Charles E. Brady
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| Country: | United States |
| Organization: | NASA |
| selected on | March 31, 1992 ( 14th NASA Group ) |
| Calls: | 1 space flight |
| Begin: | June 20, 1996 |
| Landing: | July 7, 1996 |
| Time in space: | 16d 21h 48min |
| retired on | August 14, 2002 |
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Charles Eldon "Chuck" Brady, Jr. (born August 12, 1951 in Pinehurst , North Carolina , † July 23, 2006 on Orcas Island , Washington ) was an American astronaut .
Life
Brady studied medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1969 to 1971 and received a doctorate in medicine from Duke University in 1975 . He then completed his medical internship at the University of Tennessee Hospital . As a sports physician, he worked at Iowa State University , the University of North Carolina and East Carolina University until 1986 .
In 1986 Brady joined the Navy and received training as an aviation surgeon. He then worked on the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-61) and also with the Blue Angels aerobatic team .
Astronaut activity
In March 1992, Brady was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA.
STS-78
On June 20, 1996 Brady started as a mission specialist with the space shuttle Columbia on the longest flight of a space shuttle to date . The task was weightlessness experiments in the Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS), which were needed as a basis for future experiments on the International Space Station (ISS).
According to NASA
In 1999/2000 Brady studied at the University of Texas at Galveston for a master's in biology and then retired from active service.
Brady committed suicide near his home on Orcas Island on July 23, 2006 . He left behind his fiancée and their four-year-old son.
See also
Web links
- Short biography of Charles Eldon Brady at spacefacts.de
- NASA biography of Charles Eldon Brady (English; PDF)
- Biography of Charles Eldon Brady in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
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| SURNAME | Brady, Charles E. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brady, Charles Eldon junior (full name); Brady, Chuck (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pinehurst , North Carolina , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 2006 |
| Place of death | Orcas Island , Washington , United States |