Laurence R. Young
Scientific career
Fieldsaeronautics
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology

Laurence R. Young (December 19, 1935 – August 4, 2021) was an American physicist. He was the Apollo Program Professor Emeritus of Astronautics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an Elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Biomedical Engineering Society and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Life

He received an A.B. from Amherst College in 1957; a Certificate in Applied Mathematics from the Sorbonne, Paris as a French Government Fellow in 1958; S.B. and S.M. degrees in Electrical Engineering and the Sc.D. degree in Instrumentation from MIT.

From 1957 to 1962.[1][2][3][4] Young was a backup payload specialist for the Spacelab mission STS-58 in 1993.[5] He was Apollo Program Professor at MIT.[6]

He died on August 4, 2021.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Laurence Young". mit.edu. Archived from the original on November 10, 2018. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  2. ^ "Laurence R. Young". mit.edu. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  3. ^ "Laurence R. Young". colorado.edu. 3 October 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  4. ^ "Retirement". mit.edu. December 31, 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  5. ^ "30 Years Ago: The STS-58 Spacelab Life Sciences-2 Mission - NASA". 2023-10-19. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
  6. ^ "Working out in artificial gravity". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
  7. ^ Laurence Young, professor emeritus of astronautics and renowned expert in bioastronautics, dies at 85


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