Phil Chapman
| Philip Kenyon Chapman | |
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | Australia-American |
| Status | Retired |
| Born |
5 March 1935 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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Other occupation
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Engineer |
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Sydney University (B.S.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S., Sc.D.) |
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Time in space
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0 |
| Selection | 1967 |
| Missions | None |
Philip Kenyon Chapman (born 5 March 1935) was the first Australian-born American astronaut, serving for about five years in NASA Astronaut Group 6 (1967).
Born in Melbourne, Australia, his family moved to Sydney and after attending the Fort Street Opportunity School, he attended Parramatta High School. He went on to attend the University of Sydney, earning a B.S.) in physics and mathematics in 1956. He then attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States, earning a M.S. in aeronautics and astronautics in 1964 and a Sc.D. in instrumentation in 1967.
Chapman served with the Royal Australian Air Force Reserve from 1953 to 1955. He learned to fly (in a Tiger Moth) during Australian National Service.
From 1956 to 1957, he worked for Philips Electronics Industries Proprietary Limited in Sydney, Australia. He then spent 15 months in Antarctica with the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE), for the International Geophysical Year (IGY) as an auroral/radio physicist. The work required that he spend most of the winter with one other man at a remote camp.
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