Frank Culbertson

Biography

Frank Lee Culbertson Jr. is a veteran of the United States Navy and NASA, earning a Bachelor of Science in aerospace engineering from the US Naval Academy in 1971. He served as the commander of the International Space Station for nearly four months in 2001 and became the only U.S. citizen not on Earth when the September 11 attacks occurred. A graduate of the US Naval Academy and member of the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, Culbertson has also made a mark in film, starring in the documentary "The Wonderful: Stories from the Space Station" (2021).