Bjarni Tryggvason

Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason was an Icelandic-born Canadian engineer and a NRC/CSA astronaut. He served as a Payload Specialist on Space Shuttle mission STS-85 in 1997, a nearly 12-day mission to study changes in the Earth's atmosphere. Bjarni is the first, and as of 2024, only Canadian astronaut of Icelandic birth.

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1945 — 2022  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason
astronaut, engineer, physicist, 

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  STS-85 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

Canada, 

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Tryggvason works with the FLEX experiment RME 1328, MIM

Crew prepares for deorbit during STS-85

STS085-320-018 - STS-085 - STS-85 crew portraits in the middeck hatch and in front of lockers - DPLA - 3f7974ed98e04ea7b5a129ba6395fffe

STS085-337-014 - STS-085 - STS-85 crew portraits - DPLA - 66dbe969b3a3dc2dc26f0f14239a083a

Bjarni Tryggvason

Bjarni Tryggvason

Official portrait of Dr. Bjarni Tryggvason

Official portrait of Dr. Bjarni Tryggvason

STS-85 crew

Bjarni V Tryggvason (headshot)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	orbit		STS-85	Bjarni Tryggvason, Curtis Brown, Jan Davis, Kent Rominger, Robert Curbeam, Stephen Robinson, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
commons	image		Tryggvason works with the FLEX experiment RME 1328, MIM		Commons
commons	image		Crew prepares for deorbit during STS-85		Commons
commons	image		STS085-320-018 - STS-085 - STS-85 crew portraits in the middeck hatch and in front of lockers - DPLA - 3f7974ed98e04ea7b5a129ba6395fffe		Commons
commons	image		STS085-337-014 - STS-085 - STS-85 crew portraits - DPLA - 66dbe969b3a3dc2dc26f0f14239a083a		Commons
commons	image		Bjarni Tryggvason		Commons
commons	image		Bjarni Tryggvason		Commons
commons	image		Official portrait of Dr. Bjarni Tryggvason		Commons
commons	image		Official portrait of Dr. Bjarni Tryggvason		Commons
commons	image		STS-85 crew		Commons
commons	image		Bjarni V Tryggvason (headshot)		Commons