Retired· NASA · American
Charles Donald "Sam" Gemar is an American former astronaut with NASA and a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army. Gemar has flown on three Space Shuttle...
Spaceflights
3
Time in space
24days
Spacewalks
0
Success· Flight 3
John CasperNASA
Andrew M. AllenNASA
Pierre J. ThuotNASA
Marsha IvinsNASASuccess· Flight 2
Success· Flight 1
Charles Donald "Sam" Gemar is an American former astronaut with NASA and a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army. Gemar has flown on three Space Shuttle missions (STS-38, STS-48 and STS-62). Gemar has completed 385 orbits of the Earth and over 581 hours in space. He has also served in different positions in NASA, including as a CAPCOM for Shuttle missions. Gemar was the first astronaut to be born in the state of South Dakota.
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