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Paul J. Weitz was born in 1932 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. He went on to complete a master's degree in engineering and was a pilot in the Navy. He went on to be an astronaut who went in to space aboard Skylab and the Space Shuttle, later serving as a NASA official.
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Paul J. Weitz, (left) Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. (middle); and Joseph P. Kerwin (right); America's first space station crew would spend 28 days in space
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In 1976 Weitz retired from NASA and went back to the Navy, but he returned to NASA to fly the maiden spaceflight of the
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from President Ford, awarded to the Skylab astronauts. He was one of 24 Apollo astronauts who were inducted into the
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during the mission. If NASA followed typical crew rotations, Weitz may have been assigned as
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in September 1956. He served in various naval aircraft squadrons until he was selected as an
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in 1954. While attending Penn State, he was a member of the Alpha Upsilon Chapter of
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After retiring, Weitz lived in Arizona until his death on October 22, 2017, from
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Pennsylvania State University Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumni Award
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in 1966. He logged more than 7,700 hours flying time—6,400 hours in
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Named a Pennsylvania State University Alumni Fellow (1974)
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twice. He was a member of the three-man crew who flew on
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The three Skylab astronaut crews were awarded the 1973
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Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Kitty Hawk Award (1973)
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Erie, Pennsylvania
Flagstaff, Arizona
Pennsylvania State University
BS
Naval Postgraduate School
MS
NASA Distinguished Service Medal
Air Medal
NASA astronaut
Captain
USN
NASA Group 5 (1966)
EVAs
Skylab 2
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naval officer
aviator
aeronautical engineer
test pilot
NASA
astronaut
space
Skylab 2
Skylab
STS-6
Space Shuttle Challenger
Erie, Pennsylvania

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