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Biography
Kent Vernon "Rommel" Rominger (born August 7, 1956) is an American former astronaut, former NASA Chief of the Astronaut Office at Johnson Space Center, and a Captain in the United States Navy.
1956
Born in Del Norte, Rio Grande, Colorado, USA.
1978
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Colorado State University. Joined the US Navy. During his career with the Navy, he received the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Defense Meritorious Service Medal.
Defense Superior Service
Distinguished Flying Cross
Defense Meritorious Service
1987
Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.
1992
Selected by NASA in Astronauts Group 14 . [1]
1995
Flew on Columbia STS-73 as Pilot with Kenneth Bowersox , Catherine Coleman , Michael Lopez-Alegria , Kathryn Thornton , Frederick W. Leslie and Albert Sacco . Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his first of 4. [2]
STS-73
NASA Space Flight
1996
Flew on Columbia STS-80 as Pilot with Kenneth Cockrell , Story Musgrave , Thomas D. Jones and Tamara E. Jernigan .
STS-80
1997
Flew on Discovery STS-85 as Pilot with Curtis Brown , Nancy Jan Davis , Robert Curbeam , Stephen Robinson and Bjarni Tryggvason . Awarded the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, his first of 2 and the NASA Space Flight Medal, his second of 4. [2]
NASA Exceptional Service
STS-85
NASA Space Flight
1998
Awarded the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, his second of 2. [2]
NASA Exceptional Service
1999
Flew on Discovery STS-96 as Commander with Rick Husband , Daniel Barry , Ellen Ochoa , Tamara E. Jernigan , Julie Payette and Valery Tokarev . Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his third of 4. [2]
STS-96
NASA Space Flight
2000
Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, his first of 2. [2]
NASA Distinguished Service
2001
Flew on Endeavour STS-100 as Commander with Jeffrey Ashby , Chris Hadfield , John L. Phillips , Scott Parazynski , Umberto Guidoni and Yuri Lonchakov . Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his fourth of 4. [2]
STS-100
NASA Space Flight
2002
Chief of the Astronaut Office. Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, his second of 2. [2]
NASA Distinguished Service
2005
Retired from the US Navy as Captain.
2006
Retired from NASA. Awarded the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal. [2]
2015
Inducted into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame . [3]
Sources
↑ Wikipedia List of Astronauts, by Year
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Agency Awards Historical Recipient List
↑ Hall of Fame Bio
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