Robert Crippen

Robert Crippen

Robert Laurel Crippen (born September 11, 1937 in Beaumont, Texas) is a retired United States Navy captain and a former astronaut for the United States Air Force and for NASA. He flew on four Space Shuttle missions, three as commander. Crippen is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

He married Pandora Lee Puckett of Miami, Florida, and he has three daughters from a previous marriage.

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