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Nicholas Patrick
British-American astronaut and engineer (born 1964) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Born | Nicholas James MacDonald Patrick (1964-11-19) 19 November 1964 (age 59) |
Nationality | British American |
Education | Trinity College, Cambridge (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, PhD) |
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NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 26d 14h 52m |
Selection | NASA Group 17 (1998) |
Missions | STS-116 STS-130 |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Mechanical engineering |
Thesis | Decision-Aiding and Optimization for Vertical Navigation of Long-Haul Aircraft (1996) |
Doctoral advisor | Thomas B. Sheridan |
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