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Edward Gibson

United States

Edward Gibson is an American physicist and former NASA astronaut who served as science pilot on the third and final crewed mission to the Skylab space station, from November 1973 to February 1974, a stay of nearly 84 days. A solar physicist by training, Gibson made extensive observations of the Sun during the mission, including detailed study of a large solar flare, and it remained his only spaceflight before he left NASA to continue solar physics research.

Facts
Birth Year
1936 3
Nationality
American 3
Number of Flights
1 4
Firsts
Spaceflight Record 3
Classification
Astronaut Role
Pilot 1
Dating
Selection Year
1965 2
Connections

Associated With

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Edward Gibson - Wikipedia

Operated By

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Edward Gibson - Wikipedia
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Nationality

United States

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Edward Gibson
Sources
1. Spacefacts.de: Spacefacts biography: Edward Gibson
Spacefacts.dePersonal data, Position (PLT)
Quote, Personal data, Position (PLT)
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2. Edward Gibson (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia Edward Gibson lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)View the Source
3. Edward Gibson - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1936-11-08
  • Wikidata P27 country of citizenship
    United States
  • Article text
    This was the longest crewed flight (84 days 1 hour 15 minutes) in the history of crewed space exploration at that time.
  • Operated By: NASA, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Edward George Gibson (born November 8, 1936) is a former NASA astronaut, pilot, engineer, and physicist.
  • Associated With: NASA, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    Edward George Gibson (born November 8, 1936) is a former NASA astronaut, pilot, engineer, and physicist.
  • In Group: Apollo and Skylab Astronauts, Lead sentence
    Gibson is the last surviving crew member of Skylab 4.
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4. The Space Devs Launch Library 2: Launch Library 2 astronaut list, records 1 to 100
The Space Devs Launch Library 2Astronaut record 51, Edward Gibson
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"name": "Edward Gibson" ... "flights_count": 1
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Wikidata: Edward Gibson
Wikidata Q390344, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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