Robert Satcher

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Robert Lee Satcher
Robert Lee Satcher
Country: United States
Organization: NASA
selected on May 6, 2004
( 19th NASA Group )
Calls: 1 space flight
Begin: November 16, 2009
Landing: November 27, 2009
Time in space: 10d 19h 16min
EVA inserts: 2
EVA total duration: 12 h, 19 min
retired on September 9, 2011
Space flights

Robert Lee "Bobby" Satcher, Jr. (born September 22, 1965 in Hampton , state of Virginia , USA ) is a former American astronaut .

Astronaut activity

In May 2004, Satcher was selected as a mission specialist with the 19th NASA group to be an astronaut candidate. In February 2006 he completed his astronaut training. He left NASA in September 2011.

STS-129

Satcher was nominated for the STS-129 space shuttle mission in September 2008 . He took off on November 16, 2009 with the space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station (ISS) . On November 19, he carried out a space exit with Michael Foreman . Among other things, they installed a reserve antenna, laid cables and lubricated moving parts. On November 23, 2009 he undertook another space exit with Randy Bresnik .

See also

Web links

Commons : Robert Satcher  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ NASA Release J11-023: Astronauts Robert Satcher and Charles Hobaugh Leave NASA. NASA, September 26, 2011, accessed September 28, 2011 .
  2. ↑ NASA Assigns Crew For Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-129 Mission. NASA, September 30, 2008, accessed September 15, 2009 .
  3. ↑ Chris Bergin: STS-129 completes EVA-1 - TPS cleared from Focused Inspection. nasaspaceflight.com, November 19, 2009, accessed November 20, 2009 .
personal data
SURNAME Satcher, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Satcher, Robert Lee, Jr .; Satcher, Bobby
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American astronaut
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Hampton (Virginia) , Virginia , United States