Bjarni Tryggvason, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Bjarni Tryggvason

Canadian astronaut

Date of Birth: 21-Sep-1945

Place of Birth: Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland

Profession: astronaut, engineer, physicist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason (born September 21, 1945) is an Icelandic-born Canadian engineer and a former NRC/CSA astronaut.
He served as a Payload Specialist on Space Shuttle mission STS-85 in 1997, a 12-day mission to study changes in the Earth's atmosphere.