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Born: 24 August 1944, in Detroit, Michigan. Education: Received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the State University of New York in Buffalo in 1967. In 1969, Jarvis earned his master's degree in electrical engineering from Northeastern University in Boston. Marital Status: Married the former Marcia G. Jarboe. Children: None. Awards: Jarvis and his six crewmates were awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on 23 July 2004. Experience: Jarvis entered the Air Force in July 1969, as a second lieutenant assigned to the space division in El Segundo, California. After leaving active duty in 1973 with the rank of captain, he joined the Hughes Aircraft Space and Communications group as a communications subsystem engineer. In 1982, he was named assistant spacecraft system engineering manager. NASA Experience: Greg Jarvis was selected as a payload specialist candidate in July 1984. Chosen from over 600 engineer applicants from Hughes Aircraft. He was originally scheduled to fly twice before STS-51L: first on STS-51D, but was removed to make room for Senator Jake Garn, and then on STS-61C, but was removed to make room for Representative Bill Nelson. He reentered training in November 1985, preparing to fly the STS-51L mission. His duties on Challenger 51L were to conduct fluid dynamics experiments that would have tested the reactions of satellite propellants to various shuttle maneuvers and simulated spacecraft movements. Challenger was destroyed 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven on board. |
