ASTRONAUT

Frank L. Culbertson Jr.

1949 - Today

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Frank Lee Culbertson Jr. (born May 15, 1949) (Capt, USN, Ret.) is an American former naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, NASA astronaut, graduate of the US Naval Academy, and member of the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame. He served as the commander of the International Space Station for almost four months in 2001 and was the only U.S. citizen not on Earth when the September 11 attacks occurred.Culbertson retired as President of the Space Systems Group at Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, where he was responsible for the execution, business development, and financial performance of the company's human spaceflight, science, commercial communications, and national security satellite activities, as well as technical services to various government customers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank L. Culbertson Jr. has received more than 104,650 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Frank L. Culbertson Jr. is the 387th most popular astronaut (down from 372nd in 2019), the 13,522nd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,715th in 2019) and the 191st most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Frank L. Culbertson Jr.s by language

Over the past year Frank L. Culbertson Jr. has had the most page views in the with 9,938 views, followed by Russian (1,227), and Persian (654). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hebrew (210.61%), Galician (104.38%), and Malagasy (99.00%)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Frank L. Culbertson Jr. ranks 387 out of 556. Before him are William S. McArthur, Aleksey Ovchinin, Mark Kelly, Charles L. Veach, Ken Bowersox, and Kevin A. Ford. After him are Maksim Surayev, Anatoli Ivanishin, Frederick Hauck, Carlos I. Noriega, Anton Shkaplerov, and Brent W. Jett Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Frank L. Culbertson Jr. ranks 761. Before him are Bruce Fairbairn, Walter Browne, Philip J. Currie, Junior Murvin, Joyce DeWitt, and Ronald M. Evans. After him are Jenny Lamy, Susan Lindquist, Ahmed Patel, Sherman Howard, Pat Condell, and Mitch Daniels.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank L. Culbertson Jr. ranks 13,522 out of 20,380. Before him are Jane Randolph (1914), Kevin A. Ford (1960), Kristen Schaal (1978), Irene Worth (1916), Margaret Cho (1968), and Ronald M. Evans (1949). After him are Taylor Negron (1957), Jerry Butler (1939), Jimmy Douglas (1898), Michelle Williams (1979), Eric Peterson (1964), and Sarah J. Maas (1986).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Frank L. Culbertson Jr. ranks 191. Before him are Charles D. Walker (1948), William S. McArthur (1951), Mark Kelly (1964), Charles L. Veach (1944), Ken Bowersox (1956), and Kevin A. Ford (1960). After him are Frederick Hauck (1941), Brent W. Jett Jr. (1958), Michael R. Clifford (1952), Clayton Anderson (1959), Jerome Apt (1949), and Roy D. Bridges Jr. (1943).

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