Marcos Berríos
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{{Short description|Naval aviator and NASA astronaut}}
{{Infobox astronaut
|name = Marcos Berríos
|image = Marcos Berrios (cropped).jpg
|caption = NASA portrait, 2021
|birth_name = Marcos Gabriel Berríos
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1984|1}}
|birth_place = Fort Campbell, Tennessee, U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|education = Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS)
Stanford University (MS, PhD)
|type = NASA astronaut
|selection = NASA Group 23 (2021)
|module = {{Infobox scientist
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|field = Aeronautics
|thesis_title = Flight Dynamics and Control of Two Autonomous Helicopters Carrying an External Slung Load
|thesis_url = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1103987870
|thesis_year = 2019
|doctoral_advisor = David Powell}}
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Marcos Gabriel Berríos is a major in the United States Air Force and a NASA astronaut.{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/marcos-berrios/biography|title=NASA Astronaut Candidate Marcos Berríos|work=National Aeronautics and Space Administration|date=December 3, 2021 |access-date=January 7, 2022}}
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. 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.
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. A distinguished pilot, Berríos has accumulated more than 110 combat missions and 1,300 hours of flight time in more than 21 different aircraft.{{cite web | title=Marcos Berríos: conoce al boricua elegido por la NASA - Videos | website=Primera Hora | date=December 7, 2021 | url=https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/ciencia-tecnologia/videos/marcos-berrios-conoce-al-boricua-elegido-por-la-nasa-275365/ | language=es | access-date=December 7, 2021}}
Astronaut candidacy
On December 6, 2021, he was revealed to be one of the 10 candidates selected in the 2021 NASA Astronaut Group 23. He will report for duty in January 2022.
References
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Category:California National Guard personnel
Category:MIT School of Engineering alumni
Category:People from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Category:Puerto Rican military officers
Category:Puerto Rican United States Air Force personnel
Category:Recipients of the Air Medal
Category:Stanford University School of Engineering alumni
Category:United States Air Force astronauts
Category:United States Air Force personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)