Former astronaut Owen Garriott, who spent 60 days in space aboard the United States’ first space station and whose son followed him into orbit, has died at 88.

Richard Garriott has just returned from a submersible dive to Earth's deepest point, Challenger Deep, nearly seven miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. Here, the entrepreneur discusses ...

Owen Kay Garriott was born on Nov. 22, 1930, in Enid to Owen Garriott, a wholesale oil and gas distributor, and Mary Catherine (Mellick) Garriott. ... In 2008, Richard Garriott, ...

Owen Garriott (left) with his son, Richard, talks to the media prior to Richard's launch to the International Space Station in 2008. (Image credit: NASA) ...

Former astronaut Owen Garriott, who flew on America's first space station, Skylab, and whose son followed him into orbit, has died at age 88.

Former astronaut Owen Garriott, who flew on America's first space station, Skylab, and whose son followed him into orbit, has died at age 88. He died Monday at his home in Huntsville, Alabama ...

Thirty-five years after NASA astronaut Owen Garriott first flew into space, his son Richard, a successful video-game designer, followed suit as a private citizen. Here are the Garriotts' thoughts a ...

It’s hard not to be jealous of Richard Garriott. His father, Owen, was a NASA astronaut who spent 70 days in space. He (Richard) developed the Ultima computer game series, among others, and ...

Starting Sunday, Garriott will leave to cross the Pacific Ocean to get into a submersible vehicle and dive more than 35,000 feet to Challenger Deep, the deepest known point of the planet’s oceans.

Richard Garriott is a computer-game developer who paid the Russians $30 million for a ride to the International Space Station. ... Owen Garriott was born Nov. 22, 1930, in Enid, Okla.

Former astronaut Owen Garriott, who flew on America’s first space station, Skylab, and whose son followed him into orbit, has died at age 88.