Bjarni Tryggvason
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Bjarni Tryggvason was an Icelandic-born Canadian engineer and astronaut who flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery as a payload specialist on the STS-85 mission.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian astronaut
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astronaut ⓘ engineer ⓘ human ⓘ mechanical engineer ⓘ |
| almaMater | University of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Canada
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Iceland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Iceland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfWork | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1945-09-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2022-04-05 ⓘ |
| describedBy | Icelandic-born Canadian engineer and astronaut ⓘ |
| educatedIn | engineering physics ⓘ |
| employer |
Canadian Space Agency
NERFINISHED
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National Research Council Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Tryggvason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aeronautical engineering
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space science ⓘ |
| flewOnSpaceShuttle | Space Shuttle Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Bjarni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNationality |
Canadian
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Icelandic ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Icelandic ⓘ |
| memberOf | Canadian Astronaut Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionRole | payload specialist ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | Conducted microgravity science experiments on STS-85 ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the first Canadian Space Agency astronauts to fly on the Space Shuttle ⓘ |
| notableWork | Microgravity vibration isolation experiments ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronaut
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engineer ⓘ |
| partOf | Space Shuttle program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Reykjavík NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Richmond, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Richmond, British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectionAsAstronaut | 1983 ⓘ |
| spaceFlightEnd | 1997-08-19 ⓘ |
| spaceFlightStart | 1997-08-07 ⓘ |
| spaceMission | STS-85 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| totalTimeInSpace | 11 days 20 hours 27 minutes ⓘ |
| workedOn | Microgravity Vibration Isolation Mount (MIM) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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