Kathryn D. Sullivan
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Status | Retired |
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October 3, 1951 Paterson, New Jersey |
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Other occupation
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Geologist & NOAA scientist |
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Current occupation
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Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| Rank | Captain, United States Navy |
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Time in space
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22 days 04 hours 49 minutes |
| Selection | 1978 NASA Group |
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Total EVAs
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1 |
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Total EVA time
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3 hours 29 minutes |
| Missions | STS-41-G, STS-31, STS-45 |
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Mission insignia
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Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (born October 3, 1951) is an American geologist and a former NASA astronaut. A crew member on three Space Shuttle missions, she is the first American woman to walk in space. She is the most recent Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 6, 2014. Dr. Sullivan's tenure ended on Jan 20, 2017 with the swearing in of president Donald Trump.
Sullivan was born in Paterson, New Jersey. She is a 1969 graduate of William Howard Taft High School in the Woodland Hills district of Los Angeles, California. She was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Earth Sciences from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1973, and a Ph.D. in Geology from Dalhousie University in 1978. While at Dalhousie, she participated in several oceanographic expeditions that studied the floors of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
In 1988, Sullivan joined the U.S. Naval Reserve as an oceanography officer, retiring with the rank of captain in 2006. She has served as chief scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Before NASA, Sullivan worked in Alaska as an oceanographer.
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