Marcos Berríos

Marcos Gabriel Berríos, 37 is a major in U.S. Air Force and a NASA astronaut candidate.

Marcos Berríos
Born1984 (age 36–37)
Fort Campbell, Tennessee
StatusActive
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
Space career
NASA Astronaut
SelectionNASA Group 23
Scientific career
FieldsAeronautics
ThesisFlight dynamics and control of two autonomous helicopters carrying an external slung load (2019)
Doctoral advisorJ. David Powell

Early life and education

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. 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. Graduated from the United States Naval Test Pilot School in Patuxent River, Maryland.[1]

Carrier

He began his operational flying career in 2011 as a National Guardsman and HH-60G Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) helicopter pilot with the 129th Rescue Wing, Berríos worked as an aerospace engineer for the U.S. Army Aviation Development Directorate at Moffett Federal Airfield in California. A distinguished pilot, Berríos has accumulated more than 110 combat missions and 1,300 hours of flight time in more than 21 different aircraft. His duties when serving in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) was search and rescue.[1]

In November 2021 he was selected as a NASA astronaut candidate.[2]

References
  1. "Marcos Berríos: conoce al boricua elegido por la NASA - Videos". Primera Hora (in Spanish). December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  2. "NASA Astronaut Candidate Marcos Berríos". NASA. December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
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