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Edward George Gibson
Astronaut
| Date of Birth: |
November 8, 1936 |
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| Place of Birth: |
Buffalo, New York |
| Joined NASA: |
June 28, 1965 |
| Left NASA: |
October 1, 1990 |
| Space Flights: |
1 |
| Time in Space: |
84 days, 1 hour, 15 minutes |
| Number of EVA's: |
3 |
| Total EVA Time: |
15 hours, 22 minutes |
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MISSION ASSIGNMENTS
Apollo 12
Assignment: Support Crew & Capcom
Skylab 4 (Final Skylab Mission)
November 16, 1973 - February 8, 1974
Assignment: Science Pilot
Flight Duration: 84 days, 1 hour, 15 minutes
HIGHLIGHTS
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B.Sc., Engineering, University of Rochester, 1959
M.Sc., Engineering(Jet Propulsion), Caltech, 1960
Ph.D., Engineering(Physics), Caltech, 1964
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Senior Research Assistant at Philco Corporation from June 1964 until selection by NASA.
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Skylab 4, Science Pilot on the final Skylab mission, remaining in space for three months and performing three extra-vehicular activities.
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Left NASA, for the first time, in December 1974 to become a Senior Staff Scientist with the Aerospace Corporation of Los Angeles, conducting research on the solar physics data collected during the three Skylab missions.
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Worked for a year in Germany during 1976 consulting on Spacelab design.
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Returned to NASA in March 1977 to become Chief of Scientist-Astronaut Candidates at Johnson Space Center.
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Retired in October 1990 to begin his own consulting firm, Gibson International Corporation.
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