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James P. Bagian

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James Philip Bagian (born February 22, 1952), is an American physician, engineer, and former NASA astronaut of Armenian descent. During his career as an astronaut, he logged 337 hours of space-flight, over two missions, STS-29 (in 1989) and STS-40 (in 1991). After leaving NASA in 1995, Bagian was elected as a member of the Institute of Medicine. He was also elected as member into the National Academy of Engineering in 2000 for the integration of engineering and medical knowledge in applications to aerospace systems, environmental technology, and patient safety. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James P. Bagian is the 238th most popular astronaut (down from 216th in 2019), the 8,587th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,363rd in 2019) and the 109th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, James P. Bagian ranks 238 out of 556. Before him are Piers Sellers, Robert S. Kimbrough, Ivan Bella, Sergei Avdeyev, Barbara Morgan, and Yuri Baturin. After him are Yuri Gidzenko, Mikhail Tyurin, Jeffrey Williams, Samantha Cristoforetti, Joseph P. Kerwin, and Aleksandr Laveykin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, James P. Bagian ranks 453. Before him are Benny Hinn, Jorge Luis Pinto, Oswaldo Payá, Michel Sapin, Daniel Bautista, and Ján Kubiš. After him are Oleg Romanishin, Martin Dempsey, Celia Imrie, Roger Stone, Joseph Werth, and Rachel Chagall.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James P. Bagian ranks 8,589 out of 20,380. Before him are Toni Frissell (1907), Edwin Graves (1897), Frederick Hovey (1868), Sarah Palfrey Cooke (1912), Perry McGillivray (1893), and Walter J. Ong (1912). After him are David Todd Wilkinson (1935), D. B. Woodside (1969), Tom Arnold (1959), Lucien Carr (1925), Douglas McIlroy (1932), and David Blatt (1959).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, James P. Bagian ranks 109. Before him are Bernard A. Harris Jr. (1956), Mary L. Cleave (1947), John Casper (1943), William B. Lenoir (1939), Robert S. Kimbrough (1967), and Barbara Morgan (1951). After him are Jeffrey Williams (1958), Joseph P. Kerwin (1932), Story Musgrave (1935), Donald E. Williams (1942), Clayton Anderson (1959), and Joseph P. Allen (1937).

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