Joseph P. Allen
| Joseph P. Allen IV | |
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Status | Retired |
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June 27, 1937 Crawfordsville, Indiana, U.S. |
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Other names
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Joseph Percival Allen IV |
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Other occupation
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Physicist |
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DePauw University, B.A. 1959 Yale University, M.S. 1961, Ph.D. 1965 |
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Time in space
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13d 01h 58m |
| Selection | 1967 NASA Group 6 |
| Missions | STS-5, STS-51-A |
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Mission insignia
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| Retirement | July 1, 1985 |
Joseph Percival "Joe" Allen IV, Ph.D. (born June 27, 1937) is a former NASA astronaut. He logged more than 3,000 hours flying time in jet aircraft.
Allen is married to the former Bonnie Jo Darling of Elkhart, Indiana. Their children are David Christopher, born September 1968 and Elizabeth Darling, born May 1972.
Allen was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, on June 27, 1937. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Allen III, reside in Frankfort, Indiana. He attended Mills School, and is a graduate of Crawfordsville High School in Indiana, class of 1955; received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics and Physics from DePauw University in 1959, where he was a member of The Delta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi, and a Master of Science degree, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Physics from Yale University in 1961 and 1965, respectively.
Allen was a research associate in the Nuclear Physics Laboratory at the University of Washington prior to his selection as an astronaut. He was a staff physicist at the Nuclear Structure Laboratory at Yale University in 1965 and 1966, and during the period 1963 to 1967, served as a guest researcher at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Allen was selected as a scientist-astronaut by NASA in August 1967 as a member of the second group of scientist-astronauts. He completed flight training at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. He served as mission scientist while a member of the astronaut support crew for Apollo 15 and served as a staff consultant on science and technology to the President's Council on International Economic Policy.
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