovery)

References

(25 September 2025). "2000 Astronaut Class (Group 18)".

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