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Dr Dianne Kasnic Prinz American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 29 September 1938. Died 12 October 2002. Physicist.

Personal: Female, divorced. Born in Economy, Pennsylvania, USA. Lymphoma. PhD Bachelor of science in physics from University of Pittsburgh, 1960. Ph.D. in physics from Johns Hopkins University, 1967.

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: Payload Specialist. Deceased Entered space service: 9 August 1978. Left space service: 6 August 1985. Backup for John-David Bartoe (STS-51F).

Research scientist at U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC until retiring due to illness in 2000.

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