Karl Gordon Henize
American astronomer
Died when: 66 years 353 days (803 months)Star Sign: Libra
Karl Gordon Henize (/ˈhɛnaɪz/;October 17, 1926 – October 5, 1993) was an American astronomer, space scientist, NASA astronaut, and professor at Northwestern University.
He was stationed at several observatories around the world, including McCormick Observatory, Lamont–Hussey Observatory (South Africa), Mount Wilson Observatory, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Mount Stromlo Observatory (Australia).
He was a member of the astronaut support crew for Apollo 15 and Skylab 2, 3, and 4.As a mission specialist on the Spacelab-2 mission (STS-51-F), he flew on Space Shuttle Challenger in July/August 1985.
He was awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal in 1974.He died in 1993, during a Mount Everest expedition while testing equipment for NASA.
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