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.
Father: Rolandus Overmyer
Mother: Margaret J Fabian[1]
1936 | Born in Lorain, Lorain, Ohio, USA. | |||||
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1958 | Bachelor of Science in Physics, Baldwin Wallace College, entered active duty with the Marine Corps. During his Marine Corps career, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Meritorious Service Medal. | |||||
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1964 | Master of Science in Aeronautics, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. | |||||
1966 | Selected for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program, by USAF in USAF Group 2. [2] | |||||
1969 | Selected by NASA in Astronauts Group 7. [3] | |||||
1982 | Flew on Columbia STS-5 with Joseph P. Allen, Vance Brand and William Lenoir, awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his first of 2. [4] | |||||
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1985 | Flew on Challenger STS-51-B with Norman Thagard, William E. Thornton, Lodewijk van den Berg, Taylor Wang, Frederick Gregory and Don Lind, awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his second of 2. [4] | |||||
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1986 | Retired from NASA and the Marine Corps. | |||||
1996 | Died in Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, USA. |
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Thanks, Patty (Armstrong) Overmyer