Robert Louis "Bob" Behnken (born July 28, 1970 in Creve Coeur, Missouri) is an engineer, U. S. Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut. Behnken holds a Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering and has reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. Bob Behnken has logged over 1000 flight hours in 25 different aircraft. He flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-123 as a Mission Specialist. Bob Behnken had accumulated over 378 hours in space, includi...
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Robert Louis "Bob" Behnken (born July 28, 1970 in Creve Coeur, Missouri) is an engineer, U. S. Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut. Behnken holds a Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering and has reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. Bob Behnken has logged over 1000 flight hours in 25 different aircraft. He flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-123 as a Mission Specialist. Bob Behnken had accumulated over 378 hours in space, including 19 hours of spacewalk time. Bob Behnken was assigned as Mission Specialist 1 for the STS-400 rescue mission. He is currently training to fly on STS-130.
Behnken attended Pattonville High School in Maryland Heights, Missouri, and went on to receive a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Washington University in 1992. In 1993, he received a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, and a doctorate degree in 1997 from California Institute of Technology....
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