Edward George Gibson
Astronaut

Date of Birth: November 8, 1936
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



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

  • B.Sc., Engineering, University of Rochester, 1959
    M.Sc., Engineering(Jet Propulsion), Caltech, 1960
    Ph.D., Engineering(Physics), Caltech, 1964
  • Senior Research Assistant at Philco Corporation from June 1964 until selection by NASA.
  • Skylab 4, Science Pilot on the final Skylab mission, remaining in space for three months and performing three extra-vehicular activities.
  • 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.
  • Worked for a year in Germany during 1976 consulting on Spacelab design.
  • Returned to NASA in March 1977 to become Chief of Scientist-Astronaut Candidates at Johnson Space Center.
  • Retired in October 1990 to begin his own consulting firm, Gibson International Corporation.