Paul Scully-Power
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nationality American Australian
Date Of Birth 1944-05-28
Status Retired
Type Government
Astronaut Biography
Paul Desmond Scully-Power, AM, FRAeS (born May 28, 1944) 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.
