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Canadian astronauts - Bjarni Tryggvason [textual record]

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Date:

1996-1998.

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R13875-55-0-E

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4879558

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Canadian Space Agency fonds

Canadian Astronaut Program

Canadian astronauts - Bjarni Tryggvason
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Sub-series includes:

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Date(s):

1996-1998.

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Place of creation:

Canada

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0.2 m of textual records.

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Subs-series consists of records pertaining to Bjarni Tryggvason and his time as a member of the Canadian Astronaut Program. The records were created or maintained by the Canadian Space Agency.

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Bjarni Tryggvason

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Bjarni Tryggvason : Bjarni Tryggvason was born on September 21, 1945 in Reykjavik, Iceland. He obtained his Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Physics from the University of British Columbia (1972).

In December 1983, Mr. Tryggvason was selected as one of the first class of Canadian astronauts. He trained as the backup payload specialist for the CANEX-2 mission on board STS-52 which launched in October 1992.

Mr. Tryggvason made his sole trip into orbit on board the Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-85 mission which launched on August 7, 1997. On this mission, he tested the design of the Microgravity Vibration Isolation Mount (MIM) which he was the principal investigator for. This system was designed to examine the sensitivity of fluid science experiments to the vibrations of the spacecraft and determine the requirements of a similar system for the International Space Station (ISS), as well as determine how spacecraft vibrations may affect the experiments on board the ISS.

Following his spaceflight, Mr. Tryggvason participated in mission specialist training at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas as a part of the first group of astronauts trained both as space shuttle and ISS crewmembers. After completing his training, he served as a crew representative for the testing of space shuttle flight software prior to use on the operational vehicles. In addition to this he served as the Canadian Space Agency's representative on the NASA Microgravity Measurement Working Group and the ISS Microgravity Analytic Integration Team.

Selection: NRC 1983 - Class 1
Number of Spaceflights: 1
Missions: STS-85 (August 7 - 19, 1997)
Time in Space: 11 days, 20 hours 28 minutes
Left CSA: June 2008

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Textual records (Electronic) Finding aid 13875-89 is a verified file list consisting of volume number, file number, file part, title, and outside dates for volume 94. The finding aid is available as a PDF attached to this record. The finding aid can be found by accessing the lower level descriptions attached to this record. 13875-89 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/13875-89_4879558_vol. 94_open.pdf

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2002/003
2014-01077-3
R13875-0-8-E
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[Consultation32 Restricted by law]

Volume [R13875] 94

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

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