Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Happy birthday, Skylab astronaut Joseph Kerwin!


Joseph Kerwin, born February 19, 1932 in Oak Park, Illinois, went into space aboard Skylab 2.  He received a Doctor of Medicine degree from Northwestern University Medical School in 1957 and became a naval flight surgeon in 1958.

NASA selected him as an astronaut in 1965, the first physician to selected for astronaut training.  He launched aboard Skylab 2 as science pilot May 25, 1973 and returned to Earth June 22.  He performed one EVA during the mission with fellow astronaut Pete Conrad lasting 3 hours, 25 minutes.



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