Albert Sacco
Albert Sacco, Jr. | |
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| Born | May 3, 1949 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Space career | |
| WPI Payload Specialist | |
Time in space | 15d 21h 34m |
| Missions | STS-73 |
Mission insignia |  |
Albert Sacco, Jr. (born May 3, 1949) is an American chemical engineer who flew as a Payload Specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia on shuttle mission STS-73 in 1995.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Sacco completed a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Northeastern University in Boston in 1973, and then a Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977. He then joined the faculty of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, becoming a full professor and rising to department head in 1989.[citation needed]
Sacco accepted the position of Dean of the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering at Texas Tech University, effective January 1, 2011.[1]
Sacco flew as a payload specialist on STS-73, which launched on October 20, 1995, and landed at the Kennedy Space Center on November 5, 1995.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Former Columbia Astronaut Named Engineering Dean". On This Day: July 7. Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech Today. 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
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