Astronaut Owen Garriott, who spent 60 days aboard first space station, dies at 88

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.

Garriott died Monday at his home in Huntsville, Ala., NASA announced.

“Dad had a great 88 orbits around the sun!” tweeted his son Richard…