Shane Kimbrough | |
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![]() Kimbrough at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in September 2017 | |
Born | Robert Shane Kimbrough June 4, 1967 Killeen, Texas, U.S. |
Education | United States Military Academy (BS) Georgia Institute of Technology (MS) |
Space career | |
NASA astronaut | |
Rank | Colonel, USA (ret.) |
Time in space | 388d 17h 28m |
Selection | NASA Group 19 (2004) |
Total EVAs | 9 |
Total EVA time | 59h 28m |
Missions | STS-126 Soyuz MS-02 (Expedition 49/50) SpaceX Crew-2 (Expedition 65/66) |
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Robert Shane Kimbrough (born June 4, 1967) is a retired United States Army officer and 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 three spaceflights, the first being a Space Shuttle flight, and the second being a six-month mission to the ISS on board a Russian Soyuz craft. He was the commander of the International Space Station for Expedition 50, and returned to Earth in April 2017. He is married to the former Robbie Lynn Nickels.[1]