Biographies of Astronaut and Cosmonaut Candidates

Shumaker

Robert Harper

USA

Personal data

Birthdate:	11.05.1933
Birthplace:	New Castle, Pennsylvania
Marital status:	married
Children:	one
Selection date:	??.??.1963
Position:	PLT
Status:	Ret. 18.10.1963

Additional information

Rear Admiral, USN, Ret.; Master of Arts from the Naval Postgraduate School; semi finalist in NASA group 3 selection; was shut down on 11.02.1965 over North Vietnam; for eight years prisoner of war.

Last update on April 28, 2018.