We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon
in this decade and do the other things, not because they are
easy, but because they are hard.
John F. Kennedy
Sept. 12, 1962
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Paul Joseph Weitz
Astronaut
| Date of Birth: |
July 25, 1932 |
| Place of Birth: |
Erie, PA |
| Joined NASA: |
April 4, 1966 |
| Left NASA: |
May 17, 1994 |
| Space Flights: |
2 |
| Time in Space: |
33 days, 1 hour, 13 minutes |
| Number of EVA's: |
2 |
| Total EVA Time: |
2 hours, 13 minutes |
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MISSION ASSIGNMENTS
Apollo 12
Assignment: Support Crew & Capcom
Skylab 2
May 25 - June 22, 1973
Assignment: Command Module Pilot
Flight Duration: 28 days, 50 minutes
STS-6
April 4-9, 1983
Assignment: Commander
Flight Duration: 5 days, 23 minutes
HIGHLIGHTS
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B.Sc., Aeronautical Engineering, Pennsylvania State Univ.,1954
M.Sc., Aeronautical Engineering, USN Postgraduate School,1964
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Received Naval commission and served a year at sea before entering flight school and receiving pilots wings in 1956.
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Remained with the USN, serving in various capacities until selected by NASA in 1966.
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1973, CMP of the first NASA space station mission where he assisted in the repair of the Skylab Orbital Workshop performing 2 EVA's during his near one month stay.
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1983, CDR of the maiden voyage of the Space Shuttle Challenger which featured the first EVA's of the Shuttle program.
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Following STS-6, named Deputy Director, Johnson Space Center where he remained until retirement from NASA in May 1994.
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