Karl Gordon Henize
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Karl Gordon Henize (1926 - 1993)

Dr Karl Gordon Henize
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United Statesmap
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Died at age 66 in Tibet (Xizang) Region, Chinamap
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Biography

Karl Gordon Henize, Ph.D. (17 October 1926 – 5 October 1993) was an American astronomer, space scientist, NASA astronaut, and professor at Northwestern University.

1926 Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA.
1947 Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, University of Virginia.
1948 Master of Arts in Astronomy, University of Virginia.
1967 Selected by NASA in Astronauts Group 6. [1]
1974 Awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal. [2]
1985 Flew on Challenger STS-51-F as MS1 with Charles Fullerton, Roy Bridges, Story Musgrave, Anthony W. England, Loren Acton and John-David F. Bartoe. Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal. [2]
STS-51-F
NASA
Space Flight
1993 Died in Tibet (Xizang) Region, China. [3]

Sources

  1. Wikipedia List of Astronauts, by Year
  2. 2.0 2.1 Agency Awards Historical Recipient List
  3. "Top 10 People Who Never Left Mount Everest — TopTenzNet." TopTenzNet. 19 Jan 2016. Youtube (web) 22 Jan 2017.

See also:

  • Wikipedia: Karl Gordon Henize
  • Wikidata: Item Q722390, en:Wikipedia help.gif
  • Find A Grave: Memorial #8706092
  • Ancestry Profile
  • "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9RY-RZD : 19 May 2014), Karl G Henize, 05 Oct 1993; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  • "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4W4-NWY : accessed 19 January 2017), Carl G Heinze in household of Fred R Heinze, Columbia, Hamilton, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 328, sheet 3B, line 95, family 79, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1818; FHL microfilm 2,341,552.
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWX2-TWP : accessed 19 January 2017), Karl Henize in household of Mabel Henize, Columbia Township, Hamilton, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31-14, sheet 11B, line 74, family 218, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3076.




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