Biographies of Astronaut and Cosmonaut Candidates
O'NeillGerard KitchenUSA |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 06.02.1927 |
| Birthplace: | Brooklyn, New York |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | four |
| Selection date: | ??.??.1967 |
| Position: | PLT |
| Status: | Ret. 04.08.1967 |
| Day of death: | 27.04.1992 |
| Place of death: | Redwood City, California |
Additional information
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He graduated from Swarthmore College in 1950
with high honors in physics and received a doctorate in physics from Cornell
University in 1954; in 1954 he joined the faculty of Princeton University; in
1977, he founded the Space Studies Institute at Princeton, an organization that
continues today to fund research in space manufacturing and resources; semi
finalist in
NASA group 6 selection; died of leukemia. |
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