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Female Astronauts
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Female Astronauts |
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Astronauts Dr. N. Jan Davis (left) and Dr. Mae C. Jemison (right) were mission specialists on board the STS-47 mission. Born on November 1, 1953 in Cocoa Beach, Florida, Dr. N. Jan Davis received a Master degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1983 followed by a Doctorate in Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 1985. In 1979 she joined NASA Marshall Space Flight Center as an aerospace engineer. A veteran of three space flights, Dr. Davis has logged over 678 hours in space since becoming an astronaut in 1987. She flew as a mission specialist on STS-47 in 1992 and STS-60 in 1994, and was the payload commander on STS-85 in 1997. In July 1999, she transferred to the Marshall Space Flight Center, where she became Director of Flight Projects. Dr. Mae C. Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, was born on October 17, 1956 in Decatur, Alabama but considers Chicago, Illinois her hometown. She received a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering (and completed the requirements for a Bachelor degree in African and Afro-American studies) at Stanford University in 1977, and a Doctorate degree in medicine from Cornell University in 1981. After receiving her doctorate, she worked as a General Practitioner while attending graduate engineering classes in Los Angeles. She was named an astronaut candidate in 1987, and flew her first flight as a science mission specialists on STS-47, Spacelab-J, in September 1992, logging 190 hours, 30 minutes, 23 seconds in space. In March 1993, Dr. Jemison resigned from NASA, thought she still resides in Houston, Texas. She went on to publish her memoirs, Find Where the Wind Goes: Moments from My Life, in 2001. The astronauts are shown preparing to deploy the lower body negative pressure (LBNP) apparatus in this 35mm frame taken in the science module aboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Endeavor. Fellow astronauts Robert L. Gibson (Commander), Curtis L. Brown (Junior Pilot), Mark C. Lee (Payload Commander), Jay Apt (Mission Specialist), and Mamoru Mohri (Payload Specialist) joined the two on their maiden space flight. The Spacelab-J mission was a joint effort between Japan and the United States. |
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09/15/1992 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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STS-47 crew and backups at M
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STS-47 crew and backups at MSFC's Payload Crew Training Complex |
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STS-47 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, Spacelab Japan (SLJ) crewmembers and backup payload specialists stand outside SLJ module mockup at the Payload Crew Training Complex at Marshall SpaceFlight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama. From left to right are Payload Specialist Mamoru Mohri, backup Payload Specialist Takao Doi, backup Payload Specialist Chiaki Naito-Mukai, Mission Specialist (MS) Mae C. Jemison, MS N. Jan Davis, backup Payload Specialist Stan Koszelak, and MS and Payload Commander (PLC) Mark C. Lee. The MSFC-managed mission is a joint venture in space-based research between the United States and Japan. Mohri, Doi, and Mukai represent Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA). View provided with alternate number 92P-142. |
| Date Taken |
1992-09-21 |
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STS-47 MS/PLC Lee and Pilot
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STS-47 MS/PLC Lee and Pilot Brown repair valve under SLJ Rack 10 subfloor |
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STS-47 Mission Specialist (MS) and Payload Commander (PLC) Mark C. Lee (right) and Pilot Curtis L. Brown, Jr, wearing goggles and face masks, perform inflight maintenance (IFM) procedures on a bypass valve under the Spacelab Japan (SLJ) NASDA Material Sciences Rack 10 subfloor. A lighting fixture mounted on a camera bracket is positioned between the two crewmembers. A number of materials processing experiments are located in this SLJ area. Soon after entering SLJ science module, located in the payload bay (PLB) of Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, Lee reported to ground controllers that he spotted a small amount of water in the area. The crew later downlinked camcorder video in order that ground controllers in both Texas and Alabama could work out troubleshooting procedures. Eventually, Lee was able to remove insulation from around the plumbing that provides cooling fluid to the Continuous Heating Furnace (CHF), the Gradient Heating Furnace (GHF), the Large Isothermal Furnace, and t |
| Date Taken |
1992-09-20 |
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