Marcos Berríos
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January 15, 1984
Marcos Berríos | |
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 Berrios in 2021 | |
| Born | Marcos Gabriel Berríos Roldán January 15, 1984 Fort Campbell, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Education | |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
| Rank | Major, California Air National Guard |
| Selection | NASA Group 23 (2021) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Aeronautics |
| Thesis | Flight Dynamics and Control of Two Autonomous Helicopters Carrying an External Slung Load (2019) |
| Doctoral advisor | David Powell |
Marcos Gabriel Berríos Roldán is a major in the United States Air Force and a NASA astronaut.[1][2]
Berríos was born in Fort Campbell, Tennessee, United States and raised in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. He went to Antilles High School, in Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico where he graduated. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering as well as a doctorate in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University. He also graduated from the United States Naval Test Pilot School at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, in Maryland.[3]
Career
Completed Initial Flight Training in 2008. He began his operational flying career in 2011 in the California Air National Guard as a HH-60G Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) helicopter pilot with the 129th Rescue Wing at Moffett Federal Airfield in California, Berríos worked as an aerospace engineer for the U.S. Army Aviation Development Directorate also at Moffett Federal Airfield. He was also Commander of the 1st Det 413th Flight Test Squadron. A distinguished pilot, Berríos has accumulated more than 110 combat missions and 1,300 hours of flight time in more than 21 different aircraft.[3]
