Owen Garriott, an Early Scientist-Astronaut, Is Dead at 88 He was the science pilot on the record-breaking 59-day mission to Skylab in 1973. Ten years later, he returned to space on the shuttle Columbia. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Israeli Leader Claims Iran Has ‘Secret Atomic Warehouse’Abbas Says Trump Administration Has Undermined Two-State SolutionJournalist Who Spread Conspiracy Theories Will Oversee Italy’s State TVKavanaugh Hearings, U.N., Elon Musk: Your Thursday Evening BriefingVolunteers Rescue 47 From Lagoon After Plane Misses Runway in MicronesiaIsraeli-Palestinian Divide Deepens, With No Sign of Compromise at U.N.