Philip Kenyon Chapman (born 5 March 1935) was the first Australian-born American astronaut, serving for about five years in NASA Astronaut Group 6 (1967).
Born in Melbourne, Australia, his family moved to Sydney and he was educated at Sefton High School. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Mathematics from Sydney University in 1956, and a Master of Science degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1964 and a Doctorate of Science...
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Philip Kenyon Chapman (born 5 March 1935) was the first Australian-born American astronaut, serving for about five years in NASA Astronaut Group 6 (1967).
Born in Melbourne, Australia, his family moved to Sydney and he was educated at Sefton High School. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Mathematics from Sydney University in 1956, and a Master of Science degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1964 and a Doctorate of Science in Instrumentation in 1967 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Chapman served with the Royal Australian Air Force Reserve from 1953 to 1955. He learned to fly (in a Tiger Moth) during Australian National Service.
From 1956 to 1957, he worked for Philips Electronics Industries Proprietary Limited in Sydney, Australia. He then spent 15 months in Antarctica with the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE), for the International Geophysical Year (IGY) as an auroral/radio physicist. The work required that he spend...
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