Nicholas Patrick
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| Nationality | American / British |
| Born | November 19, 1964 Saltburn-by-the-Sea, United Kingdom |
| Occupation1 | Engineer |
| Rank | Astronaut, NASA |
| Selection | 1998 NASA Group |
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Nicholas James MacDonald Patrick, Ph.D. is a British-born NASA astronaut.
Patrick was born in North Yorkshire, England in 1964, and grew up in London. He became a United States citizen in 1994.
Patrick was first educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge (receiving an undergraduate degree in Engineering in 1986). During his university years, he learned to fly as a member of the Royal Air Force's Cambridge University squadron. After Cambridge, he worked for four years as an engineer for the Aircraft Engines Division of GE, in Boston in the United States.
Patrick then attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, receiving a master's degree (1990) and a PhD.(1996), both in Mechanical Engineering. Afterwards, he joined Boeing's Commercial Airplane Group in Seattle.
Patrick was selected by NASA for astronaut training in June 1998. Patrick's first space shuttle flight will be the 2006 Discovery STS-116 mission, which will make him the fourth Briton to go into space.
He has a wife and children.
