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Janet Lynn Kavandi is an American astronaut and chemist born in 1959 in Carthage. She is a member of NASA Astronaut Group 15 and has served on the crews of STS-91, STS-99, and STS-104. Her total time in space is recorded as 48728. She speaks English and is recognized in the Astronauts collection.
Kavandi was educated at the University of Washington and Missouri University of Science and Technology. She holds citizenship in the United States.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1959-07-17 ) July 17, 1959 (age 66) , Carthage, Missouri , U.S.
- Education
- Missouri Southern State University ( BS ), Missouri University of Science and Technology ( MS ), University of Washington ( PhD )
- Time in space
- 33d 20h 8m
- Selection
- NASA Group 15 (1994)
- Missions
- STS-91 , STS-99 , STS-104
- Fields
- Physics
- Thesis
- Luminescene Imaging for Aerodynamic Pressure Measurements (1990)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 15
- Given name
- Janet
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Carthage
- Occupation
- chemist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- JanetLKavandi-NASA.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
Janet Lynn Kavandi (born July 17, 1959) is an American scientist and a NASA astronaut. She is a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions, served as NASA's deputy chief of the Astronaut Office, and was the center director at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, from March 2016 until her retirement from NASA in September 2019. She was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2019.
Kavandi is president of Sierra Space.
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