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Michael J. Bloomfield

Astronaut
name =Michael John "Bloomer" Bloomfieldimage =MichaelBloomfield-NASA.jpgUSA =USAnationality =Americandate_birth =16 March 1959place_birth =Lake Fenton, Michiganoccupation =Athleterank =Colonel, USAFselection =1994 NASA Grouptime =32d 11h 02mmission =STS-86, STS-97, STS-110insignia =

}Michael John "Bloomer" Bloomfield (born 16 March 1959) is an American astronaut and a veteran of three space shuttle missions.

Raised in Lake Fenton, Michigan, Bloomfield attended the United States Air Force Academy and trained as an F-15 fighter pilot. He test piloted the F-16 aircraft before being selected as an astronaut candidate in 1994 and first flew aboard STS-86 in 1997. Bloomfield also flew aboard STS-97 (2000) and STS-110 (2002), both missions to the International Space Station.

External links

* NASA Biography
* Spacefacts biography of Michael J. Bloomfield



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