Shane Kimbrough

Robert Shane Kimbrough is a retired United States Army officer and NASA astronaut. He was part of the first group of candidates selected for NASA astronaut training following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Kimbrough is a veteran of three spaceflights, the first being a Space Shuttle flight, and the second being a six-month mission to the ISS on board a Russian Soyuz craft. He was the commander of the International Space Station for Expedition 50, and returned to Earth in April 2017. He is married to the former Robbie Lynn Nickels.

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1967  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Robert S. Kimbrough; Robert Shane Kimbrough
engineer, astronaut, 

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  Soyuz MS-02 ⓘ
  Russian crewed flight to the ISS

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  SpaceX Crew-2 ⓘ
  NASA Commercial Crew Program mission to the International Space Station

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  STS-126 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

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  Expedition 49 ⓘ
  49th expedition to the International Space Station

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  Expedition 50 ⓘ
  ISS mission

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  Expedition 65 ⓘ
  65th long-duration stay on the International Space Station

United States, 

1967-06-04T00:00:00Z

1967-06-04T00:00:00Z

1967 Shane Kimbrough

2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

2016-10-27T00:00:00Z

2016 Expedition 49

2016-10-28T00:00:00Z

2017-04-09T00:00:00Z

2016 — 2017 Expedition 50

2021-04-17T00:00:00Z

2021-10-17T00:00:00Z

2021 Expedition 65

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Splashdown (NHQ202111080007)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Splashdown (NHQ202111080010)

STS-126 FD3a

ISS-65 Flight Engineers Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur in the cupola

SpaceX Crew-2 Dress Rehearsal.

ISS-65 astronauts train for a medical emergency

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronaut Shane Kimbrough speaks during a meeting with National Geographic leadership and staff Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at National Geographic Headquarters in Washington

ISS-65 Kimbrough during spacewalk

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronaut Shane Kimbrough speaks during a meeting with National Geographic leadership and staff Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at National Geographic Headquarters in Washington

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronaut Shane Kimbrough speaks during a meeting with National Geographic leadership and staff Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at National Geographic Headquarters in Washington

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	orbit		Soyuz MS-02	Andrey Borisenko, Sergey Ryzhikov, Shane Kimbrough, Soyuz MS, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
class	orbit		SpaceX Crew-2	Akihiko Hoshide, Megan McArthur, Shane Kimbrough, Thomas Pesquet, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
class	orbit		STS-126	Christopher Ferguson, Donald Pettit, Eric Boe, Gregory Chamitoff, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Sandra Magnus, Shane Kimbrough, Stephen Bowen, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
class	spaceflight	2016	Expedition 49	Anatoli Ivanishin, Andrey Borisenko, Kathleen Rubins, Sergey Ryzhikov, Shane Kimbrough, Takuya Ōnishi, expedition to the International Space Station,	Wikidata
class	spaceflight	2016	Expedition 50	Andrey Borisenko, Oleg Novitskiy, Peggy Whitson, Sergey Ryzhikov, Shane Kimbrough, Thomas Pesquet, expedition to the International Space Station,	Wikidata
class	spaceflight	2021	Expedition 65	Akihiko Hoshide, Anton Shkaplerov, Mark T. Vande Hei, Megan McArthur, Michael S. Hopkins, Oleg Novitskiy, Pyotr Dubrov, Shane Kimbrough, Shannon Walker, Soichi Noguchi, Thomas Pesquet, Victor J. Glover, expedition to the International Space Station,	Wikidata
commons	image		NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Splashdown (NHQ202111080007)		Commons
commons	image		NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Splashdown (NHQ202111080010)		Commons
commons	image		STS-126 FD3a		Commons
commons	image		ISS-65 Flight Engineers Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur in the cupola		Commons
commons	image		SpaceX Crew-2 Dress Rehearsal.		Commons
commons	image		ISS-65 astronauts train for a medical emergency		Commons
commons	image		NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronaut Shane Kimbrough speaks during a meeting with National Geographic leadership and staff Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at National Geographic Headquarters in Washington		Commons
commons	image		ISS-65 Kimbrough during spacewalk		Commons
commons	image		NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronaut Shane Kimbrough speaks during a meeting with National Geographic leadership and staff Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at National Geographic Headquarters in Washington		Commons
commons	image		NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronaut Shane Kimbrough speaks during a meeting with National Geographic leadership and staff Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at National Geographic Headquarters in Washington		Commons