Gregory Olsen
American astronaut and businessman
Gregory Hammond Olsen (born April 20, 1945) is an American businessman, engineer and scientist. In October 2005, he became the third private citizen to make a self-funded trip to the International Space Station with the company Space Adventures.[1]
Gregory Olsen | |
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| Born | April 20, 1945 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Fairleigh Dickinson University (B.S., B.Eng, M.S.) University of Virginia (Ph.D.) |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Space career | |
| Space Adventures Tourist | |
Time in space | 9d 21h 15m |
| Missions | Soyuz TMA-7 / Soyuz TMA-6 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Material science |
| Thesis | The fcc-bcc transformation in thin iron films. (1970) |
| Doctoral advisor | William A. Jesser |
Olsen was the co-founder and chairman of Sensors Unlimited Inc.
References
change- ↑ Carroll, Kathleen. "FDU renames engineering school after $5M gift"[permanent dead link], The Record (Bergen County), May 4, 2006. Accessed June 9, 2007. "About 200 people gathered at Fairleigh Dickinson University on Wednesday to celebrate the university's largest-ever gift and the renaming of one of its schools. Alumnus and trustee Gregory Olsen, the world's third civilian astronaut and the founder of two fiber-optics companies, was greeted with a standing ovation..."
Other websites
change- Greg Olsen, Official Web Site GHO Ventures, LLC
- 'Space tourist' blasts off to ISS – BBC, 1 October 2005
- 'Space tourist' arrives at Space Station – BBC, 3 October 2005
- Trek to Space Station Is 'A Dream Come True'
- Spacefacts biography of Gregory Olsen
- Pictures and narrative of the Soyuz TMA-7 launch
- Human Presence in Space International Forum Archived 2019-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
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