Jack Lousma

Astronaut

Birthday February 29, 1936

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Grand Rapids, MI

Age 89 years old

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About

American space shuttle commander of STS-3 and member of the 2nd manned crew on the Skylab space station. He was selected as part of the 1966 NASA Group.

Before fame

He received a B.S. degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Michigan, and a M.S. degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.

Trivia

He ran for Michigan senate as a Republican nominee in 1984 but was not elected.

Family life

He married Gratia Kay in 1956.

Associated with

He was an astronaut like Virgil Ivan Grissom.