Andrew J. Feustel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Andrew J. Feustel

American astronaut

Date of Birth: 25-Aug-1965

Place of Birth: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession: astronaut, physicist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Andrew Jay "Drew" Feustel (; born August 25, 1965) is an American/Canadian NASA astronaut and Geophysicist.
Following several years working as a geophysicist, Feustel was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in July 2000.
His first spaceflight in May 2009, STS-125, lasted just under 13 days.
This was a mission with six other astronauts to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis.
Feustel performed three spacewalks during the mission.
His second spaceflight was STS-134, which launched on May 16, 2011 and landed on June 1, 2011.
STS-134 was the penultimate Space Shuttle flight.
Feustel returned to space on March 21, 2018 on Soyuz MS-08 with Expedition 55/56.
For expedition 56, he commanded the International Space Station, before handing over to Alexander Gerst on October 3, 2018.