ASTRONAUT

F. Drew Gaffney

1946 - Today

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Francis Andrew "Drew" Gaffney is an American doctor and former astronaut. He previously worked for NASA and participated in the STS-40 Space Life Sciences (SLS 1) Space Shuttle mission in 1991 as a payload specialist. Gaffney was a co-investigator on an experiment that studied human cardiovascular adaption to space flight. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of F. Drew Gaffney has received more than 42,609 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. F. Drew Gaffney is the 421st most popular astronaut (down from 387th in 2019), the 14,319th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,134th in 2019) and the 215th most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, F. Drew Gaffney ranks 421 out of 556Before him are Michael A. Baker, Michael E. Fossum, Bruce E. Melnick, Christopher Cassidy, Steve MacLean, and Kimiya Yui. After him are Robert Thirsk, Kenneth D. Cameron, Oleg Skripochka, Michael L. Gernhardt, Joseph R. Tanner, and William G. Gregory.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, F. Drew Gaffney ranks 800Before him are Paul Herman, Manfred Stengl, King Sunny Adé, Barbara Lee, John Hollins, and Richard N. Richards. After him are David Sadler, Sverre Kjelsberg, Malcolm Rifkind, Christopher Malcolm, Ed Schafer, and Mike Doyle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, F. Drew Gaffney ranks 14,319 out of 20,380Before him are Steve Seymour (1920), Charlie Wilson (1953), Colin Kaepernick (1987), Genevieve Tobin (1899), Madison Beer (1999), and Alexander Wang (1983). After him are Tabitha St. Germain (1964), Nell Carter (1948), Polly Draper (1955), Gertrude Berg (1899), Betty Wright (1953), and Claire Dodd (1911).

Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, F. Drew Gaffney ranks 215Before him are Scott J. Horowitz (1957), Steven Hawley (1951), Michael A. Baker (1953), Michael E. Fossum (1957), Bruce E. Melnick (1949), and Christopher Cassidy (1970). After him are Kenneth D. Cameron (1949), Michael L. Gernhardt (1956), Joseph R. Tanner (1950), William G. Gregory (1957), Jack D. Fischer (1974), and Andrew J. Feustel (1965).