James "Jim" Pawelczyk, born September 20, 1950 in Buffalo, New York, is an astronaut who flew on the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-90) April 1998. He is the first American astronaut of full-blooded Polish descent to fly in space. Cosmonaut Miroslaw Hermaszewski was the first Pole in space in 1978.
Pawelczyk got a MS in physiology in 1985 and PhD in biology from the University of North Texas (Go Eagles!) in 1989. It was his education and background why he was selected for the STS-90 mission, which conducted research on the human neurological system.
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