Daniel C. Burbank
Daniel C. Burbank is an astronaut from United States of America affiliated with the government agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration, embarked on 3 space flights and engaging in 1 spacewalk(s) during his/her career as an astronaut.
Daniel Christopher Burbank is a retired American astronaut and a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions. Burbank, a Captain in the United States Coast Guard, is the second Coast Guard astronaut after Bruce Melnick.
Burbank was born in Manchester, Connecticut, and raised in Tolland, Connecticut, where he graduated from Tolland High School. He attended Fairfield University his freshman year before transferring to the United States Coast Guard Academy, where he earned his commission in 1985. In 1987, he went through flight training and became an instructor pilot, serving at various Coast Guard stations at Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, and Coast Guard Air Station Sitka.
- Date of Birth: 07/27/1961
- Status: Retired
- First Flight: 09/08/2000
- Last Flight: 11/14/2011
- In Space: No
Launches
- Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-22
- Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-106
- Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-115
Spacewalk
STS-115 EVA 2
The spacewalk began at 09/13/2006 09:05 UTC and ended at 09/13/2006 16:16 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 7 hours and 11 minutes.
