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Loren Acton
American astronaut and physicist (born 1936) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Loren Wilber Acton (born 7 March 1936) is an American physicist who flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-51-F as a Payload Specialist for the Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory. He is also the father of Cheryll Glotfelty, a leading ecocritic.[1]
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Born | (1936-03-07) 7 March 1936 (age 88) |
Status | Retired |
Citizenship | American |
Alma mater | Montana State University, (BS) University of Colorado, Boulder, (PhD) |
Occupation | Solar X-ray Physicist |
Space career | |
Lockheed Payload Specialist | |
Time in space | 7d 22h 45min |
Missions | STS-51-F |
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