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Jernigan, Tamara Elizabeth, 1959-
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Tamara Jernigan was born May 7, 1959, in Chattanooga, TN. She received degrees from Stanford University (BS, 1981; MS 1983), University of California, Berkeley (MA, 1985) and Rice University (PhD, 1988). Jernigan began working at NASA as a research scientist at NASA Ames Research Center from June 1981 until July 1985; she became an astronaut in 1986. She flew on five Space Shuttle program missions and logged 1512 hours in space. After retiring from NASA in 2001, Jernigan has been working as Ass...
Ochoa, Ellen, 1958-
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Ellen Ochoa (b. May 10, 1958, Los Angeles, California), is an engineer, astronaut, and director of the Johnson Space Center. She became the first Hispanic woman to go into space in 1993....
Husband, Rick Douglas, 1957-2003
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Rick Husband (b. July 12, 1957, Amarillo, TX-d. Feb. 1, 2003) was an Air Force test pilot and astronaut. He was a member of the space shuttle Discovery (STS-96) and Columbia (STS-107). He died during the space shuttle Columbia Disaster when the shuttle disintegrated upon reentry killing all crew members....
