Owen K. Garriott
Owen Kay Garriott, Ph.D. (born November 22, 1930) is a former NASA astronaut who spent 60 days aboard the Skylab space station in 1973 during the Skylab 3 mission, and 10 days aboard Spacelab-1 on a space shuttle mission in 1983.
He is the father of Robert Garriott and fellow spacefarer Richard Garriott, with whom he helped found Origin Systems.
Read more about Owen K. Garriott: Honors and Affiliations, Books
Famous quotes containing the word owen:
“Bees
Shaking the heavy dews from bloom and frond.
Boys
Bursting the surface of the ebony pond.”
—Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)