# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-gordon-henize
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:32:41.684Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-gordon-henize"
name: "Karl Gordon Henize"
slug: "karl-gordon-henize"
description: "Karl Gordon Henize was an American astronomer, space scientist, NASA astronaut, and professor at Northwestern University. He was stationed at several observatories around the world, including McCormick Observatory, Lamont–Hussey Observatory, Mount Wilson Observatory, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Mount Stromlo Observatory (Australia). He was a member of the astronaut support crew for Apollo 15 and Skylab 2, 3, and 4. As a mission specialist on the Spacelab-2 mission (STS-51-F), he flew on Space Shuttle Challenger in July/August 1985. He was awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal in 1974."
tagline: "American astronomer (1926-1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henize.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1926-10-17"
deathDate: "1993-10-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15
  historical:           15.79060933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump