
jsc2017e114858 (Aug. 22, 2017) --- 2017 NASA Astronaut Candidate Bob Hines.

iss068e009287 (Oct. 5, 2022) --- The British Overseas Territory of Turks and Caicos Islands is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 260 miles above. Credit: NASA/Bob Hines

iss068e011272 (Oct. 1, 2022) --- The Canadian Rockies in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta are pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above North America. Credit: NASA/Bob Hines

iss068e011266 (Oct. 1, 2022) --- Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada (at top), and Seattle, Washington (lower right) are pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above North America. Credit: NASA/Bob Hines

iss067e379039 (Sept. 21, 2022) --- Expedition 67 Flight Engineers (from left) Jessica Watkins, Bob Hines, and Frank Rubio, all three NASA astronauts, pose for a portrait together inside the cupola, the International Space Station's "window to the world."

NASA astronaut Bob Hines is photographed at the Press Site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center during a visit to the Florida spaceport on March 22, 2023. Hines, along with crewmates Kjell Lindgren and Jessica Watkins, visited Kennedy to thank employees for supporting NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 launch. Hines, Lindgren, and Watkins, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. The crew remained at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, conducting critical science as part of the fourth crew rotation mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

From left, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, Bob Hines, and Kjell Lindgren are photographed at the Press Site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center during a visit to the Florida spaceport on March 22, 2023. The astronauts visited Kennedy to thank employees for supporting NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 launch. Watkins, Hines, and Lindgren, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. The crew remained at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, conducting critical science as part of the fourth crew rotation mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

From left, NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins, and Kjell Lindgren prepare to serve cake to Kennedy Space Center employees during an appreciation event held at the Florida spaceport’s KARS Park on March 22, 2023. Hines, Watkins, and Lindgren, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. The crew remained at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, conducting critical science as part of the fourth crew rotation mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

From left, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, Bob Hines, and Kjell Lindgren are photographed at the Press Site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center during a visit to the Florida spaceport on March 22, 2023. The astronauts visited Kennedy to thank employees for supporting NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 launch. Watkins, Hines, and Lindgren, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. The crew remained at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, conducting critical science as part of the fourth crew rotation mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

From left, NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins, and Bob Hines sign posters for Kennedy Space Center employees during an appreciation event held at the Florida spaceport’s KARS Park on March 22, 2023. Lindgren, Watkins, and Hines, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. The crew remained at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, conducting critical science as part of the fourth crew rotation mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

From left, NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins, and Kjell Lindgren take a photo with a Kennedy Space Center employee during an appreciation event held at the Florida spaceport’s KARS Park on March 22, 2023. Lindgren, Watkins, and Hines, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. The crew remained at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, conducting critical science as part of the fourth crew rotation mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

From left, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, Bob Hines, and Kjell Lindgren are photographed at the Press Site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center during a visit to the Florida spaceport on March 22, 2023. The astronauts visited Kennedy to thank employees for supporting NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 launch. Watkins, Hines, and Lindgren, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. The crew remained at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, conducting critical science as part of the fourth crew rotation mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

From left, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, Bob Hines, and Kjell Lindgren pose for a photo at the Press Site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center during a visit to the Florida spaceport on March 22, 2023. The astronauts visited Kennedy to thank employees for supporting NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 launch. Watkins, Hines, and Lindgren, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. The crew remained at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, conducting critical science as part of the fourth crew rotation mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Three of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 crew members converse with Kennedy Space Center senior staff members inside the Florida spaceport’s Operations Support Building II on March 22, 2023. The crew members, from left, are NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins. Hines, Lindgren, and Watkins, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, for an approximately six-month science mission aboard the orbiting laboratory.

From left, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, Bob Hines, and Kjell Lindgren are photographed at the Press Site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center during a visit to the Florida spaceport on March 22, 2023. The astronauts visited Kennedy to thank employees for supporting NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 launch. Watkins, Hines, and Lindgren, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. The crew remained at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, conducting critical science as part of the fourth crew rotation mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren is photographed at the Press Site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center during a visit to the Florida spaceport on March 22, 2023. Lindgren, along with crewmates Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins, visited Kennedy to thank employees for supporting NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 launch. Lindgren, Hines, and Watkins, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. The crew remained at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, conducting critical science as part of the fourth crew rotation mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren shakes hands with a Kennedy Space Center employee during an appreciation event held at the Florida spaceport’s KARS Park on March 22, 2023. Lindgren, along with crewmates Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins, visited Kennedy to thank employees for supporting NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 launch. Lindgren, Hines, and Watkins, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. The crew remained at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, conducting critical science as part of the fourth crew rotation mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren (left) presents a photo to Kennedy Space Center Deputy Director Kelvin Manning on March 22, 2023, on behalf of the astronaut corps to thank Kennedy employees for supporting NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 launch. To the right of Manning are NASA astronauts Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins. Lindgren, Hines, and Watkins, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, from the Florida spaceport’s Launch Complex 39A. The crew remained at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, conducting critical science as part of the fourth crew rotation mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

From left, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, Bob Hines, and Kjell Lindgren pause to look at the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center during a visit to the Florida spaceport on March 22, 2023. The astronauts visited Kennedy to thank employees for supporting NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 launch. Watkins, Hines, and Lindgren, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. The crew remained at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, conducting critical science as part of the fourth crew rotation mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren speaks to Kennedy Space Center employees during an appreciation event held at the Florida spaceport’s KARS Park on March 22, 2023. Lindgren, along with crewmates Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins, visited Kennedy to thank employees for supporting NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 launch. Lindgren, Hines, and Watkins, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. The crew remained at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, conducting critical science as part of the fourth crew rotation mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren (right) presents a photo to Kennedy Space Center Deputy Director Kelvin Manning on March 22, 2023, on behalf of the astronaut corps to thank Kennedy employees for supporting NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 launch. Lindgren, along with NASA astronauts Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on April 27, 2022, from the Florida spaceport’s Launch Complex 39A. The crew remained at the orbiting laboratory for approximately six months, conducting critical science as part of the fourth crew rotation mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA astronaut candidate Bob Hines answers a question during a live episode of the Administrator's monthly chat show, Watch This Space, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 in the Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA's newest astronaut candidate class has started their two years of training, after which the new astronaut candidates could be assigned to missions performing research on the International Space Station, launching from American soil on spacecraft built by commercial companies, and launching on deep space missions on NASA’s new Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronauts Bob Hines, left, Jessica Watkins, and Kjell Lindgren, give remarks from the International Space Station prior to the screening of the movie Lightyear on the grounds of the Vice President's residence at the Naval Observatory, Friday, June 17, 2022, in Washington. The Vice President and Second Gentleman hosted an evening of NASA STEM activities at the Naval Observatory for military families and local STEM students and their families, including a special screening of Disney Pixar’s Lightyear. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

From left to right, NASA Administrator, Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator, Pam Melroy, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins, and Robert Hines, and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, meet, Monday, March 27, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

From left to right, NASA Administrator, Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator, Pam Melroy (not pictured), NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins, and Robert Hines, and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, meet, Monday, March 27, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Bob Hines speaks to members of the news media during crew arrival for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 18, 2022. Hines, along with NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren and Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, will launch aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 rocket on April 23, 2022. Launch is targeted for 5:26 a.m. EDT from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

NASA astronaut Bob Hines speaks to members of the news media during crew arrival for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 18, 2022. Hines, along with NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren and Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, will launch aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 rocket on April 23, 2022. Launch is targeted for 5:26 a.m. EDT from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image of Bob Hines

From left to right, NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, NASA Administrator, Bill Nelson, and NASA Deputy Administrator, Pam Melroy, meet with NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins, and Robert Hines, Monday, March 27, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

From left to right, NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, NASA Deputy Administrator, Pam Melroy, and NASA Administrator, Bill Nelson, pose for a photo with NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines, and Jessica Watkins, after they presented them with montages from their mission, Monday, March 27, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

From left to right, NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, NASA Administrator, Bill Nelson, and NASA Deputy Administrator, Pam Melroy, pose for a photo with NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines, and Jessica Watkins, Monday, March 27, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

From left to right, NASA Administrator, Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator, Pam Melroy, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins, and Robert Hines, and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, meet, Monday, March 27, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

From left to right, NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, NASA Administrator, Bill Nelson, and NASA Deputy Administrator, Pam Melroy, meet with NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins, and Robert Hines, Monday, March 27, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image of Bob Hines controlling the TROV

jsc2022e003324 (Dec. 14, 2021) --- NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-4 pilot Bob Hines participates in training at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, CA.

Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image of Bob Hines, AMES Scientist, with Students

jsc2022e003342 (Dec. 1, 2021) --- NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-4 pilot Robert “Bob” Hines participates in a training session at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

jsc2019e054955 (09-16-19) --- 2017 NASA astronaut candidate Bob Hines during geology training in Arizona. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Stafford)

NASA astronaut Bob Hines relaxes in the suit room inside Kennedy Space Center’s Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building during NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 dry dress rehearsal on April 20, 2022. Hines, along with fellow Crew-4 astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins, and Samantha Cristoforetti, is scheduled to lift off from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A at 5:26 a.m. EDT on April 23, 2022. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon, named Freedom by the Crew-4 crew, will launch the astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts, from left, Jessica Watkins, Bob Hines, and Kjell Lindgren, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti stand outside Kennedy Space Center’s Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building during a dry dress rehearsal on April 20, 2022. Named Freedom by the Crew-4 crew, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon will carry the astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Liftoff, powered by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, is targeted for no earlier than 4:15 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. Crew-4 will be the first spaceflight for Hines and Watkins and the second flight for Lindgren and Cristoforetti.

NASA astronaut Bob Hines adjusts his helmet in the suit room inside Kennedy Space Center’s Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building during NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 dry dress rehearsal on April 20, 2022. Hines, along with fellow Crew-4 astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins, and Samantha Cristoforetti, is scheduled to lift off from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A at 5:26 a.m. EDT on April 23, 2022. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon, named Freedom by the Crew-4 crew, will launch the astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

iss067e034503 (April 27, 2022) --- NASA astronauts Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins, Crew-4 Pilot and Mission Specialist respectively, are pictured inside the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft during their journey to the International Space Station.

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image shows Bob Hines, AMES scientist, operates TROV from AMES via telepresence

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo with students, Don James and Bob Hines.

Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo with students, Don James and Bob Hines.

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo with students, Don James and Bob Hines.

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo with students, Don James and Bob Hines.

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo Ames reseacher Bob Hine leads students operating TROV

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo with students, Don James and Bob Hines.

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo with students, Don James and Bob Hines.

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo Ames reseacher Bob Hine leads students operating TROV

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo with students, Don James and Bob Hines.

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo Ames reseacher Bob Hine leads students operating TROV

jsc2018e064842 (07/18/2018) --- 2017 NASA astronaut candidate Bob Hines in a spacesuit prior to underwater spacewalk training at NASA Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston. Photo Credit: (NASA/Norah Moran)

iss067e189903 (July 20, 2022) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Bob Hines works to remove and replace the Material Science Laboratory's vacuum sensor inside the International Space Station's U.S. Destiny laboratory module.

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo Ames reseacher Bob Hine leads students operating TROV

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo with students, Don James and Bob Hines.

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo Ames reseacher Bob Hine leads students operating TROV

NASA astronaut Bob “Farmer” Hines is photographed in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit at the NASA Johnson Space Center photo studio. Photographer: Josh Valcarcel – Johnson Space Center

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo with students, Don James and Bob Hines.

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo with students, Don James and Bob Hines.

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo with students, Don James and Bob Hines.

iss067e065514 (May 17, 2022) --- Expedition 67 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Bob Hines works on U.S. spacesuits inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock.

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo Ames reseacher Bob Hine leads students operating TROV

iss067e099398 (June 1, 2022) --- NASA astronauts and Expedition 67 Flight Engineers Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins perform maintenance inside the Tranquility module's Waste and Recycling System abaord the International Space Station.

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo with students, Don James and Bob Hines.

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo with students, Don James and Bob Hines.

iss067e043382 (May 14, 2022) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Bob Hines is pictured during maintenance activities inside the International Space Station's Unity module.

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo Ames reseacher Bob Hine leads students operating TROV

iss067e123265 (June 10, 2022) --- Expedition 67 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Bob Hines poses inside the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) packed with cargo and attached to the International Space Station's Tranquility module.

jsc2018e064835 (07/18/2018) --- 2017 NASA astronaut candidate Bob Hines in a spacesuit prior to underwater spacewalk training at NASA Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston. Photo Credit: (NASA/Norah Moran)

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo with students, Don James and Bob Hines.

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo with students, Don James and Bob Hines.

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo Ames reseacher Bob Hine leads students operating TROV

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo Ames reseacher Bob Hine leads students operating TROV

iss067e034516 (April 27, 2022) --- NASA astronauts (from left) Bob Hines and Kjell Lindgren, Crew-4 Pilot and Commander, respectively, are pictured inside the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft during their journey to the International Space Station.

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo with students, Don James and Bob Hines.

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo Ames reseacher Bob Hine leads students operating TROV

iss067e122806 (June 9, 2022) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Bob Hines is pictured during cargo operations and inventory tasks inside the Cygnus space freighter from Northrop Grumman.

jsc2017e067123 (June 6, 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.

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo with students, Don James and Bob Hines.

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo with students, Don James and Bob Hines.

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image shows Bob Hines, AMES scientist, operates TROV from AMES via telepresence

iss067e065290 (May 19, 2022) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Bob Hines is pictured inside the vestibule between the International Space Station's Unity module and the U.S. Cygnus space freighter from Northrop Grumman.

'Life from other Worlds' with McNair Middle School TROV robot explores under Antarctic ice - image during demo Ames reseacher Bob Hine leads students operating TROV

iss067e089041 (May 27, 2022) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Bob Hines enjoys a personal size pizza during dinner time aboard the International Space Station.

NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana is introduced during a Crew-4 press briefing April 26, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-4 launch. NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, and Jessica Watkins, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, will launch aboard the SpaceX Dragon, named Freedom by the Crew-4 crew, atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket on April 27, 2022, to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for 3:52 a.m. EDT from Pad 39A.

NASA's 2017 astronaut candidates (L to R) Bob Hines, Matthew Dominick and Jasmin Moghbeli practice flying in X-57 aircraft simulator at Armstrong Flight Research Center in Southern California. Starting with the fuselage of a Tecnam P20067T, the X-57 Maxwell electric propulsion airplane is being built from ideas being researched that could lead to the development of electric propulsion-powered aircraft, which would be quieter, more efficient and environmentally friendly than today's commuter aircraft.

NASA's 2017 astronaut candidates, (L to R) Jonny Kim, Frank Rubio, Jasmin Moghbeli, Raja Chari, Woody Hoburg, Jessica Watkins, Joshua Kutryk, Loral O'Hara, Bob Hines, Zena Cardman, Kayla Barron, Jenni Sidey-Gibbons, Matthew Dominick pose in front of X-1E at the end of their visit to Armstrong Flight Research Center, in Southern California.

NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren speaks to members of the news media during crew arrival for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 18, 2022. Lindgren, along with NASA astronauts Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, will launch aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 rocket on April 23, 2022. Launch is targeted for 5:26 a.m. EDT from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti speaks to members of the news media during crew arrival for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 18, 2022. Cristoforetti, along with NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins, will launch aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 rocket on April 23, 2022. Launch is targeted for 5:26 a.m. EDT from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts, from left, Jessica Watkins, Bob Hines, and Kjell Lindgren, along with ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, pause for a photograph after arriving at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 18, 2022. The astronauts will enter quarantine at the center’s astronaut crew quarters, as they await launch aboard the Crew Dragon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Launch is targeted for 5:26 a.m. EDT on April 23, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts arrive at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 18, 2022. From left are Jessica Watkins, Kjell Lindgren, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, and Bob Hines. The astronauts will enter quarantine at the center’s astronaut crew quarters, as they await launch aboard the Crew Dragon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Launch is targeted for 5:26 a.m. EDT on April 23, 2022, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins speaks to members of the news media during crew arrival for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission at the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 18, 2022. Watkins, along with NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren and Bob Hines, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, will launch aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 rocket on April 23, 2022. Launch is targeted for 5:26 a.m. EDT from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

iss068e012476 (Oct. 5, 2022) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Bob Hines signs his name around the OFT-2 (Orbital Flight Test-2) mission insignia sticker affixed to the Harmony module's vestibule. Hines was aboard the International Space Station when Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft docked to Harmony's forward port on May 19, 2022, for a six-day uncrewed test mission.

Kennedy Space Center deputy director Kelvin Manning, left, NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, center, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson are seen as NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines, Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-4 mission launch, Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission is the fourth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines, Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti are scheduled to launch at 3:52 a.m. ET on April 27, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 flag is raised near the News Center countdown clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 19, 2022. The SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon, named Freedom by the Crew-4 crew, atop is scheduled to lift off Saturday, April 23, 2002, at 5:26 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Dragon will carry NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, and Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 flag is raised near the News Center countdown clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 19, 2022. The SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon, named Freedom by the Crew-4 crew, atop is scheduled to lift off Saturday, April 23, 2002, at 5:26 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Dragon will carry NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, and Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

The News Center countdown clock is shown as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 flag is raised at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 19, 2022. The SpaceX Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon, named Freedom by the Crew-4 crew, atop is scheduled to lift off Saturday, April 23, 2002, at 5:26 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. Dragon will carry NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, and Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

iss067e065667 (May 20, 2022) --- NASA astronauts (from left) Bob Hines and Kjell Lindgren are pictured inside the International Space Station's seven-windowed cupola monitoring the approach and rendezvous of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on the company's Orbital Flight Test-2 mission.