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I was born in Enid, Oklahoma, on November 22, 1930 and graduated from Enid High School in 1948. I received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1953, and a Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University in Electrical Engineering in 1957 and 1960, respectively.
I served as an electronics officer in the United States Navy from 1953 to 1956. From 1961 through 1965 I was an assistant professor, then associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. I performed research and led graduate studies in ionospheric physics after obtaining my doctorate, and authored or co-authored more than 45 scientific papers, chapters and one book, principally in areas of the physical sciences. In 1965, I was one of the six scientist-astronauts selected by NASA. I completed a one-year U.S. Air Force Pilot Training Program in 1966, receiving qualification as pilot in jet aircraft. My first spaceflight, the Skylab 3 mission in 1973, set a world record for duration of approximately 60 days, more than double the previous record. Extensive experiments were conducted of the Sun, of Earth resources and in various life sciences relating to human adaptation to weightlessness.
My second space flight was aboard STS-9 (Spacelab-1) in 1983, a multidisciplinary and international mission of 10 days aboard Space Shuttle Columbia. Over 70 separate experiments in six different disciplines were conducted, primarily to demonstrate the suitability of Spacelab for research in all these areas. I operated the world's first amateur radio station from space, W5LFL, which expanded into an important activity on dozens of shuttle flights, Space Station Mir and the International Space Station, with scores of astronauts and cosmonauts participating.
I instigated “The Skylab “Stowaway” Prank”. On September 10, 1973, controllers in Houston were startled to hear a woman's voice beaming down from Skylab. Using a sexy tone of voice and calling startled capsule communicator Bob Crippen by name, the woman explained: "The boys haven't had a home-cooked meal in so long I thought I'd bring one up." After several minutes in which she described forest fires seen from space and the beautiful sunrise, the woman said: "Oh oh. I have to cut off now. I think the boys are floating up here toward the command module and I'm not supposed to be talking to you." As the Skylab crew subsequently revealed, I had recorded my wife’s voice during a private radio transmission the night before.
Who am I?
a. James A. Abrahamson - .483
b. Owen K. Garriott - .617