What is Gregory Jarvis?
{{Infobox astronaut | name = Gregory Jarvis | image = Gregory Jarvis (NASA) cropped.jpg | caption = Jarvis in 1985 | type = [[Hughes Aircraft Company|Hughes Aircraft]] [[payload specialist]] | status = Killed during mission | nationality = American | birth_date = {{Birth date|1944|8|24}} | birth_place = [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1986|1|28|1944|8|24}} | death_place = {{nowrap|[[Cape Canaveral, Florida|Cape Canaveral]], [[Florida]], U.S.}} | occupation = [[Engineer]] | rank = [[Captain (U.S. Air Force)|Captain]], [[United States Air Force|USAF]] | mission = [[STS-51-L]] | insignia = [[File:STS-51-L-patch-small.png|40px]] | awards = {{CS Medal of Honor}} }} '''Gregory Bruce Jarvis''' (August 24, 1944 – January 28, 1986) was an [[Americans|American]] [[NASA]] [[astronaut]] and [[engineer]]. He was chosen as a [[payload specialist]] for [[Hughes Aircraft Company]] for the [[Space Shuttle Challenger|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'']] mission [[STS-51-L]]. He was going to do [[experiment]]s on the [[weightlessness]] of [[fluid]]s, as well as other things. He died at start of this mission when the [[space shuttle]] was [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster|destroyed]] during the launch. Jarvis was born in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]. He served as a [[Captain]] in the [[United States Air Force]] until 1973. He earned [[Academic degree|degrees]] at the [[State University of New York at Buffalo]] ([[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]]) and the [[Northeastern University]] ([[Master of Science|M.S.]]). He was married to Marcia G. Jarboe. On January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' broke apart 73 seconds after launch. Jarvis and all six others aboard died.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/jarvis.pdf|title=Biographical Data|publisher=[[NASA]]|date=December 2003|access-date=March 24, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * [https://er.