Robert Allan Parker, born December 14, 1936 in New York City, is a veteran of two Space Shuttle flights. He was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1967 and was a member of the Astronaut Support Crews for Apollo 15 and 17. He was a program scientist for all three Skylab missions.
His first shuttle flight was on Columbia (STS-9) in November-December 1983 as a mission specialist. He traveled with Ulf Merbold, the first ESA and West German in space.
Parker's second and final flights was also on Columbia (STS-35) in December 1990. He retired from NASA in August 2005.
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