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During the same mission, Money served as the alternate astronaut, having the capability to fly if needed. Money is credited with the invention of an experimental surgical operation called semicircular canal plugging, [ 3 ] which is now being used in North America and Europe to treat particular types of dizzy spells.
Roberta Bondar, Marc Garneau, Steve MacLean, Ken Money, Robert Thirsk, and Bjarni Tryggvason This first Canadian astronaut group was selected by the National Research Council and were transferred to the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) when it was created in 1989. All the astronauts flew on the US Space Shuttle by 1997 except Ken Money, who resigned ...
The Canadian Astronaut Corps is a unit of the Canadian Space Agency ... Ken Money, Robert Thirsk and Bjarni Tryggvason (all transferred to CSA in 1989) 1992 CSA Group ...
Ken Mattingly, an astronaut who is best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth, has died, NASA announced. “We lost one ...
Apollo astronaut Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II, known for helping the crew of Apollo 13 safely return to Earth after an explosion doomed their lunar mission, has died at the age of 87, NASA announced.
From the 100 military personnel and 59 civilian candidates, NASA selected 19 to join the group for training as astronauts. [9] Mattingly, a lieutenant in the Navy, [9] was a student at the U.S. Air Force Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards AFB, California, when NASA selected him as an astronaut in April 1966. [2] [10]
Ken MacKenzie, baseball player (b. 1934) December 17 – Gurdev Singh Gill, Indian-born physician, community leader, and activist (b. 1931) December 18 – John Godfrey, educator, journalist, and politician (b. 1942) December 21 – Roger Pomerleau, politician and carpenter (b. 1947) December 22 – Andy Brandt, politician (b. 1938) December 24
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