Career record
Flights
3
Launches with a definitive outcome — the Stats basis
Career time in space
24d 5h
Career EVA time
under a minute
Spacewalks
0
Biography
Charles Donald "Sam" Gemar is an American former astronaut with NASA and a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army. Gemar has flown on three Space Shuttle missions (STS-38, STS-48 and STS-62). Gemar has completed 385 orbits of the Earth and over 581 hours in space. He has also served in different positions in NASA, including as a CAPCOM for Shuttle missions. Gemar was the first astronaut to be born in the state of South Dakota.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Launches
- Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-62 — Mission Specialist · Success · March 4, 1994
- Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-48 — Mission Specialist · Success · September 12, 1991
- Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-38 — Mission Specialist · Success · November 15, 1990
Born 1955-08-04