Leroy Chiao

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Leroy Chiao is a Chinese-American engineer, former NASA astronaut, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and engineering consultant. Chiao flew on three Space Shuttle flights, and was the commander of Expedition 10, where he lived on board the International Space Station from October 13, 2004 to April 24, 2005. He is also a co-author and researcher for the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity project.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Born in

Milwaukee

Education

University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Santa Barbara; Monte Vista High School

Awards

honorary doctor of the Shandong University; Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"; NASA Distinguished Service Medal; NASA Space Flight Medal

From Wikidata.

• Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-5Flight Engineer · Success · with Salizhan Sharipov, Yuri SharginOctober 14, 2004 · 03:06 UTC
• Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-92Mission Specialist · Success · with Brian Duffy, Koichi Wakata, Michael López-Alegría, Pamela Melroy, Peter Wisoff, William S. McArthurOctober 11, 2000
• Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-72Mission Specialist · Success · with Brent W. Jett Jr., Brian Duffy, Daniel T. Barry, Koichi Wakata, Winston E. ScottJanuary 11, 1996
• Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-65Mission Specialist · Success · with Carl E. Walz, Chiaki Mukai, Donald A. Thomas, James Halsell, Richard Hieb, Robert D. CabanaJuly 8, 1994

• Expedition 10 EVA 25h 6m2005-03-28
• Expedition 10 EVA 15h 28m2005-01-16
• STS-92 EVA 36h 48m2000-10-17
• STS-92 EVA 16h 28m2000-10-15
• STS-72 EVA 16h 9m1996-01-15
• STS-72 EVA 26h 9m1996-01-15

• Expedition 10International Space Station · Commander2004-10-16 – 2005-04-24