Gregory Olsen
Gregory Hammond Olsen (born April 20, 1945) is an American businessman, engineer and scientist. In October 2005, he became the third private citizen to make a self-funded trip to the International Space Station with the company Space Adventures.[1]
Gregory Olsen | |
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| Born | April 20, 1945 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Fairleigh Dickinson University (B.S., B.Eng, M.S.) University of Virginia (Ph.D.) |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Space career | |
| Space Adventures Tourist | |
Time in space | 9d 21h 15m |
| Missions | Soyuz TMA-7 / Soyuz TMA-6 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Material science |
| Thesis | The fcc-bcc transformation in thin iron films. (1970) |
| Doctoral advisor | William A. Jesser |
Olsen was the co-founder and chairman of Sensors Unlimited Inc.
References
- Carroll, Kathleen. "FDU renames engineering school after $5M gift", The Record (Bergen County), May 4, 2006. Accessed June 9, 2007. "About 200 people gathered at Fairleigh Dickinson University on Wednesday to celebrate the university's largest-ever gift and the renaming of one of its schools. Alumnus and trustee Gregory Olsen, the world's third civilian astronaut and the founder of two fiber-optics companies, was greeted with a standing ovation..."
Other websites
- Greg Olsen, Official Web Site GHO Ventures, LLC
- 'Space tourist' blasts off to ISS – BBC, 1 October 2005
- 'Space tourist' arrives at Space Station – BBC, 3 October 2005
- Trek to Space Station Is 'A Dream Come True'
- Spacefacts biography of Gregory Olsen
- Pictures and narrative of the Soyuz TMA-7 launch
- Human Presence in Space International Forum Archived 2019-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
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