Career record
Flights
5
Launches with a definitive outcome — the Stats basis
Career time in space
36d 4h
Career EVA time
under a minute
Spacewalks
0
Biography
Robert Lee "Hoot" Gibson is a former American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, and a retired NASA astronaut, as well as a professional pilot who currently races regularly at the annual Reno Air Races.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Launches
- Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-71 — Commander · Success · June 27, 1995
- Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-47 — Commander · Success · September 12, 1992
- Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-27 — Commander · Success · December 2, 1988
- Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-61-C — Commander · Success · January 12, 1986
- Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-41-B — Pilot · Success · February 3, 1984
Born 1946-10-30