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Kathryn D. Sullivan
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Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan is an American astronaut, geologist, and scientist who served as a member of NASA Astronaut Group 8. Born in Paterson, she has worked for NASA, the Smithsonian Institution, and the United States Department of Commerce. Her fields of work include geology, oceanography, astronautics, and Earth science. She was a crew member on the STS-41-G, STS-31, and STS-45 missions.
Sullivan is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She has received the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame award and was recognized by the BBC 100 Women and the National Aviation Hall of Fame. Her archives are held at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.
She has authored five works, including *Generative Leadership*, *Two Worlds*, *Unofficial History of NASA Mission Patches*, *Handprints on Hubble*, and *City Unseen*. Sullivan was educated at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Dalhousie University.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Generative Leadership
- Two Worlds
- Unofficial History of NASA Mission Patches
- Handprints on Hubble
- City Unseen
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1842-05-13
- Active to
- 1900-11-22
Discography
- Princess Ida
- Pirates Of Penzance1949
- The Yeomen of the Guard1966
- Sullivan: Pineapple Poll / Verdi: The Lady and the Fool1978
- Sullivan arr. Mackerras: Pineapple Poll; Overture di Ballo1983
- Overtures1986
- Sullivan: Cello Concerto in D / Herbert: Cello Concerto no. 2 / Elgar: Romance1986
- A Broadway Extravaganza!1987
- Iolanthe / Overture di ballo1987
- Ruddigore1987
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,635x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,790x
- Ferroptosis: An Iron-Dependent Form of Nonapoptotic Cell Death
· 2012 · cited 16,864x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,975x
- Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3
· 2024 · cited 15,294x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “I have always loved science museums in particular—the interactive hands-on museums ... They just exude creativity.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan , ( 1951-10-03 ) October 3, 1951 (age 74) , Paterson, New Jersey , U.S.
- Education
- University of California, Santa Cruz ( BS ) Dalhousie University ( MS , PhD )
- Awards
- NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal NASA Exceptional Service Medal (2) NASA Space Flight Medal (3)
- Rank
- Captain , USN
- Time in space
- 22d 4h 49m
- Selection
- NASA Group 8 (1978)
- Total eva time
- 3h 29m
- Missions
- STS-41-G , STS-31 , STS-45
- President
- Barack Obama
- Preceded by
- Jane Lubchenco
- Succeeded by
- Rick Spinrad
- Fields
- Geology Oceanography
- Institutions
- NASA Rice University COSI Columbus Ohio State University NOAA
- Thesis
- The Structure and Evolution of the Newfoundland Basin, Offshore Eastern Canada (1978)
- Doctoral advisor
- Michael John Keen
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (born October 3, 1951) is an American geologist, oceanographer, and former NASA astronaut and US Navy officer. She was a crew member on three Space Shuttle missions.
A graduate of University of California, Santa Cruz, in the United States, and Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada—where she earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in geology in 1978—Sullivan was selected as one of the six women among the 35 astronaut candidate in NASA Astronaut Group 8, the first group to include women. During her training, she became the first woman to be certified to wear a United States Air Force pressure suit, and on July 1, 1979, she set an unofficial sustained American aviation altitude record for women. During her first mission, STS-41-G, Sullivan performed the first extra-vehicular activity (EVA) by an American woman. On her second, STS-31, she helped deploy the Hubble Space Telescope. On the third, STS-45, she served as Payload Commander on the first Spacelab mission dedicated to NASA's Mission to Planet Earth.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kathryn D. Sullivan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.