Charles Hobaugh | |
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| Born | Charles Owen Hobaugh (1961-11-05)November 5, 1961 (age 64) Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S. |
| Education | United States Naval Academy (BS) University of Tennessee, Tullahoma |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
| Rank | Colonel,USMC |
Time in space | 36d 7h 47m[1] |
| Selection | NASA Group 16 (1996) |
| Missions | STS-104 STS-118 STS-129 |
Mission insignia |    |
Charles Owen Hobaugh (born November 5, 1961, inBar Harbor,Maine[2]) is a formerNASAastronaut and a retiredU.S. Marine Corps officer. He has had threespaceflights, all of which wereSpace Shuttle missions to theInternational Space Station, lasting between 10 and 13 days.
Hobaugh was selected to be an astronaut in 1996, and his first spaceflight wasSTS-104, for which he was designated pilot of Space ShuttleAtlantis. That mission took place in July 2001, less than a year after the space station received its first long-duration crew. His most recent spaceflight was in November 2009,STS-129 onAtlantis again; this time he was designated commander. In total, he has logged 36 days in space.
In 1980 he graduated fromNorth Ridgeville High School,North Ridgeville, Ohio. In 1984 he received a Bachelor of Science degree inAerospace Engineering from theUnited States Naval Academy.[2] From January 1993 to August 1994 he attended theUniversity of Tennessee Space Institute.[3] He is a member of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association.
Hobaugh has received several awards and honors, including those listed below.[2]
Hobaugh received his commission as aSecond Lieutenant in theUnited States Marine Corps upon graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in May 1984. He graduated fromThe Basic School in December 1984. After a six-month temporary assignment at theNaval Air Systems Command, he reported to Naval Aviation Training Command and was designated aNaval Aviator in February 1987. He then reported toVMAT-203 for initialAV-8B Harrier training. Upon completion of this training, he was assigned toVMA-331 and made overseas deployments toMarine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, and flew combat missions in thePersian Gulf duringOperation Desert Storm embarked aboard theUSS Nassau. While assigned to VMA-331, he attended Marine Aviation Warfare and Tactics Instructor Course and was subsequently assigned as the Squadron Weapons and Tactics Instructor. Hobaugh was selected forU.S. Naval Test Pilot School and began the course in June 1991.[2]
After graduation in June 1992, he was assigned to the Strike Aircraft Test Directorate as an AV-8 Project Officer and as the ASTOVL/JAST/JSF Program Officer. While there, he flew the AV-8B,YAV-8B (VSRA) andA-7E. In July 1994, he went back to the Naval Test Pilot School as an instructor in the Systems Department, where he flew theF-18,T-2 Buckeye,U-6A andgliders. Hobaugh was assigned to the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School when he was selected for the astronaut program. In September 2010 he retired from the U.S. Marine Corps.[2]
Hobaugh has logged over 5,000 flight hours in more than 40 different aircraft and has over 200V/STOL shipboard landings.[2]
Selected byNASA in April 1996, Hobaugh reported to theJohnson Space Center in August 1996. He completed two years of training and evaluation, and was qualified for flight assignment as a pilot. Hobaugh was initially assigned technical duties in the Astronaut Office Spacecraft Systems/Operations Branch. Projects included Landing and Rollout, evaluator in theShuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL), Advanced Projects, Multifunction Electronics Display Enhancements, Advanced and Upgrade, Rendezvous and Close Proximity Operations and Visiting Vehicles prior to his first flight assignment. Most recently, he served as Capsule Communicator, working in the Mission Control Center as the voice to the crew.
Hobaugh was the launch and reentry and landingCAPCOM for theSTS-107 mission in 2003, on which theSpace Shuttle Columbia was destroyed on reentry. He spoke the words "Columbia, Houston. UHF Comm Check" several times after Mission Control had lost contact withColumbia.[4]
Hobaugh flew as the pilot ofSTS-104 (July 12–24, 2001). This mission was the tenth mission to theInternational Space Station (ISS). During the 13-day flight the crew conducted joint operations with theExpedition 2 crew and performed threespacewalks to install theQuest Joint Airlock and to outfit it with four high-pressure gas tanks. The mission was accomplished in 200 Earth orbits, traveling 5.3 million miles in 306 hours and 35 minutes.
He flew as pilot onSTS-118 in August 2007 for 13 days.[5]
Hobaugh served as commander on theSTS-129 mission aboardSpace Shuttle Atlantis for 10 days in November 2009.[6]
Hobaugh was hired byFedEx in 2011.[7]
Hobaugh is married to the former Corinna Lynn Leaman ofEast Petersburg, Pennsylvania; they have four children. He enjoys weight lifting, volleyball, boating, water skiing, snow skiing, soccer, bicycling, running, rowing and competing in triathlons.[2]
This article incorporatespublic domain material from websites or documents of theNational Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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