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Margaret Rhea Seddon

Retired· NASA · American

Margaret Rhea Seddon

Margaret Rhea Seddon is a physician and retired NASA astronaut. After being selected as part of the first group of astronauts to include women, she flew on...

Spaceflights

3

Time in space

30days

Spacewalks

0

Flights

Success· Flight 3

STS-58

Launched: Oct 18, 1993 · 14:53 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: Nov 1, 1993

Crewmates

John E. BlahaNASA
Richard A. SearfossNASA
Martin J. FettmanNASA
David WolfNASA
William S. McArthurNASA
Shannon LucidNASA

Success· Flight 2

STS-40

Launched: Jun 5, 1991 · 13:24 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: Jun 14, 1991

Crewmates

Bryan D. O'ConnorNASA
Sidney M. GutierrezNASA
F. Drew GaffneyNASA
Millie Hughes-FulfordNASA
James P. BagianNASA
Tamara E. JerniganNASA

Success· Flight 1

STS-51-D

Launched: Apr 12, 1985 · 13:59 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: Apr 19, 1985

Crewmates

Karol J. BobkoNASA
Donald E. WilliamsNASA
Edwin Jacob GarnNASA
S. David GriggsNASA
Charles D. WalkerNASA
Jeffrey HoffmanNASA

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Biography

Margaret Rhea Seddon is a physician and retired NASA astronaut. After being selected as part of the first group of astronauts to include women, she flew on three Space Shuttle flights: as mission specialist for STS-51-D and STS-40, and as payload commander for STS-58. Both before and after her career in the astronaut program, she has been active in the medical community in Tennessee, Mississippi and Texas.

Facts

Agency: NASA
Status: Retired
Nationality: American
Born: November 8, 1947
First flight: Apr 12, 1985

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