Josef Schmid (flight surgeon)
Josef Schmid | |
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| Born | Josef Francis Schmid III 6 July 1965 |
| Education | Belmont Abbey College (BS, Biology) Wake Forest University School of Medicine (MD) University of Texas Medical Branch (MPH) |
| Occupation | Medical doctor |
| Employer | NASA |
| Known for | Flight surgeon |
| Title | Crew Surgeon |
Josef F. Schmid (born 6 July 1965) is a German-American physician, NASA flight surgeon and a major general in the United States Air Force Reserves. He served as an aquanaut on the joint NASA-NOAA NEEMO 12 underwater exploration mission in May 2007. On 8 October 2021 he became one of the first humans to be Holoported off the planet and into space, visiting the International Space Station by telepresence.