Jack Robert Lousma (born February 29, 1936) is a former NASA astronaut. He was a member of the second manned crew on the Skylab space station and also commanded the third space shuttle mission.
Lousma was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Lousma and Gratia Kay were married in 1956. They have four children, nine grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
He graduated from Angell Elementary School, Tappan Middle School, and Ann Arbor High School in Ann...
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Jack Robert Lousma (born February 29, 1936) is a former NASA astronaut. He was a member of the second manned crew on the Skylab space station and also commanded the third space shuttle mission.
Lousma was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Lousma and Gratia Kay were married in 1956. They have four children, nine grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
He graduated from Angell Elementary School, Tappan Middle School, and Ann Arbor High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan; received a B.S. degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1959, and a M.S. degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1965; presented an honorary doctorate of Astronautical Science from the University of Michigan in 1973, an honorary D.Sc. from Hope College in 1982, and an honorary D.Sc. in Business Administration from Cleary College in 1986.
He is a fellow of the American Astronautical Society; member of the Society of the Sigma Xi, the University of Michigan "M...
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