Karl Gordon Henize
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| Country: | United States |
| Organization: | NASA |
| selected on | August 4, 1967 ( 6th NASA Group ) |
| Calls: | 1 space flight |
| Begin: | July 29, 1985 |
| Landing: | August 6, 1985 |
| Time in space: | 7d 22h 45min |
| retired on | April 1986 |
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Karl Gordon Henize (born October 17, 1926 in Cincinnati , Ohio , † October 5, 1993 on Mount Everest , Nepal ) was an American astronaut .
education
Henize received a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1947 and a master's in astronomy from the University of Virginia in 1948 while doing research at the McCormick Observatory . In 1954 he received an honorary doctorate in astronomy from the University of Michigan .
From 1948 to 1951 Henize was an astronomer on behalf of the Observatory of the University of Michigan at the Lamont Hussey Observatory in Bloemfontein in South Africa . In 1954 he came to the Mount Wilson Observatory in California and from 1956 to 1959 he was at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory . From 1959 Henize taught astronomy at Northwestern University . In addition, he continued his astronomical research, including at the Mount Stromlo Observatory in Australia.
Henize worked with various ultraviolet optical telescopes that were used during the Gemini program and on the Skylab space station . He led several working groups at NASA and the IAU for the development of telescopes, including for the Spacelab .
Astronaut activity
Henize was selected as a science astronaut by NASA in August 1967. During his training, he also completed a 53-week flight training course at Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma . He was a member of the support teams for the Apollo 15 , Skylab 2 , 3 and 4 missions .
STS-51-F
On July 29, 1985 Henize started as a mission specialist with the space shuttle Challenger for the Spacelab-2 mission ( STS-51-F ) in space. It was the first flight of the European space laboratory without a pressure module - the experiments (mainly in the disciplines of astronomy and astrophysics) had been installed on three pallets in the Challenger's hold. The crew worked in two shifts in order to achieve the maximum possible utilization of the experiments.
death
Karl Henize died on October 5, 1993 at the age of 66 while attempting to climb the north face of Mount Everest. High elevation pulmonary edema was given as the cause of death . He left behind his wife and four children.
See also
Web links
- Short biography of Karl Gordon Henize at spacefacts.de
- NASA biography of Karl Gordon Henize (English; PDF)
- Biography of Karl Gordon Henize in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
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| SURNAME | Henize, Karl Gordon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cincinnati , Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th October 1993 |
| Place of death | Mount Everest , Nepal |