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Robert C. Springer is an American military officer and astronaut born in St. Louis in 1942. He served as a colonel in the United States Marine Corps and participated in the Vietnam War. His military service earned him the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star Medal, and the Air Medal. Springer was educated at the United States Naval Academy, the Naval Postgraduate School, and the United States Naval Test Pilot School.
Springer was a member of NASA Astronaut Group 9 and worked for NASA. He flew on the STS-29 and STS-38 missions, spending 14252 minutes in space. He is recognized in the Astronauts collection.
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Vinony catalogs Robert C. Springer in its Astronauts collection (1,048 entries).
Vinony's link graph records 50 inbound references to Robert C. Springer, and connects out to NASA Astronaut Corps, NASA and St. Louis.
Vinony files it under 1942 births, American test pilots and Joint Forces Staff College alumni.
Vinony links it to 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 9
- Given name
- Robert
- Family name
- Springer
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- St. Louis
- Occupation
- astronaut
- Employer
- NASA
- Award
- Bronze Star Medal
- Conflict
- Vietnam War
- Military branch
- United States Marine Corps
- Military rank
- colonel
- Image
- Robert Springer.jpg
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