Kathryn D. Sullivan Papers

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Kathryn D. Sullivan Papers

1970s - 2010s

https://sova.si.edu/record/NASM.2019.0007

This collection consists of approximately 11 cubic feet of papers, photographs, certificates, and video/film, created or collected by Kathryn Sullivan. The papers show her myriad contributions to space science and exploration, and spans her lifetime of achievements.

11 cubic feet

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National Air and Space Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 11664893

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Sullivan, Kathryn D. (Kathryn Dwyer), 1951-

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Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan, PhD (b. Oct. 3, 1951, Patterson, NJ) is a geologist, former NASA astronaut, and oceanographer who was the first American woman to walk in space, the first woman to dive to the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench (the deepest part of the Earth’s oceans), and is the first and only person to do both. She also served as an astronaut on the Discovery and Atlantis shuttles. In total, Sullivan flew on three shuttle missions, including the mission that deployed the Hubble Spac...