About Robert L. Gibson
Robert Lee Gibson,, 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 1997. Today Gibson is active as a professional pilot, racing regularly at the annual Reno Air Races. He was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2003 and the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 2013, and has received several military decorations throughout his career. On his first space flight, Gibson was the pilot on STS 41-B, which launched from Kennedy Space Center on February 3, 1984. Gibson was the commander of the STS-61-C mission, and the first of only four people under the age of 40 to command an STS mission.
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