Megan McArthur

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Megan McArthur
Megan McArthur
Country: United States
Organization: NASA
selected on July 26, 2000
( 18th NASA Group )
Calls: 1 space flight
Begin: May 11, 2009
Landing: May 24, 2009
Time in space: 12d 21h 38min
Space flights

Katherine Megan McArthur (born August 30, 1971 in Honolulu , Hawaii , USA ) is an American astronaut .

Start of career

McArthur grew up in California and graduated from Christian High School (St. Francis High School) in Mountain View in 1989 . She then studied aerospace engineering at the University of California Los Angeles and graduated in 1993 with a bachelor's degree . At the San Diego site , she achieved a doctorate in oceanography in 2002 .

In the meantime she worked on several research projects in the field of oceanography.

NASA

In 2000 she was elected to NASA's 18th astronaut group and trained as a mission specialist for two years . Her specialty was the technical equipment of the space shuttle .

She was the liaison spokesperson ( Capcom ) for STS-116 , for the spacecraft activities of the STS-117 mission , as well as for the STS-131 , STS-134 and STS-135 missions .

STS-125

McArthur participated as a mission specialist in the space shuttle mission STS-125 , which started on May 11, 2009 for the final maintenance of the Hubble space telescope . The landing took place on May 24, 2009 at Edwards Air Force Base .

NEEMO 21

From July 21 to August 5, 2016, she worked as an aquanaut during the NEEMO-21 mission on board the Aquarius underwater laboratory.

SpaceX Crew-2

At the end of July 2020, she was assigned to the SpaceX Crew-2 mission , which began on April 23, 2021.

Summary

No. mission function Flight date Flight duration
1 STS-125 Mission specialist 2009 12d 21h 38min

Private

McArthur is married to the astronaut Robert Louis Behnken .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ NASA: NASA Announces Astronauts to Fly on SpaceX Crew-2 Mission to Space Station. In: NASA Release 20-076. July 28, 2020, accessed on August 11, 2020 .
  2. ↑ NASA: NASA, SpaceX Officials Thrilled With Crew-2 Launch Success. April 23, 2021, accessed April 23, 2021 .
  3. ↑ Martha Ross: Women's History Month: Meet astronaut Megan McArthur. March 16, 2017, accessed May 20, 2020 .

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SURNAME McArthur, Megan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McArthur, Katherine Megan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American astronaut
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Honolulu , Hawaii , USA