Marcos Berríos

Marcos Berríos
NASA portrait, 2021
Born	Marcos Gabriel Berríos 1984 (age 39–40) Fort Campbell, Tennessee, U.S.
Education	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS) Stanford University (MS, PhD)
Space career
NASA astronaut
Selection	NASA Group 23 (2021)
Scientific career
Fields	Aeronautics
Thesis	Flight Dynamics and Control of Two Autonomous Helicopters Carrying an External Slung Load (2019)
Doctoral advisor	David Powell

Marcos Gabriel Berríos is a major in the United States Air Force and a NASA astronaut.

Early life and education

Berríos was born in Fort Campbell, Tennessee, United States and raised in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. He went to Antilles High School, in Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico where he graduated. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering as well as a doctorate in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University. He also graduated from the United States Naval Test Pilot School at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, in Maryland.

Career

He began his operational flying career in 2011 in the California Air National Guard as a HH-60G Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) helicopter pilot with the 129th Rescue Wing, Berríos worked as an aerospace engineer for the U.S. Army Aviation Development Directorate at Moffett Federal Airfield in California. A distinguished pilot, Berríos has accumulated more than 110 combat missions and 1,300 hours of flight time in more than 21 different aircraft. He served in the active duty United States Air Force in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) in search and rescue missions.

Astronaut candidacy

On December 6, 2021, he was revealed to be one of the 10 candidates selected in the 2021 NASA Astronaut Group 23. He will report for duty in January 2022.