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Paul Weitz
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Paul Weitz |
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Born on: |
25 Jul 1932 |
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Join NASA in: |
4 Apr 1966 |
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Current status: |
Retired 1 Mar 1988 |
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Spaceflight |
Position |
Date |
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Skylab 2 |
Pilot |
25.05. - 22.06.1973 |
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STS 6 |
Cmdr |
04.04. - 09.04.1983 |
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Spaceflight experience: |
Paul Weitz is one of the 19
astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as
pilot on the crew of Skylab-2 (SL-2), which launched on
May 25 and ended on June 22, 1973. SL-2 was the first
manned Skylab mission, and activated a 28-day flight. In
logging 672 hours and 49 minutes aboard the orbital
workshop, the crew established what was then a new world
record for a single mission. Weitz also logged 2 hours and
11 minutes in extravehicular activities.
Weitz was spacecraft commander on the crew of STS-6, which
launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on April 4,
1983. This was the maiden voyage of the Orbiter
Challenger. During the mission, the crew conducted
numerous experiments in materials processing, recorded
lightning activities, deployed IUS/TDRS-A, conducted
spectacular extravehicular activity while testing a
variety of support systems and equipment in preparation
for future space walks, and also carried three "Getaway
Specials." Mission duration was 120 hours before landing
Challenger on a concrete runway at Edwards Air
Force Base, California, on April 9, 1983. With the
completion of this flight, Paul Weitz logged a total of
793 hours in space.
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