CANCEL
Missions
Badges
Crossed Kármán Line
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
Crewmates
110
Robert L. Crippen
4
MISSIONS
23.6
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
128
Sally Ride
2
MISSIONS
14.3
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
138
Byron K. Lichtenberg
2
MISSIONS
19.2
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
140
Bruce McCandless II
2
MISSIONS
13
DAYS IN SPACE
2
SPACEWALKS
0.5
DAYS SPACEWALKING
153
Steven A. Hawley
5
MISSIONS
32.1
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
156
Jon A. McBride
1
MISSIONS
8.2
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
158
David C. Leestma
3
MISSIONS
22.2
DAYS IN SPACE
1
SPACEWALKS
0.1
DAYS SPACEWALKING
159
Paul D. Scully-Power
1
MISSIONS
8.2
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
160
Marc Garneau
3
MISSIONS
29.1
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
163
Loren J. Shriver
3
MISSIONS
16.1
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
203
Charles F. Bolden Jr.
4
MISSIONS
28.4
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
277
Brian Duffy
4
MISSIONS
40.7
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
278
C. Michael Foale
6
MISSIONS
374.5
DAYS IN SPACE
4
SPACEWALKS
0.9
DAYS SPACEWALKING
279
Dirk Frimout
1
MISSIONS
8.9
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
Bio
Selected by NASA in January 1978, Dr. Sullivan became an astronaut in August 1979. Her Shuttle support assignments since then include: software development; launch and landing lead chase photographer; Orbiter and cargo test, checkout and launch support at Kennedy Space Center, Florida; extravehicular activity (EVA) and spacesuit support crew for several flights; and capsule communicator (CAPCOM) in Mission Control for numerous Shuttle missions. A veteran of three space flights, Dr. Sullivan was a mission specialist on STS-41G, STS-31 and STS-45. Caption courtesy of NASA.
WIKIPEDIA EXCERPT
Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan is an American geologist and a former NASA astronaut. A crew member on three Space Shuttle missions, she was the first American woman to walk in space on October 11, 1984. She was Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 6, 2014. Sullivan's tenure ended on January 20, 2017 with the swearing in of President Donald Trump. Following completion of her service at NOAA, she was designated as the 2017 Charles A. Lindbergh Chair of Aerospace History at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum., and has also served as a Senior Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies.