Alan G. Poindexter Quotes


Moving around a lot allows you to experience many different cultures and learn about the ways that different people in different parts of the country live, and it probably made me somewhat more adventuresome and allowed me to meet my future wife in Pensacola.


Citations

Poindexter, Alan. "STS-122 Preflight Interview: Alan Poindexter." NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2007.

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Alan G. Poindexter
Alan G. Poindexter
  • Born: November 5, 1961
  • Died: July 1, 2012
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Test Pilot, Naval Aviator

Alan Goodwin "Dex" Poindexter was an American naval officer and a NASA astronaut. Poindexter was selected in the 1998 NASA Group (G17) and went into orbit aboard Space Shuttle missions STS-122 and STS-131.