Astronaut Charlie Camarda Ph.D
Contributor, Leading Edge Discovery
Dr. Charles Camarda retired from NASA in May 2019, after 46 years of continuous service as a research engineer and technical manager at Langley Research Center (LaRC), an Astronaut and Senior Executive (Director of Engineering) at Johnson Space Center (JSC), and as the Senior Advisor for Innovation and Engineering Development at NASA LaRC.
He was selected as an Astronaut Candidate in 1996 and flew as a Mission Specialist on STS-114, NASA’s Return-to-Flight (RTF) mission immediately following the Columbia disaster. He invented the on-orbit, wing leading edge repair capability which he flew and tested on his mission.
Dr. Camarda is an inventor, author, professor, and internationally recognized invited speaker on subjects related to engineering, engineering design, innovation, safety, organizational behavior, and education.
Dr. Camarda is the Founder/CEO of the Epic Education Foundation and he is the President of an aerospace engineering and education consultancy, Leading Edge Enterprises LLC.
