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Robert A. Parker

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Robert Allan Ridley Parker (born December 14, 1936) is an American physicist and astronomer, former director of the NASA Management Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and a retired NASA astronaut. He was a mission specialist on two Space Shuttle missions, STS-9 and STS-35. He has logged over 3,500 hours flying time in jet aircraft and 463 hours in space. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert A. Parker is the 256th most popular astronaut (down from 229th in 2019), the 9,314th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,875th in 2019) and the 117th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Robert A. Parker ranks 256 out of 556. Before him are Donald E. Williams, Clayton Anderson, Franco Malerba, Joseph P. Allen, Marsha Ivins, and Jean-Pierre Haigneré. After him are Charles Bassett, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin, John L. Phillips, William E. Thornton, Jeanette J. Epps, and Ernst Messerschmid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Robert A. Parker ranks 475. Before him are Enric Gensana, Kjell Grede, Vladimir Resin, Dick Barnett, Ihor Turchyn, and Claudio Barrientos. After him are Hannu Salama, Carl Kaufmann, Lawrence Gordon, Oreste Corbatta, Hans Grodotzki, and Rubén Héctor Sosa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert A. Parker ranks 9,316 out of 20,380. Before him are Sasha Mitchell (1967), Talia Balsam (1959), Lynn Collins (1977), Bill Moseley (1951), King Kong Bundy (1955), and Christopher Paolini (1983). After him are Richard Davalos (1930), Jim Elliot (1927), Garrett Morris (1937), Walter Reuther (1907), Gregg Araki (1959), and Brain (1963).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Robert A. Parker ranks 117. Before him are Joseph P. Kerwin (1932), Story Musgrave (1935), Donald E. Williams (1942), Clayton Anderson (1959), Joseph P. Allen (1937), and Marsha Ivins (1951). After him are Charles Bassett (1931), John L. Phillips (1951), William E. Thornton (1929), Jeanette J. Epps (1970), Joe F. Edwards Jr. (1958), and Jerry L. Ross (1948).

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