Mark Polansky Biography

Mark Polansky is a former NASA Astronaut who flew on STS-98 STS-116 and STS-127 accumulating close to 1000 hours in space. Polansky graduated from Purdue University with both a B.S. and M.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering. Upon graduation he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force (USAF) and was subsequently a distinguished graduate from USAF Undergraduate Pilot Training. Polansky then served as a Fighter Pilot in the F-15 and F-5E aircraft. He was then selected to attend USAF Test Pilot School where he was a distinguished graduate. Polansky's final Air Force assignment was as a Test Pilot in the F-15 and A-10 aircraft. Following his Air Force career Polansky joined NASA as an Instructor and Research Pilot at the Johnson Space Center in Houston Texas. In that capacity he instructed all astronauts in the T-38 aircraft and he instructed all Shuttle pilots in NASA's Shuttle Training Aircraft. Selected as an astronaut in 1996 Polansky flew three Shuttle missions in space. His first flight was STS-98 in 2001 onboard Atlantis where he served as the Pilot. This flight delivered the US Destiny Laboratory Module to the ISS.

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