Robert Crippen

Robert Laurel Crippen is an American retired naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and retired astronaut. He traveled into space four times: as pilot of STS-1 in April 1981, the first Space Shuttle mission; and as commander of STS-7 in June 1983, STS-41-C in April 1984, and STS-41-G in October 1984. He was also a part of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL), Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test (SMEAT), ASTP support crew member, and the Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) for the Space Shuttle.

11 September 1937

Born on the same birth date (11 September 1937): Queen Paola of Belgium

Born on the same birth day (11 September): Andre Dubus III • Anton Koolmann • Bernardo Accolti • Bola de Nieve • Brian F. G. Johnson • Daniel S. Dickinson • Eleanor of Lancaster • Hans-Ulrich Wehler • Juan Cobián • Leo Kottke • Luis García (third baseman) • Michael Sukkar • Moby • Oliver Jones (pianist) • Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen • September 11 • Valentino Fioravanti

Born in the same month (September 1937): Abner Haynes • Antonio Angelillo • Archie Goodwin (comics) • Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri • John Phillip Law • Jurek Becker • Kōichirō Matsuura • Monica Zetterlund • Pino Puglisi • Queen Paola of Belgium • Tom McKeown (poet) • Vasyl Durdynets • Vince Naimoli