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Items taken to space return to NAMRU San Antonio
November 2, 2022 — Possessing an object that has been to space is no easy feat. For Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, that is now a reality. During a presentation held at the Brooke Army Medical Center’s Putnam Auditorium at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, U.S. Army Col. Andrew Morgan, NASA astronaut, returned a command coin and logo sticker which he took with him during his nine months aboard the International Space Station. ... MORE

BAMC hosts live chat with Army’s first doctor in space
November 29, 2019 — With the holiday season at hand, the first Army doctor in space expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to serve his nation as a Soldier and a NASA astronaut during his live, in-flight interview with more than 250 staff members, patients and family members Nov. 27 at Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

Col. Andrew Morgan, formerly assigned to BAMC as an emergency physician, arrived on the International Space Station July 20, 2019, the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. Morgan will spend more than six months conducting about 350 science investigations. “It is an honor to have Brooke Army Medical Center, the gold standard in military trauma and burn care, aboard the International Space Station with me,” said Morgan, who then displayed an organization T-shirt and set a BAMC coin spinning in zero gravity to huge cheers and applause.