Jack R. Lousma

Jack Lousma is an American astronaut, aeronautical engineer and retired Marine Corps officer, born on 29 February 1936. He was pilot of the second crew to visit the Skylab station, Skylab 3, in 1973. In 1982 he commanded STS-3, the third Space Shuttle mission. He was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1997. Wikidata records 67 days and 11 hours in space across his two flights, and Wikipedia notes that he is the last living crew member of both. In 1984 he was the Republican nominee for a Michigan seat in the United States Senate, losing to Carl Levin.

Born: 29 February 1936
Country: United States
Flights: 3: Skylab (1973), Skylab 3 (1973), STS-3 (1982)
Time in space: 67 days 11 hours

Data as of 2 November 2026. Source: Wikidata (CC0). All people who have flown in space.

Events

Skylab
- Apollo spacecraft, Saturn V
Skylab was a Saturn V third stage turned into a house. Sixty-three seconds after liftoff the thin shield that was meant to protect it from meteoroids and sunlight tore away, taking one of its two solar arrays with it.
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