{"id":403,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/403/?format=json","name":"Charles D. Gemar","status":{"id":2,"name":"Retired"},"type":{"id":2,"name":"Government"},"agency":{"id":44,"url":"https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=json","name":"National Aeronautics and Space Administration","type":"Government"},"date_of_birth":"1955-08-04","date_of_death":null,"nationality":"American","twitter":null,"instagram":null,"bio":"Charles Donald \"Sam\" Gemar is an American former astronaut with NASA and a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army. Gemar has flown on three Space Shuttle missions (STS-38, STS-48 and STS-62). Gemar has completed 385 orbits of the Earth and over 581 hours in space. He has also served in different positions in NASA, including as a CAPCOM for Shuttle missions. Gemar was the first astronaut to be born in the state of South Dakota.","profile_image":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/charles2520d.2520gemar_image_20181202135809.jpg","profile_image_thumbnail":"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305190546.jpeg","wiki":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_D._Gemar","flights":[],"landings":[],"last_flight":"1994-03-04T13:53:01Z","first_flight":"1990-11-15T23:48:15Z"}