Charles Camarda
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Charles Joseph "Charlie" Camarda (born May 8, 1952, in Queens, New York) is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut who flew his first mission into space on board the Space Shuttle mission STS-114. He served as Senior Advisor for Engineering Development at NASA Langley Research Center.[1] and was a senior advisor for innovation at the office of Chief Engineer in the Johnson Space Center.[2]
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Born | Charles Joseph Camarda (1952-05-08) May 8, 1952 (age 71) New York City, New York, U.S. |
Education | Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (BS) George Washington University (MS) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (PhD) |
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NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 13d 21h 32m |
Selection | NASA Group 16 (1996) |
Missions | STS-114 |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Aerospace engineering |
Thesis | Development of Advanced Modal Methods for Calculating Transient Thermal and Structural Response (1990) |
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