Behnken Credit - www.spacefacts.de

Personal: Male. Born in Creve Coeur, Montana, USA. PhD

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: NASA Group 18 - 2000. Active Entered space service: 2000.

OFFICIAL NASA BIOGRAPHY

NAME: Robert L. Behnken, Captain, USAF, Mission Specialist

BIRTHDATE/PLACE: July 7, 1970 - Creve Coeur, MO

RESIDENCE WHEN RECRUITED: Lancaster, CA

EDUCATION: Pattonville High School, St. Ann, MO, 1988; B.S., Physics & Mechanical Engineering, Washington University, 1992; M.S., Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1993; Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1993.

POSITION WHEN RECRUITED: Operations Engineer, Avionics F-22 Combined Test Force Edwards AFB, CA

27 July 2000 - NASA Astronaut Training Group 18 selected.. The group was selected to provide pilot, engineer, and scientist astronauts for space shuttle flights.. Qualifications: Pilots: Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics. Advanced degree desirable. At least 1,000 flight-hours of pilot-in-command time. Flight test experience desirable. Excellent health. Vision minimum 20/50 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20 vision; maximum sitting blood pressure 140/90. Height between 163 and 193 cm.

Mission Specialists: Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics and minimum three years of related experience or an advanced degree. Vision minimum 20/150 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20. Maximum sitting blood pressure of 140/90. Height between 150 and 193 cm.. Seven pilots and ten mission specialists; 14 men and 3 women.

• NASA Astronaut Biographies, Johnson Space Center, NASA, 1995-present. Accessed at: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/.