Success· Flight 2
STS-6
- Launched
- Apr 4, 1983 · 18:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- From
- Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
- Destination
- Low Earth Orbit
- Landed
- Apr 9, 1983
Crewmates
Karol J. BobkoNASA
Donald H. PetersonNASA
Story MusgraveNASA

Deceased· NASA · American
Paul Joseph Weitz was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who flew into space twice. He was a member...

Spaceflights
2
Time in space
33days
Spacewalks
2
Spacewalking
2 h 16 m
in total
Bars drawn to scale, 0 to 2 hours
Skylab II EVA 1
May 26, 1973
Skylab II EVA 3
Jun 19, 1973
Success· Flight 2
Success· Flight 1
Paul Joseph Weitz was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who flew into space twice. He was a member of the three-man crew who flew on Skylab 2, the first manned Skylab mission. He was also Commander of the STS-6 mission, the first of the Space Shuttle Challenger flights.
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