Irv Levitt

Irv Levitt was an American astronaut and anthropologist who traveled to Minerva aboard the Athena. He was married to Doctor Sarah Levitt and had a brief extramarital affair with Pat Marquard while on Minerva.

He helped Lamra become the first ever Minervan mate to survive the budding process by learning his wife's medical procedure to save Minervan mates.

Levitt's father's name was Samuel. When speaking Russian with the crew of the Soviet shuttle Tsiolovsky, he was addressed as Irv Samuelovich.