Charles Joseph Precourt is a retired NASA astronaut. His career in flight began at an early age, and spans his entire lifetime. He served in the US Air Force, piloted numerous jet aircraft, and piloted and commanded the Space Shuttle. Notably, he piloted or commanded several missions which involved docking with the Russian Mir space station and was heavily involved in Russian/US Space relations as well as the International Space Station collaboration. He retired from the USAF with the rank of Colonel.

Charles Joseph Precourt is a retired NASA astronaut. His career in flight began at an early age, and spans his entire lifetime. He served in the US Air Force, piloted numerous jet aircraft, and piloted and commanded the Space Shuttle. Notably, he piloted or commanded several missions which involved docking with the Russian Mir space station and was heavily involved in Russian/US Space relations as well as the International Space Station collaboration. He retired from the USAF with the rank of Colonel.

Launch: June 27, 1995 Landing: July 7, 1995 Kennedy Space Center, Fl. Astronauts: Robert L. Gibson, Charles J. Precourt, Ellen S. Baker, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Gregory J. Harbaugh, Mir 19 Crew (upload) Anatoly Solovyev, Nikolai Budarin and Mir 18 Crew (download) Norman E. Thagard, Vladimir Dezhurov and Gannady Strekalov Space Shuttle: Atlantis STS-71 marked a number of historic firsts in human spaceflight: 100th U.S. human space launch conducted from the Cape; first U.S. space shuttle-Russian Space Station Mir docking and joint on-orbit operations; largest spacecraft ever in orbit; and first on-orbit change out of shuttle crew. www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archiv...

STS-91 Ninth and final Shuttle-Mir docking 06/02/1998 06/12/1998 91st Space Shuttle Mission 24th Flight of Discovery Crew: Charles J. Precourt, Commander Dominic L. Gorie, Pilot Wendy B. Lawrence, Mission Specialist Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, Mission Specialist Janet L. Kavandi, Mission Specialist Valery V. Ryumin, Mission Specialist, Russian Space Agency Returning from Mir: Andrew S.W. Thomas, Mission Specialist This marked the final NASA mission to the Russian Mir Space Station, and featured the return to Earth of the last U.S. astronaut to live aboard the Russian Mir Space Station.

Launched: May 15, 1997 4:07:48 a.m. EDT Landing Site: Landing: May 24, 1997, 9:27:44 a.m. EDT, Kennedy Space Center, Florida Space Shuttle: Atlantis Crew: Commander Charles J. Precourt, Pilot Eileen M. Collins, Mission Specialists C. Michael Foale, Carlos I. Noriega, Edward T. Lu, Jean-Francois Clervoy and Elena V. Kondakova. Sixth Shuttle-Mir docking highlighted by transfer of fourth successive U.S. crew member to the Russian Space Station. U.S. astronaut Mike Foale exchanged places with Jerry Linenger, who arrived at Mir January 15 with the crew of shuttle mission STS-81. Linenger spent 123 days on Mir and just over 132 days in space from launch to landing, placing him second behind U.S. astronaut Shannon Lucid for most time spent on-orbit by an American. Another milestone reached during his stay was one-year anniversary of continuous U.S. presence in space that began with Lucid's arrival at Mir March 22, 1996. Other activities conducted during the mission included investigations using the Biorack facility, located in the SPACEHAB Double Module in Atlantis' payload bay, a photo survey of Mir during docked operations, environmental air samplings and radiation monitoring. www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archiv...

This is the Official AB Emblem 4" Mission Patch STS-84 Sixth Shuttle-Mir docking 05/15/1997 05/24/1997 84th Space Shuttle Mission 19th Flight of Atlantis Crew: Charles J. Precourt, Commander Eileen M. Collins, Pilot Jean-Francois Clervoy, Payload Commander Carlos I. Noriega, Mission Specialist Edward T. Lu, Mission Specialist Elena V. Kondakova, Mission Specialist Embarking to Mir: C. Michael Foale, Mission Specialist Returning from Mir: Jerry M. Linenger, Mission Specialist The primary goal of the mission was the sixth docking of a Space Shuttle to the Russian Mir Space Station, and the fourth successive transfer of a U.S. astronaut to Mir.

Launch: April 26, 1993 Landing: May 6, 1993 Edwards Air Force Base, Cal. Astronauts: Steven R. Nagel, Terence T. Henricks, Jerry L. Ross, Charles J. Precourt, Bernard A. Harris, Jr., Ulrich Walter and Hans Schlegel Space Shuttle: Columbia Harris, a medical doctor, set up first I.V. (intravenous) line in space, injecting Schlegel with saline as part of study to replace body fluids lost during adaptation to weightlessness. Other payload crew members also participated. www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archiv...

Launched: June 2, 1998, 6:06:24 p.m. EDT Landing: June 12 1998, 2:00:18 p.m. EDT, Kennedy Space Center, Florida Space Shuttle: Discovery Crew: Commander Charles J. Precourt, Pilot Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie, Mission Specialists Wendy B. Lawrence, Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, Janet L. Kavandi and Valery Victorovitch Ryumin. STS-91 docked to the ISS and transferred crew members, equipment, and supplies. Andy Thomas officially became a member of Discovery's crew, completing 130 days of living and working on Mir. The transfer wrapped up a total of 907 days spent by seven U.S. astronauts aboard the Russian space station as long-duration crew members. During the next four days, the Mir 25 and STS-91 crews transferred more than 1,100 pounds of water, and almost 4,700 pounds of cargo experiments and supplies were exchanged between the two spacecraft. www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archiv...

55th Space Shuttle Mission 14th Flight of Columbia Crew: Steven R. Nagel, Commander Terence T. Henricks, Pilot Jerry L. Ross, Mission Specialist and Payload Commander Charles J. Precourt, Mission Specialist Bernard A. Harris, Jr., Mission Specialist Ulrich Walter, Payload Specialist Hans William Schlegel, Payload Specialist The mission was dedicated to Spacelab D-2 operations, becoming the second Shuttle mission under the direction of German management. 88 experiments were conducted in materials and life sciences, technology applications, Earth observation, astronomy and atmospheric physics.