Robert A. Parker
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Status | Retired |
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December 14, 1936 New York City, New York, U.S. |
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Other names
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Robert Allan Ridley Parker |
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Other occupation
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Physicist, astronomer |
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Amherst College, B.A. 1958 Caltech, Ph.D. 1962 |
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Time in space
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19d 06h 52m |
| Selection | 1967 NASA Group 6 |
| Missions | STS-9, STS-35 |
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Mission insignia
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| Retirement | August 31, 2005 |
Robert Allan Ridley Parker (born December 14, 1936) is an American physicist and astronomer, former Director of the NASA Management Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and a retired NASA astronaut. He was a Mission Specialist on two Space Shuttle missions, STS-9 and STS-35.
He has logged over 3,500 hours flying time in jet aircraft and 463 hours in space.
Parker was born December 14, 1936, in New York City, but grew up in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. He attended primary and secondary schools in Shrewsbury. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Astronomy and Physics from Amherst College in 1958, and a Doctorate in Astronomy from the California Institute of Technology in 1962. Prior to his selection for astronaut training, Parker was an associate professor of Astronomy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Parker was selected as a scientist-astronaut by NASA in August 1967. He was a member of the Astronaut Support Crews for the Apollo 15 and 17 missions, and served as program scientist for the Skylab program Director's Office during the three manned Skylab flights.
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