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The first physician to be selected for astronaut training. He later was the director of Space and Life Sciences at Johnson Space Center.He went on one Skylab mission and served as CAPCOM (Capsule Communicator) for Apollo 13.He studied medicine at Northwestern University, where actor Zach Braff went to school.
BEFORE FAMEHe served in the U.S. Navy and was a naval flight surgeon.
PERSONAL LIFEHe married and had three children.
FUN FACTSAstronaut Joseph Kerwin were born on Friday, in a leap year, birthstone is Amethyst, the seaon was Winter in the Chinese year of Monkey, it is 47 days until Joseph Kerwin next birthday.
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