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Canadian Astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason

Canadian astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason is an expert on the Canadian Microgravity Vibration Isolation Mount and flew on a space mission aboard the shuttle Discovery in 1997.

Bjarni Tryggvason Biography

Canadian astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason is a fluid dynamics engineer and applied mathematician. From the Canadian Space Agency.

Bjarni Tryggvason on R and D

Canadian astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason urges Canadians to take a long view of science. From the London Free Press on CNEWS.

Bjarni Tryggvason Trains Cosmonauts on Microgravity

Canadian astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason and his work on the Canadian Microgravity Vibration Isolation Mount. From the Toronto Sun on CNEWS.

Microgravity Isolation Mount

This Canadian space technology improves the environment for experiments by isolating them from the vibrations of spacecraft. From the Canadian Space Agency.

STS-85 Space Mission

Highlights of the 1997 STS-85 space mission on board the space shuttle Discovery. Bjarni Tryggvason served as a payload specialist. From the Kennedy Space Center.

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