Kathryn D. Sullivan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kathryn D. Sullivan
Occupation	Astronaut
Date Of Birth	Oct 3, 1951(1951-10-03)
Age	73
Birthplace	Paterson
Country	United States
Birth City	New Jersey
Horoscope	Libra

Kathryn D. Sullivan Biography

Kathryn D. Sullivan is one of the most popular and richest Astronaut who was born on October 3, 1951 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Geologist and Former NASA astronaut who was one of the very few American woman to walk into space. President Bush named her a member of the National Science Board in 2004.

While not as well-known in the same way as Although not as famous as Neil Armstrong, she was also a NASA astronaut., she was one of the NASA astronaut.

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.

Sullivan performed the first extra-vehicular activity (EVA) by an American woman during Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-41-G on October 11, 1984. Sullivan and mission specialist David Leestma performed a 3.5-hour spacewalk in which they operated a system designed to show that a satellite could be refueled in orbit. During their eight-day mission, the crew deployed the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite, conducted scientific observations of the earth with the OSTA-3 pallet (including the SIR-B radar, FILE, and MAPS experiments) and large format camera (LFC), conducted a satellite refueling demonstration using hydrazine fuel with the Orbital Refueling System (ORS), and conducted numerous in-cabin experiments as well as activating eight “Getaway Special” canisters. STS-41G completed 132 orbits of the Earth in 197.5 hours, before landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 13, 1984.

The couple was Barbara along with Donald from Paterson, New Jersey.

Kathryn D. Sullivan Net Worth

Kathryn D. Sullivan is one of the richest Astronaut from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kathryn D. Sullivan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She earned her B.S. in Earth Sciences from the University of California, Santa Cruz and she earned her Ph.D. on Geology, both from Dalhousie University.

She was on the three space shuttle missions STS-41-G StS-31 and STS-45.

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 was the first American woman to walk in space on October 11, 1984. She was 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. Sullivan’s tenure ended on January 20, 2017 with the swearing in of President Donald Trump. Following completion of her service at NOAA, she was designated as the 2017 Charles A. Lindbergh Chair of Aerospace History at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum., and has also served as a Senior Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies.

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Who is Kathryn D. Sullivan Dating?

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Sullivan left NASA in 1993. She flew on three space shuttle missions and logged 532 hours in space.

Facts & Trivia

Kathryn Ranked on the list of most popular Astronaut. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Kathryn D. Sullivan celebrates birthday on October 3 of every year.

In 2004, Sullivan was inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame and received the Adler Planetarium Women in Space Science Award.

What did Kathryn D Sullivan do?

Kathryn Sullivan, PhD, 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.

What did Kathryn Sullivan discover?

On 11 October 1984 Sullivan made history when she became the first American woman to leave a spacecraft , along with fellow mission specialist David Leestma, on a spacewalk to demonstrate the feasibility of an orbital refuelling system.

Who is the first American woman to walk in space?

New Delhi: Kathryn D Sullivan became the first woman from the US to have done a spacewalk on October 11 in 1984. She was on the Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-41-G.

What is Kathryn Sullivan doing now?

In November 2020, Sullivan was named a volunteer member of Joe Biden’s presidential transition Agency Review Team to support transition efforts related to the Department of Commerce. In September 2021, President he appointed her to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

When did Kayla Barron go to space?

Barron was selected in June 2017 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 22, and later qualified as an astronaut. Barron took part in her first spaceflight, SpaceX Crew-3, as part of the crew of Expedition 66/67, which launched to the International Space Station on November 10, 2021.