About
Payload Specialist on a 12-day Space Shuttle mission to study changes in Earth's atmosphere.
Before Fame
He earned degrees in engineering and worked as a meteorologist.
Trivia
He was an astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency, and although he was born in Iceland, he considers his home country to be Canada.
Family Life
He had two children.
Associated With
He spent time in space, like legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong.
