Alan G. Poindexter
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 12 years ago |
Date of birth | November 5,1961 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Pasadena |
California | |
United States | |
Date of died | July 1,2012 |
Died | Baptist Hospital |
Pensacola | |
Florida | |
United States | |
Parents | John Poindexter |
Linda Poindexter | |
Job | Astronaut |
Naval Officer | |
Education | Georgia Institute of Technology |
Naval Postgraduate School | |
Pensacola State College | |
Space missions | STS-131, STS-122 |
STS-131 | |
STS-122 | |
Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 451263 |
Alan G. Poindexter Life story
Alan Goodwin "Dex" Poindexter was an American naval officer and a NASA astronaut. Poindexter was selected in the 1998 NASA Group and went into orbit aboard Space Shuttle missions STS-122 and STS-131.