Catherine Grace "Cady" Coleman is an American chemist, engineer, former United States Air Force colonel, and retired NASA astronaut. She is a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions, and departed the International Space Station on May 23, 2011, as a crew member of Expedition 27 after logging 159 days in space.
Coleman in 2009
Coleman in the ISS in 2011
Coleman and Valentina Tereshkova at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in December 2010
Coleman playing a flute inside the International Space Station in 2011
Expedition 27 was the 27th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), starting on 16 March 2011. Expedition 27 saw numerous notable events, including the undocking of the Progress M-09M and Kounotori 2 spacecraft, the arrival of the Soyuz TMA-21 and Progress M-10M spacecraft, and the final rendezvous with the ISS of NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour, on its last mission, STS-134. The expedition ended on 23 May 2011 with the departure of the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft, although command of the station was ceremonially handed over to the crew of Expedition 28 on 22 May.
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(l-r) Garan, Nespoli, Samokutyayev, Coleman, Borisenko and KondratyevISS expeditions← Expedition 26Expedition 28 →
Borisenko, Garan, and Samokutyaev wave farewell from the bottom of the Soyuz rocket prior to their launch.
The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft on its launchpad.
