STS105-E-5021 (11 August 2001) --- Astronaut Patrick G. Forrester, mission specialist, is pictured on Discovery's flight deck as he experiences his first day in space. Forrester is an alumnus of the 1996 class of astronaut candidates. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

S128-E-007473 (3 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-128 mission specialist, is pictured on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

S128-E-007663 (5 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-128 mission specialist, is pictured in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

ISS020-E-037635 (31 Aug. 2009) --- Astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-128 mission specialist, moves cargo containers in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

JSC2001-00956 (10 April 2001) --- Astronaut Patrick G. Forrester, mission specialist.

STS105-725-024 (16 August 2001) --- Astronaut Patrick G. Forrester, STS-105 mission specialist, waves at a crew member inside Discovery's cabin during one of two sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA). Astronaut Daniel T. Barry, mission specialist, joined Forrester on both space walks.

JSC2005-E-45341 (19 Aug. 2005) --- Astronaut Patrick G. Forrester, mission specialist

JSC2005-E-45340 (19 Aug. 2005) --- Astronaut Patrick G. Forrester, mission specialist

S128-E-007151 (31 Aug. 2009) --- Astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-128 mission specialist, is pictured in the Harmony node of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

S128-E-007478 (3 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-128 mission specialist, watches his crewmates during the mission’s second spacewalk through an overhead window on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

S128-E-007472 (3 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronauts Rick Sturckow (right) and Patrick Forrester, STS-128 commander and mission specialist, respectively, are pictured as they work on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station.

STS-117 astronauts and mission specialists Patrick Forrester and Steven Swanson (out of frame), participated in the second Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) as construction resumed on the International Space Station (ISS). Among other tasks, the two removed all of the launch locks holding the 10 foot wide solar alpha rotary joint in place and began the solar array retraction. The primary mission objective was the installment of the second and third starboard truss segments (S3 and S4).

Astronauts Rick Sturckow (right) and Pat Forrester make a presentation Aug. 2 at NASA Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., about their recent space shuttle mission, STS-117. Sturckow and Forrester thanked employees for the reliability and safe performance of the space shuttle's main engines, which are all tested and proved flight-worthy at SSC. The astronauts delivered a video of their mission's highlights, held a question-and-answer session, met one-on-one with employees and presented two Silver Snoopy awards during their visit. The STS-117 mission, which launched June 8, delivered a truss segment and a set of U.S. solar arrays, batteries and associated equipment to the International Space Station. Sturckow commanded the mission; Forrester was a mission specialist who performed two of STS-117's four spacewalks.

STS105-E-5217 (15 August 2001) --- Onboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, astronauts Patrick G. Forrester (left) and Daniel T. Barry check out some of the equipment they will be working with on their scheduled space walk in less than 24 hours. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

STS105-E-5214 (15 August 2001) --- Astronauts Daniel T. Barry (left) and Patrick G. Forrester check out some of the equipment they will be working with on their scheduled space walk in less than 24 hours. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

JSC2006-E-48960 (9 Nov. 2006) --- Astronaut Patrick G. Forrester, STS-117 mission specialist, dons a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center. A suit technician assisted Forrester.

JSC2006-E-48964 (9 Nov. 2006) --- Astronaut Patrick G. Forrester, STS-117 mission specialist, dons a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center. Suit technicians assisted Forrester.

S128-E-006260 (29 Aug. 2009) --- Astronauts Patrick Forrester and Nicole Stott, both STS-128 mission specialists, are pictured on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day two activities.

S117-E-07726 (17 June 2007) --- Astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-117 mission specialist, participates in the mission's fourth and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA), as construction continues on the International Space Station. Among other tasks, Forrester and astronaut Steven Swanson (out of frame), mission specialist, continued activation of the station's new starboard 3 and 4 (S3/S4) truss segment; checked out the Drive Lock Assembly 2, one of two mechanisms that will drive rotation of the S3/S4 Truss Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ); and removed the final launch restraints on the SARJ.

Special Advisor to the Associate Administrator, Space Operations Mission Directorate Pat Forrester delivers remarks during a Moon to Mars Town Hall, Thursday, May 18, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

JSC2009-E-118847 (22 April 2009) --- Astronaut Patrick G. Forrester, mission specialist

JSC2009-E-118848 (22 April 2009) --- Astronaut Patrick G. Forrester, mission specialist

S117-E-06930 (10 June 2007) --- Astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-117 mission specialist, exercises on a bicycle ergometer on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis.

S117-E-06927 (10 June 2007) --- Astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-117 mission specialist, exercises on a bicycle ergometer on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis.

ISS015-E-12018 (13 June 2007) --- Anchored to a foot restraint on the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) or Canadarm2, astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-117 mission specialist, participates in the mission's second planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA), as construction resumes on the International Space Station. Among other tasks, Forrester and astronaut Steven Swanson (out of frame), mission specialist, removed all of the launch locks holding the 10-foot-wide solar alpha rotary joint in place and began the solar array retraction.

S117-E-07150 (13 June 2007) --- Astronauts Steven Swanson (foreground) and Patrick Forrester, both STS-117 mission specialists, are photographed in the midst of a pre-breathe exercise in preparation for the mission's second session of extravehicular activity (EVA). Swanson and Forrester are attired in the liquid cooling and ventilation garment that complements the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit.

S117-E-07313 (13 June 2007) --- Astronauts Patrick Forrester and Steven Swanson (out of frame), both STS-117 mission specialists, participate in the mission's second planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA), as construction resumes on the International Space Station. Among other tasks, Forrester and Swanson removed all of the launch locks holding the 10-foot-wide solar alpha rotary joint in place and began the solar array retraction.

JSC2006-E-48972 (9 Nov. 2006) --- Astronauts Patrick G. Forrester and Steven R. Swanson (partially obscured), both STS-117 mission specialists, are about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center. Forrester and Swanson are attired in training versions of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit. SCUBA-equipped divers (out of frame) are in the water to assist the crewmembers in their rehearsal, intended to help prepare them for work on the exterior of the International Space Station.

S117-E-07258 (13 June 2007) --- Astronauts Patrick Forrester and Steven Swanson (out of frame), both STS-117 mission specialists, participate in the mission's second planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA), as construction resumes on the International Space Station. Among other tasks, Forrester and Swanson removed all of the launch locks holding the 10-foot-wide solar alpha rotary joint in place and began the solar array retraction.

S117-E-07315 (13 June 2007) --- Astronauts Patrick Forrester and Steven Swanson (out of frame), both STS-117 mission specialists, participate in the mission's second planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA), as construction resumes on the International Space Station. Among other tasks, Forrester and Swanson removed all of the launch locks holding the 10-foot-wide solar alpha rotary joint in place and began the solar array retraction.

S128-E-008350 (7 Sept. 2009) --- NASA astronauts Patrick Forrester (left) and Tim Kopra, both STS-128 mission specialists, pose for a photo in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery remains docked with the station.

ISS003-E-6188 (August 2001) --- Astronauts Daniel T. Barry (left) and Patrick G. Forrester, both STS-105 mission specialists, add their names to the list of International Space Station (ISS) visitors in the ship’s log in the Unity node. This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-6193 (August 2001) --- Astronauts James S. Voss (left), Expedition Two flight engineer, Patrick G. Forrester, STS-105 mission specialist, and Scott J. Horowitz, mission commander, exchange greetings in the Unity node on the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-5165 (17 August 2001) --- Astronauts Frederick W. (Rick) Sturckow (left), STS-105 pilot, Daniel T. Barry and Patrick G. Forrester, both mission specialists, work on various tasks in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-6201 (August 2001) --- Astronauts Frederick W. (Rick) Sturckow (left), STS-105 pilot, and Patrick G. Forrester, mission specialist, exchange handshakes aboard the Unity node on the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

S128-E-006478 (29 Aug. 2009) --- Astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-128 mission specialist, uses a communication system on the aft flight deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day two activities.

STS105-345-014 (18 August 2001) --- Astronauts Daniel T. Barry (bottom) and Patrick G. Forrester, holding onto handrails of the Destiny laboratory, prepare to install some exterior cables during the second STS-105 extravehicular activity.

STS105-E-5158 (13 August 2001) --- Astronaut Patrick G. Forrester, STS-105 mission specialist, inputs data on a laptop computer on the mid deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery, which is currently docked to the International Space Station (ISS). The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

STS105-E-5231 (16 August 2001) --- The helmet and torso of astronaut Patrick G. Forrester are featured in this digital still camera's view recorded during early stages of the first space walk on STS-105. Most of the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the aft cabin is reflected in the helmet visor.

STS105-E-5233 (16 August 2001) --- The helmet and torso of astronaut Patrick G. Forrester are featured in this digital still camera's view recorded during early stages of the first space walk on STS-105. Most of the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the aft cabin is reflected in the helmet visor.

ISS003-E-6191 (August 2001) --- Astronauts James S. Voss (left), Expedition Two flight engineer, Patrick G. Forrester, STS-105 mission specialist, and Scott J. Horowitz, mission commander, are photographed in the Unity node on the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

STS-128 mission specialist Patrick Forrester speaks to the audience during a presentation in the auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

S117-E-07595 (15 June 2007) --- On the aft flight deck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-117 mission specialist, talks to ground controllers while supporting two spacewalking crewmates. Forrester will participate in the fourth and final STS-117 spacewalk on June 17.

S117-E-09497 (17 June 2007) --- Astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-117 mission specialist, poses for a photo in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Atlantis was docked with the station.

S117-E-06619 (9 June 2007) --- Astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-117 mission specialist, is pictured near a tortilla floating freely on the middeck of Space Shuttle Atlantis.

S117-E-06650 (9 June 2007) --- Astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-117 mission specialist, looks over procedures checklists on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis.

S117-E-07755 (17 June 2007) --- Astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-117 mission specialist, participates in the mission's fourth and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA), as construction continues on the International Space Station. Among other tasks, Forrester and astronaut Steven Swanson (out of frame), mission specialist, continued activation of the station's new starboard 3 and 4 (S3/S4) truss segment; checked out the Drive Lock Assembly 2, one of two mechanisms that will drive rotation of the S3/S4 Truss Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ); and removed the final launch restraints on the SARJ.

S117-E-07827 (17 June 2007) --- Astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-117 mission specialist, participates in the mission's fourth and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA), as construction continues on the International Space Station. Among other tasks, Forrester and astronaut Steven Swanson (out of frame), mission specialist, continued activation of the station's new starboard 3 and 4 (S3/S4) truss segment; checked out the Drive Lock Assembly 2, one of two mechanisms that will drive rotation of the S3/S4 Truss Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ); and removed the final launch restraints on the SARJ.

S117-E-07232 (13 June 2007) --- Astronauts Patrick Forrester and Steven Swanson (out of frame), both STS-117 mission specialists, participate in the mission's second planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA), as construction resumes on the International Space Station. Among other tasks, Forrester, seen here perched on the mobile foot restraint connected to the Canadian-built remote manipulator system (RMS), and Swanson removed all of the launch locks holding the 10-foot-wide solar alpha rotary joint in place and began the solar array retraction.

S117-E-07789 (17 June 2007) --- Astronauts Patrick Forrester (left) and Steven Swanson, both STS-117 mission specialists, participate in the mission's fourth and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA), as construction continues on the International Space Station. Among other tasks, Forrester and Swanson continued activation of the station's new starboard 3 and 4 (S3/S4) truss segment; checked out the Drive Lock Assembly 2, one of two mechanisms that will drive rotation of the S3/S4 Truss Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ); and removed the final launch restraints on the SARJ.

S117-E-07822 (17 June 2007) --- Astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-117 mission specialist, participates in the mission's fourth and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA), as construction continues on the International Space Station. Among other tasks, Forrester and astronaut Steven Swanson (out of frame), mission specialist, continued activation of the station's new starboard 3 and 4 (S3/S4) truss segment; checked out the Drive Lock Assembly 2, one of two mechanisms that will drive rotation of the S3/S4 Truss Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ); and removed the final launch restraints on the SARJ.

S117-E-07829 (17 June 2007) --- Astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-117 mission specialist, participates in the mission's fourth and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA), as construction continues on the International Space Station. Among other tasks, Forrester and astronaut Steven Swanson (out of frame), mission specialist, continued activation of the station's new starboard 3 and 4 (S3/S4) truss segment; checked out the Drive Lock Assembly 2, one of two mechanisms that will drive rotation of the S3/S4 Truss Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ); and removed the final launch restraints on the SARJ.

S117-E-07761 (17 June 2007) --- Astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-117 mission specialist, participates in the mission's fourth and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA), as construction continues on the International Space Station. Among other tasks, Forrester and astronaut Steven Swanson (out of frame), mission specialist, continued activation of the station's new starboard 3 and 4 (S3/S4) truss segment; checked out the Drive Lock Assembly 2, one of two mechanisms that will drive rotation of the S3/S4 Truss Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ); and removed the final launch restraints on the SARJ.

ISS015-E-12026 (13 June 2007) --- Anchored to a foot restraint on the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) or Canadarm2, astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-117 mission specialist, participates in the mission's second planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA), as construction resumes on the International Space Station. Among other tasks, Forrester and astronaut Steven Swanson (out of frame), mission specialist, removed all of the launch locks holding the 10-foot-wide solar alpha rotary joint in place and began the solar array retraction. Space Shuttle Atlantis docked to the station is visible at left.

S117-E-07753 (17 June 2007) --- Astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-117 mission specialist, participates in the mission's fourth and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA), as construction continues on the International Space Station. Among other tasks, Forrester and astronaut Steven Swanson (out of frame), mission specialist, continued activation of the station's new starboard 3 and 4 (S3/S4) truss segment; checked out the Drive Lock Assembly 2, one of two mechanisms that will drive rotation of the S3/S4 Truss Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ); and removed the final launch restraints on the SARJ.

S117-E-07818 (17 June 2007) --- Astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-117 mission specialist, participates in the mission's fourth and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA), as construction continues on the International Space Station. Among other tasks, Forrester and astronaut Steven Swanson (out of frame), mission specialist, continued activation of the station's new starboard 3 and 4 (S3/S4) truss segment; checked out the Drive Lock Assembly 2, one of two mechanisms that will drive rotation of the S3/S4 Truss Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ); and removed the final launch restraints on the SARJ.

S117-E-07772 (17 June 2007) --- Astronauts Patrick Forrester (right) and Steven Swanson, both STS-117 mission specialists, participate in the mission's fourth and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA), as construction continues on the International Space Station. Among other tasks, Forrester and Swanson continued activation of the station's new starboard 3 and 4 (S3/S4) truss segment; checked out the Drive Lock Assembly 2, one of two mechanisms that will drive rotation of the S3/S4 Truss Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ); and removed the final launch restraints on the SARJ.

S117-E-07790 (17 June 2007) --- Astronauts Patrick Forrester (left) and Steven Swanson, both STS-117 mission specialists, participate in the mission's fourth and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA), as construction continues on the International Space Station. Among other tasks, Forrester and Swanson continued activation of the station's new starboard 3 and 4 (S3/S4) truss segment; checked out the Drive Lock Assembly 2, one of two mechanisms that will drive rotation of the S3/S4 Truss Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ); and removed the final launch restraints on the SARJ.

STS105-346-011 (18 August 2001) --- Astronaut Patrick G. Forrester, during the second STS-105 extravehicular activity, prepares to work with the Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE, almost out of frame at left). The experiment was installed on the outside of the Quest Airlock during the first extravehicular activity (EVA) of the STS-105 mission. MISSE will collect information on how different materials weather in the environment of space.

STS105-E-5280 (16 August 2001) --- Astronauts Daniel T. Barry (with red stripes on suit) and Patrick G. Forrester work with the Early Ammonia Servicer (EAS), which they are in the process of installing on a segment of the P6 structure on the International Space Station (ISS). The two mission specialists were participating in the first of two scheduled STS-105 space walks. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

STS105-E-5265 (16 August 2001) --- Astronauts Daniel T. Barry (left) and Patrick G. Forrester surround the Early Ammonia Servicer (EAS), which they will install on a segment of the P6 structure on the International Space Station (ISS). The two mission specialists were participating in the first of two scheduled STS-105 space walks. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

STS105-E-5277 (16 August 2001) --- Astronauts Daniel T. Barry (with red stripes on suit) and Patrick G. Forrester work with the Early Ammonia Servicer (EAS), which they are in the process of installing on a segment of the P6 structure on the International Space Station (ISS). The two mission specialists were participating in the first of two scheduled STS-105 space walks. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

STS105-E-5269 (16 August 2001) --- Astronauts Daniel T. Barry (left) and Patrick G. Forrester work with the Early Ammonia Servicer (EAS), which they are in the process of installing on a segment of the P6 structure on the International Space Station (ISS). The two mission specialists were participating in the first of two scheduled STS-105 space walks. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

STS105-346-007 (18 August 2001) --- Astronaut Patrick G. Forrester, during the second STS-105 extravehicular activity, prepares to work with the Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE). The experiment was installed on the outside of the Quest Airlock during the first extravehicular activity (EVA) of the STS-105 mission. MISSE will collect information on how different materials weather in the environment of space.

STS105-E-5254 (16 August 2001) --- Astronauts Daniel T. Barry (near bottom of frame) and Patrick G. Forrester surround the Early Ammonia Servicer (EAS), which they will install on a segment of the P6 structure on the International Space Station (ISS). The two mission specialists were participating in the first of two scheduled STS-105 space walks. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

ISS003-E-5218 (17 August 2001) --- Astronauts Patrick G. Forrester (left) and Daniel T. Barry, both STS-105 mission specialists, pause from their daily activities to pose for this photo taken in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). This image was taken with a digital still camera.

S128-E-006472 (29 Aug. 2009) --- Astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-128 mission specialist, uses a communication system on the aft flight deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day two activities.

JSC2006-E-48963 (9 Nov. 2006) --- Astronaut Patrick G. Forrester, STS-117 mission specialist, dons a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center.

S128-E-006530 (29 Aug. 2009) --- Astronauts Patrick Forrester (left) and Jose Hernandez, both STS-128 mission specialists, work on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day two activities.

S117-E-07289 (13 June 2007) --- Astronauts Patrick Forrester and Steven Swanson (out of frame), both STS-117 mission specialists, participate in the mission's second planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA), as construction resumes on the International Space Station. Among other tasks, Forrester and Swanson removed all of the launch locks holding the 10-foot-wide solar alpha rotary joint in place and began the solar array retraction.

S117-E-07217 (13 June 2007) --- Astronauts Patrick Forrester and Steven Swanson (out of frame), both STS-117 mission specialists, participate in the mission's second planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA), as construction resumes on the International Space Station. Among other tasks, Forrester and Swanson removed all of the launch locks holding the 10-foot-wide solar alpha rotary joint in place and began the solar array retraction.

S117-E-07286 (13 June 2007) --- Astronauts Patrick Forrester and Steven Swanson (out of frame), both STS-117 mission specialists, participate in the mission's second planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA), as construction resumes on the International Space Station. Among other tasks, Forrester and Swanson removed all of the launch locks holding the 10-foot-wide solar alpha rotary joint in place and began the solar array retraction.

S117-E-07246 (13 June 2007) --- Astronauts Steven Swanson and Patrick Forrester (at left, partially out of frame), both STS-117 mission specialists, participate in the mission's second planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA), as construction resumes on the International Space Station. Among other tasks, Forrester and Swanson removed all of the launch locks holding the 10-foot-wide solar alpha rotary joint in place and began the solar array retraction.

S117-E-07190 (13 June 2007) --- Astronauts Patrick Forrester and Steven Swanson (out of frame), both STS-117 mission specialists, participate in the mission's second planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA), as construction resumes on the International Space Station. Among other tasks, Forrester and Swanson removed all of the launch locks holding the 10-foot-wide solar alpha rotary joint in place and began the solar array retraction.

STS105-E-5292 (16 August 2001) --- Astronaut Patrick G. Forrester works with the Early Ammonia Servicer (EAS), which he and fellow spacewalker Daniel T. Barry (out of frame) are in the process of installing on a segment of the P6 structure on the International Space Station (ISS). The two mission specialists were participating in the first of two scheduled STS-105 space walks. During the space walk, Discovery's commander Scott J. Horowitz operated the shuttle robot arm, and pilot Frederick W. (Rick) Sturckow choreographed the space walk from the orbiter's flight deck. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

S117-E-06653 (9 June 2007) --- Astronauts Lee Archambault (left), STS-117 pilot, and Patrick Forrester, mission specialist, work at the controls on the aft flight deck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis.

S117-E-07108 (12 June 2007) --- Astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-117 mission specialist, exercises on a bicycle ergometer on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis while docked with the International Space Station.

S117-E-06720 (9 June 2007) --- Astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-117 mission specialist, uses a communication system on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis.

Patrick Forrester, special advisor in NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate, speaks during NASA’s Moon to Mars Architecture Workshop, Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. Following the release of the 2022 Architecture Concept Review, NASA is conducting the workshop to engage the broader space community and collect feedback from U.S. industry and academia to inform the Moon to Mars mission architecture and operational delivery. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

STS105-E-5306 (16 August 2001) --- Astronaut Patrick G. Forrester works with the first external experiment on the International Space Station's (ISS) hull. The Materials ISS Experiment (pronounced 'missy' by its acronym) will expose 750 material samples to the space environment for about 18 months before being returned home late next year. This image was recorded with a digital still camera.

S117-E-07092 (12 June 2007) --- Astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-117 mission specialist, works with the Test of Reaction and Adaptation Capabilities (TRAC) experiment in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Atlantis was docked with the station. The TRAC investigation will test the theory of brain adaptation during space flight by testing hand-eye coordination before, during and after the space flight.

S117-E-07116 (12 June 2007) --- Astronaut Patrick Forrester, STS-117 mission specialist, floats through a hatch to the middeck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day five activities while docked with the International Space Station.

NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden, left, meets with STS-128 astronauts Patrick Forrester, Jose Hernandez and Christer Fugelsang, of the European Space Agency in his office at NASA Headquarters, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

Members of the crew of STS-128, from left, Commander Rick Sturckow, mission specialists Patrick Forrester, Jose Hernandez and European Space Agency astronaut Christer Fuglesang, speak to the audience during a presentation in the auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

Members of the crew of STS-128 seated from left, Commander Rick Sturckow, mission specialists Patrick Forrester, Jose Hernandez and Christer Fuglesang of the European Space Agency, speak to the audience during a presentation in the auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden, seated left, smiles as Deputy Administrator Lori Garver greets STS-128 astronauts Patrick Forrester, Jose Hernandez and Christer Fugelsang, of the European Space Agency, during a meeting at NASA Headquarters, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden, left, talks with STS-128 astronauts Patrick Forrester, Jose Hernandez and Christer Fugelsang, of the European Space Agency in his office at NASA Headquarters, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

Vice President Mike Pence, center, and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, left, and NASA astronaut Pat Forrester, right, walk out of the historic crew doors at Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Operations and Checkout Building on Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. These are the same doors that Apollo and space shuttle astronauts walked through on their way to the launch pad. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Expedition 60 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA is carried to a medical tent by NASA Chief Astronaut Pat Forrester, left, and NASA Flight Surgeon Blake Chamberlain, right, after he and fellow Expedition 60 crewmember Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates landed in their Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Chief Astronaut Pat Forrester, left, and NASA astronaut and Crew Recovery Chief Shane Kimbrough, along with other NASA and SpaceX support teams onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship, prepare for the landing of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020 in the Gulf of Mexico off the cost of Pensacola, Florida. The Demo-2 test flight for NASA's Commercial Crew Program is the first to deliver astronauts to the International Space Station and return them to Earth onboard a commercially built and operated spacecraft. Behnken and Hurley are returning after spending 64 days in space. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 60 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA is carried to a medical tent by NASA Chief Astronaut Pat Forrester, left, and NASA Flight Surgeon Blake Chamberlain, right, after he and fellow Expedition 60 crewmember Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates landed in their Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Doug Hurley and chief of the astronaut office Pat Forrester watch the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft on the Demo-1 mission from firing room four of the Launch Control Center, Saturday, March 2, 2019 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Demo-1 mission is the first launch of a commercially built and operated American spacecraft and space system designed for humans as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

STS105-725-062 (16 August 2001) --- Astronaut Daniel T. Barry (upper left) moves in close to the Early Ammonia Servicer (EAS) package as astronaut Patrick G. Forrester (right) looks on. The two STS-105 mission specialists were in the midst of the first of two scheduled space walks on the current mission at the International Space Station (ISS).

NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, right, along with Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs L. Seth Statler, meets with STS-128 astronauts Patrick Forrester, left, Jose Hernandez and Christer Fugelsang, of the European Space Agency, at NASA Headquarters, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, right, along with Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs L. Seth Statler, meets with STS-128 astronauts Patrick Forrester, left, Jose Hernandez and Christer Fugelsang, of the European Space Agency, at NASA Headquarters, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden, left, Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, along with Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs L. Seth Statler, meet with STS-128 astronauts Patrick Forrester, Jose Hernandez and Christer Fugelsang, of the European Space Agency, at NASA Headquarters, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)

NASA Astronaut Patrick Forrester is seen preparing to board the space shuttle Discovery at pad 39a on a monitor in Firing Room Four of the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Aug. 24, 2009. Discovery is scheduled to launch Tuesday, Aug., 25, 2009 at 1:36 a.m. EDT and will carry the Leonardo supply module to the International Space Station during STS-128, along with a new crew member for the station, Nicole Stott. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Catherine Koerner, deputy associate administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, center, is seen alongside Nujoud Merancy, architecture lead for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, left, and Patrick Forrester, special advisor in NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate, right, during NASA’s Moon to Mars Architecture Workshop, Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. Following the release of the 2022 Architecture Concept Review, NASA is conducting the workshop to engage the broader space community and collect feedback from U.S. industry and academia to inform the Moon to Mars mission architecture and operational delivery. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Catherine Koerner, deputy associate administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, center, is seen alongside Nujoud Merancy, architecture lead for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, left, and Patrick Forrester, special advisor in NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate, right, during NASA’s Moon to Mars Architecture Workshop, Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. Following the release of the 2022 Architecture Concept Review, NASA is conducting the workshop to engage the broader space community and collect feedback from U.S. industry and academia to inform the Moon to Mars mission architecture and operational delivery. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Pat Forrester, special assistant to the associate administrator of the Space Operations Mission Directorate, speaks during a presentation to the Space Operations and Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorates by SpaceX Crew-1 NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Hopkins, Glover, Walker, and Noguchi launched on the first crew rotation mission to the International Space Station for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon spacecraft as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program and spent 168 days in space across Expeditions 64 and 65. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)