Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. United States. Air Force Test Pilot School. United States Air Force Academy.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. United States. Air Force Test Pilot School. United States Air Force Academy.
Fischer is a Colonel in the United States. Air Force. He considers Louisville, Colorado to be his hometown. Fischer is a 1992 graduate of Centaurus High School, a 1996 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, 1998 graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a 2004 graduate of the United States. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
His call sign as a pilot is 2fish.
Fischer was selected in June 2009 as a member of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Astronaut Group 20 and qualified as an astronaut in 2011.