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Robert Crippen
Robert Laurel Crippen is an American retired naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and 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. He was also a part of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL), Skylab Medical Experiment…
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Born 11 September 1937 · Q315737
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2023· 2 entries
Won Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy (2023).
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2016· 1 entry
Awarded National Aviation Hall of Fame (2016).
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2015· 1 entry
At the National Business Aviation Association convention in Las Vegas, Crippen was announced as a 2016 Inductee into the National Aviation Hall of Fame
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2012· 1 entry
For leadership in human space flight and development of solid fueled rockets
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2006· 3 entries
Won Congressional Space Medal of Honor (2006).
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Received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, the highest award for spaceflight achievement
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And having an elementary school named after him in Porter, Texas
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1996· 1 entry
Crippen became the tenth individual to receive the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement's National Space Trophy
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1991· 1 entry
Awarded International Space Hall of Fame (1991).
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1987· 1 entry
Married Pandora Puckett, NASA's first female lead Orbiter Project Engineer, on the Space Shuttle Atlantis and Challenger at the Kennedy Space Center
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1986· 1 entry
Crippen participated in the recovery operations for the remains of crew members after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
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1981· 3 entries
Won NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1981).
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Won Hubbard Medal (1981).
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After the inaugural Space Shuttle flight, he received the Department of Defense Distinguished Service Award, the American Astronautical Society's Flight Achievement Award, the National Geographic Society's Gardiner Green
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1975· 1 entry
The United States launched a Saturn IB launch vehicle in an Apollo configuration into space
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1960· 1 entry
Graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree
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1955· 1 entry
Crippen went to the University of Texas at Austin to major in Aerospace Engineering
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1937· 1 entry
Born 1937-09-11.
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