Paul D. Scully-Power
159
Paul D. Scully-Power
b. May 28, 1944
LIFE FORM
Gender
Occupation
Oceanographer
MISSIONS
1
TIME IN SPACE
08D:05H:23M
SPACEWALKS
-
SPACEWALK TIME
-
Paul D. Scully-Power
159
Paul D. Scully-Power
b. May 28, 1944
LIFE FORM
Gender
Occupation
Oceanographer
MISSIONS
1
TIME IN SPACE
08D:05H:23M
SPACEWALKS
-
SPACEWALK TIME
-
WIKIPEDIA EXCERPT
Paul Desmond Scully-Power, AM, FRAeS is an Australian-American oceanographer, technology expert and business executive. In 1984, while a civilian employee of the United States Naval Undersea Warfare Center, he flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-41-G as a Payload Specialist. He was the first Australian-born person to journey into space, and the first astronaut with a beard.During his time in space he was able to confirm the existence of spiral eddies, and observe them with the naked eye.Scully-Power went on to work in private industry. He is considered a world expert in remote sensing: visible, infra-red, radar and acoustic and is considered a security, aviation and aerospace expert.