Charles E. Brady Jr.
American astronaut, physician and Navy captain (1951–2006) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Charles Eldon Brady Jr. (August 12, 1951 – July 23, 2006) was an American physician, a captain in the United States Navy and a NASA astronaut.[1][2][3] He spent 16 days in space on the Space Shuttle's STS-78 flight in 1996.
Charles Brady | |
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Born | Charles Eldon Brady Jr. (1951-08-12)August 12, 1951 |
Died | July 23, 2006(2006-07-23) (aged 54) Oak Harbor, Washington, U.S. |
Education | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BS) Duke University (MD) |
Space career | |
NASA astronaut | |
Rank | Captain, USN |
Time in space | 16d 21h 48m |
Selection | NASA Group 14 (1992) |
Missions | STS-78 |
Mission insignia | |
Brady specialized in sports medicine and worked as team physician at several universities before joining the US Navy in 1986. There he became a flight surgeon, serving with the Blue Angels flight demonstration squad from 1988–1990. In 1992 he was selected for NASA's astronaut program and completed training to prepare for space flight. After serving in the astronaut program, he returned full-time to the Navy and served as flight surgeon at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station in the San Juan Islands before retiring in the Pacific Northwest.