For 21 years, Ed Gibson was a co-holder of the American record for time in space of 84 days set when he was the Science-Pilot on Skylab III in 1974. On that mission, he worked outside America's first space station for over 15 hours during three different spacewalks.
During his 14-year career with NASA, Ed also served on the support crew of the Apollo 12 mission and as the ground communicator with the flight crew while they explored the moon. He earned Air Force wings and has logged over 2,200 hours in high-performance aircraft and 100 hours in helicopters.
Ed earned his undergraduate degree in Engineering from the University of Rochester and an MS and PhD in Engineering and Physics from the California Institute of Technology. After one year in industry, he was selected as one of six members of the first group of Scientist-Astronauts out of 2000 applicants.
After his NASA career, Ed held marketing and program management positions with Booz, Allen and Hamilton and TRW in the areas of space and energy development. He was the President of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry and his own consulting company, Gibson International. Currently he is Vice President, Administration, at Aviation Management Systems, Inc. in Phoenix, Arizona.
He has performed a significant amount of professional speaking and writing, having published two novels through Doubleday and Bantam, Reach and In the Wrong Hands, a textbook in solar physics, The Quiet Sun, and edited The Greatest Adventure, a compilation of pictures and writings on space from many astronauts and cosmonauts as well as James Michener.
Ed received a number of honorary doctorate degrees and national and international awards and honors including the Robert J. Collier Trophy, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal from the President, and induction into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame.
