Robert F. Overmyer
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| USAF / NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Born |
July 14, 1936 Lorain, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | March 22, 1996 (aged 59) Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. |
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Other names
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Robert Franklyn Overmyer |
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Other occupation
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Naval aviator, test pilot |
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BW, B.S. 1958 NPS, M.S. 1964 |
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| Rank | Colonel, USMC |
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Time in space
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12d 02h 22m |
| Selection |
1966 USAF MOL Group 2 1969 NASA Group 7 |
| Missions | STS-5, STS-51-B |
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Mission insignia
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| Retirement | June 1986 |
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Robert Franklyn "Bob" Overmyer (July 14, 1936 – March 22, 1996), (Col, USMC), was an American test pilot, naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, physicist, United States Marine Corps officer, and USAF/NASA astronaut. He was born in Lorain, Ohio, but considered Westlake, Ohio his hometown. Overmyer was selected by the United States Air Force as an astronaut for its Manned Orbiting Laboratory in 1966. Upon cancellation of this program in 1969, he became a NASA astronaut and served support crew duties for the Skylab program and Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. In 1976, he was assigned to the Space Shuttle program, and flew as pilot on STS-5 in 1982, and as commander on STS-51-B in 1985. He was selected as a lead investigator into the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, and retired from NASA in 1986. Ten years later, Overmyer died in Duluth, Minnesota while testing the Cirrus VK-30 composite homebuilt aircraft.
Overmyer was born in Lorain, Ohio, on July 14, 1936. He was active in the Boy Scouts of America and earned the rank of First Class. He graduated from Westlake High School, Westlake, Ohio, in 1954, went on to receive a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Baldwin Wallace College in 1958, and a Master of Science degree in Aeronautics with a major in Aeronautical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1964.
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