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Daniel C. Burbank

Astronaut
Nationality	American
Born	July 27, 1961 Manchester, Connecticut
Other occupation	Coast Guard
Rank	Captain, USCG
Space time	23d 14h 18m
Selection	1996 NASA Group
Missions	STS-106 , STS-115
Mission insignia

Daniel Christopher Burbank (born 27 July 1961) is an American astronaut and a veteran of two space shuttle missions. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Manchester is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. 1957 - Man In Space Soonest Group 1 - USA Neil A Armstrong, Albert S STS-106 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS flown by Space Shuttle '' Atlantis''. STS-115 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS flown by Space Shuttle '' Atlantis''. Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the NASA 's Space Shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System ( STS) is the Spacecraft currently used by the United States Burbank, a Captain in the United States Coast Guard, is the second Coast Guard astronaut (the first was Bruce Melnick). Bruce Edward Melnick (born 1949 is a former American Astronaut and retired United States Coast Guard officer

Burbank, born in Manchester, Connecticut and raised in Tolland, Connecticut, where he graduated from Tolland High School. Manchester is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. HicksStearnsMuseumTollandCT gobeirneJPG|thumb|250px|right|Hicks-Stearns Family Museum]] Tolland is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States Tolland High School is a Public high school in Tolland Connecticut. He attended the United States Coast Guard Academy, earning his commission in 1985. The United States Coast Guard Academy ( USCGA) is the Military academy of the United States Coast Guard. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) In 1987, he went through flight training and became an instructor pilot, serving at various Coast Guard stations in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and Sitka, Alaska. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Elizabeth City is a City in Pasquotank and Camden counties in the U Cape Cod (or simply the Cape to most New Englanders is a Peninsula nearly coextensive with Barnstable County Massachusetts and forming the easternmost NASA selected him as an astronaut candidate in 1996 and flew as a mission specialist aboard STS-106 in 2000. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) STS-106 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS flown by Space Shuttle '' Atlantis''. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. He was a mission specialist on STS-115, which launched on September 9, 2006 and returned to Earth on September 21, 2006. STS-115 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS flown by Space Shuttle '' Atlantis''. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Burbank made his first spacewalk on September 13, during a 7 hour EVA to activate the solar panels on the International Space Station's new P3/4 truss.

Dan Burbank is listed as a member of the astronaut band "Max Q", and a former member of The Idlers. This article is about a band of astronauts See Max Q (disambiguation for other meanings of the term "Max Q" The Idlers of the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA are an all-male collegiate A cappella ensemble specializing in the performance of sea shanties

He has a master's degree in aeronautical science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University ( ERAU) is a private, Coeducational University with a history dating from the early days of aviation

He is a licensed Amateur radio operator (ham) with Technician License KC5ZSX. Amateur radio, often called ham radio, is both a Hobby and a service in which participants called "hams" use various types of Radio communications

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