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Joseph R. Tanner

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Joseph Richard Tanner (born January 21, 1950) is an American instructor at the University of Colorado Boulder, mechanical engineer, a former naval officer and aviator, and a former NASA astronaut. He was born in Danville, Illinois. He is unusual among astronauts as he did not have a background in flight test nor did he earn any advanced academic degrees. Typically those who did not do military flight test have an M.D. or Ph.D., if not a master's, whereas Tanner's path to becoming an astronaut followed operational military flying and then into NASA for operational jet training before being selected into the NASA Astronaut Corps in 1992, following an unsuccessful application in 1987. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph R. Tanner is the 432nd most popular astronaut (down from 426th in 2019), the 14,685th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,440th in 2019) and the 225th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Joseph R. Tanner ranks 432 out of 556. Before him are Anton Shkaplerov, Stephanie Wilson, Dmitri Kondratyev, Kimiya Yui, Maksim Surayev, and Stephen Bowen. After him are Rex J. Walheim, Gregory C. Johnson, Kenneth D. Cameron, Leland D. Melvin, Daniel W. Bursch, and Terrence W. Wilcutt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Joseph R. Tanner ranks 722. Before him are Todd McCarthy, Danny McGrain, Ann C. Crispin, Tim Russert, Khandu Wangchuk, and Luisa Fernanda Rudi. After him are Roy Blunt, Rahat Indori, Paul Westphal, Alan Johnson, Fredis Refunjol, and Daniel Benzali.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph R. Tanner ranks 14,689 out of 20,380. Before him are Sutton Foster (1975), Alan Cranston (1914), Marcell Jacobs (1994), Dan Povenmire (1963), Christian Kane (1972), and Sheila Ingram (1957). After him are Kate Schmidt (1953), Larry Nance (1959), Mike Watt (1957), Michael Dante DiMartino (1974), Johnny Gioeli (1967), and Kaitlyn Dever (1996).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Joseph R. Tanner ranks 225. Before him are Jim Wetherbee (1952), William G. Gregory (1957), Ken Bowersox (1956), Steven Swanson (1960), Stephanie Wilson (1966), and Stephen Bowen (1964). After him are Rex J. Walheim (1962), Gregory C. Johnson (1954), Kenneth D. Cameron (1949), Daniel W. Bursch (1957), Terrence W. Wilcutt (1949), and Kevin A. Ford (1960).

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