flown many KC-135 Reduced Gravity flights as the medical monitor and as a subject for medical and surgical training. Schmid is a mentor for NASA's High Aerospace Scholars. Schmid is a NASA flight surgeon in the Medical Operations Branch at Johnson Space Center in Houston. He is also the NASA/UTMB Aerospace Medicine Residency co-director. Schmid served as the commander of the 433rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron in Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. In May 2007, Schmid became an aquanaut through his participation in the joint NASA-NOAA, NEEMO 12 (NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations) project, an exploration research mission held in Aquarius, the world's only undersea research laboratory. He was the first NASA flight surgeon to serve on a NEEMO mission. Schmid was the crew surgeon for the STS-120, which visited the International Space Station (ISS) in October–November 2007. He served as crew surgeon again for ISS Expedition 23/24 (2010), and is serving as deputy crew surgeon for ISS Expedition 29/30 (starting in September 2011). Schmid's interests include surgeon-guided remote robotics, center-of-gravity studies for future lunar missions, and robotics demonstrations for schoolchildren. On 8 October 2021, Schmid became one of the first humans to be Holoported off the planet and into space, visiting the International Space Station by telepresence. References External links NASA bio Air Force Reserve Leadership Profile U.S. Air Force biography 1965 births Living people American Academy of Family Physicians members Aquanauts Belmont Abbey College alumni German emigrants to the United States NASA people People from Stuttgart Recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal (United States) United States Air Force generals United States Air Force Medical Corps officers United States Air Force reservists University of Texas Medical Branch alumni Wake Forest University alumni