Owen Garriott served on the second Skylab crew in 1973, spending close to 60 days in space, a record at the time
. He also was part of the ninth space shuttle mission, flying aboard Columbia in 1983 and operating a ham radio for the first time from orbit.
“While he was normally very ”Spock like“ ... our adult bonding around the experience of space was a rare treasure we shared,” Richard Garriott said Tuesday via Twitter.
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