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Edward Gibson

1936 - Today

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Edward George Gibson (born November 8, 1936) is a former NASA astronaut, pilot, engineer, and physicist. Before becoming an astronaut, Gibson graduated from the University of Rochester and the California Institute of Technology. He became a research assistant in jet propulsion while completing his studies, and eventually became a research scientist for Philco Corporation until joining NASA in 1965. Gibson is the last surviving crew member of Skylab 4. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Gibson is the 174th most popular astronaut (down from 149th in 2019), the 6,233rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,511th in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Edward Gibson ranks 174 out of 556. Before him are Fyodor Yurchikhin, Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., Valentin Lebedev, Ronald McNair, Anatoly Solovyev, and Yi So-yeon. After him are Boris Morukov, Valentina Ponomaryova, Lodewijk van den Berg, Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov, Roy D. Bridges Jr., and Christer Fuglesang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Edward Gibson ranks 328. Before him are Brian Blessed, Tomáš Pospíchal, Ong Teng Cheong, Edén Pastora, Robert W. Floyd, and Francisco Ibáñez Talavera. After him are Brian Hart, Hans Zender, George Eastham, Bobby Seale, Héctor Núñez, and Scott LaFaro.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Gibson ranks 6,234 out of 20,380. Before him are Gerald McRaney (1947), Beals Wright (1879), Arlo Guthrie (1947), Buddy Rogers (1921), Tony Williams (1945), and Sterling Morrison (1942). After him are Thomas Berger (1924), Franklin Clarence Mars (1883), Todd Haynes (1961), Donald "Duck" Dunn (1941), Daniel Morgan (1736), and Maurice Costello (1877).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Edward Gibson ranks 79. Before him are Karen Nyberg (1969), Mike Massimino (1962), Michael Foreman (1957), Paul J. Weitz (1932), Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. (1935), and Ronald McNair (1950). After him are Roy D. Bridges Jr. (1943), William H. Dana (1930), Donald Pettit (1955), Theodore Freeman (1930), Robert L. Behnken (1970), and William Shepherd (1949).

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