# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-j-weitz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:01:43.898Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-j-weitz"
name: "Paul J. Weitz"
slug: "paul-j-weitz"
description: "Paul Joseph Weitz was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who flew into space twice. He was a member of the three-man crew who flew on Skylab 2, the first crewed Skylab mission. He was also commander of the STS-6 mission, the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger."
tagline: "American astronaut (1932–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Weitz.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1932-07-25"
deathDate: "2017-10-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.78916933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump