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Owen Garriott
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Owen Garriott |
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Born on: |
22 Nov 1930 |
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Join NASA in: |
28 Jun 1965 |
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Current status: |
Retired 1 Aug 1986 |
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Spaceflight |
Position |
Date |
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Skylab 3 |
Pilot |
28.07. - 25.09.1973 |
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STS 9 |
MSP |
28.11. - 08.12.1983 |
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Spaceflight experience: |
Owen Garriott was was one of the
first six Scientist-Astronauts selected by NASA in 1965. His first
space flight aboard Skylab in 1973 set a new world record
for duration of approximately 60 days, more than double
the previous record. Extensive experimental studies of our
sun, of earth resources and in various life sciences
relating to human adaptation to weightlessness were made.
His second space flight was aboard Spacelab-1 in 1983, a
multidisciplinary and international mission of 10 days.
Over 70 separate experiments in six different disciplines
were conducted, primarily to demonstrate the suitability
of Spacelab for research in all these areas. He operated
the world's first Amateur Radio Station from space, W5LFL,
which has since expanded into an important activity on
dozens of Shuttle flights, Space Station MIR and now the
International Space Station, with scores of astronauts and
cosmonauts participating.
Between these missions, he received a NASA fellowship for
one year's study at Stanford (1975-76) and held the posts
of Deputy, Acting and Director of Science and Applications
at Johnson Space Center, (1974-75, 76-78). In the latter
post he was responsible for all research in the physical
sciences at the Johnson Space Center. From 1984 to 1986,
he held the position of Project Scientist in the Space
Station Project Office. In this position he worked closely
with the external scientific communities and advised the
Project Manager concerning the scientific suitability of
the Space Station design.
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