Nick Patrick | |
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| Born | Nicholas James MacDonald Patrick 19 November 1964 |
| Nationality | British American |
| Education | Trinity College, Cambridge (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, PhD) |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 26d 14h 52m |
| Selection | NASA Group 17 (1998) |
| Missions | STS-116 STS-130 |
Mission insignia |   |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mechanical engineering |
| Thesis | Decision-Aiding and Optimization for Vertical Navigation of Long-Haul Aircraft (1996) |
| Doctoral advisor | Thomas B. Sheridan |
Nicholas James MacDonald Patrick (born 19 November 1964), is a British-American engineer and a former NASA astronaut. His flight on the 2006 Discovery STS-116 mission made him the fourth person born in the United Kingdom to go into space.[1]
- ^ "The seven Britons to go to space". BBC. 15 December 2015.