Background
Cabana, Robert D. was born on January 23, 1949 in Minneapolis.
Astronaut aerospace transportation executive
Cabana, Robert D. was born on January 23, 1949 in Minneapolis.
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, United States Naval Academy, 1971. Graduate, Naval Flight Officer Training, Pensacola, Florida, 1972. Graduate, United States Naval Test Pilot School, 1981.
Commissioned ensign United States Marine Corps, advanced through grades to colonel, retired, 2000. Bombardier/navigator Marine Air Wings, Cherry Point, North Carolina and Iwakuni, Japan. Naval aviator 2d Marine Aircraft Wing, Cherry Point.
Project manager, X-29 advanced then. demonstrator project officer, test pilot Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland. Assistant operations officer Marine Aircraft Group Twelve, Iwakuni, Japan. Flight software coord Astronaut Office Space Shuttle, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1985—1986, deputy chief aircraft operations Johnson Space Center Houston, 1986—1989, lead astronaut Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory, spacecraft communicator, chief astronaut appearances, chief Astronaut Office, deputy director flight crew operations, manager international operations International Space Station Program, director Human Space Flight Programs, Russia, 2001—2002, director Flight Crew Operations Directorate, 2002—2004, deputy director, Johnson Space Center Houston, since 2004.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration lead representative Russian Aviation and Spacy Agency.
Member of Association Space Explorers, Society Experimental Test Pilots (associate).
Married Nancy Joan Shimer. Children: Jeffrey, Christopher, Sarah.