Charles Joseph Precourt (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) is a retired NASA astronaut.
Born on June 29, 1955, in Waltham, Massachusetts, he considers Hudson, Massachusetts, to be his hometown. He is married to the former Lynne Denise Mungle of St. Charles, Missouri. They have three daughters, Michelle, Sarah, and Aimee. Precourt enjoys golf and flying light aircraft.
He flies a Varieze, an experimental aircraft that he built. His daughters have gone on to ma...
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Charles Joseph Precourt (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) is a retired NASA astronaut.
Born on June 29, 1955, in Waltham, Massachusetts, he considers Hudson, Massachusetts, to be his hometown. He is married to the former Lynne Denise Mungle of St. Charles, Missouri. They have three daughters, Michelle, Sarah, and Aimee. Precourt enjoys golf and flying light aircraft.
He flies a Varieze, an experimental aircraft that he built. His daughters have gone on to make names for themselves:
Precourt retired from NASA in 2004 and currently works for ATK Thiokol in Ogden, Utah.
Military decorations include:
NASA awards include:
Precourt graduated from Undergraduate Pilot Training at Reese Air Force Base, Texas, in 1978. Initially he flew as an instructor pilot in the T-37, and later as a maintenance test pilot in the T-37 and T-38 aircraft. From 1982 through 1984, he flew an operational tour in the F-15 Eagle Eagle at Bitburg Air Base in Germany. In 1985 he attended the United States Air Force Test Pilot...
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