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Timothy Kopra

ティモシー・コプラ　/　てぃもしー・こぷら

American astronaut

April 9, 1963 (age 63)　・　Austin, Texas, United States

Texas
astronaut
aircraft pilot

My Take

Timothy Kopra operates on a scale that humbles me. An Army colonel and NASA astronaut from Austin, he served as a flight engineer aboard the International Space Station for Expedition 20 and rode Discovery home in 2009. The list of honors, the Bronze Star, the Legion of Merit, multiple service medals, reads like a life spent at the absolute limit of what a person can attempt, in the air, in space, and in uniform. He mastered the sky, then went beyond it. Of everyone here, his is the biography I find most genuinely awe-inspiring, and his handle, astro_tim, says it all.

Overview

Timothy Lennart Kopra (born April 9, 1963) is an American engineer, a colonel in the United States Army, and a retired NASA astronaut. He served aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer for Expedition 20, returning to Earth aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-128 mission on September 11, 2009.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Timothy Kopra
Name (Japanese): ティモシー・コプラ
Reading: てぃもしー・こぷら
Born: April 9, 1963 (age 63)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Rabbit
Origin: Austin, Texas, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: astronaut / aircraft pilot

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: McCallum High School
University: United States Army War College

Awards & achievements

Bronze Star Medal
Air Medal
2011 Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
2009 NASA Distinguished Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal
Commendation Medal
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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