What is Philip K. Chapman?
[[File:Astronaut Philip K Chapman.jpg|thumb|200px|Philip K. Chapman]] '''Philip Kenyon Chapman''' (5 March 1935 &ndash; 5 April 2021) was an [[Australia]]n-[[Americans|American]] [[astronaut]]. He was the first Australian-born astronaut. Chapman served with the [[Royal Australian Air Force]] Reserve from 1953 to 1955. He learnt to fly (in a [[De Havilland Tiger Moth|Tiger Moth]]) during Australian [[national service]]. In 1956, he earned a [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] in [[physics]] and [[mathematics]] from the [[University of Sydney]]. From 1956 to 1957, he worked for Philips Electronics Industries Proprietary Limited in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]. He then spent 15 months at [[Antarctica]]'s [[Mawson Station]] with the [[Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions]] (ANARE). He worked as a [[physicist]] at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in the United States from 1961 to 1967. He served for about five years in [[NASA]] Astronaut Group 6 (1967). Chapman was born in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. He moved to Sydney as a child. He was married and had two children.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Astronaut Biography: Philip Chapman|access-date=5 February 2020|work=Spacefacts.de|url=http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/chapman_phillip.htm}}</ref> Chapman died on 5 April 2021 in [[Arizona]], at the age of 86.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-040721a-astronaut-philip-chapman-obituary.html|title=Philip Chapman, first Australian-born NASA astronaut, dies at 86|work=[[collectSPACE]]|date=7 April 2021|access-date=7 April 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} *[https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/chapman_philip.pdf Philip K. Chapman] [[NASA]] biography {{DEFAULTSORT:Chapman, Philip K}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:American astronauts]] [[Category:American physicists]] [[Category:Australian astronauts]] [[Category:Australian physicists]] [[Category:Massachuset