# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christopher-loria
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:40:14.495Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/christopher-loria"
name: "Christopher Loria"
slug: "christopher-loria"
description: "Christopher Joseph \"Gus\" Loria is a retired United States Marine Corps Colonel and a medically retired NASA astronaut. He was originally scheduled to fly on STS-113 as pilot; however, he was grounded from spaceflight due to a severe back injury."
tagline: "American astronaut"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christopher_Loria.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1960-07-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.006264
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Loria"
    title: "Christopher Loria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7"
    title: "کریستوفر لوریا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Loria"
    title: "Christopher Loria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Loria"
    title: "Christopher Loria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Loria"
    title: "Christopher Loria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5112759"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump