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Robert Lee Stewart (born August 13, 1942) [2] is an American retired military officer and NASA astronaut who was a brigadier general of the United States Army . Personal. Stewart was born August 13, 1942, in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Hattiesburg High School in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in 1960.
Aug 13, 2020 · Robert L. Stewart is a former NASA astronaut who flew on STS-41B and STS-51J missions, and a retired Army general who worked on ballistic missile defense and space programs. He was born in 1942, has a master's degree in aerospace engineering, and received many awards and honors.
May 8, 2024 · By the time two men—Colonel Robert L. Stewart and Captain Bruce McCandless, one of the veteran astronauts who had signed on to NASA during the Apollo program and waited 18 years for this...
Feb 6, 2024 · Robert L. Stewart was one of the five crew members of STS-41B, the first flight of the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) in 1984. He performed two spacewalks with Bruce McCandless to test the MMU and the Manipulator Foot Restraint, a work platform attached to the RMS.
Dec 27, 2023 · These are the five astronauts who flew on the STS-41B mission. On the front row are Vance D. Brand, commander; and Robert L. Gibson, pilot. Mission specialists (back row, left to right) are Robert L. Stewart, Dr. Ronald E. McNair and Bruce McCandless II.
Robert L. Stewart was a NASA astronaut who flew on two Space Shuttle missions in 1984 and 1985, and performed the first untethered spacewalks with McCandless. He also served as a test pilot, a brigadier general in the Army, and a director of space research programs.
Nov 24, 2009 · Robert L. Stewart was a retired Army brigadier general and a NASA astronaut who made history by flying untethered from a spacecraft in 1984. He also flew on the maiden voyage of the Atlantis and inspired many other Soldiers to pursue a career in space exploration.
