Michael Coats

Michael Coats
Born
Michael Lloyd Coats

(1946-01-16) January 16, 1946
EducationUnited States Naval Academy (BS)
George Washington University (MS)
Naval Postgraduate School (MS)
Space career
NASA astronaut
RankCaptain, USN
Time in space
19d 7h 56m
SelectionNASA Group 8 (1978)
MissionsSTS-41-D
STS-29
STS-39
Mission insignia

Michael Lloyd Coats (born January 16, 1946) is a former NASA astronaut (three spaceflights), raised in Riverside, California. From December 2005 to December 2012, he served as Director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.