James A. Pawelczyk
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| Country: | United States |
| Organization: | NASA |
| selected on | April 4, 1996 ( Neurolab ) |
| Calls: | 1 space flight |
| Begin: | April 17, 1998 |
| Landing: | May 3, 1998 |
| Time in space: | 15d 21h 50min |
| retired on | May 3, 1998 |
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James Anthony "Jim" Pawelczyk (born September 20, 1960 in Buffalo , New York ) is an American scientist who took part in a space flight. However, he is not a professional astronaut .
Life
Pawelczyk received a bachelor's degree in biology and another in psychology from the University of Rochester in 1982 and a master's degree in physiology from Pennsylvania State University in 1985 . In 1989 he received a PhD in biology and physiology from the University of North Texas .
From 1989 to 1992 he completed his internship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center . He was then until 1995 Assistant Professor of Cardiology at Southwestern Medical Center and Director of the Autonomic and Exercise Physiology Laboratories at the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine at the Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas . Since 1995 he has been Professor of Physiology and Kinesiology at Pennsylvania State University.
On April 17, 1998, Pawelczyk started as a payload specialist on the space shuttle Columbia for the Spacelab mission STS-90 . The 16-day Neurolab mission primarily served to research the effects of weightlessness on the brain and nervous system .
James Pawelczyk is married and has two children.
Web links
- Short biography of James A. Pawelczyk at spacefacts.de
- NASA biography of James A. Pawelczyk (English; PDF)
- Biography of James A. Pawelczyk in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
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| SURNAME | Pawelczyk, James A. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pawelczyk, James Anthony (full name); Pawelczyk, Jim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th September 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buffalo , New York , United States |