KABANA Robert Devid (CABANA Robert David) /SShA/
1.08.2000 0:00 | A. B. Zheleznyakov/Enciklopediya Kosmonavtika

KABANA Robert Devid (CABANA Robert David).

      Kosmonavt SShA. Rodilsya 23 yanvarya 1949 goda v gorode Minneapolis (shtat Minnesota, SShA). V 1967 godu okonchil srednyuyu shkolu Washburn v Minneapolise i postupil v Voenno-morskuyu akademiyu SShA. V 1971 godu udostoen stepeni bakalavra po matematike. Posle okonchaniya akademii v techenie goda prohodil letnuyu podgotovku na aviabaze Pensakola (shtat Florida, SShA). Zatem prohodil sluzhbu na aviabazah Cherri Point (shtat Severnaya Karolina, SShA) i Ivakuni (Yaponiya). V 1975 godu vozvratilsya na aviabazu Pensakola i proshel perepodgotovku, poluchiv v sentyabre 1976 goda kvalifikaciyu morskogo pilota. Poluchil naznachenie na aviabazu Cherri Point, gde letal na samoletah A-6 "Intruders". V 1981 godu okonchil shkolu letchikov-ispytatelei VMF SShA i sluzhil v morskom ispytatel'nom centre na aviabaze Patuksent River (shtat Merilend, SShA). Imeet nalet bolee 5000 chasov na samoletah 33 tipov. V iyune 1985 goda zachislen v otryad kosmonavtov NASA. V iyune 1986 goda zakonchil kurs obucheniya i poluchil kvalifikaciyu pilota korablei mnogorazovogo ispol'zovaniya sistemy "Space Shuttle". Svoi pervyi polet v kosmos sovershil s 6 po 10 oktyabrya 1990 goda vmeste s Richard RICHARDS, Thomas AKERS, Bruce MELNICK i William SHEPHERD v kachestve pilota korablya "Discovery" po programme STS-41. Vo vremya poleta byl zapushen mezhplanetnyi zond dlya izucheniya Solnca "Ulysses". prodolzhitel'nost' poleta sostavila 4 dnya 2 chasa 10 minut 4 sekundy. Svoi vtoroi kosmicheskii polet sovershil so 2 po 9 dekabrya 1992 goda vmeste s David WALKER, Guion BLUFORD, James VOSS i Michael CLIFFORD v kachestve pilota korablya "Discovery" po programme STS-53. Prodolzhitel'nost' poleta sostavila 7 dnei 7 chasov 19 minut 47 sekund. Svoi tretii kosmicheskii polet sovershil s 8 po 23 iyulya 1994 goda vmeste s James HALSELL, Carl WALZ, Richard HIEB, Leroy CHIAO, Donald THOMAS i Chiaki MUKAI v kachestve komandira korablya "Columbia" po programme STS-65. Prodolzhitel'nost' poleta sostavila 14 dnei 17 chasov 55 minut. Svoi chetvertyi kosmicheskii polet sovershil s 4 po 16 dekabrya 1998 goda vmeste s Frederick STURCKOW, Jerry ROSS, Nancy CURRIE, James NEWMAN i Sergeem KRIKALEVYM v kachestve komandira korablya "Endeavour" po programme STS-88. Vo vremya poleta nachaty raboty po montazhu Mezhdunarodnoi kosmicheskoi stancii. Prodolzhitel'nost' poleta sostavila 11 dnei 19 chasov 17 minut 55 sekund. Za 4 reisa v kosmos naletal 37 dnei 22 chasa 42 minuty 46 sekund.
      Chlen obshestva letchikov-ispytatelei SShA.
      Nagrazhden medal'yu "Za bezuprechnuyu sluzhbu", medal'yu NASA "Za zaslugi", chetyr'mya medalyami NASA "Za kosmicheskii polet" (1990, 1992, 1994, 1998), drugimi medalyami. V 1994 godu nagrazhden medal'yu de Lavo FAI.
      Zhenat na Nancy Joan Shimer. V sem'e tri rebenka: synov'ya Jeffrey i Christopher, i doch' Sarah.
      Uvlekaetsya plavaniem i begom truscoi.



      Pri podgotovke biografii Robert David Cabana ispol'zovany materialy NASA.