Born in Iceland, Bjarni Tryggvason grew up in Vancouver and joined the Canadian space program in 1983. He flew his one and only mission on the Discovery space shuttle in 1997. In this 12-day mission, it orbited the Earth 189 times, conducting experiments on the atmosphere and the effect of space flight on the equipment of the bus. After leaving the program in 2008, he returned to teaching at Western University in London, On. Bjarni Tryggvason was 76 years old
