Robert L. Gibson
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American astronaut
OverviewAI-generated
Robert L. Gibson is a male United States citizen born in Cooperstown in 1946. He serves as a military officer, astronaut, and aircraft pilot for NASA. Gibson was educated at California Polytechnic State University and served as Chief of the Astronaut Office. He is a member of NASA Astronaut Group 8 and is recognized in the Astronauts collection.
Gibson participated in the Vietnam War. He flew on the STS-41-B, STS-61-C, STS-27, and STS-47 missions, spending 52095 minutes in space. His awards include the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, and inductions into the National Aviation Hall of Fame and United States Astronaut Hall of Fame. He is married to Margaret Rhea Seddon.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1927
- Works
- 11
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1946
Member of
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 95,697x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 56,496x
- CLUSTAL W: improving the sensitivity of progressive multiple sequence alignment through sequence weighting, position-specific gap penalties and weight matrix choice
· 1994 · cited 52,079x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 46,766x
- Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 39,726x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 8
- Family name
- Gibson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cooperstown
- Spouse
- Margaret Rhea Seddon
- Position held
- Chief of the Astronaut Office
- Educated at
- California Polytechnic State University
- Employer
- NASA
- Conflict
- Vietnam War
- Military branch
- United States Navy
- Image
- Gibson-rl.jpg
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