National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas 77058
Biographical Data

G. REID WISEMAN (LIEUTENANT COMMANDER, USN)
NASA Astronaut CandidatE

PERSONAL DATA:  Born in 1975, hometown – Baltimore, Maryland.   Married to the former Carroll Taylor of Virginia Beach, Virginia.  They have two daughters.  Reid’s parents, Bill and Judy Wiseman, reside in Hunt Valley, Maryland.

EDUCATION:  1993, Dulaney High School, Timonium, Maryland
1997, B.S., Computer and Systems Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
2006, M.S., Systems Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

ORGANIZATIONS:  Tailhook Association, R.P.I. Alumni Association, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society.

SPECIAL HONORS:  Air Medal with Combat V (five awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V (four awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, various other campaign and service awards.

EXPERIENCE:  Reid was commissioned through R.O.T.C. following graduation from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1997 and reported to Pensacola, Florida for flight training.  He was designated a Naval Aviator in 1999 and reported to Fighter Squadron 101, Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia, for transition to the F-14 Tomcat.  Following his initial training, Reid was assigned to Fighter Squadron 31, also at Oceana, and made two deployments to the Middle East supporting Operations Southern Watch, Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom.  During his second deployment in 2003, he was selected to attend the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, Class 125.  Following graduation in June 2004, Reid was assigned as a Test Pilot and Project Officer at Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Three (VX-23) at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland.  At VX-23, Reid earned his M.S. degree and worked various flight test programs involving the F-35 Lightning II, F-18 weapons separation, Ship Suitability, and the T-45 Goshawk.  Following his tour at Patuxent River, Reid reported to Carrier Air Wing Seventeen as the Strike Operations Officer where he completed a deployment around South America.  From there he was assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 103, Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia, flying the FA-18F Super Hornet.  He was deployed to the Middle East when he was selected for Astronaut training.

NASA EXPERIENCE:  Reid was selected in July 2009 as one of 14 members of the 20th NASA astronaut class.  He is currently in Astronaut Candidate Training that includes scientific and technical briefings, intensive instruction in International Space Station systems, physiological training, T-38 flight training, and water and wilderness survival training.