# Robert F. Overmyer

> Robert Franklyn Overmyer was an American test pilot, naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, physicist, United States Marine Corps officer, and USAF/NASA astronaut. Overmyer was selected by the Air Force as an astronaut for its Manned Orbiting Laboratory in 1966. Upon cancellation of the program in 1969, he became a NASA astronaut and served support crew duties for the Apollo program, Skylab program, and Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. In 1976, he was assigned to the Space Shuttle program and flew as pilot on STS-5 in 1982 and as commander on STS-51-B in 1985. He was selected as a lead investigator into the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986, retiring from NASA that same year. A decade later, Overmyer died while testing the Cirrus VK-30 homebuilt aircraft.

*American astronaut (1936-1996)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Other
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1936-07-14
- **Died:** 1996-03-22
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.8 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 17.3 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 65.0 / 100

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