Lt Col Raja “Grinder” Chari (NASA Astronaut) Height, Weight, Age, Wife, Biography & More

Bio
Real Name	Raja "Grinder" Chari
Nickname	Grinder
Profession	Astronaut
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 178 cm in meters- 1.78 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 10”
Weight (approx.)	in Kilograms- 75 kg in Pounds- 165 lbs
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	Year 1978
Birth Place	Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Age (as in 2017)	39 Years
Nationality	Canadian
Hometown	Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
School	Not Known
College/University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States
Educational Qualifications	Master’s Degree in Aeronautics
Family	Father- Name Not Known Mother- Name Not Known Brother- Not Known Sister- Not Known
Religion	Hinduism
Ethnicity	Indian-American
Hobbies	Reading, Traveling, Listening to Music
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Not Known
Affairs/Girlfriends	Not Known
Wife/Spouse	Not Known
Children	Not Known

Some Lesser Known Facts About Raja “Grinder” Chari

He has served as a commander of the 461st Flight Test Squadron at the Edwards Air Force Base in California.

He has also served as the director of the F-35 Integrated Test Force at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

After graduating from the US Naval Test Pilot School, Chari pursued a Master’s Degree in Aeronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

In June 2017, NASA picked him among 12 new astronauts (7 men and 5 women)- making up the largest astronauts group NASA has selected in almost 2 decades.

He will be trained for 2 years now by NASA and once his training is complete, he could be assigned to research missions on the International Space Station (ISS) and flying into space on NASA’s new Orion Spacecraft or its Space Launch System rocket.