Charles D. Gemar
- Status: Retired
- In Space: No
- Date of Birth: 08/04/1955
- First Flight: 11/15/1990
- Last Flight: 03/04/1994
Launches
- Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-38
- Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-62
- Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-48
Charles D. Gemar, a American astronaut affiliated with the government agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration, embarked on 3 space flights and engaging in 0 spacewalks during his/her career as an astronaut.
Charles Donald “Sam” Gemar is an American former astronaut with NASA and a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army. Gemar has flown on three Space Shuttle missions (STS-38, STS-48 and STS-62). Gemar has completed 385 orbits of the Earth and over 581 hours in space. He has also served in different positions in NASA, including as a CAPCOM for Shuttle missions. Gemar was the first astronaut to be born in the state of South Dakota.