Randolph James "Randy" Bresnik (born September 11, 1967) is a United States Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel, a pilot, and a NASA astronaut. In May 2004, Bresnik was selected as a member of NASA Astronaut Training Group 19. Bresnik completed his Astronaut Candidate Training in February 2006.
Bresnik was born in Fort Knox, Kentucky but considers Santa Monica, California to be his hometown. He is married to Rebecca Burgin of Pompton Plains, New Jers...
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Randolph James "Randy" Bresnik (born September 11, 1967) is a United States Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel, a pilot, and a NASA astronaut. In May 2004, Bresnik was selected as a member of NASA Astronaut Training Group 19. Bresnik completed his Astronaut Candidate Training in February 2006.
Bresnik was born in Fort Knox, Kentucky but considers Santa Monica, California to be his hometown. He is married to Rebecca Burgin of Pompton Plains, New Jersey.
Bresnik graduated from Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, California, in 1985. He then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from The Citadel in 1989, and later a Master of Science degree in Aviation Systems from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in 2002.
In May 1989, Bresnik received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps from the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps at The Citadel. After graduation he attended The Basic School (TBS) and Infantry Officers Course (IOC) in Quantico,...
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