Robert Curbeam
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Robert Lee Curbeam Jr. is a former NASA astronaut and captain in the United States Navy. He currently holds the record for the most spacewalks during a single spaceflight, accomplished during the STS-
Curbeam in January 2001
Mission STS-116: Curbeam fixing the solar array wing on the International Space Station's P6 truss during his fourth EVA
STS-98
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STS-98 was a 2001 Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the first human spaceflight launch of the 21st century. STS-98 delivered to the stati
Robert Curbeam
…training and evaluation, he was assigned to the Computer Support Branch in the Astronaut Office. He is a veteran of three space flights: STS-85 in 1997, STS-98 in 2001, STS-116 in 2006, and has logged over 901 hours in space, including over 45 hours during three spacewalks. Between the first two flights, Curbeam…
Atlantis' Canadarm grapples Destiny, prior to the module's installation on the ISS
L-R: Robert Curbeam, Mark Polansky, Marsha Ivins, Kenneth Cockrell and Thomas JonesSpace Shuttle program← STS-97 (101)STS-102 (103) →
A Crawler-Transporter ferrying Space Shuttle Atlantis to launch pad 39-A for the STS-98 mission.
STS-98 following liftoff.