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Robert F. Overmyer

1936 - 1996

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Robert Franklyn "Bob" Overmyer (July 14, 1936 – March 22, 1996) was an American test pilot, naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, physicist, United States Marine Corps officer, and USAF/NASA astronaut. Overmyer was selected by the Air Force as an astronaut for its Manned Orbiting Laboratory in 1966. Upon cancellation of the program in 1969, he became a NASA astronaut and served support crew duties for the Apollo program, Skylab program, and Apollo–Soyuz Test Project. In 1976, he was assigned to the Space Shuttle program and flew as pilot on STS-5 in 1982 and as commander on STS-51-B in 1985. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert F. Overmyer is the 273rd most popular astronaut (down from 259th in 2019), the 9,723rd most popular biography from United States (up from 9,937th in 2019) and the 127th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Robert F. Overmyer ranks 273 out of 556. Before him are Pedro Duque, Eileen Collins, John Herrington, Nikolai Budarin, Gregory R. Wiseman, and Yury Onufriyenko. After him are Bonnie J. Dunbar, Daniel Brandenstein, Yury Usachov, Akihiko Hoshide, Robert L. Stewart, and John Oliver Creighton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Robert F. Overmyer ranks 495. Before him are Ernest Shonekan, Jerónimo Saavedra, Hal Greer, Margaret Mahy, Carey Bell, and Dimitar Largov. After him are David Hess, Herbert Boyer, Tunne Kelam, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Janusz Zakrzeński, and José Manuel Pesudo. Among people deceased in 1996, Robert F. Overmyer ranks 303. Before him are Marcel Capelle, Jan Hertl, Garrett Birkhoff, Vytautas Žalakevičius, Gino Bramieri, and Otto Licha. After him are Georg Johansson, Barney Ewell, Célestin Delmer, Jean-Claude Piumi, Pierre Jaccoud, and Nino Borsari.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert F. Overmyer ranks 9,725 out of 20,380. Before him are Howard Deutch (1950), Warren Kealoha (1903), Tadd Dameron (1917), Ashley Graham (1987), Franklin Graham (1952), and Judith Jarvis Thomson (1929). After him are Anna J. Harrison (1912), Jimmy Garrison (1934), David Hess (1936), Herbert Boyer (1936), Steven Mnuchin (1962), and Daniel Kelly (1883).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Robert F. Overmyer ranks 127. Before him are Jeanette J. Epps (1970), Joe F. Edwards Jr. (1958), Jerry L. Ross (1948), Eileen Collins (1956), John Herrington (1958), and Gregory R. Wiseman (1975). After him are Bonnie J. Dunbar (1949), Daniel Brandenstein (1943), Robert L. Stewart (1942), John Oliver Creighton (1943), Steven R. Nagel (1946), and Brewster H. Shaw (1945).

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