Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason (1945-2022)

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W dniu 5.04.2022 zmarł w wieku 76 lat były astronauta z Kanady Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason.

Więcej: https://london.ctvnews.ca/former-western-university-professor-and-retired-astronaut-bjarni-tryggvason-passes-away-1.5851541

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Jeszcze całkiem niedawno były kanadyjski astronauta Bjarni Tryggvasona na planie filmu katastroficznego  „Moonfall” w reżyserii Rolanda Emmericha udzielał porad aktorom i filmowcom na temat „latania” na symulatorze wahadłowca GNS.
Traf zrządził, że na koniec kwietnia żyje taka sama ilość astronautów kanadyjskich z doświadczeniem orbitalnym, jak na początku miesiąca. Bjarni Tryggvason był najstarszym kanadyjskim astronautą, który odbył lot kosmiczny.

https://twitter.com/MarcGarneau/status/1511800687176429578

Bjarni Tryggvason: MOONFALL




Bjarni Tryggvason, one of Canada's original astronauts, dies at 76

April 6, 2022 — Bjarni Tryggvason, one of Canada's original six astronauts who flew on board NASA's space shuttle, has died at the age of 76.

The news of Tryggvason's death on Monday (April 5) was first shared online by former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, who trained with Tryggvason as a member of the U.S. space agency's 1998 group of international astronaut candidates. (...)
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-040622a-canadian-astronaut-bjarni-tryggvason-obituary.html

Former Canadian astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason dead at 76
The Canadian Press · Posted: Apr 06, 2022 5:40 PM ET | Last Updated: April 7


Bjarni Tryggvason, photographed here on May 1, 2008 in Montreal, announced his retirement in 2008 after nearly 25 years with the Canadian Space Agency. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/former-canadian-astronaut-bjarni-tryggvason-dead-1.6410863

https://www.canada.ca/en/space-agency/news/2022/04/the-canadian-space-agency-remembers-bjarni-tryggvason.html
https://www.icelandreview.com/news/astronaut-bjarni-valdimar-tryggvason-has-died/
https://isstracker.pl/en/astronauci/bjarni_tryggvason,364
http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/international/english/tryggvason_bjarni.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjarni_Tryggvason

Posty w których pojawiło się nieco informacji na temat zmarłego astronauty
https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=140.msg101622#msg101622
https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=800.msg119838#msg119838
https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3045.msg111565#msg111565