Henize

Personal data:

Birthdate:  17.10.1926 Birthplace:  Cincinnati / Ohio Marital status:  married Children:  four Selection date:  04.08.1967 Job:  MSP Status:  Ret. 00.04.1986 Date of death:  05.10.1993 Place of death:  Mt. Everest / NEPAL, of respiratory and heart failure during a climb of Mount Everest.

Spaceflights:

Additional information:

• Bachelor of arts in mathematics, 1947; master of arts in astronomy from the University of Virginia, 1948; Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Michigan, 1954; he served in different observatories; later Senior Scientist in the Space Physics Branch, Space and Life Sciences, NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center;
  Civilian
  he died of high altitude pulmonary edema while attempting to summit the north face of Mount Everest in Tibet, China;
  hobbies: Home computers, stamp collecting, astronomy, racqutball, baseball, skin diving, mountain climbing.