Space · astronaut
Daniel C. Burbank
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
AMERICAN
RETIRED
Career
Time in space
188 d 21 h
Spacewalks
1
7 h 11 m outside
Flights
3
3 landings
Status
Retired
Nationality
AmericanBorn
27 Jul 1961First flight
08 Sept 2000Most recent flight
14 Nov 2011Type
GovernmentLinks
WikipediaBiography
Daniel Christopher Burbank is a retired American astronaut and a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions. Burbank, a Captain in the United States Coast Guard, is the second Coast Guard astronaut after Bruce Melnick.
Burbank was born in Manchester, Connecticut, and raised in Tolland, Connecticut, where he graduated from Tolland High School. He attended Fairfield University his freshman year before transferring to the United States Coast Guard Academy, where he earned his commission in 1985. In 1987, he went through flight training and became an instructor pilot, serving at various Coast Guard stations at Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, and Coast Guard Air Station Sitka.
Flight log
Flights
| No. | Flight | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 03 | Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-22 | 14 Nov 2011 |
| 02 | Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-115 | 09 Sept 2006 |
| 01 | Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-106 | 08 Sept 2000 |
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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2
Last checked 29 Sept 2026