Michael Lloyd Coats (born January 16, 1946 in Sacramento, California) is and engineer, former NASA astronaut and he was raised in Riverside, California. Since December 2005, he is the director of NASA Johnson Space Center.
Graduated from Ramona High School, Riverside, California, in 1964; received a bachelor of science degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1968, a master of science in Administration of Science and Technology from George ...
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Michael Lloyd Coats (born January 16, 1946 in Sacramento, California) is and engineer, former NASA astronaut and he was raised in Riverside, California. Since December 2005, he is the director of NASA Johnson Space Center.
Graduated from Ramona High School, Riverside, California, in 1964; received a bachelor of science degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1968, a master of science in Administration of Science and Technology from George Washington University in 1977, and master of science in Aeronautical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1979.
Awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal, 2 Navy Distinguished Flying Crosses, 32 Strike Flight Air Medals, 3 Individual Action Air Medals, 9 Navy Commendation Medals with Combat V, and the NASA Space Flight Medal.
Coats graduated from the Naval Academy in 1968 and was designated a naval aviator in September 1969. After training as an A-7E pilot, he was assigned to Attack Squadron 192 (VA-192) from August 1970 to...
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