Andrew R. Morgan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Andrew R. Morgan
Occupation	Astronaut
Date Of Birth	Feb 5, 1976(1976-02-05)
Age	48
Birthplace	Morgantown
Country	United States
Birth City	West Virginia
Horoscope	Aquarius

Andrew R. Morgan Biography

Andrew R. Morgan is one of the most popular and richest Astronaut who was born on February 5, 1976 in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States. Morgan was born in Morgantown, West Virginia on 5 February 1976 to Richard and Janice Morgan. He attended Dover High School in Delaware, graduating in 1994 before completing a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering at the West Point US Military Academy in 1998. Morgan was then commissioned into the US Army. During his time at West Point, he was part of the West Point Parachute Team, known as the “Black Knights”. He later attended medical school at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, where he earned his MD. In 2005 he completed his residency in emergency medicine at the University of Washington in Tacoma, Washington. In 2013 he completed a fellowship in primary care sports medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University.

In November 2019, he cast a ballot from outer space in that year’s Pennsylvania elections.. During Expedition 62, Morgan was present on the ISS for the arrival and departure of SpaceX CRS-20, the final flight of SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon robotic resupply spacecraft before its replacement by Crago Dragon 2.

Morgan launched into space on board Soyuz MS-13 on July 20, 2019, joining the ISS Expedition 60, 61 and 62 crew as a flight engineer, alongside Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Skvortsov and Italian ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano. Just six hours later the trio rendezvoused with the ISS, joining the Expedition 60 crew alongside Russian commander Aleksey Ovchinin and American flight engineers Nick Hague and Christina Koch.

Morgan was initially assigned to fly a six-month mission to the ISS as flight engineer on Soyuz MS-13 and Expedition 60 and 61. Although, in April 2019, due to several factors including the aborted launch of Soyuz MS-10 in October 2018, Morgan and fellow astronaut Christina Koch’s flight’s were extended, Morgan’s landing was moved from Soyuz MS-13 to Soyuz MS-15, extending his flight to Expedition 62.

Morgan was selected by NASA in June 2013 as one of the eight members of NASA Astronaut Group 21 (Nicknamed “The Eight Balls”) and began two years of astronaut basic training, this included training in Russian language, robotics, scientific and technical fields, ISS operations, T-38 flight operations, survival and spacewalk operations. Morgan, along with his seven classmates graduated from astronaut training and became eligible for future flight assignments on 7 July 2015.

Andrew R. Morgan Net Worth

Andrew R. Morgan is one of the richest Astronaut from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Andrew R. Morgan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Andrew Richard “Drew” Morgan (born February 5, 1976) is a NASA astronaut from the class of 2013.

Following Morgan’s graduation from West Point in 1998, he commissioned into the US Army as a medical officer. He completed his medical training and then volunteered for the US Army Special Operations Command. He was assigned as an physician at Fort Bragg and worked as a medical team member in the Special Operations Command as well as being part of the US Army Parachute Team as a physician. As part of the special operations command, he deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Africa before being given a strategic special operations assignment in Washington, D.C.. He was preparing to move to an Army base in Germany for a tour of duty before his selection by NASA in 2013.

On 21 August 2019, Morgan conducted his first Spacewalk alongside Hague. The two spent six hours and 32 minutes outside of the ISS installing the International Docking Adapter-3 (IDA-3) docking adapter onto the Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 (PMA-3) docking part, attached to the ISS’s Harmony module, the installation of this adapter converted PMA-3 from the older APAS-95 docking system, used by the Space Shuttle, to the newer International Docking System Standard, which will allow the port to be used by the SpaceX Crew Dragon and Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft being developed to ferry crew to the ISS under the Commercial Crew Program.

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Facts & Trivia

Andrew Ranked on the list of most popular Astronaut. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Andrew R. Morgan celebrates birthday on February 5 of every year.

What did Andrew Morgan do?

Morgan conducted seven spacewalks totaling 45 hours and 48 minutes , an American record for a single spaceflight. Four of his EVAs were to repair the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, a one-of-a-kind particle detector searching for evidence of dark matter in the universe.

How many astronauts graduated from Westpoint?

The United States Military Academy (USMA) is an undergraduate college in West Point, New York that educates and commissions officers for the United States Army. Eighteen graduates of the Military Academy were eventually selected for astronaut training by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Who was Andrew Morgan?

Andrew R. Morgan
Alma mater| U.S. Military Academy Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Space career
NASA Astronaut
Rank| Colonel, USA

Who travels in a spacecraft?

astronaut , designation, derived from the Greek words for “star” and “sailor,” commonly applied to an individual who has flown in outer space. More specifically, “astronaut” refers to those from the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan who travel into space.

Who is the most famous graduate of West Point?

Ulysses S. Grant , General in Chief, Armies of the United States; President of the United States, 1869-77. George Henry Thomas, The “Rock of Chickamauga.” William Tecumseh Sherman, President of Louisiana State University; “March to the Sea” Civil War campaign; commander of the Armies of the United States.