Charles Owen Hobaugh (born November 5, 1961, in Bar Harbor, Maine[2]) is a former NASA astronaut and a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer.

In 1984 he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the United States Naval Academy.

[2] Hobaugh received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps upon graduation from the U.S.

Upon completion of this training, he was assigned to VMA-331 and made overseas deployments to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, and flew combat missions in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm embarked aboard the USS Nassau.

In July 1994, he went back to the Naval Test Pilot School as an instructor in the Systems Department, where he flew the F-18, T-2 Buckeye, U-6A and gliders.

Projects included Landing and Rollout, evaluator in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL), Advanced Projects, Multifunction Electronics Display Enhancements, Advanced and Upgrade, Rendezvous and Close Proximity Operations and Visiting Vehicles prior to his first flight assignment.

Most recently, he served as Capsule Communicator, working in the Mission Control Center as the voice to the crew.

[5] Hobaugh served as commander on the STS-129 mission aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis for 10 days in November 2009.

[2] This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.