Biographies of U.S. Astronauts

Kimbrough

Robert Shane

USA

Shane Kimbrough

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Personal data

Birthdate:  04.06.1967
Birthplace:  Killeen, Texas
Marital status:  married
Children:  three
Selection date:  06.05.2004
Selection group:  NASA-19
Position:  MSP
Status:  Ret. 31.07.2022

Spaceflights

No. Mission Position Time Duration
1  STS-126 Endeavour  MS  15.11.2008 - 30.11.2008 15d 20h 29m 
2  Soyuz MS-02 / ISS-49 / ISS-50  Flight Engineer / ISS-CDR  19.10.2016 - 10.04.2017 173d 03h 15m 
3  SpaceX Crew-2 / ISS-65 / ISS-66  CDR / Flight Engineer  23.04.2021 - 09.11.2021 199d 17h 44m 
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Total  388d 17h 28m 
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Backup assignments

No. Mission Position
1  Soyuz TMA-20M  Flight Engineer

Additional information

Lieutenant Colonel, USA; Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the U.S. Military Academy, 1989; Master of Science in Operations Research from the Georgia Tech, 1998; at the time of selection Flight Simulation Engineer on the Shuttle Training Aircraft, Johnson Space Center; hobbies; baseball, golf, weight lifting and running.

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