What is Bjarni Tryggvason?
[[File:Bjarni Tryggvason.jpg|right|200px]] '''Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason''' (September 21, 1945 – April 5, 2022) was an [[Iceland|Icelandic]]-born Canadian engineer and a [[National Research Council of Canada|NRC]]/[[Canadian Space Agency|CSA]] [[astronaut]]. He was a [[Payload Specialist]] on [[Space Shuttle]] mission [[STS-85]] in 1997. It was a 12-day mission to study changes in the [[Earth's atmosphere]]. Tryggvason was born in [[Reykjavík]], [[Iceland]]. He grew up in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]. Tryggvason died on April 5, 2022 at the age of 76.<ref>[http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-040622a-canadian-astronaut-bjarni-tryggvason-obituary.html Bjarni Tryggvason, one of Canada's original astronauts, dies at 76]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tryggvason, Bjarni}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Canadian astronauts]] [[Category:Canadian engineers]] [[Category:People from Reykjavík]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of Canada]] [[Category:People from Vancouver]] [[Category:Aerospace engineers]] {{bio-stub}}