Biographies of U.S. Astronauts
GarnEdwin Jacob "Jake"USA |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 12.10.1932 |
| Birthplace: | Richfield, Utah |
| Marital status: | widowed |
| Children: | seven |
| Selection date: | 09.11.1984 |
| Selection group: | Congress Observer |
| Position: | PSP |
| Status: | Ret. 19.04.1985 |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | STS-51D Discovery | PS | 12.04. - 19.04.1985 | 6d 23h 55m |
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| Total | 6d 23h 55m | |||
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Additional information
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Bachelor of science in banking and finance
from the University of Utah; served as pilot in the
USN; later
Brigadier General, Utah Air National Guard, Ret.; Senator (Republican Party)
for U.S. State Utah from 1974- 1993; later Vice Chairman of Huntsman Chemical
Corp., Salt Lake City, Utah; four of his children are from a previous
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