Margaret R. Seddon
168
Margaret R. Seddon
b. Nov 8, 1947
LIFE FORM
Gender
Occupation
Medical Doctor
MISSIONS
3
TIME IN SPACE
30D:02H:21M
SPACEWALKS
-
SPACEWALK TIME
-
Margaret R. Seddon
168
Margaret R. Seddon
b. Nov 8, 1947
LIFE FORM
Gender
Occupation
Medical Doctor
MISSIONS
3
TIME IN SPACE
30D:02H:21M
SPACEWALKS
-
SPACEWALK TIME
-
Badges
Crossed Kármán Line
Crossed Kármán Line
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
Crewmates
Karol J. Bobko
122
Karol J. Bobko
United States of America
United States of America
NASA
NASA
3
MISSIONS
16.1
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
Crossed Kármán Line
Crossed Kármán Line
Crossed Kármán Line
Bio

Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in January 1978, Dr. Seddon became an astronaut in August 1979. Her work at NASA has been in a variety of areas, including Orbiter and payload software, Shuttle Avionics Integration
Laboratory, Flight Data File, Shuttle medical kit and checklist, launch and landing rescue helicopter physician, support crew member for STS-6, crew equipment, membership on NASA’s Aerospace Medical Advisory Committee, Technical Assistant to the Director of Flight Crew Operations, and crew communicator (CAPCOM) in the Mission Control Center. Caption courtesy of NASA.

WIKIPEDIA EXCERPT
Margaret Rhea Seddon is a physician and retired NASA astronaut. After being selected as part of the first group of astronauts to include women, she flew on three Space Shuttle flights: as mission specialist for STS-51-D and STS-40, and as payload commander for STS-58. Both before and after her career in the astronaut program, she has been active in the medical community in Tennessee, Mississippi and Texas.

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