Tamara E. Jernigan
American astronaut and astrophysicist (born 1959) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tamara Elizabeth "Tammy" Jernigan (born May 7, 1959) is an American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut. During her career she completed five Space Shuttle program missions (three on Columbia and one each on Endeavour and Discovery), logging over 1512 hours in space. Jernigan left NASA in 2001, and is Deputy Principal Associate Director in the Weapons and Complex Integration (WCI) organization at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
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Born | Tamara Elizabeth Jernigan (1959-05-07) May 7, 1959 (age 64) Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. |
Education | Stanford University (BS, MS) University of California, Berkeley (MS) Rice University (PhD) |
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NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 63d 1h 24m |
Selection | NASA Group 11 (1985) |
Total EVAs | 1 |
Total EVA time | 7h 55m |
Missions | STS-40 STS-52 STS-67 STS-80 STS-96 |
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Retirement | 2001 |
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