Key facts
- Born
- Jack Robert Lousma , ( 1936-02-29 ) February 29, 1936 (age 90) , Grand Rapids, Michigan , U.S.
- Education
- University of Michigan ( BS ), Naval Postgraduate School ( MS )
- Spouse
- Gratia Kay ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1956 )
- Awards
- NASA Distinguished Service Medal
- Rank
- Colonel , USMC
- Time in space
- 67d 11h 13m
- Selection
- NASA Group 5 (1966)
- Total eva time
- 11h 1m
- Missions
- Skylab-3 , STS-3
- Retirement
- October 1, 1983
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 5
- Given name
- Jack
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Grand Rapids
- Employer
- NASA
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Military branch
- United States Marine Corps
- Military rank
- colonel
- Image
- Lousma.jpg
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- Jack R. Lousma
- date of birth
- 1936-02-29
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- STS-3
- time in space
- 97153
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Encyclopedic overview
Jack Robert Lousma (born February 29, 1936) is an American astronaut, aeronautical engineer, retired United States Marine Corps officer, former naval aviator, NASA astronaut, and politician. He was a member of the second crew, Skylab-3, on the Skylab space station in 1973. In 1982, he commanded STS-3, the third Space Shuttle mission. Lousma was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1997. He is the last living crew member of both of his spaceflights.
Lousma later was the Republican Party nominee for a seat in the United States Senate from Michigan in 1984, losing to incumbent Carl Levin, who won his second of six terms.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jack R. Lousma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.