GEORGE ZAMKA Authentic Hand Signed Autograph 4X6 Photo - NASA ASTRONAUT

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George D. Zamka
Born
1962 (age 58–59)
Jersey City, New Jersey
Status
Retired
Nationality
American
Occupation
Test Pilot
Space career
NASA
Astronaut
Rank
Colonel
,
USMC
Time in space
28 days, 20 hours, 32 minutes
Selection
1998 NASA Group
Missions
STS-120
,
STS-130
Mission insignia
George David "Zambo" Zamka (born 1962) is an
American
NASA
astronaut
and
United States Marine Corps
pilot
with over 3500 flight hours in more than 30 different aircraft. Zamka piloted the
Space Shuttle
Discovery
in its October 2007 mission to the
International Space Station
and served as the commander of mission
STS-130
in February 2010.
Military career
Zamka graduated with a
Bachelor of Science
degree in
mathematics
from the
United States Naval Academy
in 1984. He was then commissioned as a second lieutenant in the
United States Marine Corps
. He received
A-6E Intruder
training at
Naval Air Station Whidbey Island
,
Washington
in 1985–1987. He was assigned to
VMA(AW)-242
at
Marine Corps Air Station El Toro
,
California
. In addition to flight safety and administration, he was a squadron weapons and tactics instructor. In 1990, he trained as an
F/A-18D Hornet
pilot and was then assigned to
VMFA(AW)-121
. Zamka flew 66 combat missions during
Operation Desert Storm
. In 1993, he was assigned to the
1st Battalion, 5th Marines
at
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
, California as a
forward air controller
. In December 1994, he graduated from the
U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School
, following which, he served as an
F/A-18 Hornet
test pilot and operations officer.
In 1997, he earned a Masters of Science degree in engineering management from the
Florida Institute of Technology
. In 1998, he returned to VMFA(AW)-121 and deployed to
MCAS Iwakuni
, Japan.
In August 2010, Zamka retired from the Marine Corps after almost 30 years of distinguished service. As of May 2018 he is
chairman of the board
of the
National Association of Spaceports
.
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NASA career
In June 1998, Zamka was selected for the NASA astronaut program, and reported for training in August. He served as lead for the Shuttle training and procedures division and as supervisor for the astronaut candidate class of 2004. Zamka made his first spaceflight as the pilot of mission
STS-120
, and second as the commander for
STS-130
.