Robert Crippen

Robert Crippen is an American retired naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer and astronaut, born on 11 September 1937. He flew 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. Wikidata records 23 days and 13 hours in space. In 1986 he took part in the recovery operations for the crew of Challenger and served on the commission that determined the cause of the accident. Challenger STS-51-L is covered on its own page.

Born: 11 September 1937
Country: United States
Flights: 4: STS-1 (1981), STS-7 (1983), STS-41-C (1984), STS-41-G (1984)
Time in space: 23 days 13 hours