Biographies of Astronaut and Cosmonaut Candidates
McCormack, Jr.Percival DavisIreland |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 23.10.1939 |
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| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | five |
| Selection date: | 01.09.1977 |
| Position: | PSP |
| Status: | Ret. 22.12.1977 |
| Day of death: | 09.06.2015 |
| Place of death: | / Illinois |
Additional information
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Ph.D. in physics, nuclear physics, gashydro dynamics,
medicine; in 1977 he worked as expert in nuclear physics at the Trinity College
in Dublin; first chief flight surgeon for Europe’s new astronaut corps; in
2001, McCormack became professor of bio-engineering at the University of
Illinois at Chicago; one of two Irish candidates in 1977
ESA
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