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:U.N. Offers ‘One-Off’ Help to Australia in Resettling Refugees in U.S.Erdogan Threatens to Let Migrant Flood Into Europe ResumeWith North Korea Looming, Trump May Be Rethinking China ShowdownThe Saturday Profile: Opera Maestro Ensnared in Brazilian Graft Scandal Lashes Out at AccusersKillings of 4 Young Gay Men in London Fuel Fears Over Date-Rape DrugProsecutor Says Arrests Disrupted ‘Imminent’ ISIS Attack in France