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Robert Crippen

1937 - Today

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Robert Laurel Crippen (born September 11, 1937) is an American retired naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and retired astronaut. He traveled into space four times: as pilot of STS-1 in April 1981, the first Space Shuttle mission; and as commander of STS-7 in June 1983, STS-41-C in April 1984, and STS-41-G in October 1984. He was also a part of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL), Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test (SMEAT), ASTP support crew member, and the Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) for the Space Shuttle. In 1986, Crippen participated in the recovery operations for the remains of crew members after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Crippen is the 20th most popular astronaut (up from 194th in 2019), the 1,101st most popular biography from United States (up from 7,294th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Robert Crippen ranks 20 out of 556Before him are Ronald Evans, Michael J. Smith, Alexei Leonov, Richard F. Gordon Jr., Alan Shepard, and Gherman Titov. After him are Dennis Tito, William R. Pogue, Anna Lee Fisher, Sigmund Jähn, Harrison Schmitt, and Jack Lousma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Robert Crippen ranks 46Before him are David Hockney, Bettina Heinen-Ayech, Bill Cosby, Gennady Yanayev, Robin Warren, and Claude Lelouch. After him are Vladimir Ashkenazy, Colleen McCullough, Jacques Santer, Juvénal Habyarimana, Roald Hoffmann, and Colin Powell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Crippen ranks 1,101 out of 20,380Before him are Gene Wilder (1933), Lee Radziwill (1933), Kris Kristofferson (1936), Chris Gardner (1954), George Whipple (1878), and Timothy McVeigh (1968). After him are Francis Peyton Rous (1879), Marla Maples (1963), John Cassavetes (1929), Marilyn vos Savant (1946), Robert H. Grubbs (1942), and Geena Davis (1956).

Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Robert Crippen ranks 13Before him are Ed White (1930), Thomas P. Stafford (1930), Ronald Evans (1933), Michael J. Smith (1945), Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929), and Alan Shepard (1923). After him are Dennis Tito (1940), William R. Pogue (1930), Anna Lee Fisher (1949), Harrison Schmitt (1935), Jack Lousma (1936), and David M. Brown (1956).