Charlie Precourt – NASA Astronaut

This week we welcome Charlie Precourt. Charlie resides on EAA's board of directors and is the vice president and general manager of Propulsion Systems Division at Orbital ATK. He has built a VariEze that first flew in 1987. A veteran of four space flights and member of the Astronaut Hall of Fame, Charlie held several management positions within NASA, including deputy program manager for the International Space Station, chief of the Astronaut Corps, and director of operations for NASA at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia.