Editing Karl Gordon Henize (section)

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{{Short description|American astronomer and astronaut (1926–1993)}}
{{Infobox astronaut
|name          = Karl Henize
|image         = Henize.jpg
|birth_name    = Karl Gordon Henize
|birth_date    = {{birth date|1926|10|17}}
|birth_place   = [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], U.S.
|death_date    = {{death date and age|1993|10|5|1926|10|17}} 
|death_place   = [[Mount Everest]], [[Nepal]]
|education     = [[University of Virginia]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Arts|MA]])<br>[[University of Michigan]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])
|type          = [[NASA astronaut]]
|rank          = [[Lieutenant commander (United States)|Lieutenant Commander]], [[United States Naval Reserve|USNR]]
|time          = 7d 22h 45min
|selection     = [[NASA Astronaut Group 6|NASA Group 6 (1967)]]
|mission       = [[STS-51-F]]
|insignia      = [[File:Sts-51-f-patch.png|40px]]
|retirement    = April 1986
|module = {{Infobox scientist
|embed = yes
|field = [[Astronomy]]
|thesis_title = The Michigan-Mount Wilson Survey of the Southern Sky for Hα-Emission Stars and Nebulae
|thesis_url = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4123782
|thesis_year = 1954}}
}}
'''Karl Gordon Henize''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|ɛ|n|aɪ|z}};<ref name="JPL4">[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2004/80.cfm JPL-80 "NASA Creates Portrait of Life and Death in the Universe"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921162444/http://jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2004/80.cfm |date=September 21, 2008 }}, 2004 News Releases, NASA [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]], Pasadena, California (US), March 8, 2004</ref> October 17, 1926 &ndash; October 5, 1993) was an American [[astronomer]], [[space scientist]], NASA [[astronaut]], and professor at [[Northwestern University]]. He was stationed at several observatories around the world, including [[McCormick Observatory]], [[Lamont–Hussey Observatory]] (South Africa), [[Mount Wilson Observatory]], [[Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory]] and [[Mount Stromlo Observatory]] (Australia). He was a member of the astronaut support crew for [[Apollo 15]] and [[Skylab 2]], [[Skylab 3|3]], and [[Skylab 4|4]]. As a [[mission specialist]] on the [[Spacelab|Spacelab-2]] mission ([[STS-51-F]]), he flew on [[Space Shuttle]] ''[[Space Shuttle Challenger|Challenger]]'' in July/August 1985. He was awarded the [[NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal]] in 1974.

He died in 1993, during a [[Mount Everest]] expedition while testing equipment for NASA.