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]
^"Biography: Robert Shane Kimbrough". Astronaut Biographies. NASA. March 22, 2016.
Robert ShaneKimbrough (born June 4, 1967) is a retired United States Army officer and NASA astronaut. He was part of the first group of candidates selected...
Sinclair (1882–1961), née Kimbrough, writer, wife of Upton Sinclair ShaneKimbrough (born 1967), American astronaut Seth Kimbrough (born 1982), American musician...
aboard a Space Shuttle, Soyuz, and SpaceX Crew Dragon (2005–2020) ShaneKimbrough (USA) – launched aboard a Space Shuttle, Soyuz, and SpaceX Crew Dragon...
the ISS on SpaceX Crew-2 in April 2021, joined by NASA astronauts ShaneKimbrough and Megan McArthur and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut...
left a Demo-2 patch on the inside of Endeavour after their mission. ShaneKimbrough announced that the Crew-2 astronauts will keep the "Endeavour" name...
previously set by her sibling Crew Dragon Resilience on May 2, 2021. R. ShaneKimbrough K. Megan McArthur Akihiko Hoshide Thomas Pesquet Success Inspiration4...
and Karen Oldenburg. Pesquet performed his first EVA with astronaut ShaneKimbrough on January 13, 2017. During the EVA, they prepared the infrastructure...
was launched to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts ShaneKimbrough and K. Megan McArthur, JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA astronaut...
the P6 brackets was successfully conducted over three spacewalks by ShaneKimbrough and Thomas Pesquet of Expedition 65. In November and December 2022...
(twice) Aleksandr Kaleri (twice) Scott J. Kelly (thrice) Anna Kikina ShaneKimbrough (thrice) Christina Koch Dmitri Kondratyev Oleg Kononenko (five times)...
Parmitano reported excess water leaking inside his helmet. NASA astronaut ShaneKimbrough was Ground IV. 172. Expedition 36 EVA 4 * Fyodor Yurchikhin Alexander...
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International Space Station aboard Soyuz Expedition 49 by American astronaut ShaneKimbrough. It is on display at Clear Lake High School in Houston, which was attended...
to complete and were carried out on three spacewalks by astronauts ShaneKimbrough and Thomas Pesquet. The new arrays were intended to give the station...
a refurbished Crew Dragon for the first time. The mission carried ShaneKimbrough, Megan McArthur, Akihiko Hoshide and Thomas Pesquet aboard Endeavour...
movie project. Three spacewalks were conducted by Thomas Pesquet and ShaneKimbrough on 16, 20, and 25 June from the US Orbital Segment (USOS) of the space...
Whitson performed her seventh EVA. along with Expedition 50 commander ShaneKimbrough. During the EVA, they installed three new adapter plates and hooked...
was the 50th expedition to the International Space Station. Robert S. Kimbrough, Andrei Borisenko and Sergey Ryzhikov transferred from Expedition 49....
in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster was brought to the ISS by ShaneKimbrough. Spaceflight portal "'Golden' expedition: 50th commander takes charge...
and TV appearances Mary Louise Kelly (1989), broadcaster and author ShaneKimbrough (1985), NASA Astronaut Christine Lakin (1997), actress; played "Al"...
due to delays. 115 days Soyuz MS-02 Sergey Ryzhikov Andrey Borisenko ShaneKimbrough Delivered Expedition 49/50 crew to ISS. Soyuz MS-02 marked the final...
December, 2016. These adapter plates were installed by Peggy Whitson, ShaneKimbrough, and Thomas Pesquet over the course of two spacewalks in 2017 as part...
Expedition 65 Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei (from left) and ShaneKimbrough partner together for orbital plumbing tasks as they install a new toilet...
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