ASTRONAUT

Robert J. Cenker

1948 - Today

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Robert Joseph "Bob" Cenker (born November 5, 1948) is an American aerospace and electrical engineer, aerospace systems consultant, and former astronaut. Cenker worked for 18 years at RCA Astro-Electronics, and its successor company GE Astro Space, on a variety of spacecraft projects. He spent most of his career working on commercial communications satellites, including the Satcom, Spacenet and GStar programs. In January 1986, Cenker was a crew member on the twenty-fourth mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program, the seventh flight of Space Shuttle Columbia, designated as mission STS-61-C. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert J. Cenker has received more than 64,939 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Robert J. Cenker is the 443rd most popular astronaut (down from 402nd in 2019), the 14,897th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,380th in 2019) and the 230th most popular American Astronaut.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Robert J. Cenker ranks 443 out of 556. Before him are Sherwood C. Spring, Mark C. Lee, Chen Dong, Eric Boe, Richard R. Arnold, and Philippe Perrin. After him are Brian Duffy, Duane G. Carey, Jay C. Buckey, Winston E. Scott, Charles O. Hobaugh, and Robert S. Kimbrough.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Robert J. Cenker ranks 770. Before him are Jay Thomas, Shobhaa De, Prakash Karat, William M. Daley, Dennis Waterman, and Tom Udall. After him are Tito Sotto, Raman Parimala, Penelope Milford, Steve Wilhite, Trevor Cherry, and Stephen Turnbull.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert J. Cenker ranks 14,897 out of 20,380. Before him are Sidney Lanier (1842), Joanna Newsom (1982), Laurie Bartram (1958), Ted Jensen (1954), Wallace Roney (1960), and Angela Bettis (1973). After him are Lisa Loeb (1968), Eliot Engel (1947), Troy McLawhorn (1968), Brian Duffy (1953), Hal Rogers (1937), and Aya Cash (1982).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Robert J. Cenker ranks 230. Before him are Stephanie Wilson (1966), Terrence W. Wilcutt (1949), Sherwood C. Spring (1944), Mark C. Lee (1952), Eric Boe (1964), and Richard R. Arnold (1963). After him are Brian Duffy (1953), Duane G. Carey (1957), Jay C. Buckey (1956), Winston E. Scott (1950), Charles O. Hobaugh (1961), and Robert S. Kimbrough (1967).

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