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Robert L. Behnken

1970 - Today

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Robert Louis Behnken (; 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. He is married to fellow astronaut Megan McArthur. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 31 in 2024). Robert L. Behnken is the 186th most popular astronaut (up from 470th in 2024), the 6,755th most popular biography from United States (up from 15,467th in 2019) and the 84th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Robert L. Behnken ranks 186 out of 556. Before him are Christer Fuglesang, William H. Dana, Donald Pettit, Viktor Savinykh, Vladimir Solovyov, and Theodore Freeman. After him are Anatoly Levchenko, Léopold Eyharts, Anatoly Artsebarsky, William Shepherd, Aleksandr Kaleri, and Rick Husband.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Robert L. Behnken ranks 141. Before him are Park Sung-soo, Naomi Klein, Teemu Selänne, Sheri Moon Zombie, Noriko Ishibashi, and Maribel Verdú. After him are Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Bobby Cannavale, Albert Ferrer, Alenka Bratušek, Martin McDonagh, and Hadja Lahbib.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert L. Behnken ranks 6,757 out of 20,380. Before him are Kerry Washington (1977), Mike Resnick (1942), Nancy Wilson (1954), Randy Orton (1980), Bonnie Raitt (1949), and James Jesus Angleton (1917). After him are Adriana Chechik (1991), Ken Henry (1929), Brian Krause (1969), Preston Sturges (1898), Matt Walsh (1964), and Bobby Cannavale (1970).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Robert L. Behnken ranks 84. Before him are Ronald McNair (1950), Edward Gibson (1936), Roy D. Bridges Jr. (1943), William H. Dana (1930), Donald Pettit (1955), and Theodore Freeman (1930). After him are William Shepherd (1949), Rick Husband (1957), C. Gordon Fullerton (1936), Paul Lockhart (1956), Elliot See (1927), and Laurel Clark (1961).

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