Robert Curbeam
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![Mission STS-116: Curbeam participates in the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction resumes on the International Space Station](/Images/godic/202501/07/S116e059680305.jpg")
![Mission STS-116: Curbeam fixing the solar array wing on the International Space Station's P6 truss during his fourth EVA](/Images/godic/202501/07/STS-116_Solar_Panel_Spacewalk0305.jpg")
Robert Lee Curbeam, Jr. (born March 5, 1962) is a former NASA astronaut and captain in the United States Navy.
Curbeam graduated from Woodlawn High School, Baltimore County, Maryland in 1980. He earned a bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1984, a master of science degree in aeronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1990, and a master's degree in astronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1991.