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Gregory Errol Chamitoff (born 6 August 1962 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is an engineer and NASA astronaut. He was assigned to Expedition 17 and flew to the International Space Station on STS-124, launching 31 May 2008. He was in space 198 days, joining Expedition 18 after Expedition 17 left the station, and returned to Earth 30 November 2008 on STS-126. Chamitoff served as a mission specialist on the STS-134 mission, which was the last flight of Endeavour and delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. ==Personal== Chamitoff was born 6 August 1962 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to a Jewish family of Russian origin〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition17/exp17_interview_Chamitoff.html )〕 and is married to Alison Chantal Caviness, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. They have two children, Natasha and Dimitri. On his father's side of the family, he is also related to the owners of the famous Fairmount bagel establishment in Montreal, from which Chamitoff brought bagels into space on his first mission into orbit. Chamitoff's recreational interests include scuba diving, backpacking, flying, skiing, racquetball, Aikido, juggling, magic and guitar. He is a certified divemaster and instrument rated pilot. Chamitoff also enjoys chess and has played games with people on earth while living in the ISS. His education includes: *Blackford High School, San Jose, California, 1980. *B.S., Electrical Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, 1984. *M.S., Aeronautical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1985. *Ph.D., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992. *M.S., Planetary Geology (Space Science), University of Houston–Clear Lake, 2002. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gregory Chamitoff」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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