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Nancy J. Sherlock

Nancy J. Currie
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NASA Astronaut
Nationality American
Status Inactive
Born Nancy Jane Decker
(1958-12-29) December 29, 1958 (age 58)
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Other occupation
Engineer
Ohio State University, B.A. 1980
University of Southern California, M.S. 1985
University of Houston, Ph.D. 1997
Rank Colonel, United States Army
Time in space
41d 15h 32m
Selection 1990 NASA Group
Missions STS-57, STS-70, STS-88, STS-109
Mission insignia
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Nancy Jane Currie-Gregg (former married name Sherlock, born December 29, 1958) is an engineer, United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut. Currie-Gregg has served in the United States Army for over 22 years and holds the rank of colonel. With NASA, she has participated in four space shuttle missions: STS-57, STS-70, STS-88, and STS109, accruing 1,000 hours in space. She currently holds an appointment as an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at North Carolina State University.

Currie-Gregg, was born Nancy Jane Decker in Wilmington, Delaware, but considers Troy, Ohio to be her hometown. She graduated from Troy High School in Troy, Ohio, in 1977, then received a Bachelor of Arts degree, with honors, in biological science from Ohio State University in 1980, a Master of Science degree in safety engineering from the University of Southern California in 1985, and a Doctorate in industrial engineering from the University of Houston in 1997.

Currie-Gregg is a member of Army Aviation Association of America, Phi Kappa Phi, Ohio State University and ROTC Alumni Associations, Institute of Industrial Engineers, and Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.


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