Robert Cabana
Born January 23, 1949, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Graduated from Washburn High School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1967; received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the United States Naval Academy in 1971. After graduation from the Naval Academy, Cabana attended the Basic School in Quantico, Virginia, and completed naval flight officer training in Pensacola, Florida, in 1972. He served as an A-6 bombardier/navigator with Marine Air Wings in Cherry Point, North Carolina and Iwakuni, Japan. He returned to Pensacola in 1975 for pilot training and was designated a naval aviator in September 1976. He was then assigned to the Second Marine Aircraft Wing in Cherry Point, North Carolina, where he flew A-6 Intruders. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in 1981 and served at the Naval Air Test Center in Patuxent River, Maryland, as the A-6 Program Manager, X-29 Advanced Technology Demonstrator Project Officer and as a test pilot for flight systems and ordnance separation testing on A-6 and A-4 series aircraft. Prior to his selection as an astronaut candidate, he served as the Assistant Operations Officer of Marine Aircraft Group Twelve in Iwakuni, Japan. Cabana retired from the U.S. Marine Corps in August 2000. Selected by NASA in June 1985. A veteran of four space flights.
Spaceflights:
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 STS-41 PLT 06.10. - 10.10.1990 4d 02h 10m
2 STS-53 PLT 02.12. - 09.12.1992 7d 07h 19m
3 STS-65 CDR 08.07. - 23.07.1994 14d 17h 55m
4 STS-88 CDR 04.15. - 15.12.1998 11d 19h 18m
Total 37d 22h 42m
