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 |
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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
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B.A., Philosophy, College of the Holy Cross, Cambridge, MA, 1953
M.D., Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, 1957
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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.
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Joined the US Navy Medical Corps in 1958 and earned his wings at Beeville,TX in 1962.
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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.
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After Skylab 2 served as Chief of the On-Orbit Branch of the Astronaut Office working on the Shuttle Program.
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1982-83, NASA Senior Scientist representative in Australia.
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1984-87, Director of the Space & Life Sciences Directorate at JSC.
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1987-90, worked in conjunction with Lockheed as Manager, Extravehicular Systems Project.
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1990-93 Served on the NASA Advisory Council and from 1990-94 was Manager of the NASA Human Transportation Study Group.
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1994-95 Lead of the liason group for Lockheed-Martin.
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June 1996, joined Systems Research Laboratory(SRL) as a Program Manager.
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1997, Joined Krug Life Sciences which became Wyle Laboratories, El Segundo CA in 1998.
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Also served on the Board of Directors of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute in El Segundo.
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