Lawrence J. DeLucas
| James "Larry" DeLucas | |
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| NASA Payload Specialist | |
| Nationality | American |
| Born | July 11, 1950 Syracuse, New York |
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Other occupation
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Biochemist |
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Time in space
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13d 19h 30m |
| Missions | STS-50 |
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Mission insignia
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James "Larry" DeLucas (O. D., Ph.D.) is an American biochemist who flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-50 as a Payload Specialist. He was born on July 11, 1950 in Syracuse, New York, and is currently divorced with three children. His recreational interests include basketball, scuba diving, bowling, models, airplanes, astronomy and reading.
DeLucas attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), in Birmingham, Alabama and received the following degrees:
DeLucas is a member of the following organizations:
He has published over 125 research articles in refereed scientific journals, is co-author of 2 books, and co-inventor on 25 patents.
DeLucas was a member of the crew of Space Shuttle Columbia for STS-50 (June 25-July 9, 1992), the United States Microgravity Laboratory-1 (USML-1) Spacelab mission. Over a two-week period, the crew conducted a wide variety of experiments relating to materials processing and fluid physics. At mission conclusion, DeLucas had traveled over 5.7 million miles in 221 Earth orbits, and had logged over 331 hours in space.
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