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Robert Laurel Crippen, detto Crip (Beaumont, 11 settembre 1937), è un ex astronauta statunitense, che ha partecipato a quattro missioni dello Space Shuttle di cui tre nel ruolo di comandante.
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 ...
18 giu 2024 · Robert L. Crippen, pilot (right), and John W. Young, commander (left), were the prime crew for the first flight in the Space Transportation System (STS-1) program. From January 1990 to January 1992 he served as Director, Space Shuttle, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Robert Crippen, U.S. astronaut who served as pilot on the first space shuttle flight. He also commanded three shuttle flights, including STS-7, on which Sally Ride became the first American woman in space, and STS-41-C, on which a satellite was first repaired in Earth orbit.
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12 apr 2021 · 14 aprile 1981: il Columbia, con a bordo John Young e Robert Crippen, atterra per la prima volta (foto:: Nasa/AFP/Getty Images)
12 apr 2021 · This historic flight paired veteran astronaut and Commander John W. Young with Pilot Robert L. Crippen, who was heading to orbit for the first time. “One of the things that [the shuttle] really allowed us to do is to fly a diverse group of people into space. We didn’t need just test pilots anymore,” Crippen said.
7 apr 2021 · Interview with STS-1 Pilot Robert L. Crippen, April 7, 2021. When the spotlights came on in the predawn hours of April 12, 1981, they illuminated a spacecraft like no other: the Space Shuttle.
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