Gregory Chamitoff
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Status | Active |
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August 6, 1962 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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Other occupation
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Engineer |
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California Polytechnic State University (BS) California Institute of Technology (MS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) University of Houston–Clear Lake (MS) |
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Time in space
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198d 18h 02m |
| Selection | 1998 NASA Group |
| Missions | STS-124, Expedition 17, Expedition 18, STS-126, STS-134 |
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Mission insignia
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Gregory Errol Chamitoff (born 6 August 1962 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is an engineer and NASA astronaut. He was assigned to Expedition 17 and flew to the International Space Station on STS-124, launching 31 May 2008. He was in space 198 days, joining Expedition 18 after Expedition 17 left the station, and returned to Earth 30 November 2008 on STS-126. Chamitoff served as a mission specialist on the STS-134 mission, which was the last flight of Endeavour and delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.
Chamitoff was born 6 August 1962 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to a Jewish family of Russian origin and is married to Alison Chantal Caviness, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. They have two children, Natasha and Dimitri.
On his father's side of the family, he is also related to the owners of the famous Fairmount bagel establishment in Montreal, from which Chamitoff brought bagels into space on his first mission into orbit.
Chamitoff's recreational interests include scuba diving, backpacking, flying, skiing, racquetball, Aikido, juggling, magic and guitar. He is a certified divemaster and instrument rated pilot. Chamitoff also enjoys chess and has played games with people on earth while living in the ISS.
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