Celebrating Black History Month - Robert Curbeam, most spacewalks during space shuttle mission
Astronaut Robert Curbeam, born March 5, 1962 in Baltimore, Maryland(!), has performed the most spacewalks (four) in a single mission. He accomplished this record during his third and final space shuttle mission on Discovery (STS-116) in December 2006.
His first flight was on Discovery (STS-85) in August 1997 and his second was on Atlantis (STS-98) in February 2001 when he conducted three EVAs.
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