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    Robert Crippen

    American astronaut

    Robert Laurel Crippen 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, Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test, ASTP support crew member, and the Approach and Landing Tests for the Space Shuttle. In 1986, Crippen participated in the recovery operations for the remains of crew members after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. He was also on the commission responsible for determining the cause of the accident. After retiring as an astronaut, Crippen worked his way through management at NASA, namely as Director, Space Shuttle, at NASA Headquarters, then Director of the Kennedy Space Center. Wikipedia

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    Robert Crippen was born in Beaumont, Texas, on September 11, 1937. [1] After graduating from New Caney High School in New Caney, Texas in 1955, Crippen went to the University of Texas at Austin to major in Aerospace Engineering.In 1960, he graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree. [1] [2] [3] He was selected as a member of the Texas Alpha chapter of Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Gamma Tau.
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  4. britannica.com

    Robert Crippen (born September 11, 1937, Beaumont, Texas, U.S.) is a U.S. astronaut who served as pilot on the first space shuttle orbital flight. Crippen graduated from the University of Texas, Austin, with a degree in aerospace engineering in 1960.
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  5. Following their return from the inaugural flight of Space Shuttle Columbia, STS-1 astronauts John W. Young and Robert L. Crippen received honors at the White House for their heroic mission. Young and Crippen visited NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida to thank employees there who prepared Columbia for their mission and helped unveil a new stamp to commemorate America's space ...
  6. historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov

    NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project . The oral histories on this Website are the transcripts from audio-recorded, personal interviews with many who pioneered outer space and the Moon, and with those who continue the excitement of space exploration.
  7. ae.utexas.edu

    Robert L. Crippen (Retired) Captain, US Navy and Former Astronaut, NASA. B.S. ASE 1960, The University of Texas at Austin. Bob Crippen was the pilot of the first Space Shuttle flight in April 1981 and went on to command three other Space Shuttle missions. He has logged more than 565 hours in space and orbited the earth 374 times.

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