Former NASA Chief Astronaut Patrick Forrester Retires

July 3, 2024

RELEASE: J24-011

Former Chief Astronaut Patrick Forrester

NASA

NASA astronaut Patrick G. Forrester retired June 29, after a career spanning 31 years of service and three spaceflights. He went on to become chief of NASA’s Astronaut Office, and most recently served as an advisor to the associate administrator for the Space Operations Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

Forrester joined the agency in 1993 as an aerospace...