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| Born | Robert Louis Behnken July 28, 1970 St. Ann, Missouri, U.S. |
| Education | Washington University (BS) California Institute of Technology (MS, PhD) |
| Spouse | Megan McArthur |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
| Rank | Colonel, USAF |
Time in space | 93d 11h 42m |
| Selection | NASA Group 18 (2000) |
Total EVAs | 10 |
Total EVA time | 61h 10m |
| Missions | STS-123 STS-130 SpX-DM2 (Expedition 63) |
Mission insignia |     |
Robert Louis Behnken (/ˈbɛnkən/;[1] born July 28, 1970) is an American engineer, a former NASA astronaut, and former Chief of the Astronaut Office.
Behnken holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and the rank of colonel in the U.S. Air Force, where he served before joining NASA in 2000. He flew aboard Space Shuttle missions STS-123 (2008) and STS-130 (2010) as a mission specialist, accumulating over 708 hours in space, including 55 hours of spacewalk time.[2][3] He is married to fellow astronaut Megan McArthur.[4]
Following retirement of the Space Shuttle, Behnken was Chief of the Astronaut Office from 2012 to 2015. Assigned to the SpaceX Dragon 2 in 2018 as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, Behnken launched aboard the spacecraft's first crewed mission with fellow astronaut Doug Hurley on May 30, 2020, and became one of the first two astronauts launching aboard a commercial orbital spacecraft in spaceflight history.[5] The mission, Crew Dragon Demo-2, took Behnken and Hurley to the International Space Station (ISS), where they docked and stayed aboard for 62 days. Behnken completed four spacewalks with NASA Astronaut Christopher Cassidy.[6]
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- ^ "NASA Astronauts Conclude Today's Spacewalk – Space Station". blogs.nasa.gov. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
- ^ "Robert L. Behnken (Colonel, USAF, PH.D.) NASA Astronaut". NASA. August 3, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
- ^ Malik, Tariq (May 4, 2009). "Astronauts eager for last Hubble visit: Final telescope servicing mission brings veterans and rookies together". Space.com. NBC News. Archived from the original on May 28, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
- ^ "NASA Selects Astronauts for First U.S. Commercial Spaceflights". NASA. July 9, 2015.
- ^ "NASA TV Coverage Set for Final Space Station Spacewalk Power Upgrades". NASA. June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020.