Go4Liftoff - Duane Graveline

Duane Graveline

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1931-03-02

Deceased 2016-09-05

Status Deceased

Type Government

Agency

Astronaut Biography

Duane Edgar Graveline was an American physician and NASA astronaut. He was one of the six scientists selected in 1965, in NASA's fourth group of astronauts, for the Apollo program. He was best known for being immersed in water for seven days as part of his zero gravity deconditioning research while working as a United States Air Force (USAF) research scientist.