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Bjarni Tryggvason

Bjarni Tryggvason

Canadian Space Agency

Nationality Canadian

Date Of Birth 1945-09-21

Deceased 2022-04-06

Status Deceased

Type Government

Astronaut Biography

Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason (born September 21, 1945) is an Icelandic-born Canadian engineer and a former NRC/CSA astronaut. He served as a Payload Specialist on Space Shuttle mission STS-85 in 1997, a 12-day mission to study changes in the Earth's atmosphere.

Bjarni Tryggvason's Launches

Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-85

United Space Alliance

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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