Mary Ellen Weber

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Mary Weber
Mary Weber
Country: United States
Organization: NASA
selected on March 31, 1992
(14th NASA Group)
Calls: 2 space flights
Start of the
first space flight: 		July 13, 1995
Landing of the
last space flight: 		May 29, 2000
Time in space: 18d 18h ​​31m
retired on December 2002
Space flights

Mary Ellen Weber (born August 24, 1962 in Cleveland , Ohio , USA ) is a former American astronaut .

Weber graduated from Bedford High School in 1980. In 1984 she received an honors degree from Purdue University in chemical engineering. She received her PhD in physical chemistry from the University of California four years later . She also received a Masters in Business Management from Southern Methodist University in 2002 .

Astronaut activity

STS-70

On July 13, 1995 Weber started with the space shuttle Discovery on its first mission ( STS-70 ). The main task was to deploy the TDRS-G relay satellite . Weber was responsible for testing the satellite's systems and steering the TDRS into its geostationary orbit . She also did various biological experiments. For the first time it was possible to grow colon cancer tissue.

STS-101

With the space shuttle Atlantis Weber started on May 19, 2000 on her second shuttle mission ( STS-101 ). This was the third mission (ISS AF-2A.2a) to build the International Space Station (ISS). The mission transported around 1,500 kg of equipment, hardware and supplies for the planned first regular crew of the ISS with the help of the Spacehab and the Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC).

According to NASA

Weber was one of nine vice president at Southwestern Medical Center of the University of Texas in Dallas ( Texas ).

See also

Web links

Commons : Mary E. Weber  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Southwestern Medical Center: UT Southwestern Officers & Administration ( Memento September 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
personal data
SURNAME Weber, Mary Ellen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American astronaut
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Cleveland , Ohio