NASA Astronaut Group 20
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NASA Astronaut Group 20 saw the training of nine mission specialists and five international mission specialists to become NASA astronauts. These 14 astronauts began training in August 2009 and officia
Front row, from the left to right: Jeremy Hansen, Scott D. Tingle, Michael S. Hopkins, Reid Wiseman and Mark T. Vande Hei. Middle row, from the left to right: Jack D. Fischer, Serena M. Auñón, Kathleen (Kate) Rubins and Jeanette J. Epps. Back row, from the left to right: David Saint-Jacques, Takuya Onishi, Norishige Kanai, Kimiya Yui and Kjell N. Lindgren
Kathleen Rubins
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Kathleen Hallisey Rubins is an American microbiologist, the inaugural director of the Trivedi Institute for Space and Global Biomedicine at the University of Pittsburgh, and retired NASA astronaut. Sh
Rubins in 2018
Rubins aboard the ISS with the USB MinION sequencer (lower right) that was used in the first DNA sequencing in space, August 2016
Rubins pictured next to the ISS "voting booth", where she cast her vote for the 2020 United States presidential election