Gregory Chamitoff

Gregory Chamitoff
Born
Gregory Errol Chamitoff

(1962-08-06) 6 August 1962 (age 62)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
EducationCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (BS)
California Institute of Technology (MS)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
University of Houston (MS)
Space career
NASA astronaut
Time in space
198d 18h 2m
SelectionNASA Group 17 (1998)
MissionsSTS-124/126 (Expedition 17/18)
STS-134
Mission insignia
Scientific career
FieldsAeronautics
ThesisRobust Intelligent Flight Control for Hypersonic Vehicles (1992)

Gregory Errol Chamitoff (born 6 August 1962) is a Canadian-born American engineer and former NASA astronaut. He has been to space twice, spending 6 months aboard the ISS across Expedition 17 and 18 in 2008, and another 15 days as part of STS-134 in 2011. STS-134 was the last of Space Shuttle Endeavour which delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and completed the US Orbital Segment.[1]

  1. ^ "Biographical Data:GREGORY ERROL CHAMITOFF (PH.D.) NASA ASTRONAUT" (PDF). NASA. July 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2021.