Robert L. Crippen

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NASA astronaut aerospace engineer human naval officer test pilot

Robert L. Crippen is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain best known for serving as pilot on the first Space Shuttle mission and later commanding three additional shuttle flights.

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Label Occurrences
Robert L. Crippen canonical 9
Robert Crippen 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA astronaut ⓘ
aerospace engineer ⓘ
human ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
academicDegree bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering ⓘ
awardReceived Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ
Defense Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Induction into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame ⓘ
NASA Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt University of Texas at Austin ⓘ
employer NASA ⓘ
familyName Crippen ⓘ
fieldOfWork aerospace ⓘ
human spaceflight ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf NASA Astronaut Corps ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Navy ⓘ
militaryRank captain ⓘ
notableAchievement commanded three Space Shuttle missions ⓘ
pilot on the first Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
notablePosition director of the Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
director of the Space Shuttle program (NASA headquarters roles) ⓘ
notableWork STS-1 ⓘ
STS-41C ⓘ
surface form: STS-41-C

STS-41-G ⓘ
STS-7 ⓘ
occupation astronaut ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
roleInMission commander of STS-41-C ⓘ
commander of STS-41-G ⓘ
commander of STS-7 ⓘ
pilot of STS-1 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spaceMission STS-1 ⓘ
STS-41C ⓘ
surface form: STS-41-C

STS-41-G ⓘ
STS-7 ⓘ
spaceShuttleFlown Space Shuttle Challenger ⓘ
Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ

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STS-1 → pilot → Robert L. Crippen ⓘ
STS-1 → crewMember → Robert L. Crippen ⓘ
STS-41-G → crewMember → Robert L. Crippen ⓘ
STS-41-G → commander → Robert L. Crippen ⓘ
STS-7 → crewMember → Robert L. Crippen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Crippen
STS-7 → commander → Robert L. Crippen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Crippen
NASA Astronaut Group 8 → includes → Robert L. Crippen ⓘ
OV-102 → firstFlightPilot → Robert L. Crippen ⓘ
Columbia → firstMissionPilot → Robert L. Crippen ⓘ
STS-41C → commander → Robert L. Crippen ⓘ
OV-102 Columbia → firstFlightPilot → Robert L. Crippen ⓘ