Robert Thirsk

Tags: Astronaut.

Robert Brent Bob Thirsk OBC (born August 17 1953) is a Canadian engineer and physician and a former Canadian Space Agency astronaut. He holds the Canadian records for the longest space flight (187 days 20 hours) and the most time spent in space (204 days 18 hours). The Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia named him to the Order of British Columbia (OBC) in 2012.

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time in space (μ)

1.76921e+07

birth date

1953-08-17

birth place

British Columbia, New Westminster

mission

STS-78, Expedition 20, Expedition 21, Soyuz TMA-15

nationality

Canada

occupation

Physician, Engineer

selection

List of astronauts by year of selection

type

Canadian Space Agency, National Research Council (Canada)