Published 20:43 IST, May 30th 2020

All details you need to know about Bob Behnken and his family; Read here

Bob Behnken family details have been listed below. Read to know about the astronaut's family which includes his wife Megan McArthur and son Theodore.

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Astronaut Robert L Behnken aka Bob Behnken is one of two astronauts who will be launched to International Station (ISS) in a historic collaboration between NASA and X. Bob Behnken is a 49-year-old veteran Air Force test pilot who was first selected as an astronaut in NASA back in 2000. During Demo-2 Crew Dragon mission, Bob Behnken will be responsible for various activities like rendezvous, docking and undocking along with Demo-2 activities while craft is docked to ISS. 

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Bob Behnken has a total of more than 708 hours in and has flown in two shuttle flights in 2008 and 2020. accomplished astronaut has also a total of 37 hours of walking on six different occasions, as reported on official NASA website. Though a lot of information about his professional life is accessible for interested people, re are is hardly any information about his family life. Re below to kw about Bob Behnken's family. 

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Bob Behnken's family

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Bob Behnken is married to Megan McArthur, who is also an astronaut who has put in a significant amount of work at NASA. Coincidentally, both astronauts who will fly to International Station during Demo-2 mission are married to astronauts. Megan McArthur joined NASA in August 2000 after completing two years of Astronaut Candidate training and evaluation.

McArthur served as Mission Specialist aboard STS-125 which was conclusive shuttle mission to Hubble Telescope. McArthur has logged almost 13 days in as her mission was completed in 12 days, 21 hours and 37 minutes, as reported on official NASA website. Megan McArthur has also primarily served as an oceagrapher. 

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Bob Behnken and Megan McArthur have a young son toger named odore who is six years old. As Bob and Megan are t avid social media users, photos of ir son odore haven't yet surfaced on internet. McArthur h recently given an interview to a leing news daily in USA where she revealed that one of hardest things to do is watch person y love get launched into . McArthur h expressed her concerns around her husband Bob Behnken's flight to as she has to watch launch as a spectator and cant contribute to mission. 

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20:43 IST, May 30th 2020