Shane Kimbrough

Mission Commander

NASAAmericanACTIVE

FLIGHTS

w/ SPACEX

EVAs

388d 15h 32m

IN SPACE

BIOGRAPHY

Shane Kimbrough is a NASA astronaut and retired U.S. Army colonel who served as a helicopter pilot and flight test engineer. He flew on STS-126 and Soyuz MS-02/Expedition 49-50 before commanding SpaceX Crew-2 aboard Crew Dragon Endeavour. He has performed multiple EVAs and spent over 388 days in space.

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth

June 4, 1967

Birthplace

Killeen, Texas, U.S.

Selection

NASA Group 19 (2004)

Military Service

Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.)

EDUCATION

BS Aerospace Engineering, West Point

MS Operations Research, Georgia Institute of Technology

Wikipedia Profile @astro_kimbrough

MISSION HISTORY

Crew-2

April 23, 2021Flight #123

SpaceX launches the second operational mission of its Crew Dragon vehicle as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, carrying NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur, Thomas Pesquet, and Akihiko Hoshide to the International Space Station. The Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon lift off from LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center. Both the booster and the capsule have flown previously, each a first for a commercial crew flight. The booster for this mission is expected to land on an ASDS. The mission will be complete with the safe return of the astronauts to Earth.

CREW:

FELLOW CREWMATES

K. Megan McArthur

NASA

Thomas Pesquet

ESA

Akihiko Hoshide

JAXA

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