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Iceland

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Iceland

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Chronology

1 event

1945 September 21

  • Birth of Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason - . Nation: Canada, Iceland. Related Persons: Tryggvason. Icelandic-Canadian engineer mission specialist astronaut 1983-2008. CSA; Alternate Payload Specialist to MacLean for STS-52 Mission LAGEOS-2 and Test of the Canadian Space Vision System. 1 spaceflight, 11.9 days in space. Flew to orbit on STS-85 (1997)..