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.

Został wyselekcjonowany w ramach Kanadyjska Agencja Kosmiczna grupa 1 (1983).

04.06.1998 wszedł w skład NASA grupa 17.

363 człowiek w kosmosie i 6. Kanadyjczyk.

Odbył 1 lot kosmiczny w charakterze specjalisty ładunku:
07.08.1997-19.08.1997 STS-85 Discovery/F-23 011:20:26:58

https://www.canada.ca/en/space-agency/news/2022/04/the-canadian-space-agency-remembers-bjarni-tryggvason.html

http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/international/english/tryggvason_bjarni.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/t/tryggvason.html
https://www.worldspaceflight.com/bios/t/tryggvason-b.php

https://mek.kosmo.cz/bio/ostatni/00363.htm
http://www.kozmo-data.sk/kozmonauti/tryggvason-bjarni-valdimar.html
https://www.astronaut.ru/index/in_pers/05_002.htm
https://www.april12.eu/otherastron/tryggvason363ru.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjarni_Tryggvason
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjarni_Tryggvason
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjarni_Tryggvason

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.icelandreview.com/news/astronaut-bjarni-valdimar-tryggvason-has-died/
https://isstracker.pl/en/astronauci/bjarni_tryggvason,364

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

5:01 PM · Sep 21, 2023
Today, we remember ASE member Bjarni Tryggvason on his #birthday. Tryggvason flew to space in 1997 aboard STS-85. ✨

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80. rocznica urodzin.
Jedyny astronauta urodzony w Islandii (Reykjavík).
W dzieciństwie przeprowadził się do Kanady i dorastał w Nowej Szkocji i Kolumbii Brytyjskiej.

https://spacemen1969.blogspot.com/2011/05/interview-de-bjarni-tryggvason.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/canadian-astronaut-bjarni-tryggvason-to-retire-1.733025


February 6, 2009 Former space shuttle astronaut Dr. Bjarni Tryggvason pilots the Silver Dart, a replica of the first powered aircraft to fly in Canada 100 years ago, at Hamilton International Airport. Toronto Star/Andrew Wallace (Photo by Andrew Francis Wallace/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/february-6-2009-former-space-shuttle-astronaut-dr-bjarni-news-photo/165463520
https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/bjarni-tryggvason

Association of Space Explorers @ASE_Astronauts 5:00 PM · Sep 21, 2025
#ASEspotlight: Bjarni Tryggvason 🌠
Aboard Space Shuttle Discovery in August 1997, ASE member Tryggvason showed how even the simple task of using a laptop looks different when you're in microgravity!
Fun fact: He liked skiing!
Today, we remember Bjarni on his 80th birthday. ✨

https://twitter.com/ASE_Astronauts/status/1969778805624484116