Jake Garn

Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American politician. He is a member of the Republican Party. He served as a U.S. Senator representing Utah from 1974 to 1993.

Garn became the first sitting member of the United States Congress to fly in space when he flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as a Payload Specialist during NASA mission STS-51-D (April 12–19, 1985).

References

Other websites
NASA biography of Garn
IMNO Interviews Jake Garn 
Spacefacts biography of Jake Garn 
Page with true origin of "Garn scale" 

Category:1932 births
Category:Living people
Category:American astronauts
Category:American Latter Day Saints
Category:Mayors of Salt Lake City
Category:United States senators from Utah
Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians