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	Robert Crippen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Crippen served as the director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center from January 1992 to January 1995.
		Crippen became a NASA astronaut in September 1969.
		Crippen is married to the former Pandora Lee Puckett of Miami, Florida.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Crippen (645 words)

	Robert L. “Crip” Crippen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		During the next decade, Crippen served as Deputy Director for Shuttle Operations at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, Director of Space Shuttle at NASA Headquarters in Washington, and KSC Director.
		Moreover, Crippen is a member of the Astronaut Hall of Fame.
		Crippen instantly became a role model and hero to millions, especially young Americans as he ushered in a revolutionary new form of space travel.
	www.au.af.mil /au/goe/eaglebios/03bios/crippe03.htm (501 words)

	JPL News
		Crippen has created dozens of images (most of which can be viewed on NASA's Planetary Photojournal) with data from the shuttle mission often in combination with other satellite imagery.
		Crippen completed his undergraduate degree with a double major in geology and geography at the University of California Los Angeles and a master's degree in geology and a Ph.D. in Earth science remote sensing at the University of California Santa Barbara.
		Crippen has "a knack for matching wits with satellite data and coming up with unforeseen data," wrote documentarian Nicholas Clapp in his book about the search for the lost city of Ubar.
	www.jpl.nasa.gov /news/profiles/crippen (969 words)

	The New Mexico Museum of Space History - Inductee - Robert L. Crippen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Robert L. Crippen, (Captain, USN), was born in Beaumont, Texas, on September 11, 1937.
		Crippen was spacecraft commander of STS-7, the second flight for the Orbiter Challenger on June 18, 1983.
		On his third flight Crippen was spacecraft commander of STS 41-C, April 6-13 1984.
	www.spacefame.org /crippen.html (539 words)

	Crippen, Robert Laurel (1937-)
		American astronaut and copilot, alongside John Young, on the maiden voyage of the Space Shuttle on Apr. 12, 1981.
		Crippen earned a B.S. in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1960 and went on to become a Navy captain.
		Subsequently, he became commander of the Skylab Medical Experiments Altitude Test and was a member of the support crew for Skylab 2, Skylab 3, Skylab 4, and Apollo-Soyuz Test Project missions.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/C/Crippen.html (204 words)

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		Crippen received his commission through the Navy's Aviation Officer Program at Pensacola, Florida, which he entered after graduation from the University of Texas.
		Crippen was among the second group of aerospace research pilots to be assigned to the MOL program.
		From 1986-1989, he was assigned as deputy director, Shuttle Operations, for NASA Headquarters at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, responsible for final Shuttle preparation, mission execution, and return of the orbiter to KSC after landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
	freespace.virgin.net /p.thompson/astronautbios/robertcrippen.html (655 words)

	Crippen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Robert L. Crippen (Captain, USN, retired) is currently retired.
		Crippen served as the director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center from January l992 to January 1995.
		Crippen became a NASA astronaut in September l969.
	www.amfcse.org /board/crippen.htm (595 words)

	Crippen
		Crippen was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Skylab 2, 3 and 4 missions, and he served in this same capacity for the Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) mission which was completed successfully in July 1975.
		CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: Crippen has been designated pilot for one of the four two-man crews selected to fly Space Shuttle orbital flight tests and, with John W. Young, will fly STS-1 in 1981.
		From the beginning of the project, the Navy had demanded that this be an all-Navy crew, which would limit the crew to Truly, with either Overmeyer or Crippen as co-pilot.
	www.friends-partners.org /partners/mwade/astros/crippen.htm (740 words)

	References In The Remote Sensing Seminar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Crippen, R.E., 1991, Regional exploration in desert terrains: a guide to use of Landsat TM images: presented at the 8th Thematic Conference in Geologic Remote Sensing, Denver, Colorado, USA, 29 April - 2 May 1991.
		Crippen, R.E., Image display of four components of spectral data: unpublished manuscript.
		Crippen, R.E., The iterative ratioing method of determining atmospheric corrections for scenes with rugged terrain: unpublished manuscript.
	www.gps.caltech.edu /gislab/data/rs/rs_seminar_ref.html (168 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		They are Astronauts Robert L. Crippen, commander; Francis R. (Dick) Scobee, pilot; and Terry J. Hart, James D. van Hoften and George D. Nelson, all mission specialists.
		Crew members for the mission include Astronauts Robert L. Crippen and Jon A. McBride, commander and pilot, respectively, whose surnames flank those of the NASA mission specialists -- Astronauts Kathryn D. Sullivan, David C. Leestma and Sally K. Ride.
		Robert L. Gibson was mission commander; Charles F. Bolden, pilot; and George D. Nelson, Steven A. Hawley and Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, mission specialists.
	www.textfiles.com /hamradio/FREQUENCIES/nasalogo.ham (2685 words)

	STS-1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Crew members John W. Young and Robert L. Crippen pose in ejection escape suits (EES) with small model of space shuttle.
		The crew of STS-2 served as backup for this mission.
		Yuri's Night is an international celebration held on April 12 every year to commemorate the first human in space and the first Space Shuttle launch.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/STS-1 (441 words)

	NASA: KSC CENTER DIRECTOR ROBERT L. CRIPPEN TO LEAVE NASA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		These positions placed Crippen in a senior management role in the Launch Control Center for the 41 Space Shuttle launches since the Challenger accident, 22 of those as KSC Center Director.
		Crippen was the pilot of the first orbital test flight of the Space Shuttle program -- STS-1, launched April 12, 1981 -- and was the commander of three Shuttle flights: STS-7, June 18-24, 1983; STS-41C, April 6-13, 1984; and STS-41-G, October 6-13, 1984.
		Crippen's accomplishments have earned him many notable awards: the NASA Exceptional Service Medal in 1972; five awards in 1981 including the Department of Defense Distinguished Service Award, the American Astronautical Society of Flight Achievement Award, the National Geographic Society's Gardiner Greene Hubbard Medal and installation into the Aviation Hall of Fame.
	calbears.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_pasa/is_199412/ai_3480121502 (625 words)

	SPACE.com -- Crippen, Engle, Hauck, Truly to be Inducted in U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame
		Crippen, a Navy A-4 attack jet pilot, was among the second group selected for that program in 1966.
		Crippen moved to NASA in 1969 where he played a supporting role in the Skylab missions and was quickly tapped for the first shuttle flight.
		Crippen said such events are uncommon for the men who trained together for years, but split off in dozens of different directions since leaving the astronaut ranks.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/hall_fame_011029.html (1171 words)

	Robert Crippen - Definition up Erdmond.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Crippen served as the director of NASA's John F. Kennedy_Space_Center from January 1992 to January 1995.
		Born September_11, 1937, in Beaumont,_Texas, Crippen received a bachelor of science degree in aerospace_engineering from the University_of_Texas in 1960.
		Crippen became a NASA, 1983; STS-41C, April_6-13, 1984; and STS-41G, October_6-13, 1984.
	www.erdmond.com /Robert_Crippen.html (556 words)

	STS-1 EC81-15177: Space Shuttle astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen (in tan space suits) are greeted by members of ...
		STS-1 EC81-15177: Space Shuttle astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen (in tan space suits) are greeted by members of the ground crew after stepping off the Space Shuttle Columbia after STS-1.
		Space Shuttle astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen (in tan space suits) are greeted by members of the ground crew after stepping off the Space Shuttle Columbia after STS-1.
		Space Shuttle astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen (in tan space suits) are greeted by members of the ground crew after stepping off the Space Shuttle Columbia after STS-1 landing at Edwards Air Force Base, CA.
	www.dfrc.nasa.gov /gallery/photo/STS-1/HTML/EC81-15177.html (131 words)

	Spaceflight Now \| Breaking News \| Four pioneering shuttle astronauts enter Hall of Fame
		Robert Crippen was selected as an astronaut for the Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory program in October 1966.
		Crippen moved into NASA management through the early 1990s before leaving the space agency for the private sector.
		He flew with Crippen on STS-7 and as commander on the first space salvage mission and later on America's return to space after Challenger, Rick Hauck is inducted into the Hall of Fame by astronaut Wally Schirra.
	spaceflightnow.com /news/n0111/11astrohof (1107 words)

	CRIPPEN, HEAD OF NASA'S SPACE CENTER, TO RESIGN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Former astronaut Robert Crippen, director of the Kennedy Space Center and pilot of the first space shuttle flight, is leaving NASA after 25 years.
		Crippen, 57, said Monday he will pursue a career in industry but has no specific plans.
		Crippen, a retired Navy captain, became an astronaut in 1969 and piloted Columbia on the first shuttle flight in 1981.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1994/vp941213/12130254.htm (159 words)

	:: NASA Quest > Archives :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Robert E. Crippen is a Research Scientist in the Terrestrial Science Research Element at JPL.
		His academic training is in the geological sciences and in geographic analysis, and he earned an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Earth Science Remote Sensing from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1989.
		Dr. Crippen is currently a principal investigator for Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) and a member of the SRTM Real Time Science Team.
	quest.arc.nasa.gov /ltc/bios/bob_crippen.html (139 words)

	Robert Crippen’s Bio: Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Robert L. Crippen became a NASA astronaut in September 1969.
		Crippen presided over the overall Shuttle program requirements and performance, and total program control including budget, schedule, and program content.
		Crippen was named President of the Thiokol Propulsion Group, Brigham City, Utah.
	www7.nationalacademies.org /aseb/1Robert_Crippens_Bio.html (227 words)

	Robert Crippen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He was previously president of Thiokol Propulsion where he served from December, 1996 to April, 2001.Thiokol produces the Space Shuttle Reusable Solid RocketMotors and other defense and commercial solid rocket motors.
		Crippen served as the director of NASA 's John F. Kennedy Space Center from January 1992 to January 1995.
		He was responsible for final Shuttle preparation, mission execution and return of the orbiterto KSC following landings at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
	www.therfcc.org /robert-crippen-177048.html (615 words)

	Crippen, Robert L. -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Stanfield, Robert L. Canadian politician who, as leader of the Progressive Conservative Association in Nova Scotia, served as that province's premier from 1956 to 1967.
		Johnson, Robert L. American businessman, founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), and the first African American majority owner of a major professional sports team in the United States.
		Robert Merton expanded on the Black-Scholes formula, a tool used to calculate the value of stock options.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9320639?tocId=9320639&query=l. (725 words)

	Robert Crippen Elementary School in Porter, Texas/TX - School Tree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Robert Crippen Elementary School is classified as a "Primary School".
		Robert Crippen Elementary School was operational at the time of the last report and is currently operational.
		Robert Crippen Elementary School IS NOT a Magnet school.
	schooltree.org /483240007407.html (148 words)

	Spaceflight Now \| STS-107 \| 'Hail Columbia'
		Former astronaut Robert Crippen, pilot of the shuttle Columbia for its maiden voyage in 1981, remembered NASA's oldest orbiter today in a moving tribute before a throng of workers gathered on the broad shuttle runway at the Kennedy Space Center.
		Crippen, who helped oversee NASA's initial response to the 1986 Challenger disaster, first flew in space aboard Columbia on April 12, 1981, when he and commander John Young rocketed away from pad 39A.
		She was named after Robert Gray's exploration ship, which sailed out of Boston Harbor in the 18th century.
	spaceflightnow.com /shuttle/sts107/030207columbia (1072 words)

	61 Wn.2d 725, BETTY L. CRIPPEN, Appellant, v. ROBERT PULLIAM, Respondent
		On October 25, 1957, the Superior Court for Cowlitz County adjudged the plaintiff (appellant), Betty Crippen, to be a delinquent child.
		Betty, a minor girl 15 years of age, had been abandoned by her mother at 3 months of age and, at the time of the delinquency hearing, was living with her father and stepmother.
		His examination disclosed that Betty had large perforations in both ear drums and an interruption of the ossicular chain on the right side, resulting in a severe hearing loss in the right ear and a moderate loss of hearing in the left ear.
	www.mrsc.org /mc/courts/supreme/061wn2d/061wn2d0725.htm (3276 words)

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