Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 1984.
1Flight
8d 5hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Paul Desmond Scully-Power, AM, FRAeS (born May 28, 1944) is an Australian-American oceanographer, technology expert and business executive. In 1984, while a civilian employee of the United States Naval Undersea Warfare Center, he flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-41-G as a Payload Specialist. He was the first Australian-born person to journey into space, and the first astronaut with a beard.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Sydney
- Education
- University of Sydney
- Awards
- Member of the Order of Australia; Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-41-GOctober 5, 1984
Born 1944-05-28 · age 82