G. David Low

• STS -32 ( 1990)
• STS -43 (1991)
• STS -57 (1993)

George David Low ( born February 19, 1956 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, † March 15, 2008 in Reston, Virginia ) was an American astronaut and space manager.

He studied physics and engineering at the Washington and Lee University, Mechanical Engineering at Cornell University as well as aviation and aerospace engineering at Stanford University.

From 1980 Low worked for four years at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he was involved with the planning of various space probes to explore the solar system.

In 1984 he was selected as a candidate for astronaut training. He was an astronaut on the flights STS -32 ( January 1990), STS -43 ( August 1991 ) and STS -57 (June 1993).

1996 Low left NASA and worked at Orbital Sciences Corporation in Dulles ( Virginia).

Private

Low was married and had three children. He died on March 15, 2008 at Reston Hospital Center in Virginia colorectal cancer.

Low had Austrian roots. His father, George M. Low, was born in Vienna and emigrated to the USA, where he also worked for NASA later. He was 1969-1976 Vice - Chief of the Space Agency.