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Also Known As Richard Allen Garriott
Born July 4, 1961 (age 63) • Cambridge • England
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Astronaut Owen K. Garriott, Skylab 3 science pilot, reconstituting a prepackaged container of food at the crew quarters' ward-room table of the Orbital Workshop (OWS) of the space station, 1973.
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