Casey Aerospace Corporation, President
Edward G. Gibson orbited the Earth for 84 days during the final manned flight of the Skylab space station in 1973 and 1974. He was born November 8, 1936, in Buffalo, New York. He received a Bachelor of Science in engineering from the University of Rochester in 1959, a Master of Science in engineering from California Institute of Technology in 1960, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in engineering and physics from Caltech in 1964. While studying at Caltech, Gibson was a research assistant in the fields of jet propulsion and classical physics. He was a senior research scientist with the Applied Research Laboratories of Philco Corporation before he was selected by NASA in its first group of scientist-astronauts in June 1965. Gibson's first and only space assignment was as Science Pilot for Skylab 4, the third and final manned flight to the Skylab space station. Gibson became involved in analysis of the solar physics data when he left NASA and became a senior staff scientist with the Aerospace Corporation of Los Angeles. In 1976 he served as a consultant in West Germany on the design of the Spacelab module that later flew on several Space Shuttle missions. He returned to NASA in 1977 as Chief of Scientist-Astronaut Candidates. He is currently president of Casey Aerospace Corporation in Orlando, Florida.
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