Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 1985.
1Flight
6d 23hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American astronaut and politician, a member of the Republican Party, who served as a U.S. Senator representing Utah from 1974 to 1993. Garn became the first sitting member of the United States Congress to fly in space when he flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as a Payload Specialist during NASA mission STS-51-D (April 12–19, 1985).
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Richfield
- Education
- University of Utah; East High School; David Eccles School of Business
- Awards
- NASA Space Flight Medal
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-DApril 12, 1985
Born 1932-10-12 · age 94