Lee Archambault | |
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Born | Lee Joseph Archambault August 25, 1960 Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. |
Other names | Bru |
Education | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BS, MS) |
Space career | |
NASA astronaut | |
Rank | Colonel, USAF |
Time in space | 26d 15h 33m |
Selection | NASA Group 17 (1998) |
Missions | STS-117 STS-119 |
Mission insignia | ![]() ![]() |
Lee Joseph "Bru" Archambault (born August 25, 1960) is an American test pilot and former NASA astronaut. He has logged over 4,250 flight hours in more than 30 different aircraft. Archambault is married with three children. His hobbies include bicycling, weightlifting, and playing ice hockey. Archambault has received numerous awards and honors throughout his life. He has also flown two Space Shuttle missions, as pilot of STS-117 in 2007 and as commander of STS-119 in 2009. Archambault left NASA in 2013 after a 15-year career with the agency in order to become a test pilot for Sierra Nevada Corporation on their Dream Chaser orbital spaceplane project.[1][2]