# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-s-hopkins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:04:22.301Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-s-hopkins"
name: "Michael S. Hopkins"
slug: "michael-s-hopkins"
description: "Michael Scott Hopkins is a United States Space Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut. Hopkins was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20. He made his first spaceflight as a flight engineer on Soyuz TMA-10M for Expedition 37/38 from September 2013 until March 2014. He is the first member of his astronaut class to fly in space. Hopkins is the first astronaut to transfer to the U.S. Space Force, participating in a transfer ceremony on the International Space Station. Prior to his transfer, he served over 27 years in the United States Air Force."
tagline: "NASA astronaut, and Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Air Force"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_S._Hopkins.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1968-12-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             12.17391304347826
  historical:           20.56789333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "Astro_illini"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump