Space · astronaut
Robert S. Kimbrough
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
AMERICAN
RETIRED
Career
Time in space
388 d 17 h
Spacewalks
9
59 h 27 m outside
Flights
3
3 landings
Status
Retired
Nationality
AmericanBorn
04 Jun 1967First flight
15 Nov 2008Most recent flight
23 Apr 2021Type
GovernmentLinks
WikipediaBiography
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.
Flight log
Flights
| No. | Flight | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 03 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-2 | 23 Apr 2021 |
| 02 | Soyuz-FG | Soyuz MS-02 | 19 Oct 2016 |
| 01 | Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-126 | 15 Nov 2008 |
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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2
Last checked 29 Sept 2026