Robert A. Parker
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1936-12-14
Status Retired
Type Government
Astronaut Biography
Robert Allan Ridley Parker is an American physicist and astronomer, former Director of the NASA Management Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and a retired NASA astronaut. He was a Mission Specialist on two Space Shuttle missions, STS-9 and STS-35.
He has logged over 3,500 hours flying time in jet aircraft and 463 hours in space.
