Janet L. Kavandi
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| Country: | United States |
| Organization: | NASA |
| selected on | December 9, 1994 ( 15th NASA Group ) |
| Calls: | 3 space flights |
| Start of the first space flight: |
June 2, 1998 |
| Landing of the last space flight: |
July 25, 2001 |
| Time in space: | 33d 20h 08m |
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Janet Lynn Kavandi (* 17th July 1959 as Janet Lynn Sellers in Springfield , Missouri ) is an American astronaut .
Kavandi received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Missouri Southern State College in 1980 and a master's degree in chemistry from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1982 . She received a PhD in analytical chemistry from the University of Washington in Seattle in 1990 .
She worked as an engineer for the aerospace division of Boeing .
Astronaut activity
In December 1994, Kavandi was selected by NASA as an astronaut aspirant and trained as a mission specialist. She then worked in the Payloads and Habitability department on payload integration for the International Space Station (ISS). After her first space flight, she was a liaison officer at NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston . After her last flight into space, she was appointed head of the Payloads and Habitability department. She then became head of the department for the ISS and was therefore responsible for all areas related to the development, construction and operation of the International Space Station. Since 2005, Kavandi has been assistant director of the astronaut office at the Johnson Space Center .
STS-91
On June 2, 1998, Kavandi took off on the space shuttle Discovery on its first flight into space . It was the ninth and final docking maneuver of a shuttle at the Russian Mir space station and marked the end of a successful collaboration. Take-off and landing took place at the Kennedy Space Center.
STS-99
On February 11, 2000, she flew with the Space Shuttle Endeavor to the so-called Shuttle Radar Topography Mission . Using radar, she mapped 80 percent of the earth's land mass. Two radar systems (one in the shuttle's payload bay, the other mounted on a 60-meter-long mast) scanned the surface of the earth. The result was a digital three-dimensional model of the earth with an accuracy never seen before. In order to enable work around the clock, the six-person crew was divided into two teams that worked in 12-hour operation. Kavandi formed the red team with Gerhard Thiele and the commander Kevin Kregel .
STS-104
On July 12, 2001, Kavandi flew to the ISS on the space shuttle Atlantis . The Quest airlock was on board . This airlock, which was installed on the ISS during the shuttle mission, enables space exits from the ISS.
Private
Janet Kavandi and her husband John have two children.
See also
- List of spacemen
- List of space shuttle missions
- List of manned space flights
- List of manned missions to the Mir space station
- List of manned missions to the International Space Station
Web links
- Short biography of Janet L. Kavandi at spacefacts.de
- NASA biography of Janet L. Kavandi (English; PDF)
- Biography of Janet L. Kavandi in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kavandi, Janet L. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kavandi, Janet Lynn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th July 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Springfield , Missouri, Missouri |