Daniel C. Burbank
Daniel Christopher Burbank (born July 27, 1961) is an 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.
Burbank is listed as a member of the astronaut band "Max Q", and a former member of The Idlers.
He has a master's degree in aeronautical science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
He is a licensed amateur radio operator (ham) with Technician License KC5ZSX.
Read more about Daniel C. Burbank: NASA Career, Awards and Decorations
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