S95-09671 (1995) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, mission specialist

STS098-355-0034 (7-20 February 2001) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, mission specialist, works out on the ergometer device on the mid deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis.

Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, smiles for the camera in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station (ISS). Curbeam had just completed the mission’s first space walk in which the P6 truss installation was conducted.

ISS01-E-5356 (14 February 2001) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, STS-98 mission specialist, floats above the longerons of the cargo bay on the Space Shuttle Atlantis during the final of three STS-98/5a space walks. Partially obscured behind Curbeam is astronaut Thomas D. Jones, his colleague and partner for all three walks. The scene was recorded with a digital still camera.

ISS014-E-10079 (18 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, works with the port overhead solar array wing on the International Space Station's P6 truss during the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA). European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang (out of frame), mission specialist, worked in tandem with Curbeam, using specially prepared, tape-insulated tools, to guide the array wing neatly inside its blanket box during the 6-hour, 38-minute spacewalk.

ISS014-E-10084 (18 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, works with the port overhead solar array wing on the International Space Station's P6 truss during the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA). European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang (out of frame), mission specialist, worked in tandem with Curbeam, using specially prepared, tape-insulated tools, to guide the array wing neatly inside its blanket box during the 6-hour, 38-minute spacewalk.

JSC2001-00079 (Jan 2001) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr.

STS-116 astronaut and mission specialist, Robert Curbeam, along with the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Christer Fuglesang (partially out of the frame), are anchored to the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 foot restraints. The two were working on the port overhead solar array wing on the Station’s P6 truss during the mission’s fourth session of Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA). For 6 hours and 38 minutes, the space walkers used specially prepared, tape insulated tools to guide the array wing neatly inside its blanket box.

ISS014-E-09442 (12 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, floats with his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station as he prepares for the mission's first scheduled session of extravehicular activity (EVA).

STS98-E-5009 (8 February 2001) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, mission specialist, reads over a duty schedule on the mid deck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis during early stages of the STS-98 mission. The scene was recorded with a digital still camera.

ISS01-E-5360 (14 February 2001) --- Astronauts Thomas D. Jones (partially obscured) and Robert L. Curbeam, STS-98 mission specialists, are pictured in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Atlantis during their third space walk, as photographed with a digital still camera from the International Space Station's new Destiny laboratory.

STS085-336-018 (7 - 19 August 1997) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., mission specialist, with a Bioreactor Demonstration System (BDS-03) specimen on the mid-deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery.

S85-E-5011 (9 August 1997) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., mission specialist, works with the Bioreactor Demonstration System (BDS) on the Space Shuttle Discovery's mid-deck.

ISS014-E-09608 (12 Dec. 2006) --- Attired in their extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) spacesuits, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. (left) and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang, both STS-116 mission specialists, prepare for the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery was docked with the station. Astronaut William A. (Bill) Oefelein (center), pilot, assisted Curbeam.

STS98-E-5170 (12 February 2001) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, STS-98 mission specialist, dons his extravehicular mobility unit for the upcoming space walk on the International Space Station on February 12. This scene was recorded with a digital still camera.

ISS014-E-09858 (14 Dec. 2006) --- Attired in his extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) spacesuit, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, prepares for the mission's second session of extravehicular activity (EVA) in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery was docked with the station.

STS98-E-5177 (12 February 2001) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, STS-98 mission specialist, dons his extravehicular mobility unit for the upcoming space walk on the International Space Station on February 12. This scene was recorded with a digital still camera.

ISS014-E-09596 (12 Dec. 2006) --- Attired in his extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) spacesuit, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, prepares for the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery was docked with the station.

STS98-E-5038 (9 February 2001) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, mission specialist, stays busy at a makeshift supply depot on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis during rendezvous and docking operations with the International Space Station (ISS). The scene was recorded with a digital still camera.

SS98-E-5214 (14 February 2001) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, STS-98 mission specialist, dons his extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) for the final of three space walks he shared with astonaut Thomas D. Jones on mission 5a. The scene was recorded with a digital still camera.

STS98-E-5231 (14 February 2001) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, mission specialist, participates in the final of three STS-98/5a space walks to perform work on the International Space Station (ISS). The scene was photographed from the Space Shuttle Atlantis' crew cabin with a digital still camera.

STS98-E-5025 (9 February 2001) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, mission specialist, passes from mid deck to flight deck aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis during STS-98 Flight Day 2 activity. The photograph was recorded with a digital still camera.

ISS01-E-5337 (12 February 2001) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, mission specialist, is pictured above the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Atlantis during the second of three scheduled STS-98/5a space walks. The photo was taken with a digital still camera from inside the Destiny laboratory, newly added to the components of the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS01-E-5365 (14 February 2001) --- Astronauts Thomas D. Jones (left) and Robert L. Curbeam, STS-98 mission specialists who will accomplish three lengthy space walks during the STS-98/5a mission, share space in a small hatch during break time. The scene was recorded with a digital still camera.

ISS01-E-5359 (14 February 2001) --- Astronauts Thomas D. Jones (red stripes on suit pants)and Robert L. Curbeam, STS-98 mission specialists, are pictured in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Atlantis during their third space walk, as photographed with a digital still camera from the International Space Station's new Destiny laboratory.

ISS01-E-5361 (14 February 2001) --- Astronauts Thomas D. Jones (red stripes on suit) and Robert L. Curbeam, STS-98 mission specialists, are pictured in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Atlantis during their third space walk, as photographed with a digital still camera from the International Space Station's new Destiny laboratory.

ISS01-E-5358 (14 February 2001) --- Astronauts Thomas D. Jones (red stripes on suit) and Robert L. Curbeam, STS-98 mission specialists, are pictured in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Atlantis during their third space walk, as photographed with a digital still camera from the International Space Station's new Destiny laboratory.

ISS01-E-5357 (14 February 2001) --- Astronauts Thomas D. Jones (red stripes on suit pants)and Robert L. Curbeam, STS-98 mission specialists, are pictured in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Atlantis during their third space walk, as photographed with a digital still camera from the International Space Station's new Destiny laboratory.

STS098-336-0026 (12 February 2001) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, mission specialist, participates in the second of three STS-98 sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA). He was joined on all three space walks by astronaut Thomas D. Jones.

STS98-E-5193 (12 February 2001) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, STS-98 mission specialist, is pictured near Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA-3) during the second of three scheduled space walks on 5a. The scene was recorded with a digital still camera.

STS98-E-5189 (12 February 2001) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, STS-98 mission specialist, holds onto a hand rail on Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA-3) during the second of three scheduled space walks on 5a. The scene was recorded with a digital still camera.

STS98-E-5179 (12 February 2001) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam (right), STS-98 mission specialist, with the aid of astronaut Mark L. Polansky, pilot, dons his extravehicular mobility unit for the upcoming space walk on the International Space Station on February 12. This scene was recorded with a digital still camera.

STS98-E-5191 (12 February 2001) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, STS-98 mission specialist, is pictured near Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA-3) during the second of three scheduled space walks on 5a. The scene was recorded with a digital still camera.

STS98-E-5192 (12 February 2001) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, STS-98 mission specialist, is pictured near Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA-3) during the second of three scheduled space walks on 5a. The scene was recorded with a digital still camera.

STS98-E-5005 (8 February 2001) -- Astronauts Marsha S. Ivins and Robert L. Curbeam, mission specialists, are seen on the mid deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis in one of the first STS-98 digital still camera scenes to be down linked from the shuttle.

STS98-E-5075 (10 February 2001) --- Pictured on the mid deck the Space Shuttle Atlantis, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, STS-98 mission specialist, will be repeating this scene of suit donning (and doffing) a number of times as he will be participating in three separate space walks during the ISS 5a flight. The scene was recorded with a digital still camera during Flight Day 4 activity.

ISS014-E-09750 (14 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, participates in the mission's second of three planned sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction resumes on the International Space Station. European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang (out of frame), mission specialist, also participated in the spacewalk.

S116-E-06810 (18 Dec. 2006) --- Attired in their extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) spacesuits, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. (right) and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang, both STS-116 mission specialists, prepare for the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA) in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery was docked with the station. Astronaut William A. (Bill) Oefelein (center), pilot, assisted Curbeam and Fuglesang.

S116-E-05911 (12 Dec. 2006) --- As the mission's first spacewalk draws to a close, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, gets helps as he removes his extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) spacesuit in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station. Astronaut William A. (Bill) Oefelein (left), pilot, assisted Curbeam.

STS098-349-004 (7-20 February 2001) --- Astronauts Thomas D. Jones (second left) and Robert L. Curbeam, both mission specialists, prepare for one of the three STS-98 sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA). Astronauts Kenneth D. Cockrell (lower left), mission commander, and Mark L. Polansky, mission specialist, assist Jones and Curbeam as they don their Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suits in the airlock of the Space Shuttle Atlantis.

Former NASA astronaut Bob Curbeam spoke about his time in space at a STEM day session with students during the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington. Photo credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

S116-E-05315 (10 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, floats near the controls and windows on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery.

S116-E-05925 (12 Dec. 2006) --- As the mission's first spacewalk draws to a close, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, smiles for the camera in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station.

ISS001-376-004 (12 February 2001) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, STS-98 mission specialist, was photographed by a member of the Expedition One crew in the newly installed Destiny laboratory during the second of three space walks. With all of the tasks planned for the second space walk completed, and still time available, the astronauts moved to tasks that had originally been planned for the third extravehicular activity (EVA) period on the flight. Ahead of schedule, they connected several computer and electrical cables between the docking port and the lab; unveiled the lab's large, high-quality window (through which this photo was taken) and attached an exterior shutter; and repositioned a movable foot platform they had taken inside Atlantis on the first space walk for a slight adjustment.

The crew of STS-98 poses for a group photo shortly before leaving NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center after a successful landing of the Space Shuttle Atlantis the day before. L to R: Mission Specialists Robert L. Curbeam, Thomas D. Jones, and Marsha S. Ivins, Commander Kenneth D. Cockrell, and Pilot Mark L. Polansky.

S116-E-06938 (18 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, exits the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station as he and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang (out of frame), mission specialist, begin the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA) while Space Shuttle Discovery was docked with the station. Curbeam and Fuglesang worked in tandem, using specially-prepared, tape-insulated tools, to guide the array wing neatly inside its blanket box during the 6-hour, 38-minute spacewalk.

S116-E-06624 (16 Dec. 2006) --- As the mission's third spacewalk draws to a close, astronauts Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. (left), STS-116 mission specialist, and Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer, get help as they remove their extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) spacesuits in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station. Astronaut William A. (Bill) Oefelein (bottom), pilot; European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang, mission specialist; and cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition 14 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, assisted Curbeam and Williams.

S116-E-06852 (18 Dec. 2006) --- Anchored to the International Space Station's Canadarm2 foot restraint, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, works with the port overhead solar array wing on the International Space Station's P6 truss during the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA). European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang (out of frame), mission specialist, worked in tandem with Curbeam, using specially-prepared, tape-insulated tools, to guide the array wing neatly inside its blanket box during the 6-hour, 38-minute spacewalk.

S116-E-06957 (18 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, works with the port overhead solar array wing on the International Space Station's P6 truss during the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA). European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang (out of frame), mission specialist, worked in tandem with Curbeam, using specially-prepared, tape-insulated tools, to guide the array wing neatly inside its blanket box during the 6-hour, 38-minute spacewalk.

Five NASA astronauts and a Canadian payload specialist pause from their training schedule to pose for the traditional crew portrait for their mission, STS-85. In front are astronauts Curtis L. Brown, Jr. (right), mission commander, and Kent V. Rominger, pilot. On the back row, from the left, are astronauts Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., Stephen K. Robinson, and N. Jan Davis, all mission specialists, along with the Canadian Space Agency’s (CSA) payload specialist, Bjarni Tryggvason. The five launched into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on August 7, 1997 at 10:41:00 a.m. (EDT). Major payloads included the satellite known as Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere-Shuttle Pallet Satellite-2 CRISTA-SPAS-02. CRISTA; a Japanese Manipulator Flight Development (MFD); the Technology Applications and Science (TAS-01); and the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker (IEH-02).

ISS014-E-09536 (12 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, prepares to replace a faulty TV camera on the exterior of the International Space Station during the mission's first of three planned sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA). Astronaut Christer Fuglesang (out of frame), mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA), also participated in the 6-hour, 36-minute spacewalk.

STS98-E-5190 (12 February 2001) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, STS-98 mission specialist, waves to a crew mate inside the Space Shuttle Atlantis' crew cabin from his position near Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA-3) during the second of three scheduled space walks on 5a. The scene was recorded with a digital still camera.

STS085-330-034 (7 - 19 August 1997) --- From the left, astronauts Curtis L. Brown, Jr., mission commander; Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., mission specialist; and Kent V. Rominger, pilot, are pictured on the Space Shuttle Discovery's flight deck during a checkout of flight control systems.

STS098-336-008 (7-20 February 2001) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, mission specialist, is photographed by fellow space walker Thomas D. Jones, during one of the three STS-98 sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA).

S85-E-5090 (14 August 1997) --- Astronauts Kent V. Rominger (left), pilot, and Robert L. Curbeam Jr., mission specialist, float onto the middeck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day 8 activity.

STS98-E-5157 (11 February 2001) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, STS-98 mission specialist, installs some of the fixtures in the newly attached Destiny laboratory onboard the International Space Station (ISS). After the Destiny hatch was opened early in the day, members of both crews went to work quickly inside the new module, activating air systems, fire extinguishers, alarm systems, computers and internal communications. The crews also took some photos and continued equipment transfers from the shuttle to the station. The scene was taken with a digital still camera.

S116-E-06593 (16 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction resumes on the International Space Station. Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, (out of frame), Expedition 14 flight engineer, also participated in the 7-hour, 31-minute spacewalk.

S96-12948 (14 February 1996) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. stands on a platform connected to a hoist that will lower him and astronaut Stephen L. Robinson (out of frame) into Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Weightless Environment Test Facility (WET-F) pool. The two, attired in training versions of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), were about to participate in an underwater simulation of contingency Extravehicular Activity (EVA) for the scheduled 11-day August 1997 STS-85 mission.

S116-E-05293 (10 Dec. 2006) --- Astronauts William A. (Bill) Oefelein (bottom) and Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 pilot and mission specialist, respectively, work with the lithium hydroxide (LiOH) canisters beneath Space Shuttle Discovery's middeck.

S116-E-06991 (18 Dec. 2006) --- Anchored to the International Space Station's Canadarm2 foot restraint, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam Jr. and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang (left), both STS-116 mission specialists, work with the port overhead solar array wing on the station's P6 truss during the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA). The spacewalkers used specially-prepared, tape-insulated tools, to guide the array wing neatly inside its blanket box during the 6-hour, 38-minute spacewalk.

S116-E-06854 (18 Dec. 2006) --- Anchored to the International Space Station's Canadarm2 foot restraint, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam Jr. and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang (center), both STS-116 mission specialists, work with the port overhead solar array wing on the station's P6 truss during the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA). The spacewalkers used specially-prepared, tape-insulated tools, to guide the array wing neatly inside its blanket box during the 6-hour, 38-minute spacewalk.

S116-E-06993 (18 Dec. 2006) --- Anchored to the International Space Station's Canadarm2 foot restraint, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam Jr. and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang (left, partially out of frame), both STS-116 mission specialists, work with the port overhead solar array wing on the station's P6 truss during the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA). The spacewalkers used specially-prepared, tape-insulated tools, to guide the array wing neatly inside its blanket box during the 6-hour, 38-minute spacewalk.

S116-E-06858 (18 Dec. 2006) --- Anchored to the International Space Station's Canadarm2 foot restraint, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam Jr. (top) and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang (center), both STS-116 mission specialists, work with the port overhead solar array wing on the station's P6 truss during the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA). The spacewalkers used specially-prepared, tape-insulated tools, to guide the array wing neatly inside its blanket box during the 6-hour, 38-minute spacewalk.

NASA astronauts Doug Wheelock, left, Alvin Drew, second from right, Jeanette Epps, right, and former astronauts Janet Kavandi, second from left, and Bob Curbeam, center, spoke about their time in space at a STEM day session with students during the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington. Photo credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, left, Alvin Drew, second from left, Doug Wheelock, right, and former astronauts Bob Curbeam, center, and Janet Kavandi, second from right, spoke about their time in space at a STEM day session with students during the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington. Photo credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

S116-E-05980 (12 Dec. 2006) --- Backdropped by a colorful Earth, including land mass that covers parts of New Zealand, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. (left) and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang, both STS-116 mission specialists, participate in the mission's first of three planned sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction resumes on the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA

S116-E-06958 (18 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam Jr. (center) and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang (right), both STS-116 mission specialists, work with the port overhead solar array wing on the International Space Station's P6 truss during the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA). The spacewalkers used specially-prepared, tape-insulated tools, to guide the array wing neatly inside its blanket box during the 6-hour, 38-minute spacewalk.

S116-E-05968 (12 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, participates in the mission's first of three planned sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction resumes on the International Space Station. European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang (out of frame), mission specialist, also participated in the 6-hour, 36-minute spacewalk.

S116-E-06571 (16 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction resumes on the International Space Station. Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, (out of frame), Expedition 14 flight engineer, also participated in the 7-hour, 31-minute spacewalk.

S116-E-05982 (12 Dec. 2006) --- Backdropped by a colorful Earth, including land mass that covers parts of New Zealand, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. (left) and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang, both STS-116 mission specialists, participate in the mission's first of three planned sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction resumes on the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA

S116-E-05569 (11 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, prepares to open the hatch that will lead the entire Space Shuttle Discovery crew into the International Space Station. This was just one highlight of a very busy day that earlier saw the flawless rendezvous and docking operations between the shuttle and station. Docking occurred at 4:12 p.m. (CST) and the crew entered the orbital outpost at 5:54 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 11.

S116-E-06603 (16 Dec. 2006) --- Astronauts Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., (red stripes), STS-116 mission specialist, and Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer, work near the International Space Station's left P6 solar array wing during the mission's third planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction resumes on the International Space Station.

S116-E-06577 (16 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction resumes on the International Space Station. Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, (out of frame), Expedition 14 flight engineer, also participated in the 7-hour, 31-minute spacewalk.

S116-E-06225 (14 Dec. 2006) --- Anchored to the International Space Station's Canadarm2 foot restraint, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang (right), STS-116 mission specialist, works in tandem with astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., mission specialist, during the mission's second of three planned sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction resumes on the station.

S85-E-5087 (14 August 1997) --- From the left, astronaut Stephen K. Robinson, mission specialist, aims a camera through Discovery's aft windows facing the cargo bay while Robert L. Curbeam Jr., mission specialist, and Kent V. Rominger, pilot, look on. Clouds over Earth are visible in the background through the overhead windows.

S116-E-06314 (14 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, participates in the mission's second of three planned sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction resumes on the International Space Station. European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang (out of frame), mission specialist, also participated in the spacewalk.

S116-E-05983 (12 Dec. 2006) --- Backdropped by a colorful Earth, including land mass that covers parts of New Zealand, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. (left) and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang, both STS-116 mission specialists, participate in the mission's first of three planned sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction resumes on the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA

S116-E-06570 (16 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction resumes on the International Space Station. Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, (out of frame), Expedition 14 flight engineer, also participated in the 7-hour, 31-minute spacewalk.

S116-E-06578 (16 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction resumes on the International Space Station. Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, (out of frame), Expedition 14 flight engineer, also participated in the 7-hour, 31-minute spacewalk.

S116-E-05981 (12 Dec. 2006) --- Backdropped by a colorful Earth, including land mass that covers parts of New Zealand, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. (left) and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang, both STS-116 mission specialists, participate in the mission's first of three planned sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction resumes on the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA

S116-E-06606 (16 Dec. 2006) --- Astronauts Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., (red stripes), STS-116 mission specialist, and Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer, work near the International Space Station's left P6 solar array wing during the mission's third planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction resumes on the International Space Station.

JSC2002-01759 (20 September 2002) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, floats in a small life raft during an emergency bailout training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Curbeam is attired in a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit.

JSC2002-01794 (20 September 2002) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, floats in water during an emergency egress training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Curbeam is attired in a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit.

STS085-333-036 (7 - 19 August 1997)--- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., mission specialist, changes film on one of many cameras used aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery during the mission. Curbeam later told a Houston crowd that he changed film about 40 times during the mission.

ISS014-E-09523 (12 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, participates in the mission's first of three planned sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction resumes on the International Space Station. A power tool, attached to Curbeam's spacesuit, floats at left.

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Houston - JSC2001-00079 (January 2001) - Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam Jr., mission specialist.

JSC2006-E-46477 (25 Oct. 2006) --- Astronauts Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer, and Robert L. Curbeam (partially obscured), STS-116 mission specialist, are about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center. Williams and Curbeam are attired in training versions of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit. SCUBA-equipped divers are in the water to assist the crewmembers in their rehearsal, intended to help prepare them for work on the exterior of the International Space Station.

JSC2002-E-33368 (29 July 2002) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, dons his training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit prior to the start of a mission training session in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). United Space Alliance (USA) suit technician Daniel Palmer assisted Curbeam.

JSC2003-00013 (7 Jan. 2003) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, wearing a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, participates in an underwater simulation of extravehicular activity (EVA) scheduled for the 19th shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Curbeam was joined by astronaut Christer Fuglesang (out of frame), mission specialist, for the simulation, conducted in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center. Fuglesang represents the European Space Agency (ESA).

S116-E-05853 (12 Dec. 2006) --- Attired in his extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) spacesuit, astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, prepares for the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery was docked with the station. Astronaut William A. (Bill) Oefelein, pilot, assisted Curbeam.

JSC2005-E-32763 (1 Aug. 2005) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, STS-116 mission specialist, uses a special pulley device to escape from a simulated trouble-plagued shuttle during a session of egress training in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. The full fuselage trainer (FFT) is a full-scale mockup of a shuttle. Curbeam is wearing a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit.

JSC2003-00017 (7 January 2003) --- Astronauts Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. and Christer Fuglesang, STS-116 mission specialists, wearing training versions of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, participate in an underwater simulation of extravehicular activity (EVA) scheduled for the 19th shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Curbeam and Fuglesang are dwarfed by station truss segments in this overall view of the simulation conducted in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center. Fuglesang represents the European Space Agency (ESA).

JSC2003-00016 (7 January 2003) --- Astronauts Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. and Christer Fuglesang, STS-116 mission specialists, wearing training versions of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, participate in an underwater simulation of extravehicular activity (EVA) scheduled for the 19th shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Curbeam and Fuglesang are dwarfed by station truss segments in this overall view of the simulation conducted in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center. Fuglesang represents the European Space Agency (ESA).

JSC2003-00012 (7 Jan. 2003) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, wearing a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, participates in an underwater simulation of extravehicular activity (EVA) scheduled for the 19th shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Curbeam was joined by astronaut Christer Fuglesang (out of frame), mission specialist, for the simulation, conducted in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center. Fuglesang represents the European Space Agency (ESA).

JSC2002-01540 (8 August 2002) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, dons his training version of the full-pressure launch and entry suit prior to a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). United Space Alliance (USA) suit technicians Andre Denard (left) and Tommy McDonald assisted Curbeam.

JSC2006-E-47958 (6 November 2006) --- Astronauts Mark L. Polansky, left, and Robert L. Curbeam Jr. respond to a question from a reporter during a Nov. 6 press briefing at the Johnson Space Center. Polansky, commander, and Curbeam, one of five mission specialists, are part of the seven-member STS-116 crew currently in training for a Dec. 2006 visit to the International Space Station.

JSC2006-E-16152 (21 April 2006) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, STS-116 mission specialist, gets help with the final touches on the training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center. Astronaut William A. Oefelein, pilot, assisted Curbeam.

JSC2002-01563 (8 August 2002) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116 mission specialist, uses the Sky-genie to lower himself from a simulated trouble-plagued shuttle in a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Curbeam is wearing a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit.

JSC2006-E-16170 (21 April 2006) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang and astronaut Robert L. Curbeam (partially obscured), both STS-116 mission specialists, are about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center. Fuglesang and Curbeam are wearing training versions of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit. Divers are in the water to assist the crewmembers during this training session.

STS085-316-036 (7 - 19 August 1997) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., mission specialist, takes pictures of Earth with a 70mm handheld camera through the overhead windows on the aft flight deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Curbeam, a member of the 1995 class of astronaut candidates, is making his first flight aboard a Space Shuttle.