Father: Owen Garriott
Mother: Mary Catherine Mellick
Owen Kay Garriott (born November 22, 1930 – April 15, 2019) was an American electrical engineer and former 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.
1930 | Born in Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, USA. | |||||
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1952 | Married Helen Mary Walker on 26 Jan 1952 (to 1988).[1] | |||||
1953 | Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Oklahoma. | |||||
1955 | Son Randall O Garriot is born. | |||||
1956 | Son Robert K Garriot is born. | |||||
1957 | Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University. | |||||
1960 | Ph.D., Stanford University | |||||
1961 | Son Richard A Garriot is born. | |||||
1965 | Selected by NASA in Astronauts Group 4 [2] | |||||
1966 | Daughter Linda S Garriot is born. | |||||
1973 | Flew on Skylab 3 as Science Pilot with Alan Bean and Jack Lousma. Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. [3] | |||||
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1983 | Flew on Columbia STS-9 as MS1 with John Young, Brewster Shaw, Robert A. Parker, Ulf Merbold and Byron Lichtenberg. Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal. [3] | |||||
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1986 | Left NASA to pursue a career as a consultant. | |||||
2010 | Awarded the NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal. [3] | |||||
2019 | Died on 15 Apr 2019 in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, United States |
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