Former astronaut Owen Garriott dies, flew on Skylab station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Former astronaut Owen Garriott, who flew on America’s first space station, Skylab, and whose son followed him into orbit, has died at age 88. He died Monday at his home in Huntsville, Alabama, according to NASA. “Dad had a great 88 orbits around the sun!” tweeted son Richard, a computer […]