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July 30, 2022

22-Year Astronaut Veteran to Retire

Captain, Commander, & Col. Shane Kimbrough Ends Service with NASA

NASA has announced the retirement of 22-year space program veteran Shane Kimbrough, announcing his end of service with the agency at the end of the month. The retired Army colonel has spent a total of 388 days in space, enough time to net him 5th place among all NASA astronauts for time spent above. His tenure as an astronaut allowed him to fly on all 3 of the spacefaring mainstays of the industry, the Soyuz, SpaceX Crew Dragon, and the Space Shuttle itself before its retirement from service. Throughout his career he was able to complete 9 spacewalks across his trio of missions.

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