Flight record
2 flights on padside's record, flying from 1973 to 1983, with 2 spacewalks in that span.
2Flights
33d 1hTime in space
2h 16mEVA time
2Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Paul Joseph Weitz was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who flew into space twice. He was a member of the three-man crew who flew on Skylab 2, the first manned Skylab mission. He was also Commander of the STS-6 mission, the first of the Space Shuttle Challenger flights.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Erie
- Education
- Pennsylvania State University; Naval Postgraduate School
- Awards
- NASA Distinguished Service Medal; Air Medal; Harmon Trophy; United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-6April 4, 1983
- Saturn IB | Skylab 2May 25, 1973
Spacewalks
- Skylab II EVA 31973-06-19
- Skylab II EVA 11973-05-26
Expeditions
- Skylab II1973-05-25 – 1973-06-22
Born 1932-07-25 · died 2017-10-22, aged 85