Career record
Flights
4
Launches with a definitive outcome — the Stats basis
Career time in space
23d 13h
Career EVA time
under a minute
Spacewalks
0
Biography
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. Crippen received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Launches
- Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-41-G — Commander · Success · October 5, 1984
- Space Shuttle Challenger OV-099 | STS-41-C — Commander · Success · April 6, 1984
- Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-7 — Commander · Success · June 18, 1983 · 11:33 UTC
- Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-1 — Pilot · Success · April 12, 1981
Born 1937-09-11