Nicholas Patrick

Nick Patrick
Born	Nicholas James MacDonald Patrick (1964-11-19) 19 November 1964 (age 59) Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England, UK
Nationality	British American
Education	Trinity College, Cambridge (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, PhD)
Space career
NASA astronaut
Time in space	26d 14h 52m
Selection	NASA Group 17 (1998)
Missions	STS-116 STS-130
Mission insignia
Scientific career
Fields	Mechanical engineering
Thesis	Decision-Aiding and Optimization for Vertical Navigation of Long-Haul Aircraft (1996)
Doctoral advisor	Thomas B. Sheridan

Nicholas James MacDonald Patrick (born 19 November 1964), is a British-American engineer and a former NASA astronaut. His flight on the 2006 Discovery STS-116 mission made him the fourth person born in the United Kingdom to go into space.^[1]