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| Women at NASA | 4/5 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_at_NASA | reference | science, encyclopedia | 2026-05-05T04:39:28.729277+00:00 | kb-cron |
=== Astronauts and astronaut managers === Ellen S. Baker, physician and veteran of three shuttle flights (1989-1995) Kayla Barron, submarine warfare officer and Crew-3 mission specialist on Expeditions 66 and 67 (2021-2022) Catherine G. "Cady" Coleman, chemist and veteran of STS-73, STS-93, and Expedition 26/27 (1995-2011) Tracy Caldwell Dyson, chemist and veteran of STS-118 and Expeditions 23/24 and 71 (2007-2010, 2024) Kalpana Chawla, aeronautical engineer, flew STS-87 and STS-107, died in the Columbia accident (1997, 2003) Mary L. Cleave, environmental engineer and veteran of STS-61B and STS-30 (1985, 1989) Eileen Collins, test pilot and first woman Shuttle commander, veteran of four missions including STS-93 and STS-114 (1995-2005) Nancy J. Currie-Gregg, engineer and veteran of four shuttle flights STS-57, STS-70, STS-88, STS-109 (1993-2002) Nancy Jan Davis, aerospace engineer and veteran of STS-47, STS-60, and STS-85 (1992-1997) Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, science educator and STS-131 mission specialist (2010) Yvonne Cagle, physician and astronaut selected in 1996, service in astronaut office and medical roles (selected 1996) Anna Fisher, emergency physician and STS-51-A mission specialist, first mother in space (1984) Linda M. Godwin, physicist and veteran of four shuttle flights STS-37, STS-59, STS-76, STS-108 (1991-2001) Susan J. Helms, USAF engineer and veteran of four shuttle flights and Expedition 2 long-duration mission (1993-2001) Kathryn P. Hire, operations manager and mission specialist on STS-90 and STS-130 (1998, 2010) Joan Higginbotham, electrical engineer and STS-116 mission specialist (2006) Marsha Ivins, engineer and veteran of five shuttle flights (1990-2001) Mae Jemison, physician and STS-47 mission specialist, first Black woman in space (1992) Janet L. Kavandi, chemist and veteran of three shuttle flights STS-91, STS-99, STS-104 (1998-2001) Christa McAuliffe, Teacher in Space designee, died in the Challenger accident (1986) K. Megan McArthur, oceanographer, veteran of Hubble servicing STS-125 and Crew-2 long-duration mission (2009, 2021) Anne McClain, Army aviator and Expedition 58/59 flight engineer with two spacewalks (2018-2019) Jessica Meir, biologist and Expedition 61/62 flight engineer, participant in the first all-woman spacewalk (2019-2020) Pamela Melroy, test pilot and Shuttle commander, veteran of three missions including STS-120 (2000-2007) Jasmin Moghbeli, U.S. Marine test pilot and commander of Crew-7 long-duration ISS mission (2023-2024) Lisa Nowak, STS-121 mission specialist (2006) Nicole A. Mann, U.S. Marine Corps test pilot and Crew-5 commander, first Native American woman in space (2022-2023) Ellen Ochoa, electrical engineer and veteran of four shuttle flights, later director of Johnson Space Center (1993-2002) Sally Ride, physicist and mission specialist on STS-7 and STS-41-G, first American woman in space (1983-1984) Judith Resnik, electrical engineer and STS-41-D mission specialist, died in the Challenger accident (1986) Kathleen Rubins, microbiologist and Expedition 48/49 and 63/64 flight engineer, two long-duration missions (2016, 2020-2021) Rhea Seddon, surgeon and veteran of STS-51-D, STS-40, and STS-58 (1985-1993) Shannon W. Lucid, biochemist and veteran of five flights including a 188-day Mir mission, first U.S. woman to receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor (1985-1996) Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Navy engineer and veteran of two shuttle missions with five EVAs (2006, 2008) Nicole Stott, engineer and veteran of Expedition 20/21 and STS-133 (2009, 2011) Kathryn D. Sullivan, geologist and first American woman to perform a spacewalk, veteran of three shuttle missions (1984-1992) Tamara E. Jernigan, astrophysicist and veteran of five shuttle missions (1991-1999) Laurel Clark, physician and STS-107 mission specialist, died in the Columbia accident (2003) Peggy Whitson, biochemist and veteran of three long-duration ISS expeditions, first woman to command ISS twice and first female Chief of the Astronaut Office (2002-2017) Stephanie Wilson, aerospace engineer and veteran of three shuttle missions STS-121, STS-120, STS-131 (2006-2010) Shannon Walker, physicist and veteran of two ISS expeditions, briefly ISS commander on Expedition 65 (2010, 2020-2021) Sunita Williams, Navy test pilot and veteran of two long-duration ISS missions, later led the extended Starliner Crew Flight Test stay (2006-2007, 2012, 2024-2025) Janice Voss, engineer and veteran of five shuttle flights (1993-2000) Mary Ellen Weber, chemist and STS-70 and STS-101 mission specialist (1995, 2000) Christina Koch, electrical engineer and veteran of a 328-day ISS mission, assigned to Artemis II (2019-2020) Jeanette Epps, aerospace engineer and Crew-8 mission specialist on a long-duration ISS mission (2024) Jessica Watkins, geologist and Crew-4 mission specialist for a six-month ISS mission (2022) Loral O'Hara, aerospace engineer and Expedition 70 flight engineer, 204 days on orbit (2023-2024) Zena Cardman, geobiologist and commander of Crew-11 on her first spaceflight (2025)