Christopher Cassidy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American astronaut and U.S. Navy SEAL
Date of Birth: 04-Jan-1970
Place of Birth: Salem, Massachusetts, United States
Profession: astronaut
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Christopher Cassidy
- Christopher John "Chris" Cassidy (born January 4, 1970, in Salem, Massachusetts) is a NASA astronaut and United States Navy SEAL.
- Chris Cassidy achieved the rank of captain in the U.S.
- Navy.
- He was the Chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA from July 2015 until June 2017. Cassidy attended York High School, in York, Maine.
- He then graduated from the Naval Academy Preparatory School in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1989.
- He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the United States Naval Academy in 1993 and a Master of Science degree in Ocean Engineering from MIT in 2000.
- While in the Navy, Cassidy passed BUD/S and became a Navy SEAL.
- While a SEAL, he served several tours of duty supporting the fight in the War on Terror.
- His first spaceflight was on Space Shuttle mission STS-127, and his second was as a flight engineer for Expedition 35/36, launched aboard Soyuz TMA-08M.
- He was in space July 15 to 31, 2009, and March 28 to September 10, 2013.
- Cassidy has worked as a CAPCOM for both International Space Station and Space Shuttle missions in the past. Married to Julie Byrd.
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