Paul Weitz was an American NASA astronaut and United States Navy officer who served as pilot on the first crewed mission to the Skylab space station in 1973, a flight that had to perform urgent in-orbit repairs after Skylab was damaged during its own uncrewed launch. He later commanded the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983, becoming one of the relatively few astronauts to fly in both the Skylab and Shuttle programs.
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- He was also commander of the STS-6 mission, the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger
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1956. He served in various naval aircraft squadrons until he was selected as an astronaut in 1966. He logged more than 7,700 hours flying
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He was a member of the three-man crew who flew on Skylab 2, the first crewed Skylab mission.
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Paul Joseph Weitz (July 25, 1932, October 22, 2017) was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who flew into space twice.
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Paul Joseph Weitz (July 25, 1932, October 22, 2017) was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who flew into space twice.
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Paul J. Weitz (1932-2017), American astronaut
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