John Grunsfeld
John Grunsfeld · Science & Medicine
Astrophysicist and NASA astronaut who led servicing missions to the Hubble Space Telescope
1958, Chicago, Illinois, United States
United States
John Grunsfeld is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Astrophysicist and NASA astronaut who led servicing missions to the Hubble Space Telescope
John Grunsfeld is an astrophysicist and NASA astronaut who flew five Space Shuttle missions and performed the spacewalks that serviced and repaired the Hubble Space Telescope, earning the nickname 'the Hubble repairman'. He later served as NASA's associate administrator for science. He is Jewish, from a Jewish family in Chicago.
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Source: Jewish Standard / NASA
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Astrophysicist and NASA astronaut who led servicing missions to the Hubble Space Telescope
Source: Jewish Standard / NASA
