Stevenson

Personal: Male, married. Born in Fullerton, California, USA. Cancer, Princeville, Hawaii. Bachelor of arts and master of arts in oceanography from the University of California 1946 and 1948, respectively. Ph.D. in Marine Geology from the University of Southern California, 1954. Called the father of space oceanography, he trained the crew of Gemini 12 in oceanographic observations from orbit.

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: Payload Specialist. Deceased Entered space service: 13 June 1984. Left space service: 1984. Assigned to STS-41G, but his first wife fell ill and he was replaced by Paul Scully-Power.

Retired in 1988.

1986 October - STS-61-K (cancelled). Planned EOM-1 shuttle mission. Cancelled after Challenger disaster. No crew named, later combined with STS-61K