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Robert Crippen

1937 - Today

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Robert Laurel Crippen (born September 11, 1937) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Crippen has received more than 379,829 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Crippen is the 175th most popular astronaut (down from 114th in 2019), the 7,136th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,698th in 2019) and the 71st most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Robert Crippen ranks 175 out of 524Before him are Eileen Collins, Valeri Tokarev, Laurel Clark, Patrick Baudry, Yuri Malenchenko, and Claudie Haigneré. After him are Piers Sellers, Lodewijk van den Berg, Boris Morukov, Paolo Nespoli, Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov, and Frank De Winne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Robert Crippen ranks 359Before him are Richard H. Truly, Teresa Ciepły, Lothar Späth, Francisco Gabica, Nina Companeez, and Hans Cieslarczyk. After him are Antonio Betancort, Martin Lauer, Pentti Saarikoski, Prosper Avril, Ezio Pascutti, and Guido Vildoso.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Crippen ranks 7,136 out of 18,182Before him are Gil Gerard (1943), Constance Towers (1933), Gloria Jones (1945), Ilene Woods (1929), Scott Weiland (1967), and Anna Chlumsky (1980). After him are Albert Charles Smith (1906), Reni Santoni (1938), Matthew Gray Gubler (1980), Tom M. Apostol (1923), Benjamin Butler (1818), and Rita Mae Brown (1944).

Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Robert Crippen ranks 71Before him are Joe Engle (1932), C. Gordon Fullerton (1936), Theodore Freeman (1930), Clifton Williams (1932), Eileen Collins (1956), and Laurel Clark (1961). After him are John Oliver Creighton (1943), Scott Kelly (1964), James McDivitt (1929), Joseph P. Kerwin (1932), Michael J. Adams (1930), and John E. Blaha (1942).