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Robert Thirsk
ISS Expedition 20/21 Flight Engineer
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk
was born on 17 August 1953. Following his
selection for the Canadian Astronaut Programme in
1983, Thirsk was involved in various research and
education projects for the agency.
He was a payload specialist on the Life and Microgravity
Spacelab mission in 1996 on board the STS-78
Space Shuttle. The mission was devoted to the
study of life and materials sciences.
Thirsk served
as backup for ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori who
undertook the Eneide mission to the ISS in April
2005. During the 10-day mission, Thirsk worked as
Crew Interface Coordinator at the Columbus
Control Centre in Germany.
Thirsk is scheduled to
be launched to the ISS on Soyuz TMA-15 with
Frank De Winne and Roman Romanenko on 27
May. He is scheduled to return on 1 December on the
same spacecraft with the same crew.
Biography on NASA website »»
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