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NASA Astronaut Group 16 was a group of 44 astronauts announced by NASA on May 1, 1996. The class was nicknamed "The Sardines" for being such a large class, humorously implying that their training sessions would be as tightly packed as sardines in a can. These 44 candidates compose the largest astronaut class to date. NASA selected so many candidates in preparation for the anticipated need for ISS crew members, along with regular shuttle needs. Nine of the 44 astronauts selected were from other countries, including 1 each from 5 European nations and 2 each from Canada and Japan.

Pilots
Duane G. Carey (1 flight) :Pilot, STS-109 (Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission; Columbia's last successful flight) • Stephen Frick (2 flights) :Pilot, STS-110 (ISS assembly mission – launched the S0 Truss Segment) :Commander, STS-122 (ISS assembly mission – launched the Columbus Laboratory) • Charles O. Hobaugh (3 flights) :Pilot, STS-104 (ISS assembly mission – launched the Quest Joint Airlock) :Pilot, STS-118 (ISS assembly mission – launched the S5 Truss Segment) :Commander, STS-129James M. Kelly (2 flights) :Pilot, STS-102 (ISS resupply mission) :Pilot, STS-114 (the first "Return to Flight" mission after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster) • Mark Kelly (4 flights; fellow astronaut Scott Kelly is his twin brother) :Pilot, STS-108 (ISS supply mission) :Pilot, STS-121 (ISS resupply mission; second "Return to Flight" mission after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster) :Commander, STS-124 (ISS assembly mission – launched the Japanese Experiment Module) :Commander, STS-134 (ISS assembly mission – launched AMS-02 and ELC-3) • Scott Kelly (4 flights; fellow astronaut Mark Kelly is his twin brother) :Commander, STS-118 (ISS assembly mission – launched the S5 Truss Segment) :Soyuz TMA-16M/TMA-18M (Expedition 43/44/45/46) – ISS year long missionPaul Lockhart (2 flights) :Pilot, STS-111 (ISS resupply mission) :Pilot, STS-113 (launched the P1 Truss Segment, last flight before the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster) • Christopher Loria (0 flights) :Assigned as the pilot for STS-113 but suffered herniated lumbar discs during mission training. Ultimately the injury resulted in his medical disqualification from further spaceflight assignments. • William C. McCool (1 flight; died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster) :Pilot, STS-107 (orbital science mission; last flight of Space Shuttle Columbia – RCC panel damage resulted in disintegration of Columbia) • Mark L. Polansky (3 flights) :Pilot, STS-98 (ISS assembly mission – launched Destiny) :Commander, STS-116 (ISS assembly mission – launched the P5 Truss Segment) :Commander, STS-127 == Mission specialists ==
Mission specialists
David M. Brown (1 flight; died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster) :STS-107 :STS-106 (ISS supply mission) :STS-115 (ISS assembly mission – launched the P3/P4 Truss Assemblies) :Soyuz TMA-22 (Expedition 29/30) • Yvonne Cagle (0 flights) :, is a management astronaut (astronauts who remain NASA employees but are no longer eligible for flight assignment), assigned to NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California and serving as a visiting professor at Fordham University. • Fernando Caldeiro (0 flights) :Died of a brain tumor before flight assignment • Charles Camarda (1 flight) :STS-114 :STS-107 :Soyuz TMA-4 (Expedition 9) :Soyuz TMA-13 (Expedition 18) :STS-134 Chief of the Astronaut Office 2017–2020 :STS-105 (ISS resupply flight) :STS-117 (ISS assembly mission – launched the S3/S4 Truss Assemblies) :STS-128John Herrington (1 flight) :STS-113 (ISS assembly mission – launched the P1 Truss Segment) :STS-116 (ISS assembly mission – launched the P5 Truss Segment) :STS-112 (ISS assembly mission – launched the S1 Truss Segment) :STS-126/STS-119 Discovery (Expedition 18) :STS-135 (Mission Specialist - Final Space Shuttle mission) • Mike Massimino (2 flights) :STS-109 (Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission) • Richard Mastracchio (4 flights) :STS-106 :Soyuz TMA-11M (Expedition 38/39) • Lee Morin (1 flight) :STS-110 (ISS assembly mission – launched the S0 Truss Segment) :STS-121 (ISS resupply mission) and she became the first astronaut to be both grounded and dismissed (prior astronauts who were grounded due to non-medical issues usually resigned or retired). • Donald Pettit (4 flights) :STS-113 / Soyuz TMA-1 (Expedition 6) :STS-126 :STS-100 (ISS assembly mission – launched Canadarm2) :Soyuz TMA-6 (Expedition 11) :STS-119Paul W. Richards (1 flight) :STS-102 :STS-112Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (2 flights) :STS-115 :STS-108Rex J. Walheim (3 flights) :STS-110 :STS-111 / STS-113 (Expedition 5) :Soyuz TMA-11 (Expedition 16) :Soyuz MS-03 / MS-04 (Expedition 50/51/52) :After her retirement from NASA, she was hired by Axiom Space, where she has commanded these missions: :Axiom Mission 2 :Axiom Mission 4Jeffrey Williams (4 flights) :STS-101 (ISS supply mission) :Soyuz TMA-8 (the launch and landing vehicle of Expedition 13) :ISS Expedition 13 (6 month mission to the ISS) :Soyuz TMA-16, ISS Expedition 21 :Soyuz TMA-20M, ISS Expedition 47Stephanie Wilson (3 flights) :STS-121 (ISS resupply mission; second Return to Flight mission after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster) :STS-120 (ISS assembly mission – launched Harmony (Node 2)) :STS-131 == International mission specialists ==
International mission specialists
Pedro Duque (Spain; 2 flights) :STS-95 (orbital science mission) :Soyuz TMA-3 / TMA-2Christer Fuglesang (Sweden; 2 flights) :STS-116 :STS-75 (orbital science mission) – flight performed before being selected as Mission Specialist :STS-100 :STS-52 (deployed the LAGEOS-II Satellite) – flight performed before being selected as Mission Specialist :STS-115 :STS-47 (orbital science mission) – flight performed before being selected as Mission Specialist :STS-99 (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission) • Soichi Noguchi (Japan; 3 flights) :STS-114 :SpaceX Crew-1 (Expedition 64/65) • Julie Payette (Canada; 2 flights) on 2 October 2017, became the 29th Governor General of Canada. (ISS supply mission) :STS-127 :STS-111 :STS-99 (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission) == See also ==
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