Portrait of Veteran NASA Astronaut Raja Chari

Portrait of Veteran NASA Astronaut Raja Chari

NASA astronaut candidate Raja Chari poses for a portrait, Friday, July 12, 2019, at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas. 

NASA Astronaut Raja Chari Official Biography

https://www.nasa.gov/content/astronaut-raja-chari/

Chari served as commander of the NASA SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station, which launched on November 10, 2021. He served as a flight engineer aboard the space station for 177 days in orbit. During his time on the International Space Station he performed two spacewalks and helped in capturing and releasing three SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and two Cygnus cargo vehicles.

Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Image Date: July 12, 2019

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