Biographies of Astronaut and Cosmonaut Candidates

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Robert Harper

USA

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Personal data

Birthdate:  11.05.1933
Birthplace:  New Castle / Pennsylvania
Marital status:  married
Children:  one
Selection date:  ??.??.1963
Position:  PLT
Status:  Ret. 18.10.1963

Additional information

Rear Admiral, USN, Ret.; Master of Arts from the Naval Postgraduate School; semi finalist in NASA group 3 selection; was shut down on 11.02.1965 over North Vietnam; for eight years prisoner of war.
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