{"id":536,"date":"2012-05-23T13:44:56","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T20:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/thisisus\/?p=536"},"modified":"2012-05-23T13:44:56","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T20:44:56","slug":"profile-astronaut-greg-chamitoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/thisisus\/2012\/05\/23\/profile-astronaut-greg-chamitoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile: Astronaut Greg Chamitoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UhirdrqUIGg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Astronaut Greg Chamitoff grew up in San Jose and went on to travel on both the Discovery and Endeavor shuttle missions, and also spent six months on the International Space Station. <\/p>\n<p>He and his colleagues had plenty of work inside and outside the Space Station but they managed to squeeze in some fun, too. 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