Christopher Loria, born July 9, 1960 in Newton, Massachusetts, is a retired NASA astronaut. He was scheduled to pilot the Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-113) in November 2002, but a serious back injury grounded him. In the fall of 2004, his injuries were determined to be inoperable and this resulted in his being medically disqualified from future space flights. He requested to be re-assigned to the Marine Corps. He retired as an astronaut in 2005.
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