| First name and last name | Charles E. Brady Jr. |
| Date of birth | 12.08.1951 |
| Date of death | 23.07.2006 |
| Nationality | American |
| Space Agency | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
| Status | Dead |
| Type of astronaut | Government agency |
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_E._Brady_Jr. |
Additional information Charles E. Brady Jr.
Charles Eldon Brady Jr. was an American physician, a Captain in the United States Navy and a NASA astronaut. He spent 16 days in space on the STS-78 flight in 1996. Brady specialized in sports medicine and worked as team physician at several universities before joining the US Navy in 1986. There he became a flight surgeon, serving with the Blue Angels from 1988-1990. In 1992 he was selected for NASA's astronaut program and completed training to prepare for space flight. After serving in the astronaut program, he returned full-time to the Navy and served as flight surgeon at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station in the San Juan Islands before retiring in the Pacific Northwest.
