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. He was born in Cooperstown, New York.

Gibson is a retired NASA astronaut. He also was Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1992 to 1994. He was honored into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2003 and the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 2013.

Robert L. Gibson Media

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  • Beschreibung: Emblem der de:Space Shuttle Mission de:STS-41-B
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  STS-61-c mission patch* * Columbia, which opened the era of the Space Transportation System with four orbital flight tests, is featured in re-entry in the emblem designed by the STS-61C crew representing the seven team members who manned the vehicle for its seventh STS mission. Gold lettering against black background honors the astronaut crewmembers on the delta pattern surrounding colorful re-entry shock waves, and the payload specialists are honored similarly below the sphere.

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  STS-27 Mission Insignia *The patch depicts the Space Shuttle lifting off against the multi-colored backdrop of a rainbow, symbolizing the triumphal return to flight of our nation's manned space program. The design also commemorates the memory of the crew of Challenger mission STS-51-L, represented by the seven stars.

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  Stspatch

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  STS-71 Mission Insignia *The STS-71 crew patch design depicts the orbiter Atlantis in the process of the first international docking mission of the Space Shuttle Atlantis with the Russian Space Station Mir. The names of the 10 astronauts and cosmonauts who flew aboard the orbiter are shown along the outer border of the patch.

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  The famous photo showing McCandless using the MMU. It was Gibson who took the photo and later remarked imagining about the caption being "NASA Photo by Hooter" STS-41-B in 1984

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  Hawker Sea Fury aka September Fury race 232