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Bjarni Tryggvason

Canadian astronaut (1945–2022)

  • Fame50.3
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia723
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Lived 1945–2022, aged 77Canada
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  • Wikipedia
    23 languages
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  • Era
    1945–2022
    Aged 77
  • Known for
    Land Ho!
    2014
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason was an Icelandic-born Canadian engineer and a NRC/CSA astronaut. He served as a Payload Specialist on Space Shuttle mission STS-85 in 1997, a nearly 12-day mission to study changes in the Earth's atmosphere. Bjarni is the first, and as of 2024, only Canadian astronaut of Icelandic birth.

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