Owen Garriott

Owen Garriott
Garriott in 1971
Born	Owen Kay Garriott (1930-11-22)November 22, 1930 Enid, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	April 15, 2019(2019-04-15) (aged 88) Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
Education	University of Oklahoma (BS) Stanford University (MS, PhD)
Awards	NASA Distinguished Service Medal
Space career
NASA astronaut
Time in space	69d 18h 56m
Selection	NASA Group 4 (1965)
Total EVAs	3
Total EVA time	13h 43m
Missions	Skylab 3 STS-9
Mission insignia
Retirement	June 1986
Scientific career
Thesis	The Determination of Ionospheric Electron Content and Distribution from Satellite Observations (1959)
Doctoral advisor	Oswald Villard Allen Peterson
Doctoral students	Aldo da Rosa

Owen Kay Garriott (November 22, 1930 – April 15, 2019) was an American electrical engineer and 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.

After serving in the United States Navy, Garriott was an engineering professor at Stanford University before attending the United States Air Force Pilot Training Program and later joining NASA. After his NASA career, he worked for various aerospace companies, consulted on NASA-related committees, taught as an adjunct professor, and conducted research on microbes found in extreme environments.