Michael J. Bloomfield



         


For the guitarist, see Mike Bloomfield

Michael J. Bloomfield (born 16 March 1959) is an Amiercan astronaut and a veteran of three space shuttle missions.

Raised in Lake Fenton, Michigan, Bloomfield attended the United States Air Force Academy and trained as an F-15 fighter pilot. He test piloted the F-16 aircraft before being selected as an astronaut candidate in 1994 and first flew aboard STS-86 in 1997. Bloomfield also few aboard STS-97 (2000) and STS-110 (2002), both missions to the International Space Station.

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