Sandra Magnus
American astronaut and engineer (born 1964) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sandra Hall Magnus (born October 30, 1964) is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut.[2] She returned to Earth with the crew of STS-119 Discovery on March 28, 2009, after having spent 134 days in orbit.[3] She was assigned to the crew of STS-135, the final mission of the Space Shuttle. She is also a licensed amateur radio operator with the call sign KE5FYE. From 2012 until 2018 Magnus was the executive director of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
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Born | (1964-10-30) October 30, 1964 (age 59) Belleville, Illinois, U.S. |
Education | Missouri University of Science and Technology (BS) Georgia Institute of Technology (MS, PhD) |
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NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 157d 8h 42m[1] |
Selection | NASA Group 16 (1996) |
Missions | STS-112 STS-126/119 (Expedition 18) STS-135 |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Materials science |
Thesis | An Investigation of the Relationship between the Thermochemistry and Emission Behavior of Thermionic Cathodes Based on the BaO-Sc₂O₃-WO₃ Ternary System (1996) |
Doctoral advisor | Norman Hill |
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