Kathryn D. Sullivan
157
Kathryn D. Sullivan
b. Oct 3, 1951
LIFE FORM
Gender
Rank
United States Navy Captain
MISSIONS
3
TIME IN SPACE
22D:04H:49M
SPACEWALKS
1
SPACEWALK TIME
00D:03H:27M
Kathryn D. Sullivan
157
Kathryn D. Sullivan
b. Oct 3, 1951
LIFE FORM
Gender
Rank
United States Navy Captain
MISSIONS
3
TIME IN SPACE
22D:04H:49M
SPACEWALKS
1
SPACEWALK TIME
00D:03H:27M
Badges
Crossed Kármán Line
Crossed Kármán Line
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
Crewmates
Robert L. Crippen
110
Robert L. Crippen
United States of America
United States of America
NASA
NASA
4
MISSIONS
23.6
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
Crossed Kármán Line
Crossed Kármán Line
Crossed Kármán Line
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.