Name: Overmyer, Robert Country: USA M/F: M Number of Flights: 2

Space Flights Launch Date - Shuttle Landing Date - Shuttle
1. STS-5 November 11, 1982 - Columbia November 16, 1982 - Columbia
2. STS-51B April 29, 1985 - Challenger May 6, 1985 - Challenger

Space Flights Descriptions
Apollo 17
(Support Crew)
Manned lunar landing at Taurus-Littrow - December 11, 1972
Lunar Lift Off - December 14, 1972
MOL-6
(Cancelled)
Fourth manned flight of the Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL)
The Navy wanted an all-Navy crew for the fourth manned flight of the MOL, which would limit the crew to Truly with either Overmyer or Crippen as co-pilot. The MOL program was cancelled in June 1969.
Apollo ASTP
(Support Crew)
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project - Docked with Soyuz 19
1. STS-5 Deployed Anik C-3 for TELESAT Canada and SBS-3 for Satellite Business Systems
First operational flight
2. STS-51B Spacelab-3 Mission (SL-3)
First operational flight for Spacelab

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Updated - June 7, 2006