Robert Crippen
Robert Crippen
Robert Laurel "Bob" Crippen,, is a retired American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and former astronaut for the United States Department of Defense and for NASA. He was the Pilot of the first Space Shuttle flight and flew three more missions as Commander. Crippen received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAstronaut
Date of Birth11 September 1937
CountryUnited States of America
american-astronaut came circling coming lake land pattern
For landing, we came in over Edwards about 40,000 feet. We set up for a big circling pattern coming in to land down on the lake bed.