Robert D. Cabana

Robert Cabana is an American retired astronaut and civil servant, born on 23 January 1949, and a former Marine Corps naval aviator. He flew four Space Shuttle missions: STS-41 in 1990, STS-53 in 1992, STS-65 in 1994 and STS-88 in 1998, the first International Space Station assembly flight, which he commanded. He served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1994 to 1997 and as director of the Kennedy Space Center from 2008 to 2021, and was then appointed Associate Administrator of NASA. Wikidata records 37 days and 22 hours in space.

Born: 23 January 1949
Country: United States
Flights: 4: STS-41 (1990), STS-53 (1992), STS-65 (1994), STS-88 (1998)
Time in space: 37 days 22 hours

Data as of 2 November 2026. Source: Wikidata (CC0). All people who have flown in space.

Events

20 November 1998

International Space Station
- Proton, Soyuz, Space Shuttle
The station is still in operation. Modules were built in Russia, the US and Europe, and the project grew out of a post-Cold War partnership. It is now due to be deorbited, with SpaceX named as the vehicle operator around 2030 in one video.
2 videos
- DW Documentary
- Curious Droid