CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Former astronaut Owen Garriott, who flew on America’s first space station, Skylab, and whose son followed him into orbit, has died at age 88. Garriott has died at his home in Huntsville, Ala. A statement released by the space agency says Garriott died Monday, April 15, 2019. ( AP / NASA ) In this August 1973 photo made available by NASA, astronaut Owen K. Garriott retrieves an imagery experiment from the Apollo Telescope Mount attached to the Skylab in Earth orbit. “Yet, none without the risks undertaken by those early pioneers!” Owen Garriott was born in Enid, Oklahoma and served with the Navy. “Saddened to learn the passing of former Astronaut Owen Garriott who pioneered long-duration spaceflight aboard #Skylab,” tweeted Scott Kelly, who spent a U.S.-record one year aboard the International Space Station.

Source: thestar April 16, 2019 12:45 UTC