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Jerome (Jay) Apt (born April 28, 1949 in
Massachusetts) is an United States|American
astronaut. Before he became an astronaut, Apt was
a physicist who worked on the Venus (planet)|Venus
space probe project. 

Apt joined NASA in 1980 as a research scientist.
In 1986, he became an astronaut. He has flown on
four space missions and has logged over 847 hours.


In 1991, Apt flew aboard Space Shuttle
Atlantis|shuttle Atlantis where he made a
spacewalk. In 1992, he flew aboard Space Shuttle
Endeavour|shuttle Endeavour and performed life
science experiments. In 1994, Apt was part of the
first Space Radar Laboratory. This lab studied the
Earth. In 1996, Apt flew aboard Space Shuttle
Atlantis|shuttle Atlantis and visited the Russian
Mir space station.

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