Frank Curtis Michel
Astronaut
| Date of Birth: |
May 6, 1934 |
| Place of Birth: |
LaCrosse, Wisconsin |
| Joined NASA: |
June 28, 1965 |
| Left NASA: |
August 4, 1969 |
| Space Flights: |
None |
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HIGHLIGHTS
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B.Sc, Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1955
Ph.D., Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1962
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Joined the USAF in 1955 and took flight training at Marana AFB in Arizona and Laredo and Perrin AFB's in Texas.
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Served three years as an Interceptor pilot in the US and Germany.
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Resigned from NASA, shortly after the first lunar landing in August 1969 to return to teaching and research when he realized that flight opportunities for scientist-astronauts were still far down the road.
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Accepted a position as Professor of Physics at Rice University, Houston, Texas.
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1971-1972, Sabbatical, Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton University, New Jersey.
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1974-1979, Chairman, Space Physics and Astronomy Department, Rice University.
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1980-1983, advanced studies at the University of Paris, France and the Max Planck Institute of the University of Heidelberg, Germany, later returning to Rice University.
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Author of numerous papers and publications on Space Physics.
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