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{{Short description|American engineer, astronaut, entrepreneur, speaker and engineering consultant}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox astronaut
| name = Leroy Chiao
| image = Leroy Chiao Astronaut.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2005
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|8|28}}
| birth_place = [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]], U.S.
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| education = [[University of California, Berkeley]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[University of California, Santa Barbara]] ([[Master of Science|MS]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])
| type = [[NASA astronaut]]
| time = 229d 7h 38m<ref name="nasa bio"/>
| selection = [[NASA Astronaut Group 13|NASA Group 13 (1990)]]
| evas = 6
| eva_time = 36h 7m
| missions = [[STS-65]]<br>[[STS-72]]<br>[[STS-92]]<br>[[Soyuz TMA-5]] ([[Expedition 10]])
| insignia = [[File:Sts-65-patch.png|50px]] [[File:Sts-72-patch.png|50px]] [[File:Sts-92-patch.svg|50px]] [[File:Soyuz TMA-5 Patch.png|50px]] [[File:ISS Expedition 10 Patch.svg|50px]]
| retirement = December 5, 2005<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/releases/J05-063.html |title=Astronaut Leroy Chiao Leaves NASA |last=Cloutier-Lemasters |first=Nicole |date=December 5, 2005 |publisher=NASA |access-date=October 20, 2014 |archive-date=January 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122170741/https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/releases/J05-063.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| website = {{URL|leroychiao.com|Official website}}
| module = {{Infobox Chinese
|child = yes
|hide = no
|c = 焦立中
|p = Jiāo Lìzhōng}}
}}

'''Leroy Chiao''' ({{Lang-zh|t=|c=焦立中}}; born August 28, 1960) is an American [[chemical engineering|chemical engineer]], retired [[NASA]] [[astronaut]], entrepreneur, [[motivational speaker]], and engineering consultant.<ref name="nasa bio">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/chiao_leroy.pdf |title=Biographical Data: LEROY CHIAO (PH.D.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER)|access-date=January 10, 2021|publisher=[[NASA]]|date=December 2005|author=National Aeronautics and Space Administration}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/offices/hsf/members/chiao-bio.html |title=Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee – Dr. Leroy Chiao |last=Bonilla |first=Dennis |date=June 15, 2009 |website=[[Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee]] |access-date=August 20, 2016 |archive-date=November 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108221028/https://www.nasa.gov/offices/hsf/members/chiao-bio.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Chiao flew on three [[Space Shuttle]] flights, and was the commander of [[Expedition 10]], where he lived on board the [[International Space Station]] from October 13, 2004 to April 24, 2005.<ref name="nasa bio"/> He is also a co-author and researcher for the [[Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity]] project.

==Early life and education==
Chiao was born to a [[Taiwanese American]] family in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]]. He was raised in [[Danville, California]].<ref name="nasa bio"/> His parents are Taiwanese [[Waishengren|''waishengren'']] who were born in [[Shandong]] province in [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|mainland China]] but moved to [[Taiwan]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chiao |first=Leroy |date=2019-01-07 |title=Astronaut: What China's moon landing means for US |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/07/opinions/china-moon-landing-outpace-us-opinion-chiao/index.html |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> They met while studying at a Taiwanese university in the 1950s before immigrating to the U.S.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/SAN-FRANCISCO-Astronaut-a-big-booster-for-2631519.php|title=Astronaut a big booster for careers at NASA|website=San Francisco Chronicle|first=Vanessa|last=Hua|date=May 27, 2005|access-date=July 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060428094512/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2005%2F05%2F27%2FBAGQQCVO3A1.DTL|archive-date=April 28, 2006|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SCMP 2017">{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2114110/chinese-american-astronaut-how-his-space-dream|title= Chinese American astronaut on how his space dream came true and why Asian kids need to project themselves to succeed|last=James|first=Lauren|date=October 7, 2017|access-date=July 5, 2020|quote= My parents were from China but met at university in Taiwan and got married before emigrating to the United States. }}</ref>

Chiao graduated from [[Monte Vista High School (Danville, California)|Monte Vista High School]] in Danville in 1978. In 1983, he earned a [[Bachelor of Science]] in [[chemical engineering]] from the [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref name="bluecloud">{{cite web|url=http://www.asamnews.com/2015/05/31/former-astronaut-leroy-chiao-honored-with-leadership-award-at-china-institutes-blue-cloud-gala/|title=Former Astronaut Leroy Chiao honored with Leadership Award at China Institute's Blue Cloud Gala|website=AsAm News|first=Lia|last=Chang|date=31 May 2015|access-date=18 August 2016}}</ref> He later earned an [[Master of Science]] and a [[Doctor of Philosophy]] in chemical engineering from the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] in 1985 and 1987, respectively.<ref name="nasa bio" /><ref name="bluecloud" />

Chiao's parents were chemical engineers who immigrated to Milwaukee from [[Taiwan|the Republic of China]] in the late 1950s for graduate school. Stressing a high doctorate-level science education, his parents encouraged him to follow their lead and become an engineer.<ref name=bluecloud/> Chiao's [[aviator call sign]] is "[[Shandong]]," the name of the Chinese province where his parents grew up.<ref>{{cite news |title=Q&A with Leroy Chiao, first Asian-American and ethnic Chinese spacewalker and mission commander|url=https://thechinaproject.com/2016/02/06/qa-with-leroy-chiao-first-asian-american-and-ethnic-chinese-spacewalker-and-mission-commander/ |website=The China Project |date=February 6, 2016 |access-date=January 30, 2023 |language=en }}</ref>

==Pre-NASA career==
[[Image:Nasa leroy chiao Salizhan S. Sharipov.jpg|thumb|NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao, left, and Russian cosmonaut [[Salizhan Sharipov]] served on [[Expedition 10]] in the [[International Space Station]].]]
[[Image:Leroy Chiao working on Space Station Remote Manipulator System.jpg|thumb|Astronaut Leroy Chiao works with the controls of the [[Canadarm2]]]]
[[File:ISS-10 Leroy Chiao wearing a Russian Orlan spacesuit during EVA1.jpg|thumb|Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, wearing a Russian Orlan spacesuit, participates in the first of two sessions of extravehicular activities (EVA) performed by the Expedition 10 crew during their six-month mission.]]

Upon graduation, Chiao joined the [[Hexcel|Hexcel Corporation]] in [[Dublin, California]] from 1987 to 1989.<ref name="nasa bio"/> He was involved in process, manufacturing, and engineering research on advanced [[aerospace]] materials, and worked on a joint NASA-[[Jet Propulsion Laboratory|JPL]]/Hexcel project to develop a practical, optically correct, precision segment reflector made entirely of advanced polymer composite materials for future [[space telescope]]s, as well as working on [[Curing (chemistry)|cure]] modeling and [[Finite element method|finite element analysis]].<ref name="nasa bio"/> In January 1989, Chiao joined the [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]] in [[Livermore, California]], where he was involved in processing research for the fabrication of filament-wound and thick-section aerospace composites. Chiao also developed and demonstrated a mechanistic cure model for [[Carbon fiber reinforced polymer|graphite fiber]] and [[epoxy]] [[composite material]] (see [[Graphite-reinforced plastic]]). An instrument-rated pilot, Chiao has logged over 3300 flight hours in a variety of aircraft.<ref name="nasa bio"/>

==NASA career==
At age 29, Chiao was selected by NASA in January 1990 (the youngest in Group 13) and became an astronaut in July 1991. He qualified for flight assignment as a [[mission specialist]]. His technical assignments included: [[Space Shuttle]] flight [[software]] verification in the [[Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory]] (SAIL); crew equipment, [[Spacelab]], [[Astrotech Corporation|Spacehab]], and [[payload]] issues for the Astronaut Office Mission Development Branch; training and flight data file issues; and [[extravehicular activity]] (EVA) issues for the EVA Branch. Chiao is Chief of the Astronaut Office EVA Branch.<ref name="nasa bio"/>

A veteran of four space flights, Chiao flew as a mission specialist on [[STS-65]] in 1994, [[STS-72]] in 1996 and [[STS-92]] in 2000. Chiao had logged over 36 days and 12.5 hours in [[outer space|space]], including over 26 EVA hours in four spacewalks, before his mission aboard the [[International Space Station]].<ref name="nasa bio"/>

Chiao is fluent in [[Mandarin Chinese]]. Additionally, Chiao also learned [[Russian language|Russian]] to communicate with Russian cosmonauts as part of the [[International Space Station program]]. On November 2, 2004, Chiao voted in the [[2004 United States presidential election]] while aboard the International Space Station, making him the first American to vote in a presidential election while in space.<ref>{{cite news|last=Verhovek|first=Sam Howe|title=NASA Helps Astronauts Cast Ballots from Space|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91791895|access-date=2010-11-02|newspaper=NPR|date=2008-06-23}}</ref> McDonald's presented Chiao with a Big Mac and French fries at their branch in Star City as one of his first meals since returning to Earth after his ISS assignment.<ref name="mcd">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mcdonalds.com/usa/news/2005/conpr_04252005.html|title=McDonald's Honors NASA Astronaut Dr. Leroy Chiao|access-date=October 6, 2008|publisher=McDonald’s Corporation|year=2005|author=McDonald’s Corporation|archive-date=December 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226132907/https://www.mcdonalds.com/usa/news/2005/conpr_04252005.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Among the souvenirs he brought into space in his previous space flights were a Chinese flag and a quartz-carved rose from [[Hong Kong]].

Chiao was the inadvertent developer of the procedure to use the IRED (Interim Resistive Exercise Device) to excite the solar arrays of the ISS. During an exercise session of squats on the ISS, Chiao sent a vibration through the space station that caused the solar arrays to ripple – a low amplitude frequency response. When Chiao did this, the response from Mission Control was "knock it off." However, several years later during an ISS assembly flight in December 2006 (STS-116), German astronaut Thomas Reiter of the European Space Agency was told to do 30 seconds of robust exercise on the bungee-bar IRED machine to help retract ISS solar arrays, specifically to relieve tension in a wire system that was preventing the array from folding up like an accordion. An eventual unplanned spacewalk during the same shuttle mission retracted the array.

Chiao left NASA in December 2005 to pursue employment in the private sector.<ref name="left">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/releases/J05-063.html|title=Astronaut Leroy Chiao Leaves NASA|access-date=October 6, 2008|publisher=NASA|year=2005|author=NASA|archive-date=January 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122170741/https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/releases/J05-063.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Spaceflight experience===
[[Image:GWB welcomed the crew members and families of the International Space Station.jpg|thumb|President George W. Bush welcomed the crew members and families of the International Space Station expeditions 7, 8, 9, and 10 to the Oval Office in May 2005. From left: Lt. Colonel Mike Fincke, ISS 9; Dr. [[Edward Lu]], ISS 7; Dr. Leroy Chiao, ISS 10, and Dr. Michael Foale, ISS 8.]]
'''[[STS-65|STS-65 ''Columbia'']]''' (July 8–23, 1994) launched from and returned to land at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, setting a new flight duration record for the Space Shuttle program at that time. The STS-65 mission flew the second International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2). During the 15-day flight, the seven-member crew conducted more than 80 experiments focusing on materials and life sciences research in microgravity. The STS-65 mission was accomplished in 236 orbits of the Earth, traveling 6.1 million miles in 353 hours and 55 minutes.<ref name="nasa bio"/><ref name="sts-65">{{Cite web|url=http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-65/mission-sts-65.html|title=STS-65|access-date=October 6, 2008|publisher=[[NASA]]|year=1994|author=NASA|archive-date=February 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204150335/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-65/mission-sts-65.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

'''[[STS-72|STS-72 ''Endeavour'']]''' (January 11–20, 1996) was a nine-day mission during which the crew retrieved the Space Flyer Unit (launched from Japan ten months earlier), and deployed and retrieved the OAST-Flyer. Chiao performed two spacewalks designed to demonstrate tools and hardware and evaluate techniques to be used in the assembly of the International Space Station. In completing this mission, Chiao logged 214 hours and 41 seconds in space, including just over thirteen EVA hours, and traveled 3.7 million miles in 142 orbits of the Earth.<ref name="nasa bio"/><ref name="sts-72">{{Cite web|url=http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-72/mission-sts-72.html|title=STS-72|access-date=October 6, 2008|publisher=[[NASA]]|year=1996|author=NASA|archive-date=December 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220110207/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-72/mission-sts-72.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

'''[[STS-92|STS-92 ''Discovery'']]''' (October 11–24, 2000) was launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and returned to land at [[Edwards Air Force Base]], California. During the 13-day flight, the seven-member crew attached the Z1 Truss and Pressurized Mating Adapter 3 to the International Space Station using Discovery's robotic arm and performed four spacewalks to configure these elements. This expansion of the ISS opened the door for future assembly missions and prepared the station for its first resident crew. Chiao totaled 13 hours and 16 minutes of EVA time in two spacewalks. The STS-92 mission was accomplished in 202 orbits, traveling 5.3 million miles in 12 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes, and 25 seconds.<ref name="nasa bio"/><ref name="sts-92">{{Cite web|url=http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-92/mission-sts-92.html|title=STS-92|access-date=October 6, 2008|publisher=[[NASA]]|year=2000|author=NASA|archive-date=March 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305072211/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-92/mission-sts-92.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

'''ISS [[Expedition 10]]''' (October 9, 2004 – April 24, 2005), Chiao was the commander of Expedition 10 on the [[International Space Station]].<ref name="nasa bio"/><ref name="exp">{{Cite web|url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp10/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041015051022/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp10/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 15, 2004|title=Expedition 10|access-date=October 6, 2008|publisher=[[NASA]]|year=2005|author=NASA}}</ref><!--Info about him voting is already mentioned above, removing redundant paragraph-->

==Post-NASA career==
After leaving NASA, Chiao became involved in entrepreneurial business ventures in the U.S. and China.<ref name="usaweekend">{{Cite web|url=http://www.usaweekend.com/08_issues/080113/080113astronauts.html|title=21st-century pioneer|access-date=October 6, 2008|publisher=USA Weekend|year=2008|author=Mike Hammer}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

In early 2006, he joined the Atlanta firm of [[SpaceWorks Enterprises, Inc.]] (SEI) as an affiliate and technical advisor (on a non-exclusive basis). Dr. Chiao assists the firm on space technologies and operating processes for future space exploration concepts and research on the [[commercialization of space]].<ref name="sei">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sei.aero/press/press_2006-02-10.shtml|title=SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc. (SEI) Announces Astronaut Dr. Leroy Chiao Joins Firm as Affiliate|access-date=October 6, 2008|publisher=SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc.|year=2006|author=SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc.}}</ref> In July 2006, Chiao accepted a position as the Executive Vice President for Space Operations and a Director of [[Excalibur Almaz]] Limited.<ref name="usaweekend"/> He was responsible for operational aspects of spaceflight, including training for both the capsule and space station.<ref name="usaweekend"/> The company assembled a team from the Isle of Man, the United States, Russia, Ukraine, and Continental Europe to begin work towards refurbishing and flying a capsule in space based upon the design of the Almaz capsules.

In March 2006, Chiao began an appointment in the mechanical engineering department at the [[Louisiana State University]] as the first Raborn Distinguished Chair [[Max Faget]] Professor.<ref name="la">{{Cite web|url=http://www.leadingauthorities.com/24172/Chiao_Leroy_detail.htm|title=Leroy Chiao|access-date=October 6, 2008|publisher=Leading Authorities, Inc|year=2008|author=Leading Authorities, Inc|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905172306/http://www.leadingauthorities.com/24172/Chiao_Leroy_detail.htm|archive-date=September 5, 2008}}</ref>

Chiao is the chairman of the [[National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI)]] User Panel, which is attached to the [[Baylor College of Medicine]].<ref name="nsbri">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nsbri.org/NewsPublicOut/Release.epl?r=92|title=Astronaut Leroy Chiao named chair of NSBRI User Panel|access-date=October 6, 2008|publisher=National Space Biomedical Research Institute|year=2006|author=Kathy Major|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802032626/http://www.nsbri.org/NewsPublicOut/Release.epl?r=92|archive-date=August 2, 2009}}</ref> The NSBRI, funded by NASA, is a consortium of institutions studying the health risks related to long-duration space flight. The Institute's User Panel is an advisory board composed of former and current astronauts and flight surgeons that ensures NSBRI's research program is focused on astronaut health and safety. In preparation for lunar and Mars exploration, Chiao and the User Panel will help align NSBRI's science and technology projects with the needs of astronauts on long missions.<ref name="nsbri"/>

In July 2007, Chiao joined an expedition to visit [[Devon Island]] and conduct 5 days of webcasts and other instructional activities spanning the period of 16–20 July 2007.<ref name="eaac">{{Cite web|url=http://www.spaceref.com/blogs/earthclassroom/|title=Earth as a Classroom – Team Blogs|access-date=October 6, 2008|publisher=SpaceRef Interactive Inc|year=2007|author=Leroy Chiao|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202175833/http://www.spaceref.com/blogs/earthclassroom/|archive-date=February 2, 2013}}</ref> This activity was in collaboration with the Mars Institute, the [[Challenger Center for Space Science Education]], The [[Explorers Club]] and SpaceRef Interactive, Inc. He conducted these webcasts from the [[Haughton-Mars Project]] Research Station and nearby locations to illustrate how NASA and other space agencies are learning to live on the Moon and Mars here on Earth.<ref name="eaac"/>

Chiao appeared in an episode of [[MANswers]] in 2008 explaining how to neutralize an astronaut in space who has gone berserk.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.spike.com/video/how-do-you/3067777 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410071519/http://www.spike.com/video/how-do-you/3067777 | archive-date=10 April 2009 | title=Paramount Network &#124; Homepage - Shows & Schedules }}</ref>

In May 2009 Chiao wrote a few blog articles on Gizmodo.com detailing some of his space experiences.

In May 2009 Chiao was named as a member of the [[Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee]] an independent review requested by the [[Office of Science and Technology Policy]] (OSTP) on May 7, 2009.

In a special to CNN written by Chiao on 1 September 2011, he suggested that [[China]] be permitted to join the [[International Space Station]] program to remedy the issue relating to the limited options available for space travel, following the conclusion of the United States space shuttle program, and a failure of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft on 24 August 2011.<ref>Leroy Chiao, 1 September 2011, [https://edition.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/09/01/chiao.space.program.china/index.html Make China our new partner in space], CNN</ref>

From 2011–2016, Chiao worked for Epiphan Video as VP Aerospace. He is an advisor to the company. Based on NASA's space technologies, Epiphan Video produces high-resolution video capture, streaming, and recording products for the medical, educational, IT, and industrial markets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oce/appel/ask/issues/39/39i_invention.html |title=Featured Invention: NASA Helps Extend Medicine's Reach |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902164033/http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oce/appel/ask/issues/39/39i_invention.html |archive-date=2010-09-02 }}</ref> Chiao's role at Epiphan Video is to work with the aerospace industry to define the company's vision and achieve strategic goals in areas such as [[air traffic control]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.epiphan.com/company/index.php?coid=management|title=Management, Epiphan Systems|access-date=2012-02-10|archive-date=2012-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402184706/http://www.epiphan.com/company/index.php?coid=management|url-status=dead}}</ref>

From 2012–2016, Chiao was the special advisor – human spaceflight for the [[Space Foundation]]. He has been an advisor to the Houston Association of Space and Science Education since 2014. He is currently a co-founder and CEO of OneOrbit, a corporate keynote and training company, which also offers educational programs for schools and educators.

==Personal life==
Chiao married his wife, Karen, in 2003.<ref name="nasa bio"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/station/exp10/041011chiao.html|title=Leroy Chiao NASA BIOGRAPHY|website=Spaceflight Now|date=11 October 2004|access-date=18 August 2016}}</ref> She is a photographer, and her father is Dutch.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asianconnections.com/a/?article_id=474|title=Leroy Chiao - 1st Asian American Commander of the International Space Station|website=AsianConnections|first=Lia|last=Chang|access-date=18 August 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819055318/http://www.asianconnections.com/a/?article_id=474|archive-date=19 August 2016}}</ref> The couple has two children: twins Henry and Caroline.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.askmen.com/entertainment/right-stuff/leroy-chiao-interview.html|title=Leroy Chiao Interview|website=AskMen|first=Jim|last=Clash|date=2013|access-date=18 August 2016}}</ref> He divorced Karen in 2020.<ref>Harris County Cause Number 202029328, Judge Germaine Tanner, 311th Court</ref> Chiao enjoys flying his [[Grumman American AA-5|Grumman Tiger]] aircraft, as well as downhill skiing.<ref name="nasa bio"/> He speaks English, [[Mandarin Chinese]], and Russian.<ref name="nasa bio"/><ref name="blog">{{Cite web|url=https://leroychiao.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html|title=Leroy Chiao Blog|access-date=September 1, 2011|year=2007|author=Leroy Chiao}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
* [[NASA Distinguished Service Medal]] (2005)<ref name="nasa bio"/>
* [[NASA Exceptional Service Medal]]s (1996, 2000)<ref name="nasa bio"/>
* NASA Individual Achievement Awards (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)<ref name="nasa bio"/>
* [[NASA Group Achievement Award]]s (1995, 1997)<ref name="nasa bio"/>
* [[NASA Space Flight Medal]]s (1994, 1996, 2000, 2005)<ref name="nasa bio"/>
* [[De la Vaulx Medal]] (1994)<ref name="nasa bio"/>
* Induction into the [[Space Technology Hall of Fame]] for Mediphan - DistanceDoc and MedRecorder<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spacefoundation.org/programs/space-technology-hall-fame/inducted-technologies/mediphan-distancedoc-and-medrecorder |title=Mediphan - DistanceDoc and MedRecorder |website=SpaceFoundation.org |access-date=July 30, 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Asian American astronauts]]
* [[Ed Lu]]
* [[Taylor Wang]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.leroychiao.com/ Chiao's Website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080526124455/http://leroychiao.blogspot.com/ Chiao's Blog]
* [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/chiao_top10_gallery.html Expedition 10 Earth Observation Photos from Dr. Leroy Chiao] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405222038/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/chiao_top10_gallery.html |date=2012-04-05 }}
* [http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/chiao_leroy.htm Spacefacts biography of Leroy Chiao]
* [http://www.nasa.gov/offices/hsf/home/index.html Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206053825/http://www.nasa.gov/offices/hsf/home/index.html |date=2010-02-06 }}
* [https://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/10441294653-hyde-park-civilizace/220411058091031/ Leroy Chiao in Hyde Park Civilization on ČT24 8.11.2020 (moderator Daniel Stach)]

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