Josef Schmid (flight surgeon)

Josef Schmid
Born
Josef Francis Schmid III[1]

(1965-07-06) 6 July 1965 (age 59)
Stuttgart, West Germany
EducationBelmont Abbey College (BS, Biology)
Wake Forest University School of Medicine (MD)
University of Texas Medical Branch (MPH)
OccupationMedical doctor
EmployerNASA
Known forFlight surgeon
TitleCrew Surgeon

Josef F. Schmid[2][3] (born 6 July 1965) is a German-American physician, NASA flight surgeon and a major general in the United States Air Force Reserves.[2] He served as an aquanaut on the joint NASA-NOAA NEEMO 12 underwater exploration mission in May 2007.[4][5] On 8 October 2021 he became one of the first humans to be Holoported off the planet and into space, visiting the International Space Station by telepresence.[6]

  1. ^ Minutes (PDF). Raleigh, North Carolina: The Board of Medical Examiners of the State of North Carolina. 25–28 January 1995. p. 11. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Biographical Data" (PDF). NASA. March 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  3. ^ Schmid, Josef (2011). "Josef "Joe" Schmid". LinkedIn Corporation. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  4. ^ NEEMO 12 Topside Team (17 May 2007). "NASA — NEEMO 12". NASA. Retrieved 1 August 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Malik, Tariq (21 May 2007). "Undersea NASA Expedition a Success". Retrieved 3 August 2011.
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