- Born
- Died
- Birth nameOwen Kay Garriott
- Owen Garriott was born on November 22, 1930 in Enid, Oklahoma, USA. He was married to Garriott, Helen, Helen Walker and Evelyn Long. He died on April 15, 2019 in Huntsville, Alabama, USA.
- SpousesGarriott, Helen(1952 - ?) (divorced, 4 children)Helen Walker(1952 - ?) (divorced, 4 children)Evelyn Long(? - April 15, 2019) (his death)
- Children
- Father of Robert Garriott and Richard Garriott.
- Former NASA astronaut.
- In 1965, he was one of the first six Scientist-Astronauts selected by NASA. His first space flight aboard Skylab in 1973 set a new world record for duration of approximately 60 days, more than double the previous record. The crew made extensive experimental studies of our Sun, of Earth resources and in various life sciences relating to human adaptation to weightlessness.
- Garriott's second space flight was aboard Spacelab-1 in 1983, a multidisciplinary and international mission of 10 days. Over 70 separate experiments in six different disciplines were conducted, primarily to demonstrate the suitability of Spacelab for research in all these areas.
- He operated the world's first Amateur Radio Station from space, W5LFL, which has since expanded into an important activity on dozens of Shuttle flights, Space Station MIR and now the International Space Station, with scores of astronauts and cosmonauts participating.
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