Bjarni Tryggvason
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| NRC/CSA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | Icelandic, Canadian |
| Status | Retired |
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September 21, 1945 Reykjavík, Iceland |
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Other names
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Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason |
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Other occupation
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Engineer |
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University of British Columbia, B.S. 1972 University of Western Ontario |
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Time in space
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12d 20h 28m |
| Selection | 1983 NRC Group |
| Missions | STS-85 |
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Mission insignia
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Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason (born September 21, 1945) is an Icelandic-born Canadian engineer and a former NRC/CSA astronaut. He served as a Payload Specialist on Space Shuttle mission STS-85 in 1997, a 12-day mission to study changes in the Earth’s atmosphere.
Tryggvason was born September 21, 1945, in Reykjavík, Iceland, but grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has two children. Bjarni Tryggvason has about 4,000 hours of flight experience, holds an Airline Transport Rating and has been a flight instructor. He's currently active in aerobatic flight and once qualified as captain in the Tutor jet trainer with the Canadian Air Force. After completing high school in Richmond, BC, he received a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Physics from the University of British Columbia in 1972 and did postgraduate work in Engineering with specialization in Applied Mathematics and Fluid Dynamics at the University of Western Ontario.
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