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Michael Scott Hopkins is a Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, and a current NASA astronaut candidate.^[1] Hopkins was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20.

Michael Scott Hopkins was born in Lebanon, Missouri. He earned a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1992, where he played defensive back for the Illinois Fighting Illini football team.^[2] He also holds a master's degree from Stanford University.

Hopkins attended the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School as a flight test engineer. He was serving as a special assistant to the Vice Chairman (Joint Chiefs of Staff) at the Pentagon at the time of his selection for NASA Astronaut Group 20.^[3]

Hopkins is married and has two sons.^[4]

^ NASA HQ (June 29, 2009). "NASA Selects New Astronauts for Future Space Exploration". NASA. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
^ Mumm, Susan (2009-07-14). "AE Alum Chosen for 2009 Astronaut Class". Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
^ "In Their Own Words: Michael S. Hopkins". NASA. 2009-06-29.
^ Wood, Paul (2008-07-28). "NASA thinks former UI football player has right stuff". Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette.

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-'''Michael Scott Hopkins''', Lt. Colonel [[U.S. Air Force]], 40, is a [[NASA]] [[astronaut]] selected in June 2009. He is a member of [[NASA Astronaut Group 20|Group 20]].
+'''Michael Scott Hopkins''' is a Lt. Colonel in the [[U.S. Air Force]], and a current [[NASA]] [[astronaut]] candidate.<ref name="newclass">{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/ascans2009.html|title=NASA Selects New Astronauts for Future Space Exploration |last=NASA HQ|date=June 29, 2009|publisher=[[NASA]]|accessdate=June 29, 2009}}</ref> Hopkins was selected in June 2009 as a member of the [[NASA Astronaut Group 20]].
 ==Biography==