Charles O. Hobaugh
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| Charles Owen "Scorch" Hobaugh | |
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Status | Active |
| Born | November 5, 1961 Bar Harbor, Maine |
| Other occupation | Fighter pilot |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel, USMC |
| Space time | 25d 12h 28m |
| Selection | 1996 NASA Group |
| Missions | STS-104, STS-118 |
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Charles Owen "Scorch" Hobaugh is a U.S. Marine Corps officer and a NASA astronaut.
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[edit] Personal
Born November 5, 1961 in Bar Harbor, Maine. Married to the former Corinna Lynn Leaman of East Petersburg, Pennsylvania. They have four children. He enjoys weight lifting, volleyball, boating, water skiing, snow skiing, soccer, bicycling, running, rowing, triathlons. His parents, Jimmie and Virginia Hobaugh, reside in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Her parents, Jerry and Dottie Leaman, reside in East Petersburg, Pennsylvania.
[edit] Education
- 1980: Graduated from North Ridgeville High School, North Ridgeville, Ohio
- 1984: Received a Bachelor of Science degree Aerospace Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy
- 1994: University of Tennessee Space Institute
[edit] Organizations
- U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association.
[edit] Awards and honors
- U.S. Naval Academy Distinguished Graduate
- Joe Foss Award for Advanced Jet Training
- U.S. Naval Test Pilot School Distinguished Graduate
- Strike/Flight Air Medal
- Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
- Combat Action Ribbon
- Navy Unit Commendation
[edit] Military career
Hobaugh received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps from the United States Naval Academy in May 1984. He graduated from The Basic School in December 1984. After a six month temporary assignment at the Naval Air Systems Command, he reported to Naval Aviation Training Command and was designated a Naval Aviator in February 1987. He then reported to VMAT-203 for initial AV-8B Harrier training. Upon completion of this training, he was assigned to VMA-331 and made overseas deployments to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan and flew combat missions in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm embarked aboard the USS Nassau (LHA-4). While assigned to VMA-331, he attended Marine Aviation Warfare and Tactics Instructor Course and was subsequently assigned as the Squadron Weapons and Tactics Instructor. Hobaugh was selected for U.S. Naval Test Pilot School and began the course in June 1991.
After graduation in June 1992, he was assigned to the Strike Aircraft Test Directorate as an AV-8 Project Officer and as the ASTOVL/JAST/JSF Program Officer. While there, he flew the AV-8B, YAV-8B (VSRA) and A-7E. In July 1994, he went back to the Naval Test Pilot School as an Instructor in the Systems Department, where he flew the F-18, T-2 Buckeye, U-6A and gliders. Hobaugh was assigned to the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School when he was selected for the astronaut program.
Prior to the launch of STS-118, several reporters asked Hobaugh the meaning of his call-sign, "Scorch". Hobaugh has yet to explain it, saying he probably won't; he feels it sounds better if you don't know the origin of the name. He did admit that it is related to his days of flying Harrier jets in the Marines, but would say no more than that.[1]
Hobaugh has logged over 3,000 flight hours in more than 40 different aircraft and has over 200 V/STOL shipboard landings.
[edit] NASA career
Selected by NASA in April 1996, Hobaugh reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1996. He completed two years of training and evaluation, and was qualified for flight assignment as a pilot. Hobaugh was initially assigned technical duties in the Astronaut Office Spacecraft Systems/Operations Branch. Projects included Landing and Rollout, evaluator in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory, Advanced Projects, Multifunction Electronics Display Enhancements, Advanced and Upgrade, Rendezvous and Close Proximity Operations and Visiting Vehicles prior to his first flight assignment. Most recently, he served as Capsule Communicator, working in the Mission Control Center as the voice to the crew.
Hobaugh will be remembered as the reentry and landing CAPCOM for the ill-fated STS-107 mission. He spoke the words "Columbia, Houston. UHF Comm Check" several times after Mission Control had lost contact with Columbia.
[edit] Spaceflight experience
Hobaugh flew as the pilot of STS-104 (July 12-24, 2001). This mission was the tenth mission to the International Space Station (ISS). During the 13-day flight the crew conducted joint operations with the Expedition 2 crew and performed three spacewalks to install the Quest Joint Airlock and to outfit it with four high-pressure gas tanks. The mission was accomplished in 200 Earth orbits, traveling 5.3 million miles in 306 hours and 35 minutes.
He then flew as pilot on STS-118 in August 2007.
