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Kathryn Sullivan

United States

Kathryn Sullivan is an American geologist and former NASA astronaut who became the first American woman to perform a spacewalk, during a 1984 Space Shuttle Challenger mission. She flew three Shuttle missions in total, including the 1990 mission that deployed the Hubble Space Telescope. After leaving NASA, Sullivan later served as administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and in 2020 she became the first woman to reach the bottom of the Mariana Trench, making her the first person to have both walked in space and reached the deepest point in the ocean.

Facts
Birth Date
1951-10-03 2
Birth Year
1951 2
Nationality
American 2
Notable Mission
STS-41-G 2
Classification
Astronaut Role
Mission Specialist 1
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1. Kathryn D. Sullivan (Wikipedia)
she served as Payload Commander on the first Spacelab mission dedicated to NASA's Mission to Planet EarthView the Source
2. Wikipedia: Kathryn D. Sullivan
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1951-10-03
  • Lead, sentence 1
    born October 3, 1951
  • Wikidata, P27 country of citizenship
    United States
  • Infobox, mission
    STS-41-G
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