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Frank L. Culbertson Jr.

1949 - Today

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Frank Lee Culbertson Jr. (born May 15, 1949) (Capt, USN, Ret.) is an American former naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, NASA astronaut, graduate of the US Naval Academy, and member of the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame. He served as the commander of the International Space Station for almost four months in 2001 and was the only U.S. citizen not on Earth when the September 11 attacks occurred. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank L. Culbertson Jr. is the 76th most popular astronaut (up from 387th in 2019), the 3,295th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,531st in 2019) and the 48th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Frank L. Culbertson Jr. ranks 76 out of 556. Before him are Judith Resnik, Sally Ride, Toktar Aubakirov, Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, Ken Mattingly, and Viktor Gorbatko. After him are Muhammed Faris, Pavel Belyayev, Anatoly Berezovoy, Susan Helms, Dick Scobee, and Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Frank L. Culbertson Jr. ranks 198. Before him are Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda, Svetislav Pešić, Paul Rodgers, Arlindo Gomes Furtado, Peter Navarro, and Shera Danese. After him are Leopoldo Brenes, Franco Causio, Paul Guilfoyle, Andy Kaufman, Phil Lynott, and Diana Nyad.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank L. Culbertson Jr. ranks 3,295 out of 20,380. Before him are James S. Sherman (1855), Dick Sargent (1930), Anna Lea Merritt (1844), James L. Brooks (1940), Paul Giamatti (1967), and Thomas J. Hudner Jr. (1924). After him are Eunice Newton Foote (1819), KRS-One (1965), Rebecca De Mornay (1959), Nicholas Negroponte (1943), Fred Newhouse (1948), and David Marks (1948).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Frank L. Culbertson Jr. ranks 48. Before him are Sunita Williams (1965), Bruce McCandless II (1937), Barry E. Wilmore (1962), Judith Resnik (1949), Sally Ride (1951), and Ken Mattingly (1936). After him are Susan Helms (1958), Dick Scobee (1939), Walter Cunningham (1932), Stuart Roosa (1933), Scott Carpenter (1925), and Kathryn D. Sullivan (1951).

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