Paul Scully-Power
Paul Desmond Scully-Power, AM GOSE FRAeS (born May 28, 1944) is an Australian-American oceanographer, technology expert and business executive. In 1984, while a civilian employee of the United States Naval Undersea Warfare Center, he flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-41-G as a Payload Specialist. He was the first Australian-born person to journey into space, and the first astronaut with a beard.
Paul Desmond Scully-Power | |
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| Born | May 28, 1944 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian-American |
| Occupation | Oceanographer |
| Space career | |
| U.S. Navy Payload Specialist | |
Time in space | 8d 05h 23m |
| Missions | STS-41-G |
Mission insignia | |
During his time in space he was able to confirm the existence of spiral eddies, and observe them with the naked eye.
Scully-Power went on to work in private industry. He is considered a world expert in remote sensing: visible, infra-red, radar and acoustic and is considered a security, aviation and aerospace expert.
He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2004 Australia Day Honours "for service to science in the fields of oceanography and space remote sensing, and to the community through contributions to a range of government regulatory agencies and through raising public awareness of conservation issues."