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bob dempsey bob dempsey american photo of bob dempsey lead flight director for expedition 15 on the iss bob dempsey.jpg bob dempsey
 robert c. dempsey physicist/astronomer university of michigan
bob dempsey

bob dempsey is a nasa flight director for the international space station , selected in 2005 .
he was the lead flight director for expedition 15 , worked several iss assembly missions including sts-122 -lrb- 1e -rrb- , sts-123 -lrb- 1j/a -rrb- , and sts-124 -lrb- 1j -rrb- , and was the lead for sts-130 -lrb- 20a -rrb- and for atv-2 -lrb- johannes kepler -rrb- .
he was an undergraduate at university of michigan , and received his ph.d. in physics and astronomy from the university of toledo .
he grew up in michigan , is married to his wife dorothea , and he enjoys cooking and traveling .
dempsey is a member of the international astronomical union
