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Robert Curbeam

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AMERICAN RETIRED
Career
Time in space
37 d 14 h
Spacewalks
7
45 h 35 m outside
Flights
3
3 landings
Status
Retired
Nationality
American
Born
05 Mar 1962
First flight
07 Aug 1997
Most recent flight
10 Dec 2006
Type
Government
Biography

Robert Lee Curbeam, Jr. is a former NASA astronaut and captain in the United States Navy.

Curbeam graduated from Woodlawn High School, Baltimore County, Maryland in 1980. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1984, a Master of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1990, and a master's degree in Astronautical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1991.

He is a member of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association and the Association of Old Crows.

Curbeam was named Fighter Wing One Radar Intercept Officer of the Year in 1989 and received the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School Best Developmental Thesis (DT-II) Award.

He currently holds the record for the most spacewalks during a single spaceflight. During the STS-116 mission, Curbeam completed four spacewalks.

Flight log

Flights

3 TOTAL
No.FlightDate
03Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-11610 Dec 2006
02Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-9807 Feb 2001
01Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-8507 Aug 1997
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