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Robert Satcher

American astronaut and orthopedic surgeon

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Also known as Robert L. Satcher · Robert Lee Satcher

Born: September 22, 1965
Birthplace: Hampton
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: astronaut
, chemical engineer
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, orthopedic surgeon
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Education: Harvard Medical School
, Massachusetts Institute of Technology(until 1993)
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, Harvard–MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
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Employer: Feinberg School of Medicine
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, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Robert Lee Satcher Jr. is an American orthopedic surgeon, chemical engineer, and former NASA astronaut. He participated in two spacewalks during STS-129, accumulating 12 hours and 19 minutes of extravehicular activity. Satcher holds two doctorates and has received numerous awards and honors as a surgeon and engineer.

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: Robert
Lee
Part of: NASA Astronaut Group 19
Time in space: 15,556 min
Family name: Satcher
Social media followers: 23,917(February 6, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 84717566
24,404(January 27, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 84717566
25,056(January 2, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 84717566
Member of the crew of: STS-129

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