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Owen Garriott

United States

Owen Garriott was an American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut who served as a science pilot on the second crewed mission to the Skylab space station in 1973, spending nearly sixty days in orbit conducting solar and materials science research. He later flew aboard a Space Shuttle mission in 1983 carrying the first Spacelab module. Garriott was also an active amateur radio operator who made some of the first amateur radio contacts from space, and his son Richard Garriott later became a private spaceflight participant himself.

Facts
Birth Date
1930-11-22 3
Birth Year
1930 3
Nationality
American 3
Notable Mission
Skylab 3 3
Classification
Astronaut Role
Mission Specialist 1
Dating
Selection Year
1965 2
Connections

Associated With

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Owen Garriott - Wikipedia

Operated By

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Owen Garriott - Wikipedia
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Nationality

United States

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Source Wikidata: Owen Garriott
Sources
1. Spacefacts.de: Spacefacts biography: Owen Garriott
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2. Owen Garriott (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia Owen Garriott lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)View the Source
3. Owen Garriott - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1930-11-22
  • Introduction, first sentence, parenthetical
    November 22, 1930
  • Introduction, first sentence, description
    an American electrical engineer
  • Infobox, mission
    Skylab 3, STS-9
  • Operated By: NASA, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Owen Kay Garriott (November 22, 1930, April 15, 2019) was an American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut, who spent 60 days aboard the Skylab space station in 1973 during the Skylab 3 mission, and 10 days aboard Spacelab-1 on a Space Shuttle mission in 1983.
  • Associated With: NASA, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Owen Kay Garriott (November 22, 1930, April 15, 2019) was an American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut, who spent 60 days aboard the Skylab space station in 1973 during the Skylab 3 mission, and 10 days aboard Spacelab-1 on a Space Shuttle mission in 1983.
  • In Group: Apollo and Skylab Astronauts, Lead sentence
    Owen Kay Garriott (November 22, 1930, April 15, 2019) was an American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut, who spent 60 days aboard the Skylab space station in 1973 during the Skylab 3 mission, and 10 days aboard Spacelab-1 on a Space Shuttle mission in 1983.
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Wikidata: Owen Garriott
Wikidata Q507046, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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