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STS-116
- Launched
- Dec 10, 2006 · 01:47 UTC
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- From
- Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center
- Destination
- International Space Station
- Landed
- Dec 22, 2006
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Robert Lee Curbeam, Jr. is a former NASA astronaut and captain in the United States Navy. Curbeam graduated from Woodlawn High School, Baltimore County...
Spaceflights
3
Time in space
37days
Spacewalks
7
Spacewalking
45 h 35 m
in total
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STS-98 EVA 1
Feb 10, 2001
STS-98 EVA 2
Feb 12, 2001
STS-98 EVA 3
Feb 14, 2001
STS-116 EVA 1
Dec 12, 2006
STS-116 EVA 2
Dec 14, 2006
STS-116 EVA 3
Dec 16, 2006
STS-116 EVA 4
Dec 18, 2006
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Stephen RobinsonNASARobert 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.
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