Linda M. Godwin
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Linda Maxine Godwin is an American scientist and retired NASA astronaut. Godwin joined NASA in 1980 and became an astronaut in July 1986. She retired in 2010. During her career, Godwin completed four
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Godwin (left) and her crewmates during STS-37
Godwin (center) and her crew mates on the middeck of Endeavour during STS-59
Linda Godwin performing a spacewalk on STS-76
STS-37
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STS-37, the thirty-ninth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the eighth flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, was a six-day mission with the primary objective of launching the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
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…space flights, Godwin has logged over 38 days in space, including over ten EVA hours in two spacewalks. In 1991 she served as a mission specialist on STS-37, was the payload commander on STS-59 in 1994, flew on STS-76 in 1996, a Mir docking mission, and served on STS-108/International Space Station Flight…
The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory after deployment, photographed from Atlantis's flight deck.
Standing in EVA suits: Apt and Ross Seated: Cameron, Nagel and GodwinSpace Shuttle program← STS-35 (38)STS-39 (40) →
Launch of Atlantis on STS-37
Ross during the first EVA; CGRO in the background