martes, 12 de mayo de 2020

Iowa Native and Astronaut Raja Chari | NASA

Iowa Native and Astronaut Raja Chari | NASA



Iowa Native and Astronaut 

Raja Chari

NASA astronaut candidate Raja Chari
Iowa native astronaut Raja Chari was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. He is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy with bachelor’s degrees in astronautical engineering and engineering science, and later earned a master’s degree in aeronautics and astronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In addition, he graduated from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School.
At the time of his selection in June 2017, Chari was a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, serving as the Commander of the 461st Flight Test Squadron and the Director of the F-35 Integrated Test Force. He has accumulated more than 2,000 hours of flight time in the F-35, F-15, F-16, and F-18.
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Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Last Updated: May 12, 2020
Editor: Yvette Smith

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