Joseph Peter Kerwin
Astronaut

Date of Birth: February 17, 1932
Place of Birth: Oak Park, Illinois
Joined NASA: June 28, 1965
Left NASA: October 1, 1990
Space Flights: 1
Time in Space: 28 days, 49 minutes, 49 seconds
Number of EVA's: 1
Total EVA Time: 5 hours, 25 minutes
MISSION ASSIGNMENTS
Apollo 13
Assignment: Capcom

Skylab 2
May 25 - June 22, 1973
Assignment: Science Pilot
Flight Duration: 28 days, 49 minutes, 49 seconds

HIGHLIGHTS

  • B.A., Philosophy, College of the Holy Cross, Cambridge, MA, 1953
    M.D., Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, 1957

  • Interned at DC General Hospital in Washington DC then attended the US Navy School of Aviation Medicine at Pensacola, FL achieving Naval Flight Surgeon status in 1957.

  • Joined the US Navy Medical Corps in 1958 and earned his wings at Beeville,TX in 1962.

  • May-June 1973, Science Pilot on the first manned orbital space station mission for NASA he assisted crewmates Pete Conrad and Paul Weitz in station repairs and a multitude of experiments during 4 weeks in space.

  • After Skylab 2 served as Chief of the On-Orbit Branch of the Astronaut Office working on the Shuttle Program.

  • 1982-83, NASA Senior Scientist representative in Australia.

  • 1984-87, Director of the Space & Life Sciences Directorate at JSC.

  • 1987-90, worked in conjunction with Lockheed as Manager, Extravehicular Systems Project.

  • 1990-93 Served on the NASA Advisory Council and from 1990-94 was Manager of the NASA Human Transportation Study Group.

  • 1994-95 Lead of the liason group for Lockheed-Martin.

  • June 1996, joined Systems Research Laboratory(SRL) as a Program Manager.

  • 1997, Joined Krug Life Sciences which became Wyle Laboratories, El Segundo CA in 1998.

  • Also served on the Board of Directors of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute in El Segundo.