1. Nicholas Patrick's flight on the 2006 Discovery STS-116 mission made him the fourth person born in the United Kingdom to go into space.
12 Facts About Nicholas Patrick
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Nicholas Patrick's mother came from the Isle of Skye in Scotland.
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Nicholas Patrick grew up in both London and Rye, New York, and became a United States citizen in 1994.
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Nicholas Patrick is married to a paediatrician originally from Peru and has three children.
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Nicholas Patrick was first educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
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Nicholas Patrick then attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, receiving a master's degree and a PhD.
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Nicholas Patrick was selected by NASA as an astronaut candidate in June 1998 and reported to NASA's Johnson Space Center for astronaut training in August 1998.
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Nicholas Patrick occasionally serves as a CAPCOM; for example, he worked with the Orbit 2 team for STS-120.
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Nicholas Patrick notably put the finishing touches on the Tranquility node during STS-130.
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In July 2004, Nicholas Patrick served as an aquanaut during the NEEMO 6 mission aboard the Aquarius underwater laboratory, living and working underwater for ten days.
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Nicholas Patrick retired from the NASA Astronaut Corps in May 2012.
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Nicholas Patrick currently holds the positions of New Shepard Flight Director and Senior Director of Human Integration at Blue Origin.