1. Lee Archambault has logged over 4,250 flight hours in more than 30 different aircraft.
19 Facts About Lee Archambault
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Lee Archambault's hobbies include bicycling, weightlifting, and playing ice hockey.
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Lee Archambault has flown two Space Shuttle missions, as pilot of STS-117 in 2007 and as commander of STS-119 in 2009.
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Lee Archambault left NASA in 2013 after a 15-year career with the agency in order to become a test pilot for Sierra Nevada Corporation on their Dream Chaser orbital spaceplane project.
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Lee Archambault attended Proviso West High School, Hillside, Illinois, in 1978.
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Lee Archambault received a commission of Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force from the Air Force Officer Training School at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, in January 1985.
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Lee Archambault then reported to Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, where he served as a combat ready F-111D pilot in the 27th Tactical Fighter Wing until April 1990.
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Lee Archambault served a second F-117A tour in Saudi Arabia from August 1991 to December 1991 in support of post-Desert Storm peacekeeping efforts.
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Lee Archambault attended the US Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California, from July 1994 until June 1995.
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Lee Archambault was the assistant operations officer for the 39th Flight Test Squadron when he was selected for the astronaut program.
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Lee Archambault has received many awards and honors, including the Distinguished Flying Cross, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal, Aerial Achievement Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal, Combat Readiness Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal, and various other service awards.
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Lee Archambault is a Distinguished Graduate and Liethen-Tittle Award recipient from the US Air Force Test Pilot School, and a Distinguished Graduate from the US Air Force Officer Training School.
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In June 1998, Lee Archambault was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA, and he reported for training in August 1998.
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In June 1999, Lee Archambault was assigned to the Astronaut Office Shuttle Operations Branch, where he worked on flight instrument upgrades that were incorporated into the Shuttle in 2003.
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In September 2001, Lee Archambault was assigned within the Shuttle Branch to serve as an Astronaut Support Person.
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Lee Archambault was the pilot for STS-117, which was the 118th mission of the Space Shuttle program.
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On March 19,2013, NASA announced that Lee Archambault was leaving the agency after 15 years in order to join Sierra Nevada Corporation.
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Unpowered drop tests of a Dream Chaser test article are planned at Edwards Air Force Base, where Lee Archambault previously landed the Space Shuttle at the end of STS-117.
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In early March 2019, Lee Archambault obtained his type rating in the Bombardier Dash 8, previously known as the de Havilland Canada Dash 8 or DHC-8, a series of twin-engine, medium-range, turboprop airliners.