Patrick Graham Forrester is a retired United States Army officer, Army aviator and a NASA astronaut. At the time of his retirement from the U.S. Army, Forrester had achieved the rank of colonel. He is married and has two children.
Forrester flew on three Space Shuttle missions, STS-105, STS-117 and STS-128. He also served as Chief of the Astronaut Office, having assumed the role from Chris Cassidy in June 2017. On 19 December 2020, Reid Wiseman assumed the role as Forrester announced he was taking a leave of absence from NASA.