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  1. Paul Joseph Weitz (July 25, 1932 – October 22, 2017) was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who flew into space twice. He was a member of the three-man crew who flew on Skylab 2, the first crewed Skylab mission.

  2. Oct 25, 2017 · Paul J. Weitz, an astronaut who was in the first crew to board the Skylab space station and who 10 years later commanded the initial flight of the space shuttle Challenger, died on Monday...

  3. Oct 25, 2017 · Oct 25, 2017. RELEASE J17-012. Former astronaut Paul “P.J.” Weitz, 85, died Sunday, Oct. 22, at his home at Flagstaff. He was a veteran of two spaceflights and a former deputy director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Weitz was selected as part of the fifth class of astronauts, hired in April 1966.

  4. www.nasa.gov › former-astronauts › paul-j-weitzweitz bio current - NASA

    NASA EXPERIENCE: Mr. Weitz is one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as pilot on the crew of Skylab-2 (SL-2), which launched on May 25 and ended on June 22, 1973. SL-2 was the first manned Skylab mission, and activated a 28-day flight.

  5. Oct 24, 2017 · US astronaut Paul Weitz, who helped save a Nasa space station after it was damaged during launch, has died aged 85. Mr Weitz, who died at a retirement home in Flagstaff, Arizona, also served...

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  7. Oct 24, 2017 · Former NASA astronaut Paul Weitz, who spent nearly a month in orbit on the first manned Skylab mission in 1973 and flew a decade later as mission commander on the maiden voyage of the Space...

  8. Oct 24, 2017 · Bettmann Archive/getty images. CNN — Former astronaut Paul Weitz, who commanded the maiden voyage of the space shuttle Challenger, has died, according to NASA. He was 85. Weitz, who was an...

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