Robert F. Overmyer

Robert Franklyn "Bob" 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.

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1936 — 1996  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Robert Franklyn Overmyer
military flight engineer, aircraft pilot, military officer, astronaut, 

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  STS-5 ⓘ
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  STS-51-B ⓘ
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STS-5 crew onboard portrait on port side middeck 1

ANCExplorer Robert F. Overmyer grave

STS-5 Commander Brand and Pilot Overmyer operate controls on forward flight deck 2

STS-5 Commander Brand and Pilot Overmyer operate controls on forward flight deck 1

STS-5 crewmembers with meal tray assembly on middeck

STS-5 preflight breakfast

Russian language instruction for two American ASTP astronauts

STS-5 Pilot Overmyer completes hygiene activities, demonstrates IVA foot restraint

Overmyer

• Astronaut Robert Franklyn Overmyer - Ohio historical marker 118-18

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	orbit		STS-5	Joseph P. Allen, Robert F. Overmyer, Vance D. Brand, William B. Lenoir, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
class	orbit		STS-51-B	Don L. Lind, Frederick D. Gregory, Lodewijk van den Berg, Norman Thagard, Robert F. Overmyer, Taylor G. Wang, William E. Thornton, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
commons	image		Overmyer		Commons
commons	image		STS-5 crew onboard portrait on port side middeck 1		Commons
commons	image		ANCExplorer Robert F. Overmyer grave		Commons
commons	image		STS-5 Commander Brand and Pilot Overmyer operate controls on forward flight deck 2		Commons
commons	image		STS-5 Commander Brand and Pilot Overmyer operate controls on forward flight deck 1		Commons
commons	image		STS-5 crewmembers with meal tray assembly on middeck		Commons
commons	image		STS-5 preflight breakfast		Commons
commons	image		Russian language instruction for two American ASTP astronauts		Commons
commons	image		STS-5 Pilot Overmyer completes hygiene activities, demonstrates IVA foot restraint		Commons
commons	image		Overmyer		Commons