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Paul J. Weitz

1932 - 2017

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Paul Joseph Weitz (July 25, 1932 – October 22, 2017) was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who flew into space twice. He was a member of the three-man crew who flew on Skylab 2, the first crewed Skylab mission. He was also commander of the STS-6 mission, the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul J. Weitz is the 166th most popular astronaut (up from 171st in 2019), the 5,873rd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,519th in 2019) and the 76th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Paul J. Weitz ranks 166 out of 556. Before him are Valeri Tokarev, Yury Glazkov, Vitaly Sevastyanov, Roberta Bondar, Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, and Vladimir Kovalyonok. After him are Leonid Kadeniuk, Fyodor Yurchikhin, Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., Valentin Lebedev, Ronald McNair, and Anatoly Solovyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Paul J. Weitz ranks 279. Before him are Bill Byrge, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Bruce Glover, U. R. Ananthamurthy, Antonio Roma, and Hisashi Owada. After him are László Sárosi, József Csermák, Edgar Reitz, Tormod Knutsen, Luis Ayala, and Medea Abrahamyan. Among people deceased in 2017, Paul J. Weitz ranks 289. Before him are Hubert Dreyfus, Charles P. Thacker, Amotz Zahavi, Anne-Marie Colchen, Björn Granath, and Adam Darius. After him are Cuthbert Sebastian, Barry Dennen, Teresa Ann Savoy, Waldir Peres, Hrvoje Šarinić, and József Tóth.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul J. Weitz ranks 5,873 out of 20,380. Before him are Ernest Fenollosa (1853), Gus Hall (1910), Arleigh Burke (1901), Alvan Graham Clark (1832), Michael Cole (1968), and Mark Tornillo (1954). After him are Syd Field (1935), Mary Blair (1911), Woody Herman (1913), Todd Phillips (1970), Margo Martindale (1951), and Shawn Fonteno (1976).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Paul J. Weitz ranks 76. Before him are Joe Engle (1932), Mae Jemison (1956), Charles E. Brady Jr. (1951), Karen Nyberg (1969), Mike Massimino (1962), and Michael Foreman (1957). After him are Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. (1935), Ronald McNair (1950), Edward Gibson (1936), Roy D. Bridges Jr. (1943), William H. Dana (1930), and Donald Pettit (1955).

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