Topic: Kathryn Sullivan

Atlantis

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 457 days ago
Britannica provides coverage of " With hundreds of hours in space to her credit, Collins became the first woman to command a shuttle mission in July 1999,.... Neri Vela became the first Mexican in space when he flew on the space shuttle Atlantis ...

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 574 days ago
Aspects of the topic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are discussed in the following places at Britannica. The sea-grant program was established by act of U.S. Congress in 1966 and was originally administered by the National Science Foundation; from 1970 it ...

STS 41G

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 588 days ago
Aspects of the topic STS-41G are discussed in the following places at Britannica. Sullivan and mission specialist David Leetsma performed a 3.5-hour space walk in which they operated a system designed to show that satellites could be refueled in....

STS 31

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 597 days ago
Aspects of the topic STS-31 are discussed in the following places at Britannica. On STS-45 (March 24-April 2, 1992), Sullivan was the payload commander of the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science, a laboratory on a pallet housed in the space shuttle....

Challenger

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 925 days ago
Aspects of the topic Challenger are discussed in the following places at Britannica. McCandless's first spaceflight came as a mission specialist on STS-41-B aboard the Challenger space shuttle on Feb. 3, 1984. Musgrave's first space mission was on STS-6, the ...

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 925 days ago
Aspects of the topic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are discussed in the following places at Britannica. The sea-grant program was established by act of U.S. Congress in 1966 and was originally administered by the National Science Foundation; from 1970 it ...

Female astronauts discuss achievements

AP News - 1569 days ago
Female Astronauts Talk to Girl Scouts at Fla. Forum, Encourage Them to Pursue Their DreamsAs two women circled overhead in charge of their respective spacecraft, the first female shuttle commander, the first female space tourist and other female trailblazers gathered Friday to ...