| Gerald Paul Carr Skylab
resident
Biographical Data
Born August 22, 1932, in Denver Colorado;
raised in Santa Ana, California.
Married JoAnn Petrie
Children Jennifer Anne (born July 31, 1955),
Jamee Adele and Jeffrey Ernest (born July 3, 1958), John
Christian (born April 4, 1962), Jessica Louise and Joshua
Lee (born March 12, 1964)
Divorced
Married Patricia L. Musick, 1979
Education
High School Santa Ana High School
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
University of Southern California, 1954
Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering
U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, 1961
Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering
Princeton University, 1962
Honorary Doctorate of Science in Aeronautical
Engineering Parks College of Saint Louis University,
1976
Military Career
Joined the U.S. Navy in 1949.
Appointed a midshipman in 1950 in the University of
Southern California's NROTC program.
Received his commission and reported to the U.S. Marine
Corps Officers' Basic School at Quantico, Virginia, upon
graduation in 1954.
Received flight training at Pensacola, Florida, and
Kingsville, Texas.
Assigned to Marine All-Weather-Fighter-Squadron 114 from
1962 to 1965.
NASA Career
Selected as an astronaut in April 1966.
Initially assigned to the test directors section of
Marine Air Control Squadron Three, a unit responsible for
the testing and evaluation of the Marine Tactical Data
System.
Member of the astronaut support crews and CAPCOM for
Apollo VIII and Apollo XII.
Involved in the development and testing of the lunar
roving vehicle.
Commander of Skylab
IV, the last manned visit to the Skylab Orbital
Workshop, November 16, 1973-February 8, 1974.
He was the first rookie astronaut to command a
mission since Frank Borman
on Gemini 7.
Accompanied on the record-setting 34.5-million-mile
flight by Science Pilot Edward
Gibson and Pilot William
R. Pogue.
Gerald Carr 'balances' William Pogue on his finger
while aboard Skylab
Became head of the design support group, within the
astronaut office, responsible for providing crew support,
in mid-1977.
Post-NASA Career
Retired from the Marine Corps in September 1975 and
from NASA in June 1977.
Senior Consultant on Special Staff to the President of
Applied Research, Inc., of Los Angeles, 1981-1983.
Manager of the University of Texas 300-inch Telescope
Project, 1983-1985.
Founded CAMUS, Incorporated, in 1984. Was a major
contributor as a technical support subcontractor to the
Boeing Company in the crew systems design of the
International Space Station.
Organizations
fellow, American Astronautical Society
former director, Sunsat Energy Council
former director, Houston POPS Orchestra
director, National Space Society
member, Marine Corps Association
member, Marine Corps Aviation Association
member, Naval Aviation Museum Foundation
member, Society of Experimental Test Pilots
member, The Order of Daedalians
member, National Society of Professional Engineers
member, University of Southern California Alumni
Association
member, Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity
Awards and Honors
National Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal
Letter of Commendation from the Commander of Carrier
Division II
NASA Group Achievement Award (1971)
NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1974)
Navy Distinguished Service Medal (1974)
Navy Astronaut Wings (1974)
City of Chicago Gold Medal (1974)
University of Southern California Alumni Merit Award
(1974)
Boy Scouts of America Distinguished Eagle Scout Award
(1974)
Robert J. Collier Trophy for 1973 (1974)
City of New York Gold Medal (1974)
Marine Corps Aviation Association's Exceptional
Achievement Award (1974)
Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy (1975)
Federation Aeronautique Internationale's Gold Space Medal
Federation Aeronautique Internationale's De La Vaulx
Medal
Federation Aeronautique Internationale's V.M. Komarov
Diploma for 1974
AIAA Haley Astronautics Award for 1974
American Astronautical Society's 1975 Flight Achievement
Award
induction into Astronaut Hall of Fame (1997)
Source
Astronaut Biographies www.jsc.nasa.gov
See Also
Skylab IV
Frank Borman
Edward Gibson
William R. Pogue
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