Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 1997.
1Flight
11d 20hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason (born September 21, 1945) is an Icelandic-born Canadian engineer and a former NRC/CSA astronaut. He served as a Payload Specialist on Space Shuttle mission STS-85 in 1997, a 12-day mission to study changes in the Earth's atmosphere.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Reykjavík
- Education
- University of British Columbia; University of Western Ontario; Richmond Secondary School
- Awards
- Knights of the Order of the Falcon
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-85August 7, 1997
Born 1945-09-21 · died 2022-04-06, aged 76