photo Edwin Jacob Garn
First name and last name Edwin Jacob Garn
Date of birth 12.10.1932
Nationality American
Space Agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Status Retired
Type of astronaut Non-astronaut passenger
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Garn

Additional information Edwin Jacob Garn

Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American astronaut and politician, a member of the Republican Party, who served as a U.S. Senator representing Utah from 1974 to 1993. Garn became the first sitting member of the United States Congress to fly in space when he flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as a Payload Specialist during NASA mission STS-51-D (April 12–19, 1985).