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NASA Astronaut Bob Hines

Bob Hines was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2017. He most recently served as the pilot of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station as part of Expedition 67 and 68. Hines is currently assigned as a backup crew member for the agency’s Artemis III mission – a mission to low Earth orbit designed to test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial spacecraft needed to land astronauts on the Moon. Hines will train alongside NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio, and Andre Douglas, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano.

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Before his selection in 2017, Hines was serving as a Research Pilot at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

Before his selection in 2017, Hines was serving as a Research Pilot at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

Hines has served more than 23 years in the United State Air Force (USAF) as an instructor pilot, fighter pilot, and a test pilot.

Hines has served more than 23 years in the United State Air Force (USAF) as an instructor pilot, fighter pilot, and a test pilot.

Hines completed his first spaceflight as the pilot on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission, having logged a total of 170 days in space over his two increments, Expedition 67 and 68.

Hines completed his first spaceflight as the pilot on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission, having logged a total of 170 days in space over his two increments, Expedition 67 and 68.

(12 March 2021) SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts Kjell Lindgren and Bob Hines in T-38 pre-flight ops at Ellington Field. (Credit: NASA/James Blair)

(6 June 2017) NASA portrait of 2017 Astronaut Candidate Bob Hines in front of a T-38 trainer aircraft at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. (Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz)

(14 December 2021) NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts participate in a training session at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, CA. From left to right: NASA astronaut and Crew-4 pilot Bob Hines, and NASA astronaut and Crew-4 commander Kjell Lindgren.

(28 November 2021) NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts participate in a training session at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, CA. From left to right: NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-4 mission specialist Jessica Watkins; NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-4 pilot Robert “Bob” Hines; NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-4 commander Kjell Lindgren; and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Crew-4 mission specialist Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy.

(4 May 2022) NASA astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Bob Hines works inside the portable glovebag processing biological samples for the Food Physiology study. The human research experiment aims to define targeted, more efficient dietary interventions to maintain crew health and performance as well as the food system requirements to support these interventions.

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NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-4 pilot Robert “Bob” Hines participates in a training session at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

(1 December 2021) NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-4 pilot Robert “Bob” Hines participates in a training session at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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