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Robert \'Hoot\' Gibson


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I used to have dreams when I was a kid that I’d go running down the street and jump up in the air and go flying and just fly through the air all by myself. That’s what weightlessness is like.

Robert 'Hoot' Gibson

Quoted in the 1988 book The Home Planet.

The famous photo of Bruce McCandless using the MMU on STS-41B, becoming the first untethered human in space, 7 February 1984, was taken by Gibson. He later remarked that a good caption would be ‘NASA Photo by Hooter’

McCandless MMU
McCandless said of the historic space walk, “It may have been one small step for Neil, but it’s a heck of a big leap for me.” Quoted in NASA article The Iconic Photos from STS-41B: Documenting the First Untethered Spacewalk, by historian Jennifer Ross-Nazzal, 2 Feburary 2024.

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All my life, I’ve never been able to get enough airplanes. This will keep me flying every day.

Astronaut Robert 'Hoot' Gibson

Commander of four Space Shuttle missions, Chief of the Astronaut Office, on his taking a job as a Southwest Airlines B-737 first officer, 1996.

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