Space Shuttle astronaut Robert Overmyer, born July 14, 1936 in Lorain, Ohio, went into space twice. He became an astronaut in 1969 and served as part of the support crews for the Apollo program, the Skylab program and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.
His first trip into space was aboard Columbia (STS-5) as pilot in November 1982. It was the first officially "operational" shuttle mission.
His second and final was aboard Challenger (STS-51-B) as commander April-May 1985.
Overmyer was testing a plane on March 22, 1996 near Duluth International Airport in Minnesota when his plane crashed.
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