Katherine Dwyer Sullivan is a geologist and NASA astronaut. As a member of three shuttle missions, she became the first woman to enter open space. At the end of the flights, Catherine took a position of researcher at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The future explorer of space was born in 1951 on October 3 in Paterson, New Jersey. She studied at two universities - California and Dalhousie, graduating the latter with a doctorate in geology. Since 1978, Sullivan has been involved
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Katherine Dwyer Sullivan is a geologist and NASA astronaut. As a member of three shuttle missions, she became the first woman to enter open space. At the end of the flights, Catherine took a position of researcher at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The future explorer of space was born in 1951 on October 3 in Paterson, New Jersey. She studied at two universities - California and Dalhousie, graduating the latter with a doctorate in geology.
Since 1978, Sullivan has been involved in NASA research projects in Alaska. And then her activities brought her to the spaceport. The first flight into orbit took place in October 1984. The following took place in 1990 and 1992.