Catherine Coleman
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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 In
Coleman in 2009
Coleman in the ISS in 2011
Coleman playing a flute inside the International Space Station in 2011
STS-93
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STS-93 in 1999 marked the 95th launch of the Space Shuttle, the 26th launch of Columbia, and the 21st night launch of a Space Shuttle. Eileen Collins became the first female shuttle Commander on this
Catherine Coleman
…a member of the STS-73 crew on the scientific mission USML-2 with experiments including biotechnology, combustion science, and the physics of fluids. STS-93 was Coleman's second space flight in 1999. She was mission specialist in charge of deploying the Chandra X-ray Observatory and its Inertial Upper Stage…
Chandra and its Inertial Upper Stage, prior to deployment from Columbia's payload bay
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STS-93 launch
Eileen Collins became the first woman to command a Space Shuttle during this mission.