Canadian Space Agency

Bjarni Tryggvason

Canada

Bjarni Tryggvason
Deceased

Biography

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Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason (born September 21, 1945) is an Icelandic-born Canadian engineer and a former NRC/CSA astronaut. He served as a Payload Specialist on Space Shuttle mission STS-85 in 1997, a 12-day mission to study changes in the Earth's atmosphere.

Type

Government

Age

76

Date of Birth

September 21, 1945

First Flight

August 7, 1997

Last Flight

August 7, 1997

Career Stats

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Flights

1

Landings

0

Spacewalks

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Time in Space

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