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Former astronaut Ed Gibson, 84, says he’d ‘go back in a heartbeat’ if given the chance – nation.lk – The Nation Newspaper
Gibson, a solar physicist, was in the first group of scientist-astronauts selected to go into space by NASA, making his only spaceflight as part of the final Skylab…
Former astronaut Ed Gibson, the final person to leave NASA’s Skylab space station, says he’d go back to space ‘in a heartbeat’ if given the chance.
Gibson, a solar physicist, was in the first group of scientist-astronauts selected to go into space by NASA, making his only spaceflight as part of the final Skylab crew.
The 84-year-old, who closed the door on the first US space station, told MailOnline: ‘If someone wants to test the effect of zero gravity on tired old bones I’m available.’
He appears…
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