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Nancy J. Currie
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American engineer, United States Army officer, and astronaut, Professor at Texas A&M
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Nancy J. Currie is a female engineer and astronaut born in Wilmington in 1958. She holds United States citizenship and has served as a colonel. Her professional background includes education at the University of Southern California, Ohio State University, and the University of Houston. She is currently employed by North Carolina State University.
Currie was a member of NASA Astronaut Group 13 and served on the crews of STS-57, STS-88, STS-109, and STS-70. Her time in space totaled 59972 units. She received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal and is recognized in the Astronauts collection.
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Vinony's link graph records 62 inbound references to Nancy J. Currie, and connects out to NASA Astronaut Corps, biology and communication.
It sits within the topics 1958 births, 21st-century American engineers and 21st-century American women engineers.
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Key facts
- Born
- Nancy Jane Decker , ( 1958-12-29 ) December 29, 1958 (age 67) , Wilmington, Delaware , U.S.
- Education
- Ohio State University ( BS ), University of Southern California ( MS ), University of Houston ( PhD )
- Rank
- Colonel , USA
- Time in space
- 41d 15h 32m
- Selection
- NASA Group 13 (1990)
- Missions
- STS-57 , STS-70 , STS-88 , STS-109
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 13
- Given name
- Nancy
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Wilmington
- Occupation
- astronaut
- Employer
- North Carolina State University
- Military rank
- colonel
- Image
- Nancy Currie.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
Nancy Jane Currie-Gregg (née Decker; former married names Sherlock and Currie; born December 29, 1958) is an American 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 STS-109, accruing 1,000 hours in space. She currently holds an appointment as a professor of practice in the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University.
Background
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nancy J. Currie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.