NASA selected Robinson for the astronaut corps in 1995. He served as a mission specialist on four space flights, including space shuttle missions in 1997, 1998, 2005 and 2010. On his second spaceflight, he was one of Sen. John Glenn’s crewmates during Glenn’s historic return to space after 36 years. Robinson’s third flight was NASA’s 2005 return to flight mission after the loss of shuttle Columbia in February 2003. During STS-114, Robinson performed the only in- flight spacewalk to repair a shuttle’s heat-shield. On his final spaceflight, he orchestrated the spacewalks and the complex robotic installation of the Tranquility node and cupola onto the International Space Station. Robinson is a graduate of UC Davis and Stanford University and is currently a member of the faculty at the UC Davis College of Engineering.