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Robert L. Gibson. Robert Lee "Hoot" Gibson (born October 30, 1946), ( Capt, USN, Ret.), is a former American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. A retired NASA astronaut, he also served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1992 to 1994.
30 de abr. de 2009 · So was the man I'd traveled to Chantilly, Virginia, to meet: Robert "Hoot" Gibson. Hoot (the nickname originated with cowboy movie star Edmund "Hoot" Gibson) knew many of these flying machines...
Robert L. Gibson was a test pilot and astronaut who flew five missions on the Space Shuttle from 1984 to 1995. He participated in the Challenger investigation, the solid rocket booster redesign, and the first runway landing of Columbia.
Robert L. Gibson is a former NASA astronaut who flew five Space Shuttle missions from 1984 to 1995. He participated in the investigation of the Challenger accident, the deployment of satellites, and the first Spacelab-J mission with a Japanese astronaut.
22 de ene. de 2016 · Gibson: One of the things that we were doing out in the cargo bay, we had two ultraviolet telescopes, and it was an experiment called UVX, Ultraviolet Experiment is what it stood for. What it would involve was Charlie Bolden and I maneuvering the Orbiter to point it at something.
10 de abr. de 2018 · NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project. Edited Oral History Transcript. Robert L. "Hoot" Gibson. Interviewed by Jennifer Ross-Nazzal. Houston, TX – 10 April 2018. Ross-Nazzal: Today is April 10, 2018. This interview with Hoot Gibson is being conducted for the JSC Oral History Project in Houston, Texas.
27 de dic. de 2023 · These are the five astronauts who flew on the STS-41B mission. On the front row are Vance D. Brand, commander; and Robert L. Gibson, pilot. Mission specialists (back row, left to right) are Robert L. Stewart, Dr. Ronald E. McNair and Bruce McCandless II.
