Lawrence DeLucas | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Biochemist |
Space career | |
NASA Payload Specialist | |
Time in space | 13d 19h 30m |
Missions | STS-50 |
Mission insignia |
Lawrence James DeLucas is an American biochemist who flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-50 as a Payload Specialist. He was born on July 11, 1950, in Syracuse, New York, and is currently married with three children. His recreational interests include basketball, scuba diving, bowling, model airplanes, astronomy and reading.
DeLucas attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), in Birmingham, Alabama, and received the following degrees:
DeLucas has served as a member of the following organizations:
He has published 163 research articles in refereed scientific journals, is co-author of 2 books, and co-inventor on 43 patents.
DeLucas was a member of the crew of Space Shuttle Columbia for STS-50 (June 25-July 9, 1992), the United States Microgravity Laboratory-1 (USML-1) Spacelab mission. Over a two-week period, the crew conducted a wide variety of experiments relating to materials processing and fluid physics. At mission conclusion, DeLucas had traveled over 5.7 million miles in 221 Earth orbits, and had logged over 331 hours in space.