National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Robert S. Kimbrough

United States of America

Robert S. Kimbrough
Retired

Biography

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Robert Shane Kimbrough is a retired United States Army officer, and a NASA astronaut. He was part of the first group of candidates selected for NASA astronaut training following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Kimbrough is a veteran of two spaceflights, the first being a Space Shuttle flight, and the second being a 6-month mission to the ISS on board a Russian Soyuz craft. He was the commander of the International Space Station for Expedition 50 and later spent 6 months on the ISS as part of the SpaceX Crew-2 mission. He retired from NASA on July 31, 2022.

Type

Government

Age

58

Date of Birth

June 4, 1967

First Flight

November 15, 2008

Last Flight

April 23, 2021

Career Stats

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3

Flights

3

Landings

9

Spacewalks

P388DT17H28M5S

Time in Space

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