Mark L. Polansky

Mark Polansky
Polansky in January 2001
Born	Mark Lewis Polansky (1956-06-02) June 2, 1956 (age 68) Paterson, New Jersey, U.S.
Other names	Roman
Education	Purdue University (BS, MS)
Space career
NASA astronaut
Time in space	41d 10h 50m
Selection	NASA Group 16 (1996)
Missions	STS-98 STS-116 STS-127
Mission insignia

Mark Lewis "Roman" Polansky (born June 2, 1956, in Paterson, New Jersey) is an American aerospace engineer and research pilot and a former NASA astronaut. Polansky received the nickname "Roman" as a joke, because he shares a last name with director Roman Polanski. He flew on three Space Shuttle missions: STS-98, STS-116, and STS-127 and was first person of Korean ancestry in space.^[1]