# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-j-precourt
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:01:42.443Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-j-precourt"
name: "Charles J. Precourt"
slug: "charles-j-precourt"
description: "Charles Joseph Precourt is a retired NASA astronaut. His career in flight began at an early age, and spans his entire lifetime. He served in the US Air Force, piloted numerous jet aircraft, and piloted and commanded the Space Shuttle. Notably, he piloted or commanded several missions which involved docking with the Russian Mir space station and was heavily involved in Russian/US Space relations as well as the International Space Station collaboration. He also served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1998 to 2002. He retired from the USAF with the rank of colonel."
tagline: "American astronaut"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_Precourt_KSC39A.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1955-06-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.99
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.54838133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Charles J. Precourt"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump