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Cosmonaut / Astronaut

Robert Crippen

Pilot of STS-1, his first spaceflight. He went on to command several further Space Shuttle missions.
Spaceflights
Official NASA portrait of astronaut Robert L. Crippen.
Born
11 Sept 1937
Spaceflights
1
Time in space
≈ 2 days

Missions

Spaceflights

Patch of mission STS-1, the first orbital flight of the Space Shuttle.

12 April 1981

STS-1

The first orbital flight of the Space Shuttle system. In April 1981 Columbia, crewed by John Young and Robert Crippen, tested shuttle launch, orbital operations and runway landing for the first time.

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Timeline

Career at a glance

  1. 1937Born11 September 1937
  2. 1981STS-112 April 1981

Crews

Flew together

John YoungCosmonaut / AstronautJohn YoungSTS-1
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