Paul Desmond Scully-Power | |
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| Born | May 28, 1944 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian-American |
| Occupation | Oceanographer |
| Space career | |
| U.S. Navy Payload Specialist | |
Time in space | 8d 05h 23m |
| Missions | STS-41-G |
Mission insignia |  |
Paul Desmond Scully-Power, AM GOSE FRAeS (born May 28, 1944) is an Australian-American oceanographer, technology expert and business executive. In 1984, while a civilian employee of the United States Naval Undersea Warfare Center, he flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-41-G as a Payload Specialist. He was the first Australian-born person to journey into space,[1] and the first astronaut with a beard.[2]
During his time in space he was able to confirm the existence of spiral eddies, and observe them with the naked eye.[3][4]
Scully-Power went on to work in private industry. He is considered a world expert in remote sensing: visible, infra-red, radar and acoustic[5] and is considered a security, aviation and aerospace expert.[6]
He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2004 Australia Day Honours "for service to science in the fields of oceanography and space remote sensing, and to the community through contributions to a range of government regulatory agencies and through raising public awareness of conservation issues."[7]
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- ^ Rancourt, Linda (4 October 1984). "Scully-Power shuttle flight counted down". The Day. pp. 1, 10.
- ^ Debono, Mark (1 July 2013). "Feet on the ground but still flying high". ABC Gippsland.
- ^ "Dr Paul Scully-Power, 2005". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ "Dr Paul Scully-Power AM, DSM, NSM". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ "Defence scientist, astronaut to Tenix". The Age. 10 June 2004.
- ^ "Australia Day 2004 Honours List" (PDF). gg.gov.au. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2022.