ASTRONAUT

Joseph P. Kerwin

1932 - Today

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Joseph Peter Kerwin (born February 19, 1932) is an American physician and former NASA astronaut. He served as the science pilot for the Skylab 2 mission from May 25, 1973, to June 22, 1973. He was the first physician to be selected for astronaut training and the first doctor from the United States to enter space. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph P. Kerwin has received more than 156,881 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Joseph P. Kerwin is the 210th most popular astronaut (down from 189th in 2019), the 8,055th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,534th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 160k

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  • 53.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Joseph P. Kerwin ranks 210 out of 556. Before him are Henry Hartsfield, Yuri Baturin, Valery Korzun, Yelena Kondakova, Charles Bassett, and Catherine Coleman. After him are Koichi Wakata, Story Musgrave, Laurel Clark, Hans Schlegel, Takao Doi, and James P. Bagian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Joseph P. Kerwin ranks 397. Before him are Jerzy Pawłowski, Rudolph Rummel, Sergei Slonimsky, János Parti, Germano de Figueiredo, and Louis Rwagasore. After him are José Varacka, Elliott H. Lieb, Irma Johansson, Jan Jindra, Tom Kibble, and Tetsuo Okamoto.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph P. Kerwin ranks 8,055 out of 20,380. Before him are Bobbi Starr (1983), Johnny Mandel (1925), Gwen Verdon (1925), Edward Ruscha (1937), Jeremiah S. Black (1810), and Duane Jones (1937). After him are Rose Cleveland (1846), William H. Crawford (1772), Big Pun (1971), Moira Kelly (1968), John Antoine Nau (1860), and Thomas Ewing (1789).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Joseph P. Kerwin ranks 82. Before him are Dale Gardner (1948), Michael J. Adams (1930), Rick Husband (1957), Henry Hartsfield (1933), Charles Bassett (1931), and Catherine Coleman (1960). After him are Story Musgrave (1935), Laurel Clark (1961), James P. Bagian (1952), David M. Brown (1956), Bonnie J. Dunbar (1949), and Jerry L. Ross (1948).

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