Jerome Apt

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Jerome "Jay" Apt III, Ph.D. (born April 28, 1949 in Massachusetts) is an American astronaut and professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Before he became an astronaut, Apt was a physicist who worked on the Pioneer Venus 1978 space probe project, and used visible light and infrared techniques to study the planets and moons of the solar system from ground-based observatories.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Born in

Springfield

Education

Harvard University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Shady Side Academy

Awards

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; NASA Distinguished Service Medal

From Wikidata.

• Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-79Mission Specialist · Success · with Carl E. Walz, John E. Blaha, Terrence W. Wilcutt, Thomas Akers, William F. ReaddySeptember 16, 1996
• Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-59Mission Specialist · Success · with Kevin P. Chilton, Linda M. Godwin, Michael R. Clifford, Sidney M. Gutierrez, Thomas David JonesApril 9, 1994 · 11:05 UTC
• Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-47Mission Specialist · Success · with Curtis Brown, Jan Davis, Mae Jemison, Mamoru Mohri, Mark C. Lee, Robert L. GibsonSeptember 12, 1992
• Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-37Mission Specialist · Success · with Jerry L. Ross, Kenneth D. Cameron, Linda M. Godwin, Steven R. NagelApril 5, 1991

• STS-37 EVA 2 (Placeholder)5h 47m1991-04-08
• STS-37 EVA 1 (Placeholder)4h 26m1991-04-07