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James Bagian | |
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| Born | James Philip Bagian February 22, 1952 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | Drexel University (BS) Thomas Jefferson University (MD) |
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| NASA astronaut | |
| Rank | Colonel, USAF |
Time in space | 14d 1h 53m |
| Selection | NASA Group 9 (1980) |
| Missions | STS-29 STS-40 |
Mission insignia |   |
James Philip Bagian (born February 22, 1952), is an American physician, engineer, and former NASA astronaut of Armenian descent. During his career as an astronaut, he logged 337 hours of space-flight, over two missions, STS-29 (in 1989) and STS-40 (in 1991). After leaving NASA in 1995, Bagian was elected as a member of the Institute of Medicine. He was also elected as member into the National Academy of Engineering in 2000 for the integration of engineering and medical knowledge in applications to aerospace systems, environmental technology, and patient safety.
Bagian is currently the Director of the Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety at the University of Michigan.
Bagian is the only[1][2] person of Armenian descent to have been in space.[3][4][5]
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...only Armenian astronaut James Baghyan.
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...James Bagian is the world's only American astronaut of Armenian descent.
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James Bagian, an engineer and physician, is the first, but surely not the last, Armenian astronaut.
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Счастлив, что мне довелось слетать в космос и стать первым полетевшим в космос армянином....
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