page_title: Owen Garriott
section_title: Organizations
hierarchical_section_title: Owen Garriott / Organizations
caption_attribution_description: English: Astronaut Owen Garriot during STS-9 training with Ham Radio View of Astronaut Owen Garriot during STS-9 training with Ham Radio he will operate during the mission.
context_page_description: Owen Kay Garriott was an American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut, who spent 60 days aboard the Skylab space station in 1973 during the Skylab 3 mission, and 10 days aboard Spacelab-1 on a Space Shuttle mission in 1983.
  After serving in the United States Navy, Garriott was an engineering professor at Stanford University before attending the United States Air Force Pilot Training Program and later joining NASA. After his NASA career, he worked for various aerospace companies, consulted on NASA-related committees, taught as an adjunct professor, and conducted research on microbes found in extreme environments.
context_section_description: Garriott was a member of the following organizations: American Astronautical Society (fellow), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate fellow), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Geophysical Union, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association of Space Explorers (Board of Directors), Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (vice president and vice chairman).
caption: Garriott using an amateur radio during STS-9 training in 1983
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