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Personal: Female, Married. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. US Air Force Bachelor of science in operations research from the USAF Academy, 1982. US Air Force

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: DoD Group 3 - 1985. Inactive Entered space service: September 1985. Left space service: July 1988.

Stationed in the Pentagon. Later a Shuttle Flight Controller at the JSC.

1 September 1985 - DoD Astronaut Training Group 3 selected.. The group was selected to provide shuttle manned spaceflight engineers to operate military payloads.. Qualifications: USAF officers with bachelor's degree in science or engineering; four years experience in flying or space-related activities. Vision minimum 20/150 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20. Maximum sitting blood pressure of 140/90. Height between 150 and 193 cm.. 5 were selected from 160 candidates.